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BBC News Four men have died after a car hit a lamp-post on Merseyside, police have said. The car left the road and crashed on Liverpool Road, Huyton, just before 02:00 BST. The men, two aged 23, and two others, aged 24 and 26 died at the scene, Merseyside Police said. A 27-year-old man who […]

BBC News Sarah Ferguson’s charity, Sarah’s Trust, has formally wound up and is marked as “removed” on the public register of charities. The charity said in February it would close “for the foreseeable future” days after new details emerged about the former Duchess of York’s friendship with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Among more […]

BBC News The Palestinian foreign ministry said it “condemns in the strongest terms the massacre” in Tal. It said “the escalation of settler terrorism is a direct consequence of the protection, political backing, and complete impunity granted by the Israeli government and occupation forces”. “Official Israeli incitement continues to fuel and encourage these crimes, creating […]

BBC News US singer Chris Brown has pleaded guilty to affray after a confrontation at a London nightclub in 2023. The 37-year-old star entered his plea at Southwark Crown Court in a hearing that took less than five minutes. His co-defendant, 40-year-old Omololu Akinlolu, a rapper who performs under the name Hoody Baby, also pleaded […]

BBC News Paralympic medallist Daphne Schrager insists she has “never cheated” after being given a two-year ban following an “unintentional” positive test for a banned substance. Schrager, who won a silver medal at Paris 2024, tested positive for the banned substance Ligandrol, which selectively builds muscle and bone mass. However, the ban has been backdated […]

BBC News She said some birds do not die instantly when shot and instead get startled in the dark and collide with things, but Pellen said that was “not true at all”. “You just have to shoot them in the head,” he said. He added that “good pest controllers always, always kill them in a […]

BBC News A car containing an “extremely significant” bomb has been intercepted in the Republic of Ireland as it was being driven across the border for an attack in Northern Ireland, police have said. The vehicle was stopped during an operation targeting dissident republican activities on Wednesday. Two people were subsequently arrested. Garda Commissioner Justin […]

BBC News Tariffs have never been far from the headlines during President Trump’s second term in office and another raft of these import taxes has just come into force. So are US households really paying 1.5% more because of them? The BBC’s Samira Hussain explains how tariffs are affecting the US economy, who pays the […]

BBC News Jurgen Klopp started his reign as Germany’s head coach by threatening to quit if the media invades his family’s privacy. The former Liverpool manager was appointed on a four-year deal on Friday to replace Julian Nagelsmann, who resigned this month after Germany’s shock World Cup defeat by Paraguay in the last 32. But […]

BBC News Chadwick Boseman’s brothers are taking the late US actor’s widow to court over her handling of his multimillion-dollar estate. Derrick Boseman and Kevin Boseman have filed a petition with a Los Angeles court to force the Black Panther star’s widow, Taylor Simone Ledward, to distribute money to family members, and to have her […]