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Imprisoned Russian opposition politician Vladimir Kara-Murza has been transferred to a prison hospital. His lawyers have been unable to visit him there since Thursday, his wife and one of his lawyers said on Friday. The development comes as the Kremlin…

A spokesman for Hamas has said that the group’s proposed amendments to the most recent US proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza “have been met with a positive response by the mediators” but “the official Israeli position has not yet…

US president Joe Biden, scrambling to defuse a political crisis over his shaky debate performance, will participate in a television interview on Friday that will be closely watched for signs of whether his mental acuity is failing. Mr Biden will…

Child serial killer nurse Lucy Letby has been sentenced to another whole-life order for the attempted murder of a baby girl. Earlier this week, Letby, 34, was found guilty at Manchester Crown Court of the attack on the newborn infant…

With Labour coming out on top at the UK general election, talk has already turned to who could replace Rishi Sunak as the Conservative Party’s leader. But following huge losses for the Tories, several top UK Cabinet ministers have lost…

Millions of people in the US celebrated under heat warnings as they flocked to beaches and travelled to toast their nation’s birth with July 4 parades, cookouts and fireworks. Travel records were projected to fall with people jamming airports and…

US President Joe Biden said “I’m not going anywhere” as he faced calls by many Democrats to end his re-election bid, using the Fourth of July celebrations on Thursday to hit back at doubts about his stamina and mental acuity…

Brazil’s federal police have indicted former President Jair Bolsonaro for money laundering and criminal association, sources say. The charges are in connection with undeclared diamonds the far-right leader received from Saudi Arabia during his time in office, according to a…

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping have attended the summit of a security grouping created by Moscow and Beijing to counter Western alliances. Mr Putin and Mr Xi joined the leaders of other countries that are…

Conservative candidate Kemi Badenoch has attacked the local council in her North West Essex seat for having “potentially disenfranchised” thousands of postal voters who have not received their ballots. The British Cabinet minister said up to 2,600 voters were affected…