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Child serial killer Lucy Letby is making a bid to challenge her convictions on four points, the UK Court of Appeal has heard. Lawyers for Letby are asking senior judges for the green light to bring an appeal against all…

Newsreader Huw Edwards has resigned and left the BBC “on the basis of medical advice from his doctors”, the corporation has said. His resignation comes following allegations he paid a young person for sexually explicit photos. A statement from the…

Opening statements in Donald Trump’s historic hush money trial are set to begin on Monday morning, setting the stage for weeks of testimony about the former US president’s personal life. A panel of New Yorkers — 12 jurors and six…

An Australian judge has ruled that social media platform X must block every user in the world from accessing video of a bishop being stabbed in a Sydney church, extending the prohibition beyond users in Australia. X, the tech company…

American reporter Terry Anderson, who was held hostage for nearly seven years after being snatched from a street in war-torn Lebanon in 1985, has died aged 76. The Associated Press correspondent, who chronicled his abduction and torturous imprisonment by Islamic…

Japan’s competition watchdog has said US search giant Google must fix its advertising search restrictions affecting Yahoo in Japan. The Japan Fair Trade Commission said in a statement that its recent study of Google’s practices showed it was undermining fair…

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has criticised social media platform X for refusing to remove graphic posts about a knife attack on a bishop and a priest in a Sydney church last week. X, the tech company founded last year…

The Israeli military has said its head of intelligence has resigned over failures surrounding Hamas’s unprecedented October 7 attack. Maj Gen Aharon Haliva has become the first senior Israeli figure to step down after Hamas breached the country’s defences, killing…

Ukrainian and Western leaders have welcomed a desperately needed aid package passed by the US House of Representatives, as the Kremlin claimed the passage of the Bill will “further ruin” Ukraine and cause more deaths. The House swiftly approved 95…

Liz Truss has insisted she does not want to “reinstate” herself as British prime minister, a week after saying she had “unfinished business” with the Conservative Party. The UK’s shortest-serving prime minister had previously declined to rule out standing to…