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An 11-year-old boy has become the second child to die when a minibus overturned on a motorway exit. Othniel Adomah, from Bracknell, Berkshire, died on Thursday, more than three weeks after the single-car crash. The white Ford Transit minibus overturned…

The main suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann has reportedly sent a letter to police claiming “key questions will never be answered”. Christian Brueckner, who is jailed for the rape of a 72-year-old woman in Praia da Luz in…

A man wrongly deported to El Salvador has been returned to the United States to face criminal charges. Kilmar Abrego Garcia is accused of participating in what the Trump administration has described as a major human smuggling operation in which…

An art expert from the BBC’s Bargain Hunt who failed to report a series of expensive art sales to a man suspected of funding the militant group Hezbollah has been jailed for two-and-a-half years. Oghenochuko Ojiri, 53, sold artworks worth…

Palestinians in the conflict-stricken Gaza Strip marked the start of one of Islam’s most significant holidays with prayers outside destroyed mosques and homes on Friday morning, with little hope for an early end to the war with Israel. With much…

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Scots had “expressed a desire for change” after his party’s surprise by-election victory. Mr Starmer congratulated Labour’s Davie Russell on his election as the new Member of Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Hamilton and looked…

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said his meeting with President Donald Trump had convinced him of the US administration’s readiness to discuss key issues. Mr. Merz described his Oval Office conversation and lunch with Mr. Trump on Thursday as constructive and…

A federal judge has temporarily halted President Donald Trump’s order banning foreign students from entering the U.S. to study at Harvard University. Mr. Trump’s announcement on Wednesday was the latest attempt by his administration to limit the nation’s oldest and…

A privately owned Japanese lunar module crashed while attempting to land on Friday, marking the latest setback in the commercial race to the Moon. Tokyo-based ispace announced the mission had failed hours after contact with the lander was lost. The…

As Donald Trump met privately with White House officials on Wednesday, there was no indication that the US president would soon sever his ties with Elon Musk, the billionaire who helped him win re-election. Two White House officials familiar with…