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British Airways cancels flight after crew ‘get drunk in a hotel bar before work’

A British Airways flight was cancelled after crew members reportedly got drunk in a hotel bar hours before the scheduled departure. Flight BA254 from Barbados capital Bridgetown to London Heathrow...

Burnham set to be next PM as 322 Labour MPs back him in first nomination tally

Andy Burnham has taken another step towards becoming the next Labour leader and prime minister, after the vast...

India orders Meta to remove ads promoting child sexual abuse

The Indian government has directed Meta to immediately disable advertisements and content on Instagram that promote or facilitate...

Four children among eight shot at Fourth of July fireworks

Eight people were shot in Coney Island, New York, during a Fourth of July fireworks display Saturday as...

France records 2,025 excess deaths at peak of heatwave as Europe braces for more extreme weather

France has said it recorded an increase of more than 2,000 deaths during the last week of a...

Suspect killed after opening fire on Secret Service near White House

A gunman who shot at a White House security checkpoint was killed in an exchange of fire with Secret Service agents on Saturday evening,...

President Trump says Caribbean green card seekers must now return home to apply

In a stunning move on Friday, the Trump administration in the United States announced that Caribbean and other applicants for permanent residency status, or...

Rubio says Cuba is threat to US as Havana accuses him of ‘lies’

Cuba poses a "national security threat" to the US and the likelihood of a peaceful agreement is "not high", US Secretary of State Marco...

US-bound plane diverts to Canada after person from Ebola-hit region boards ‘in error’

A plane from Paris to Detroit was forced to divert to Canada after a passenger from the Ebola-hit Democratic Republic of Congo boarded the...

US charges Cuba’s Raúl Castro with murder 

The US has charged former Cuban leader Raúl Castro with conspiracy to kill US nationals and other crimes over the downing of two planes...

WHO warns Ebola numbers will rise further

The World Health Organization (WHO) says there have now been 600 suspected cases of Ebola and 139 suspected deaths, with numbers expected to rise...