Russia has made a rare admission, saying that a key air defence system and an air base in the Kursk region were hit by Ukraine with US-supplied Atacms missiles. The defence ministry statement, which threatened retaliation, came a day after Ukraine said it had hit targets in the region. Meanwhile Ukraine’s air force said Russia…
An ex-girlfriend has reportedly admitted to accidentally throwing away her ex-partner’s hard drive containing 8000 Bitcoin worth Rs 5,900 crore (£569 million). The hard drive was disposed of during a house clearance. It currently lies beneath 100,000 tonnes of waste at a Newport disposal site.Halfina Eddy-Evans, who shares two teenage children with Howells, said that…
EPA The city’s roads have been blocked with shipping containers to stop the march reaching the centre Supporters of jailed former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan have been pushed back by security forces after reaching the heart of the heavily-barricaded capital earlier on Tuesday. The convoy of opposition protesters has been marching towards Islamabad’s D…
Four people have been found alive more than a day after Egyptian tourist boat capsized, according to reports, raising hopes for two British nationals who are believed to be among the nine people still missing. Rescue teams have found two Belgian tourists, a Swiss citizen and an Egyptian national alive, bringing the total number of…
China deployed naval and air forces to track and follow a U.S. Navy reconnaissance plane as it transited Tuesday over the Taiwan Strait, the Chinese military said, amid simmering tension between the two superpowers over the fate of the self-ruled island of Taiwan. Colonel Cao Jun, a spokesperson for the Chinese army’s Eastern Theater Command Air…
Three people have been found alive a day after a tourist boat sank in Egypt, raising hopes that two missing Britons among the nine missing could still be alive. In total, seven people have been found – four dead and three alive – as the search continues for missing tourists. The Sea Story was carrying…
A third person, a man aged in his 70s, has died following a two-vehicle crash in County Donegal. The man, who was taken to Letterkenny University Hospital following the crash on the N15 at Liscooley on Friday night, has since died from his injuries, gardaí (Irish police) have said. Two men from Northern Ireland, who…
PA Media A caravan park in Northamptonshire was evacuated due to flooding More than 120 flood warnings are still in place across England, Wales and Scotland as the after-effects of Storm Bert are still being felt, with further rain expected to fall today on sodden ground. A severe “danger to life” warning remains in place…
Multiple staff from a backpacker hostel at the centre of a suspected mass poisoning in Laos, which claimed the lives of six foreign tourists, have been arrested by police. Eight men aged 23-47, from the Nana Backpacker Hostel in Vang Vieng are in custody following arrests by police on Monday, a local news site reported. All…
When your father is hailed as one of the greatest footballers to ever grace a pitch, there is a high likelihood you will follow in his footsteps, right? Well, that appears to be the path that Thiago Messi, the son of eight-time Ballon d’Or winner Lionel, is taking. Thiago, aged 12, turned out for Inter…
