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The top police officer in Texas has slammed the response to last month’s Uvalde school shooting.

“The death toll is likely to rise as some of the villages are in remote areas in the mountains and it will take some time to collect details,” an official said.

As airport traffic soars around the world, the true toll has been revealed at Heathrow with a massive pile up of luggage.

State officials testified about the harassment and death threats they received after refusing to find votes for Trump or to appoint fake electoral college voters.

America’s democracy only functions because of people like Wandrea Moss. Her testimony held the weight of a country’s shame and sorrow.

Law enforcement agencies had enough resources to stop gunman before school shooting rampage, hearing told.

A Texas official told a hearing that “terrible decisions” were made by the onsite commander and officers who did not have enough training.

Jurors at a civil trial have found that Bill Cosby sexually assaulted a teenage girl in 1975.

Two days after announcing it would reopen mothballed coal-fired power stations, senior German minister says government won’t ban combustion engines.

A US civil court has awarded Judy Huth damages over her claim Cosby assaulted her when she was 16.

Thousands of revellers hugged the stones and chanted as crowds were allowed back to the mysterious monument for the first time since 2019.

US Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol

A series of against-the-odds helicopter missions to reach besieged soldiers are being celebrated in Ukraine as one of the riskiest, most heroic feats during the four-month war against Russia.

The nation’s youngest children are getting their chance at COVID-19 vaccines as the US rolls out shots this week.

A plane has crashed landed and caught fire at Miami International Airport, with all 126 on board safely evacuated.

Svetlana Cohen has to sleep in a gas mask every night, likening her town to 'a gas chamber'.

Australian Bushmasters proving their worth in Ukraine.

Britain’s health agency says men who have sex with men are at highest risk of the virus, which is not normally seen outside Africa.

He follows in the footsteps of Duncan Lewis, who was formerly the head of the spy agency ASIO.