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US President Donald Trump has said new talks with Iran will begin on Monday, after calling off what he said would have been “massive” strikes on the country. “They knew the extent of the attack because they saw it forming,” he told reporters on board Air Force One. “We’re talking …

Ariana Grande is to withdraw from public appearances and will no longer star in an upcoming musical production in London when she ends her Eternal Sunshine tour. A representative for the US singer, 33, told People magazine that she “will be taking a step back from visibility” when the tour …

On Friday, exactly six months after Nancy Guthrie was abducted, police released two ransom notes in the hope that they would help identify her kidnappers. Guthrie, the mother of US news presenter Savannah Guthrie, was 84 when she went missing from her Arizona home in January. Her disappearance sparked a …

An emergency has been declared in Washington state, where 60,000 people have been left without power as strong winds and high temperatures drive fast-moving wildfires. Source link

Wildfires across more than 250,000 acres have forced evacuations and caused power outages in the Washington state’s Spokane area, officials said. Washington State Governor Bob Ferguson declared a statewide emergency and burn ban on Saturday morning. “Our state is facing a very serious situation with multiple fires, and our hearts …

Vincent Pastore, who played Tony Soprano’s best friend turned FBI informant on HBO’s prestige drama The Sopranos, has died, his manager has said. Source link

Flight attendants and WestJet have been engaged in contract negotiations since September 2025. A 72-hour strike notice was issued earlier this week by the union representing the flight attendants, CUPE 8125, who said in a statement that “the parties are still too far apart on some key issues”. “We have …

Cornyn and Tillis want Blanche, who previously served as Trump’s personal lawyer, to state in writing that the Justice Department will not resurrect the fund later on. The Trump administration has not announced such a commitment. Tillis responded to Trump on X on Saturday, writing: “Despite comments as late as …

Prosecutors in the US have dropped the case against a former Olympian accused of vandalising the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington. Source link

Police in Arizona have released two ransom notes in the hope the public can help identify whoever abducted the mother of US news presenter Savannah Guthrie. The first note, which is treated as apparently credible, demanded millions of dollars in Bitcoin. The other claimed Nancy Guthrie died shortly after she …

US prosecutors have dropped charges against a former Olympian who had been accused of vandalising the Reflecting Pool in Washington DC, writing in court documents that the damage is now believed to be “the result of flawed installation by the contractor”. A document filed by prosecutors in Washington DC on …

Surveillance video captured the moment an empty building collapsed, sending debris spilling onto the road and onto parked vehicles. The building, in Mount Vernon, New York, was under construction. Workers were on break when it gave way. No injuries were reported. BBC News

President Donald Trump says the US has “not agreed” to allow Ukraine to produce Patriot interceptor missiles – three weeks after offering the country the right to make the weapons. “We have not agreed to that. We’re talking about it. But it’s a hard thing to give away, that kind …

Police investigating the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, the mother of TV host Savannah Guthrie, have released early ransom notes in the hunt for her suspected kidnapper. Source link

A US cyber defence agency is warning of a significant increase in hackers targeting water and wastewater systems. According to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), hackers have been targeting automated computers that control systems, known as PLCs, and changing passwords to lock out operators. Boil water notices been …

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More than 10 million people were under flood alerts across the region on Wednesday. BBC News

A wildfire near Area 51, a secretive US Air Force facility in Nevada, has spread rapidly and is only 7% contained, according to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). The fire, known as the Quail Springs Fire, was caused by lightning and has been raging for nearly a week. It …

A man who gave his son the gun he used in a deadly high school shooting in Georgia has been sentenced to 15 years in prison. Colin Gray’s sentencing comes days after his son, Colt Gray, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the shooting …

A Canadian woman of Chinese origin has been arrested for allegedly spying while working as an intern at the military headquarters of the Nato (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) alliance, according to Belgian prosecutors. Belgium’s Federal Prosecutor’s Office said it was tipped off by Nato security services, which led to a …