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Democratic Senate candidate Mary Peltola has denied she knew anything about an alleged “scheme” that led to two men named Dan Sullivan standing in the Alaska Senate race. The denial comes as the Trump administration continues to escalate a criminal investigation into the matter, according to US media. The Republican …

US death row inmate Christa Pike has released her first public statement since her botched execution in September. “There hasn’t been a moment since that night when I haven’t been in pain,” she said in a statement released by her legal team on social media on Friday. “My body hurts. …

Three audio recordings between Madrid’s control centre and two train drivers appear to show that one high-speed train was given clearance to move even though another train had stalled on the track, about 25km (15 miles) ahead. Puente had said that the decision to instruct the trains to move again, …

A Swedish climate academic says he has been barred from entering the UK because he was due to speak on a panel with a co-founder of Palestine Action. Andreas Malm told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme that he had received a letter from the Home Office notifying him that his …

Arindam Bhattacharyya, an advertising executive based in Jakarta, had an unexpected wake-up call in 2024. His parents, based in India’s Kolkata city, were visiting him when his father had a health crisis. Bhattacharyya managed to get him medical care but when it was time for them to go back, he …

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Australian mushroom murderer Erin Patterson has lost her appeal to overturn her triple-murder conviction at Victoria’s Court of Appeal. However, the prosecution was successful in their appeal that Patterson’s sentence of 33 years with parole was insufficient. BBC’s Katy Watson explains what happened in court. BBC News

Australian Hyrox athlete Joanna Wietrzyk says she made the wrong decision when she continued to race after soiling herself during a competition in Beijing. Speaking exclusively to the BBC, she suggested her determination to win the race in September had clouded her judgement. Roughly halfway through her event last month, …

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Lubinets and his Russian counterpart Yana Lantratova travelled to Oleshky together on Friday. Lantratova later posted a video on social media from the town, saying people were given the chance to form two groups depending on whether they wanted to be taken to Russian-controlled territory or to Ukraine. In videos …

A search for survivors is under way after a helicopter carrying six people, including five pilgrims, crashed in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, officials say. Uttarakhand’s Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said the helicopter had crashed near a village close to Joshimath in Chamoli district. Rescue teams have been …

Binance, the world’s biggest crypto exchange, has been hit by a $6.3bn (£4.7bn) hack. Half of the assets have been frozen but many remain in the hands of the hackers, the cryptocurrency giant said. Two analytics firms have attributed the incident to a North Korean hacking unit, though no one …

Machado said there would be elections in 2027, but also did not offer an exact timeline. The transition in Venezuela would be “irreversible, organised, pacific”, Machado said standing before a slogan which read “Let Us Be Free”. Her return to the country comes after she repeatedly made earlier efforts to …

All 141 successful candidates were chosen by students from universities across Serbia through a lengthy, secretive and carefully crafted process, and tasked with implementing the movement’s plan for a complete rebuild of the country. That political agenda took months for a highly diverse group of students to agree to. Now …

Labrador was among the 68% of Cuban Americans in Florida who voted for Donald Trump two years ago, a decision he roundly regrets today. Few could accuse Trump of hiding his plans on immigration. On the campaign trail in 2024, he touted his policy of mass deportations of undocumented migrants. …

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Last month, protests erupted in squares and streets across Syria. People burned tyres, blocked roads and chanted slogans, angry at the government’s decision to raise fuel prices again. It was the largest show of discontent yet since President Ahmed al-Sharaa came to power two years ago. Speaking on a Syrian …

Wietrzyk also said she regretted an initial social media post published after the race which included the words “Go hard or go home” and “a win is a win”. She said she had been in “flight or fight mode” as she sought hospital treatment. “I didn’t really account for what …

Australia’s mushroom killer has failed to overturn her murder convictions on appeal, with the court also ruling that she never be released from prison. Erin Patterson, 52, was found guilty of murdering three relatives and attempting to kill another when she served them a toxic mushroom-laced meal in 2023. Her …

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