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Andrew Mills, who is semi-retired and moved to Spain five years ago, said wildfires were common during summer months. But this fire was different, he said, adding that “within two hours that whole set of mountains was alight, they just had no chance of stopping it”. Some of those who …

Acting mayor Regina Kharchenko told the BBC that during one particularly intensive attack she “did not go to the shelter, but when it got too loud I took cover in the toilet”. A Shahed drone crashed not far from Anna’s office with a big bang, and another drone struck a …

New footage has emerged showing the man who murdered British backpacker Peter Falconio repeatedly denying that he knew where his victim’s body was. Bradley Murdoch, who died last year without revealing the location of Mr Falconio’s remains, was questioned by an Australian police officer as he received palliative care for …

Australian police have released bodycam footage showing one of the last attempts to get Bradley Murdoch to reveal the location of Peter Falconio’s body, on the 25th anniversary of his murder. Huddersfield-born Falconio was shot dead on a remote stretch of highway near the Northern Territory town of Barrow Creek …

Nine passengers and a pilot have died in a small plane crash in the Bahamas, officials said. The light aircraft was making a short trip from Lynden Pindling International Airport, near capital Nassau, San Andros Airport when it “reportedly encountered difficulties” and crashed into bushes prior to landing, the country’s …

Meanwhile, a delegation from Qatar travelled to Iran on Friday for talks aimed at defusing tensions and easing navigation through the Strait of Hormuz. Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social earlier on Friday: “The Islamic Republic of Iran has asked us to continue ‘talks.’ “We have agreed to …

Officials in Bedar said some of those who had died had not taken a recommended evacuation route – but it’s not clear how well that guidance was conveyed. Neither the Spanish authorities – nor the Foreign Office in London – have revealed the identity of the deceased. Sanz said the …

To do what the PFIPC did, an agency in Nigeria must pass through some of the most powerful offices in government – the secretary to the government of the federation – effectively the government’s chief administrator, the head of the civil service, the accountant-general who controls public accounts, the budget …

The pitch by Thomas Lukaszuk, a former Progressive Conservative Alberta lawmaker, is that separation “would be, from a political, economic, and social perspective, a terrible process to have to go through.” Lukaszuk’s group, Forever Canadian, recently formally opened its campaign headquarters in Calgary. He told the BBC that his aim …

Meta has abruptly taken down a new feature that allowed people to use its artificial intelligence (AI) tool to make fake images from user content on Instagram. The feature was part of a broad rollout of Muse Image, a new AI image generation tool Meta released on Wednesday as part …

Kim Ah-kyung, who goes by her Buddhist name, Sunhyeji, is one of the first to arrive. The bubbly 28-year-old sits on the porch of a bungalow at the temple complex and says hello to the other women, who start trickling into the room. They have all made it through an …

Despite the fact that he views the media as one half of “The Cathedral” – his term for what he believes is the repressive ideological power made up of journalists and academics that secretly runs Western society – he agrees to meet me in Berkeley, California. We go on a …

Forget coffee or drinks, the latest dating trend in South Korea takes place somewhere very different, a Buddhist temple. The BBC’s Jake Kwon joined 12 singles on a weekend away at Donghwasa, a Buddhist temple in the south of the country. But did any of them manage to find love? …

The US government released a fourth tranche of records regarding Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAPs), marking the latest step in an effort to declassify government files on UFOs. US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said that the long-classified files have historically fuelled “justified speculation,” saying that the American people have a right …

The family of Nolan Wells, a Mississippi teenager who was found dead after going missing last weekend, is demanding answers about what happened to him. Wells, 18, did not return with friends from a boating trip to Horn Island on 4 July and his body was found in the water …

The family of Nolan Wells, a Mississippi teenager who was found dead after going missing last weekend, is demanding answers about what happened to him. Wells, 18, did not return with friends from a boating trip to Horn Island on 4 July and his body was found in the water …

A Ryanair flight was forced to make a emergency landing after a passenger was reportedly partially sucked out of a window. The flight from to Memmingen ⁠airport in Germany had to make an emergency landing at ‌Thessaloniki in Greece shortly after take-off ​on Friday. Local media in Greece reported ‌that …

Day will briefly turn into night for parts of Europe next month as the continent experiences its first solar eclipse in nearly three decades. The rare celestial event on Wednesday 12 August will see the moon pass directly between the Earth and the sun, briefly plunging people in parts of …

There has been a new twist in the case of a Ukrainian woman who was found dead after allegedly carrying out a bombing in Monaco just days earlier. Anastasiia Berezovska, 39, was the subject of an international manhunt after the 29 June blast which was said to have targeted Vadym …

Landslides triggered by one of the strongest storms in decades have killed at least 15 people in southern Philippines, as parts of East Asia brace themselves for the looming storm. Typhoon Bavi, which spans 1,000km (620 miles) at its widest point – roughly the width of France – is sweeping …