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A Russian general has been killed in an explosion in Moscow, officials have said. Russia’s Investigative Committee said Lt Gen Fanil Sarvarov died on Monday morning after an explosive device planted under a car detonated. Sarvarov was the head of the armed forces’ operational training department, the committee added. It …

Fife Jammer Locations Thick smoke was seen emerging from Methil Harbour A number of heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) have been destroyed after a major blaze broke out at Methil Harbour in Fife. Emergency services were alerted at about 09:20 and seven fire crews were dispatched to the scene. It is …

Occupants of a house in north Belfast, including young children, have escaped injury after shots were fired through a window. A number of shots were reported to have been fired at a house on Ainsworth Street at about 19:45 GMT on Saturday night. Those present inside the property at the …

Seven wild Asian elephants, including calves, were killed when a high-speed train collided with a herd crossing the tracks in north-eastern India, local officials say. They say another calf was injured in the incident early on Saturday in Hojai district, Assam state. The Northeast Frontier Railway says the train driver …

BBC Fire and ambulance crews were called to the Calder Court flats on Friday morning A 19-year-old man has been charged in connection with a fire in a flat at a tower block in Coatbridge. Three people were treated for smoke inhalation following the blaze at Calder Court in Whifflet, …

A caravan has been “completely destroyed” in an arson attack in a County Down village. The fire at a caravan park on the Ballywalter Road in Millisle was reported to police at about 02:00 GMT on Saturday. No one was injured in the blaze, and it was extinguished before it …

Shannen HeadleyWest Midlands West Midlands Police Arqash Zaffar targeted the girl on Alum Rock Road, asking for her number Four men have been found guilty after a teenage girl was raped and sexually exploited. Arqash Zaffar, Shiraz Nassir, Mohammed Nadim and Shaban Arif were convicted for their part in assaulting …

Shots were fired at a house in north Belfast on Friday night. It was reported to police that four shots were fired through the front window of the house in Woodvale Avenue at about 21:20 GMT. Damage was caused but those inside at the time of the attack were not …

A high-speed train carrying 650 people has collided with and killed seven wild Asiatic elephants and injured a calf in northern India. Five train coaches and the engine derailed following the impact, but there were no reported human casualties, Kishore Sharma, Indian Railways spokesman said. Local authorities say the incident …

On Friday, retro and arcade game publisher ININ Games surprisingly announced it’s been able to “recalculate production” on offering a physical version of R-Type Dimensions III for the Switch 2 because “Two days ago Nintendo announced two new smaller cartridge sizes for Nintendo Switch 2.” Physical games on the Switch …

A man has been charged in connection with six sexual assaults in the space of a single evening in Edinburgh. Three women were attacked in the Stockbridge area of the city on 12 December in Fettes Row, Inverleith Row and Saxe Coburg Street. Police Scotland launched an appeal for further …

The Scottish Parliament says no “covert bugging devices” were involved in reports of MSPs being secretly recorded by members of staff. The Scotsman newspaper reported that a former worker had placed “listening devices” in the office of a female SNP politician in late 2023. But Holyrood’s presiding officer has now …

A man has pleaded guilty to sending death threats to former MP Simon Danczuk. The former Labour politician was standing as Reform UK’s candidate in the Rochdale by-election in February 2024 following the death of Labour veteran Tony Lloyd. At Wigan and Leigh Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, Zaffar Hussain admitted …

At least three people have been killed and five others injured as a knife-wielding attacker ‍went ‍on a ​rampage in the Taiwanese capital Taipei. The 27-year-old suspect set off smoke bombs at Taipei’s main metro station on Friday, before running to another station in a busy shopping district, stabbing people …

Police are appealing for information after a man was assaulted and knocked unconscious by multiple men in north Belfast twice in less than a month. The first attack on the man, who is in his 40s, happened on the Oldpark Road, close to its junction with Ballynure Street, at about …

BBC Fire crews are tackling a blaze which broke out at a flat in a tower block in Coatbridge. The blaze at Calder Court in Whifflet was reported at about 06:45. The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service said crews in 11 fire engines and one height vehicle were working to …

Government data has been stolen in a hack though officials believe the risk to individuals is “low”, a minister has said. Trade Minister Chris Bryant told BBC Breakfast “an investigation is ongoing” into the hack, adding that the security gap was “closed pretty quickly”. A Chinese affiliated group is suspected …

Nigel Farage will not be investigated over claims Reform UK overspent on his campaign at the 2024 general election. Essex Police said it could not investigate the Clacton MP because more than a year had passed since the alleged offence. It followed a former member of Farage’s campaign team claiming …

Officers investigating the murder of a man in Inverclyde have arrested two more men. The body of Robert Best, 50, was discovered near High Mathernock Farm near Kilmacolm on 11 November, hours after he had been reported missing from Greenock. A 36-year-old man has been charged in connection with the …

First Minister John Swinney says reports of a staff member secretly recording an SNP MSP they worked for are “completely and utterly unacceptable”. The Scotsman newspaper claims that a former worker had placed listening devices in the office of an unnamed politician in late 2023. BBC Scotland News understands that …