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Jayne McCormackBBC News NI political correspondent PA Media NI Secretary Hilary Benn and Tánaiste (Irish PM) Simon Harris will meet in Dublin later The next steps in replacing the controversial Troubles Legacy Act will be discussed by British and Irish ministers in Dublin later on Monday. Northern Ireland Secretary Hilary …

PA Media Scotland’s senior law officer Dorothy Bain KC has safeguards for victims will not be affected by the ruling Statutory protections for alleged victims giving evidence in sex cases have not been altered by a recent Supreme Court ruling, Scotland’s senior law officer has said. Last week, five judges …

Donald Trump has urged Republicans to vote for the release of files related to Jeffrey Epstein – a reversal of his previous opposition to the move. The president said on Truth Social that politicians from his own party should back the move. “We have nothing to hide, and it’s time …

Republican congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene is reiterating her calls for the release of all Epstein files, after US President Donald Trump called her a “traitor” and said he no longer supports her. Speaking to CNN’s State of the Union on Sunday, Greene told host Dana Bash that while she still …

Kris Boyd, a cornerback for American football team the New York Jets, was shot in the abdomen early Sunday, according to US media. The 29-year-old is in critical condition at the hospital, the New York Police Department told CBS News, the BBC’s US partner. The NYPD did not name Boyd …

PA Media A woman who was raped in a Paisley park was subjected to a “horrendous ordeal”, police said. The incident happened in the Renfrewshire town’s Brodie Park at about 04:30. Officers said the woman did not require hospital treatment but was left “extremely frightened”. The suspect is described as …

Getty Images Police said the victims were taken to hospital for treatment A man and a teenage boy have been injured in a quad bike hit-and-run in Edinburgh. Police Scotland said the incident happened at about 15:00 on Saturday in the Niddrie Mains Road area, near to the Jack Kane …

Three men and two women have died in a two-car crash in Co Louth on Saturday night, Irish police said. The crash happened on the L3168 in Gibstown, Dundalk, shortly after 9pm. Police said the victims were all aged in their 20s and had been in the same vehicle, a …

At least nine people have been killed and 32 injured after a cache of confiscated explosives detonated inside a police station in Indian-administered Kashmir. The accidental blast occurred late on Friday in the Nowgam area of Srinagar, as forensic and police personnel were evaluating the explosive material, according to police …

Nine people have been killed and 32 injured after a stockpile of confiscated explosives accidentally blew up at a police station in Indian-administered Kashmir, police said. It comes just days after a car blast killed several people in Delhi, in what the government has called a “terror incident”. The explosion …

A bankruptcy judge on Friday said he would sign off on a deal that forces Purdue Pharma and its billionaire owners to pay out $7.4bn (£5.6bn) over their role in the US opioid crisis. Approval of the plan, which was first presented in January, is expected to bring to an …

Marcus WhiteSouth of England Family handout Emma Finch “only showed love” to her grandson, the court was told A man who strangled his “loving” grandmother to death to gain money from her will has been jailed for life. Joshua Powell, 27, sneaked into 96-year-old Emma Finch’s house at night, murdered …

Ione WellsSouth America Correspondent AFP via Getty Images Tens of millions of cubic metres of toxic waste and mud were unleashed through communities surrounding the dam Mining company BHP has been found liable for a 2015 dam collapse in Brazil, known as the country’s worst-ever environmental disaster, by London’s High …

Christian Fuller,South East and Charlie Rose,in Guildford Surrey Police Thomas Waller was branded “a very dangerous individual” Warning: This story contains distressing details A teenage nursery worker who raped and sexually abused children as young as three has been sentenced to 10 years in a young offender institution. Thomas Waller, …

BBC A man who laced sweets with tranquilliser and gave them to children at a summer camp in Leicestershire has admitted sexual offences against two boys, aged nine and 10. Jon Ruben was arrested after eight children and one adult fell ill at Stathern Lodge in July. The 76-year-old, from …

BBC A serial rapist who drugged, raped and secretly filmed his victims has been sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 14 years. This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version. You can receive …

The former head of Spain’s football federation was pelted with eggs thrown by his own uncle as he released a memoir detailing his fall from grace after kissing a female player. Luis Rubiales was forced to quickly spin away to avoid at least two of the eggs, with one splattering …

Former American football coach John Beam, who was prominently featured in Netflix series Last Chance U, has been shot, according to US media. Police were called to the athletics building on the campus of Laney College in Oakland, California, just before noon on Thursday. Mr Beam was the only victim …

BBC Bernie McNally is the chair of the Safeguarding Board for Northern Ireland The chair of the Safeguarding Board for Northern Ireland said the Presbyterian Church in Ireland needs external support to set up a system which means the “voice of victims and potential victims can be heard”. On Thursday, …

London Assembly Sir Mark told the assembly said recorded abuse falls into various categories beyond just “grooming gangs” The Metropolitan Police is investigating “tens” of group-based child sexual abuse cases involving what could be described as grooming gangs, the force’s commissioner has said. An initial data search identified around 9,000 …