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A Colombian senator who had been hoping to become the country’s next president has died in hospital two months after being shot at a campaign rally. Miguel Uribe Turbay, a member of the opposition right-wing Democratic Centre Party, was shot in the head and leg on 7 June. The 39-year-old’s …

Google The crash happened on Carfin Road in Motherwell A 61-year-old man has died following a crash in Motherwell on Sunday. The crash happened at about 09:35 on the B7066 Carfin Road, between the junctions of Whittagreen Crescent and Whittagreen Avenue. The driver of a Renault Captur was taken to …

The targeted killing of Al Jazeera journalist Anas Al-Sharif and four other colleagues by the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) late on Sunday silences more crucial reporting voices from inside Gaza. The IDF wasted no time in releasing a statement claiming it had “eliminated” Al-Sharif, calling him a “terrorist” who “posed” …

Over 70s could be made to take compulsory eye tests every three years – and will be banned from driving if they fail, it is understood. Ministers are said to be considering “tougher” measures to tackle road deaths and injuries in England and Wales, which they believe have “remained stubbornly …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Cybercriminals are always looking for new companies to attack, and the insurance industry seems to be a favorite. Insurance companies are lucrative targets because of the vast amounts of personal, financial and medical information they collect and store. Only recently, U.S. insurance …

A priest is being treated in hospital for a “serious head injury” after being hit with a bottle in Downpatrick. He was attacked in St Patrick’s Church prior to a Mass service at about 10:10 BST on Sunday. Police said that a man walked into the church on St Patrick’s …

Four members of a UK family have died in a car crash while they were on holiday in Portugal. Domingos Serrano, 55, Maria Serrano, 51, and their twin sons Domingos and Afonso, both 20, died when the car they were travelling in collided with another vehicle in Castro Verde, southern …

A second man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a man was found fatally injured on a bench. Northamptonshire Police launched an investigation after it was called to a footpath behind Auctioneers Court, Northampton, at about 06:30 BST on 1 August. Robert Brown, 57, was found on a …

Survivors of the Nagasaki atomic bomb pledged to make it the last place on Earth to suffer that fate on the 80th anniversary of the disaster. At 11.02am on 9 August 1945, the United States dropped the nuclear bomb on the southern Japanese city – three days after one was …

Shaimaa Khalil Tokyo Correspondent Reuters Attendees at Saturday ceremony The mayor of Nagasaki has appealed for an end to the wars raging in the world on the 80th anniversary of the US atom bomb attack which destroyed the Japanese city. “Conflicts around the world are intensifying in a vicious cycle …

A military veteran accused of killing four people in a bar shooting in the US state of Montana last week has been arrested, according to officials. Michael Paul Brown, a US Army veteran, is accused of opening fire inside the Owl Bar in the city of Anaconda on 1 August. …

Responses have ranged from being mildly annoyed that Instagram is ripping off Snapchat’s Snap Maps instead of offering a default feed that only contains your friends’ posts, to high alert outrage about possibly privacy implications and doxing, as well as how domestic violence victims or others could be put at …

The National Crime Agency (NCA) will take over an investigation into allegations that South Yorkshire Police officers sexually abused children in Rotherham. The BBC reported in July on how five women who were exploited by grooming gangs as children have said they were also abused by police officers in the …

“More than three quarters of football ticket scams last season started on social media, with what seem like genuine ‘first come, first served’ offers all too often designed to rip off desperate fans.” Hanson says supporters should “only buy directly from clubs, their official partners and legitimate resale outlets”. Liverpool …

PA Media Four crew and 25 passengers were killed when the helicopter crashed in June 1994 Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has rejected calls for a judge-led inquiry into an RAF Chinook helicopter crash in 1994. Four crew and 25 passengers were killed when the helicopter, carrying senior security personnel …

A disqualified driver whose “reckless” driving led to a 13-year-old passenger fracturing his skull has been jailed. Liam Collins, 36, from Pontypool, was sentenced to three years and four months at Cardiff Crown Court on Wednesday after pleading guilty to causing injury by dangerous driving. The court heard how Collins …

A man who spent more than a decade building up a collection of 15,000 indecent images of children has been jailed. Ross Hughes, 38, from Ebbw Vale, Blaenau Gwent, was sentenced to two and a half years in prison at Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court on Wednesday, as well as a …

Dan Hunt BBC News, East Midlands Nottinghamshire Police CCTV captured Rhys Abbott, right, and Roman Stevenson stopping for food Two men who stole a £170,000 luxury car have been sentenced after they were caught on CCTV filling up the vehicle. Rhys Abbott, 20, and Roman Stevenson, 19, broke into a …

Once branded “Australia’s worst mother” but now considered the victim of one of its greatest miscarriages of justice, Kathleen Folbigg has been offered A$2m (£975,580, $1.3m) in compensation for 20 years of wrongful imprisonment. Ms Folbigg was convicted over the deaths of her four babies in 2003, but freed in …

Prosecutors have formally charged a suspect in the fatal shooting of two Israeli embassy staff members in Washington DC in May with hate crimes and first-degree murder. Along with the nine-count federal indictment against Elias Rodriguez, 31, the US Department of Justice filed legal findings that could allow the death …