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At least seven people have died in a fire at a nightclub in Murcia in southeast Spain, according to local authorities. The fire broke out in the early hours of Sunday morning in the Teatre nightclub, emergency services said on X, formerly Twitter. Four people were injured and the number of dead could rise, Murcia’s

A bride and groom, whose wedding celebration ended in disaster after a fire killed more than 100 of their guests, have told Sky News they are “dead inside” following the tragedy. Revan, 27, and bride, Haneen, 18, survived the blaze, which started inside a packed wedding hall in Qaraqosh, in the Nineveh province of northern

NATO is beefing up its presence in Kosovo with UK troops, amid concerns about a build-up of Serbian forces along the border. Hundreds of soldiers from the 1st Battalion of the Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment have now been made available to a peacekeeping force. Tensions rose last weekend after a deadly siege at a

A medical student suspected of shooting dead three people in Rotterdam had a history of psychotic behaviour, according to prosecutors. Although still investigating Thursday’s deadly attack, the authorities confirmed they had previously warned the Erasmus University Medical Centre (EMC) about his worrying conduct. And EMC chairman Stefan Sleijfer said this had been taken seriously and

At least 52 people have been killed and dozens more have been injured in a suicide bomb attack in Pakistan, officials have said. The bombing happened near a Mosque in Mastung, a district in the province of Baluchistan, according to government administrator Atta Ullah. The injured were taken to nearby hospitals and some are in

Three people have been killed in the Dutch port city of Rotterdam after two shootings at a university hospital and a home, police confirmed. Police have confirmed three deaths so far, a 43-year-old teacher at the university and a 39-year-old woman, whose daughter, 14, was also shot and died after sustaining serious injuries. A suspect

Russian President Vladimir Putin has met with Ramzan Kadyrov – after rumours about the Chechen leader’s health. Speculation suggested Mr Kadyrov has been suffering from serious health problems – which he has rejected. Alexey Venediktov, former editor-in-chief of Echo of Moscow, previously said the Chechen leader was in hospital with “severe kidney failure” which requires

Spain’s Women’s World Cup winning ex-manager Jorge Vilda is to be investigated as part of the Luis Rubiales “kissgate” probe. A judge has expanded the scope of the sexual assault investigation into the kiss by Rubiales on Spain star Jenni Hermoso in the wake of their World Cup victory in August. Alongside the incident itself,

North Korea has said it plans to deport a US soldier who crossed the border with South Korea earlier this year. Travis King crossed the border into the North while on a tour of the demilitarised zone (DMZ) that separates the secretive state from the South in July. The 23-year-old serviceman had been due to

At least 100 people have died and 150 been injured in a fire at a wedding celebration in Iraq’s Nineveh province, state media has reported The fire ripped through a large events hall in the north-eastern region after fireworks were lit during the celebration, local civil defence said, according to state media. Video from the

A death row prisoner in Alabama is fighting plans for him to be the first person to be executed using nitrogen gas. The new execution method of nitrogen hypoxia causes death by forcing the prisoner to breathe only nitrogen, depriving them of oxygen. Authorities in Alabama want to execute Kenneth Smith using the method –

Extreme global warming will likely wipe all mammals – including humans – off the face of the Earth in 250 million years, according to a new scientific study. Temperatures could spiral to 70C (158F) and transform the planet into a “hostile environment devoid of food and water”, the research warns. The planet would heat up

Police have identified a woman whose remains were found in the mouth of a 13ft alligator in Florida. The body of 41-year-old Sabrina Peckham was pulled from a canal in Largo, about 20 miles west of Tampa, after a witness spotted her in the alligator’s mouth, the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office said. The animal was

France will remove its 1,500 troops from Niger by the end of the year following the country’s military coup earlier this year. The African country’s democratically elected president was ousted in July, with the ensuing Western sanctions pushing food prices up by 60% and triggering 10-hour-long electricity cuts. France had previously stationed thousands of troops

A bombing at a checkpoint in Somalia has killed at least 15 people and wounded 40 others, authorities have said. Images on social media showed a damaged truck cab on fire and black smoke billowing from the scene in the central city of Beledweyne. No one has immediately claimed responsibility, including Al Shabaab, which often

They have a catchy name. They’re called “attack’ems”. It’s a play on an acronym, ATACMS, which itself stands for Army Tactical Missile System. To you and me it’s a long-range missile. It has a range of about 180 miles, it’s guided, it can be fired from Ukraine’s existing fleet of missile launch systems and President

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told the United Nations General Assembly that his country is on the cusp of a historic peace deal with Saudi Arabia and an agreement would create a “new Middle East”. Speaking in New York on Friday afternoon, Mr Netanyahu invoked the 2021 Abraham Accords that saw Israel normalise relations

The allegation of India’s involvement in the killing of a Sikh leader in Canada is based on surveillance of Indian diplomats in the country. An unnamed official told the Associated Press on Thursday it is also based on intelligence provided by a major ally and added the communications involved Indian officials and diplomats in Canada.

The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed Bin Salman, has denied reports that negotiations with Israel over a possible normalisation deal have been suspended and insisted that “every day we get closer”. Speaking in an interview on the US Fox News network, Prince Mohammed, known colloquially as MBS, was asked what a deal might mean

The Ukrainian president arrives in Washington DC today, the 548th day of the war, with a plea – “do not abandon us now”. It is a sign of the times, if not a reflection of a shifting world order, that the weakest link in the Western alliance against Russian aggression right now seems to be