Ghastly. Shooting in France There are now multiple reports of several people shot in the french city of Nimes. Authorities are urging residentsto stay indoors and remain alert. This is a developing situation.#France #Nimes #shooting pic.twitter.com/R8TCmfOPtG — Chyno News (@ChynoNews) June 27, 2025 Most reports say that there have been six injured in the attack,...
Works are beginning on Monday to allow the excavation of a mass burial site linked to a historic mother and baby institution in the Republic of Ireland. In 2016, investigators found what they described as “significant quantities of human remains” in underground chambers at the site in Tuam in County Galway. Tests confirmed the bodies...
Cameras have captured the moment an 5.6 magnitude earthquake shook Lima, Peru on Sunday morning, causing panic among worshipers at the city’s cathedral. The epicentre was recorded 23km off the coast of Callao, according to the The ​​United States Geological Survey. It was felt in the capital and surrounding regions, killing at least one and...
Bernd Debusmann, John Sudworth and Kayla Epstein Reporting from Washington, Los Angeles and New York Getty Images A protest outside the Michigan Capitol in Lansing, Michigan Protests against President Donald Trump have taken place in towns and cities across the US, organised by a group called “No Kings”. The demonstrations were held to counter a...
Getty Images Students were sitting in their classrooms at a secondary school in Graz when a 21-year-old Austrian man shot dead nine people, before killing himself. Twelve people were injured in Tuesday morning’s violence, with one person dying hours later in hospital from their injuries. The incident was the deadliest mass shooting in Austria’s recent...
Kayla Epstein, Bernd Debusmann and Christal Hayes Reporting fromNew York, the White House and Los Angeles Getty Images California National Guard troops and vehicles deployed to Los Angeles on Sunday in the wake of protests against federal immigration raids. This weekend, tensions boiled over in the Los Angeles area after a week of immigration sweeps...
The coalition behind the lawsuit challenging Trump welcomed the ruling and slammed the assault on the federal workforce. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday night kept in place a block on President Donald Trump’s efforts for massive firings and agency restructuring across the federal government, saying a far-reaching executive order signed in February...
Rebecca Morelle Science editor Reporting fromAlberta, Canada Alison Francis Senior science journalist A tour of the bones being unearthed at Pipestone Creek Hidden beneath the slopes of a lush forest in Alberta, Canada, is a mass grave on a monumental scale. Thousands of dinosaurs were buried here, killed in an instant on a day of...
Pope Leo XIV is to meet the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, the Vatican has said after his inauguration Mass. The new Catholic leader highlighted his concerns about the war in Ukraine in his prayer at the end of the service, saying “the martyred Ukraine is waiting for negotiations for a just and lasting peace to...
Transportation of immigrants to ICE jails and countries that have agreed to accept them is a billion-dollar business. As the Trump administration is ramping up detentions and deportations in an effort to reach its goal of removing 1 million immigrants by the end of this year, new air carriers have signed contracts with Immigration and...
Reuters Pope Leo XIV said the Church should be a “beacon” to reach areas suffering a “lack of faith” in his first mass as pontiff on Friday The new Pope, Leo XIV, has called for the Catholic Church to “desperately” counter a lack of faith in his first mass at the Vatican. Speaking on Friday,...
Newly elected Pope Leo XIV has lead his first Mass as pontiff, in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel. The Pope was joined by cardinals for prayers and hymns, the morning after his identity was revealed to the world on the Vatican balcony overlooking St Peter’s Square. Pope Leo spoke in Latin, English and Italian, calling on...
BBC Hundreds of thousands of Syrians were killed during 13 years of civil war “These,” says Dr Anas al-Hourani, “are from a mixed mass grave.” The head of the newly-opened Syrian Identification Centre is standing next to two tables, covered in femurs. There are 32 of the human thigh bones on each laminated white tablecloth....
The FDA has rehired at least some workers tasked with releasing public records generated by the agency’s regulatory activities, two employees said. The recall reverses firings carried out roughly a month ago by the Department of Health and Human Services, which oversees the agency. Workers who process records about medical device and tobacco regulation under...
Speaking after the game, Glentoran boss Declan Devine said he “didn’t see much” of the melee. “My players stood up for each other on and off the pitch. I’d be more frustrated if my players lay down and took punches,” he told BBC Sport NI. “I’m extremely proud of the players, I want fight and...