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Teenager guilty of murder of schoolboy Harvey Willgoose during lunch break

A 15-year-old boy has been found guilty of the murder of Sheffield schoolboy Harvey Willgoose. Harvey, also 15, was killed by a fellow student...

Business

Carlyle to seize control of online retailer Very Group from Barclay family

The American investment giant Carlyle is preparing to take control of Very Group, one of Britain’s biggest online retailers, in a deal that will...

World

My experience interviewing Nicholas Rossi – the fugitive in Scotland now facing a rape trial in Utah

There was always a heavy hint of charade in the company of “Arthur Knight”. It was hard to square the man presenting as a...

World

Trump vowed to end Ukraine war in first 24 hours of his presidency – nearly 200 days in, could he be close?

Seven hours is a long time in US politics. At 10am, Donald Trump accused Russia of posing a threat to America’s national security. By...

World

Gaza Humanitarian Foundation aid distributions have become sites of ‘orchestrated killing’, charity claims

Aid sites run by a controversial US and Israeli-backed group in Gaza “have morphed into a laboratory of cruelty”, leading to crowds of people...

World

Netanyahu’s plan for Gaza risks dragging Israel into a conflict with no clear endpoint

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new direction in the war on Gaza risks dragging Israel into a conflict with no clear endpoint. The stated...

Trump and Putin’s first meeting in years does not necessarily mean a ceasefire in Ukraine

It could be diplomatic dynamite. The first meeting between a sitting US and Russian president in more than four years, following one of the...

OpenAI releases long-awaited GPT-5 AI chatbot upgrade

GPT-5, the long-awaited upgrade to the ChatGPT AI chatbot, has been released by its maker OpenAI. It has been one of the most highly...

Ex-Superman Dean Cain to join ICE ‘ASAP’ to ‘save America’

Dean Cain has been branded the “worst superman ever” as he announced he will join the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) “ASAP”. The...

Sports

Bring on the reinforcements! Returning players who could swing MLB’s playoff races

Alden GonzalezAug 7, 2025, 07:00 AM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the L.A. Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018 and the L.A....

Trump’s Ukraine deadline for Putin arrives – as uncertainty remains over possible meeting

Donald Trump has rowed back on an earlier claim that he will only meet with Vladimir Putin if Volodymyr Zelenskyy is also at the...

Trump will meet Putin even if Russian leader refuses to meet Zelenskyy

Donald Trump has said he will meet Vladimir Putin even if the Russian leader refuses to meet Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Asked by a reporter if...

Trump and Putin’s first meeting in years does not necessarily mean a ceasefire in Ukraine

It could be diplomatic dynamite. The first meeting between a sitting US and Russian president in more than four years, following one of the...

OpenAI releases long-awaited GPT-5 AI chatbot upgrade

GPT-5, the long-awaited upgrade to the ChatGPT AI chatbot, has been released by its maker OpenAI. It has been one of the most highly...

Ex-Superman Dean Cain to join ICE ‘ASAP’ to ‘save America’

Dean Cain has been branded the “worst superman ever” as he announced he will join the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) “ASAP”. The...

Diddy plotting return to music with Madison Square Garden gig, his lawyer says

Disgraced hip hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs is hoping to make a comeback to music with a concert at Madison Square Garden, his lawyer...

Business

Why Rachel Reeves may want to rethink one of her pivotal policies

What do we do about the non-doms? It’s a question more than a handful of people have been asking themselves at the Treasury lately....

Technology

Instagram’s map feature spurs user backlash over geolocation privacy concerns

Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images The launch of an Instagram feature that details users’ geolocation data illicited backlash from social media users on...

Sports

M’s Naylor exits with sore shoulder after swing

ESPN News Services Aug 7, 2025, 06:34 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SEATTLE — Mariners first baseman Josh Naylor left Thursday’s 4-3 victory against...

Sports

Barrier-breaking MLB umpire Pawol ‘ready to go’

Associated Press Aug 7, 2025, 05:16 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Jen Pawol was in her hotel room in Nashville, Tennessee,...