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Kamala Harris cemented herself in US political history when she became the first woman to serve as vice president four years ago.But as the 6 November election approaches and with questions being raised over Joe Biden's fitness for office, rumours have circulated that the president's campaign has been "quietly assessing" whether Ms Harris could take over from him as the democratic nominee. The Biden campaign has insisted the US president […]

A fundraising page set up after Jay Slater went missing has been boosted by over £10,000 after the teenager's mother appealed for more donations to cover funeral costs. With the total sitting at £59,000 on Thursday, Debbie Duncan asked people to "continue to share and support our fundraiser however you can". "We want to give our boy the send-off he deserves," she said in a statement on the GoFundMe page.The page has […]

For rising British athlete Jake Odey-Jordan, the phrase 'it's not over til it's over' has never reigned more true.After leading the pack for most of the men's 200m race at the European Athletics U18 Championships, the 16-year-old slowed down far too early, so half of his competitors caught him up and beat him to the finish line. Commentators speaking over the race in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia, called the youngster's performance […]

At least 11 people have been killed and dozens more are missing after a highway bridge collapsed in northwest China, authorities have said.China's President Xi Jinping has ordered an all-out rescue effort following the disaster in Shaanxi province, which happened around 8.40pm local time on Friday and followed heavy storms and flooding. Rescue operations were under way on Saturday in the province's Zhashui county, with some 20 cars and 30 […]

Donald Trump and the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy had a "very good phone call" on Friday, according to the former president, after he promised to end Russia's war with Ukraine if he was re-elected.President Zelenskyy "congratulated me on a very successful Republican National Convention and becoming the Republican nominee for President of the United States", he said in a post on the social media app Truth Social. The pair agreed […]

It could take "weeks" to fix a global IT outage which grounded more than 5,000 flights, an expert has warned, as the full impact of the software bug becomes clear.The outage spread globally on Friday morning after an update from global cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike knocked many Microsoft Windows PCs offline with a "blue screen of death" appearing on screens. The issue caused travel cancellations and left NHS systems inaccessible.The company's […]

Two large oil tankers have collided and caught fire off Singapore's coast, the UN's shipping agency has said."Salvage and firefighting assets have been arranged by both vessel owners to support the firefighting efforts and subsequent towage of the vessels to safety," a spokesperson with the International Maritime Organisation said. "Navigational traffic is not affected."The status of the vessels and any pollution is currently unknown at this time."Photographs released by the […]

One person has died after a boat carrying migrants crossed into "difficulty" overnight in the English Channel.French authorities said 86 people were on board and "refused to be helped" when patrol boat PSP Cormoran spotted the vessel before disaster struck. At about 12.58am this morning, people began to fall from the boat - described as "very loaded" by the maritime prefecture - and the rescue teams approached.The patrol saw five […]

The virus that causes polio has been detected in sewage samples in Gaza, according to its health ministry.It said tests had been carried out with UNICEF and that the finding "exposes thousands of residents to the risk of contracting poliomyelitis".It warned of a potential "new health disaster" if action isn't taken.Polio mainly affects children and usually spreads through contact with faeces; for example when people don't wash their hands properly, […]