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A British man has died off the Greek island of Spetses.He had been taking part in a yachting regatta and authorities said he was found dead on Friday. The man, who was in his forties, was found in a bay area of the island with what appeared to be injuries on the left side of his head, according to the coastguard.The Greek island, which is part of the Saronic Islands […]

One person has been killed and six more have been injured in India after part of the roof at an airport collapsed in heavy rain.The incident at the domestic departure terminal of New Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport happened at around 5am local time on Friday as heavy pre-monsoon rains lashed the capital. Image: A crew removes water outside the airport on Friday. Pic: AP All flight departures from Terminal […]

Dutch Olympic bosses have defended their decision to pick a volleyball player who raped a British girl.Steven van de Velde was jailed for four years in 2016 for raping a British girl he reportedly got to know online. Image: Van de Velde. Pic: AP After serving part of his jail term in England, he was sent back to the Netherlands where his sentence was adjusted according to Dutch laws.The Dutch […]

Irish Prime Minister Simon Harris has said a hoax bomb threat made to his home on Wednesday night is "utterly unacceptable". "I have young children. I have a wife," said Mr Harris. He added the intimidation of politicians and their families cannot be allowed to continue.Three men were arrested last week over the alleged harassment of an elected official after they gathered outside Mr Harris' home.People are increasingly gathering outside the […]

A $5m (£4m) reward is being offered in the hunt for the fugitive "Cryptoqueen" Ruja Ignatova.Bulgarian-born Ignatova, who has German citizenship, has been on the FBI's most-wanted list since 2022 for fraud and money laundering. The 43-year-old is accused of defrauding investors out of $4bn (£3.3bn) by selling a fake cryptocurrency called OneCoin, founded in Sofia in 2014.The US agency, which has called OneCoin "one of the largest global fraud […]

The construction company which employs missing teenager Jay Slater has urged people to stop sending them "cruel" emails as the search for him enters its 11th day.PH Build Group has shared "one of many" messages it has been sent as conspiracy theories about the 19-year-old's disappearance are circulated by social media users online. The construction firm wrote in a Facebook post: "These people are trying to ruin people's lives and […]

Bolivian armed forces took over the capital's central square as an armoured vehicle rammed through the entrance of the presidential palace as the president said the country was facing a coup attempt.The country's president, Luis Arce, warned an "irregular" deployment of troops had taken place and called for "democracy to be respected" on X as Bolivian TV showed two tanks and a number of soldiers in front of the government […]

In a rugged, remote corner of Tenerife, the search for Jay Slater continued into yet another day.What was a sprawling operation last week now feels more focused, with a cluster of officers from the Civil Guard telling me they were looking at a particular ravine with a nearby water source. Image: Jay Slater has been missing since 17 June Starting at 8am, the officers flanked by specialist sniffer dogs from […]

Kenyan president William Ruto has withdrawn a bill which sparked deadly protests in Nairobi, saying he was "respecting the loud message coming from the people".After 22 people were reportedly killed in violent protests on Tuesday which also saw part of Kenya's parliament building burnt, Mr Ruto said he would no longer be introducing unpopular new financial laws which would have hiked taxes for Kenyans. Protesters said the bill would have […]