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The chief of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) has called figures by the United Nations on people killed at aid hubs "disinformation".The UN said at least 410 Palestinians have been killed seeking food since Israel lifted an 11-week aid blockade on 19 May, while the Hamas-run Gaza health ministry said at least 549 people have been killed.Johnnie Moore, executive director of GHF, told Sky News there is a "disinformation campaign" […]

A man guilty of murdering nine people, most of whom had posted suicidal thoughts on social media, has been executed in Japan.Takahiro Shiraishi, known as the "Twitter killer", was sentenced to death in 2020 for the 2017 killings of the nine victims, who he also dismembered in his apartment near Tokyo. His execution was the first use of capital punishment in the country in nearly three years and it was […]

Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez's star-studded wedding celebrations in Venice have begun, with VIP guests including the Kardashians descending on the Italian city.The billionaire Amazon founder and his journalist fiancee waved to onlookers as they left a luxury hotel to travel to their pre-wedding reception by water taxi on Thursday evening. Hollywood star Orlando Bloom was seen flashing a peace sign to fans as he left Venice's Gritti Palace Hotel […]

A new portable gene therapy device could allow hospital pharmacies to create personalised medicines on demand, a new study says.Rare diseases affect more than 300 million people worldwide - 36 million in the EU alone - but they are often overlooked due to low patient numbers and the high costs associated with drug development. Most medicines are made in factories and shipped to hospitals, but for rare conditions there often […]

North Korea has built a huge coastal resort which might one day open to foreign tourists.The secretive state's leader Kim Jong Un opened the Wonsan Kalma coastal tourist area with "great satisfaction", the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported. Mr Kim toured the site and said its construction would be considered "one of the greatest successes this year" and called it "the proud first step" towards realising the government's […]

Ecuador's most-wanted fugitive has been recaptured - more than a year after he escaped from a maximum-security prison.Jose Adolfo Macias, also known as "Fito", led a gang called Los Choneros and was discovered in his hometown of Manta following a 10-hour operation. Footage from the Ecuadorian army showed a uniformed officer aiming a gun at the drug trafficker's head after finding him hiding in a small hole beneath a kitchen […]

The B-2 bombers have returned to their US base, but questions about the success of their airstrikes last weekend hang in the air.President Donald Trump is pushing back hard against a leaked preliminary intelligence report, suggesting the audacious bombing raid only set Iran's nuclear ambition back "by months". "It's destroyed… Iran will not have nuclear. We blew it up. It's blown to kingdom come," Mr Trump told a news conference. […]

Donald Trump has suggested a ceasefire in Gaza may be imminent. The US president told reporters that "great progress" had been made in talks as a result of the end of the recent 12-day conflict between Israel and Iran. On 22 June, the US carried out strikes on three Iranian nuclear enrichment sites. "Because of this attack that we made [in Iran], I think we're going to have some good […]

Police in Australia are offering a $500,000 (£238,670) reward for information leading to the discovery of the remains of murdered British backpacker Peter Falconio.The reward has been announced ahead of the 24th anniversary of the 28-year-old's death.Mr Falconio and his partner Joanne Lees, both from Yorkshire, had been driving near the tiny settlement of Barrow Creek on the remote Stuart Highway in the Northern Territory of Australia in 2001.The couple […]