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A British student was stabbed to death during a trip to Amsterdam before he was dragged and left at the bottom of steps, an inquest has heard.Danny Castledine, 22, sustained 44 wounds near the Singel canal in the Dutch capital in June 2022, when he was with a friend on the way to a music festival in Belgium. At Nottingham Coroner's Court on Tuesday, assistant coroner Nathanael Hartley concluded he […]

A man arrested last week over the suspected murder of a missing Irish schoolboy has been found dead.Irish police believe Kyran Durnin, who was reported missing in August, may have died in 2022 when he was six years old.The man, who was in his 30s, was found dead in a house in Drogheda, County Louth today after he was released without charge last Friday.Officers said the local coroner has been […]

A new island has emerged in Venice - thanks to recently installed city flood barriers.Bacan is a small stretch of land near the Sant'Erasmo island on the Northern Venetian Lagoon. It can only be reached by private boat. The island is popular with local residents during the summer months as an escape from a city bustling with tourists.But now a new flood defence system means it can be enjoyed all […]

A senior Russian general in charge of nuclear protection forces has been killed by a bomb hidden in an electric scooter, Russia's investigative committee says.Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, who is in charge of Russia's Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Protection Troops, died in the street outside a block of flats about four miles (7km) southeast of the Kremlin. His assistant also died in the explosion."The head of the radiation, chemical and […]

Defending champions England are to face Wales, France and the Netherlands in a "tough" but "exciting" Women's Euro 2025 group stage.The Lionesses go into next summer's tournament in Switzerland among the favourites after winning on home soil in 2022. But they face a tough start to the competition, with an opening group game on 5 July against France, who beat the Lionesses 2-1 in May to top the qualifying group.Then […]

Drone sightings forced officials to close the airspace at one of the largest US Air Force bases in the world over the weekend.Drones flying around Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio, led base officials to shut down the airspace for around four hours late on Friday and into early Saturday morning, a base spokesperson has said. It is the first time drones have been spotted at the base, Robert […]

Former Syrian leader Bashar al Assad has issued his first statement since the fall of his regime.In a social media post, he said he had planned to keep fighting rebel forces before Russia evacuated him. The comments, the first in public since his regime was toppled more than a week ago, were made on the Syrian presidency's Telegram channel.From eye doctor to dictator - the rise and fall of Assad […]

Close to a thousand people may have been killed as Cyclone Chido hit the French island of Mayotte on Saturday, according to the island's top official.It was the strongest storm in more than 90 years to hit the islands, said the forecaster Meteo-France. The nearby islands of Comoros and Madagascar were also affected. Image: Map of Mayotte and Comoros Mayotte, located about 500 miles off Africa's east coast, has a […]

At least 54 Palestinians were killed in Israeli strikes in different parts of Gaza on Sunday, including two schools, according to health officials in the besieged enclave.An airstrike in the southern city of Khan Younis hit a school, killing at least 16 people including several children, according to Nasser Hospital where bodies were taken. There was no immediate statement from the Israeli military. Footage verified by Sky News shows multiple […]