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A British tourist who was seriously injured after a suspected gas explosion destroyed a three-storey B&B in Rome has died.Grant Paterson, 54, from East Kilbride in South Lanarkshire, was left severely burned after the blast in the Monteverde area of the Italian city on 23 March. Mr Paterson, an employee with Scottish ferry operator CalMac, was pulled out of the ruins by firefighters and was taken to Sant'Eugenio Hospital for […]

China's military has said it's begun joint army, navy and rocket force exercises around Taiwan.It said the exercises were intended to "serve as a stern warning and powerful deterrent against Taiwanese independence", and called the self-governed island's president a "parasite". China considers Taiwan to be its own territory and has threatened to use force to gain control.Its military released a poster entitled "Closing In", showing Chinese ships and fighter jets […]

Marine Le Pen's political career lies in tatters.After decades of plotting her ascent to the very pinnacle of French politics, she has now been pushed down the mountain, and her fall could be long and painful. The far-right leader, who had been the narrow favourite to win the 2027 French presidential election, will now be banned from running for public office for five years as part of a criminal conviction. […]

Israel has been accused of targeting aid workers in Gaza after the remains of 15 people, including eight medics working for the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS), were recovered following what the aid organisation called a "war crime".The PRCS said in a statement on Sunday the group, who came under fire more than a week ago, were attacked "by the Israeli occupation forces while performing their humanitarian duties".It said it […]

The president of Finland says Donald Trump is running out of patience with Vladimir Putin and is frustrated with him.The Finnish leader spoke to Sky News after spending the day with the US president and playing golf with him. Alexander Stubb said Donald Trump is "the only person who can broker a peace, a ceasefire, because he's the only one that Putin is afraid of" - but is tiring of […]

Sir Keir Starmer is set to address a summit today aimed at cracking down on illegal migration.The UK prime minister is expected to say countries must not be pitted against each other over the "vile trade" of people smuggling. Representatives of 40 countries will gather in London for the two-day summit, where Sir Keir is expected to call for nations to work together to stop people smuggling gangs in the […]

Two women have been killed and two children injured in a crash in Ireland.The two-car crash happened on the N72 at Navigation Road in Mallow, County Cork, at around 3.30pm on Sunday. A woman in her 60s and another woman in her 40s, the drivers of the cars, died at the scene.A boy and a girl, who were passengers in the car driven by the woman in her 40s, were […]

An armed resistance group in Myanmar has accused the ruling military government of continuing to carry out airstrikes on "civilian areas" in the wake of the huge earthquake in the country.The 7.7 magnitude quake struck near the city of Mandalay at around 12.50m local time (6.20am UK time) on Friday while Myanmar is in the grips of a bloody civil war. The death toll from the quake stands at 1,700, […]

No one will be fired over a national security blunder which saw a journalist mistakenly added to a Signal chat group discussing planned strikes on Yemen, US President Donald Trump has said.This week it was revealed national security adviser Michael Waltz accidentally added The Atlantic's editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg to a group chat with senior members of the Trump administration who were discussing plans to strike Houthi militants earlier this month. […]