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The King’s state visit to the United States will go ahead as planned despite the president being targeted in an assassination attempt. The UK ambassador to Washington says the four day visit has appropriate security measures in place. Sir Christopher Turner says both countries have been planning the trip for weeks. He added some minor adjustments may be made to engagements, but the overall plan remains unchanged. One of the […]

Former US president Barack Obama has condemned the shooting at the White House correspondents’ dinner. He wrote on social media that, although details are not yet clear, violence has no place in democracy. He also praised US Secret Service agents and said he was grateful the injured officer is expected to recover. Two of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s rivals have announced they are joining forces to try to oust […]

A woman and a child have died after getting into difficulty in the water at a west London park. Police were called shortly before half past four to Elthorne Park in Ealing, near the River Brent, following reports of two people in trouble in the water. The pair, believed to be a mother and her son, were recovered but died at the scene. Their ages have not been released. Emergency […]

Five males, three aged sixteen or under, have been charged over the rape of a teenage girl in Kent. Police say four of those charged are Romanian, while one of the sixteen year olds is British. Kent Police received a report on Tuesday that a teenage girl had been raped in Gravesend between the twenty fifth of March and the nineteenth of April. Two men and three boys were later […]

US President Donald Trump says next week’s state visit by King Charles and Queen Camilla could help repair relations with the UK. Asked if it would improve ties, he said absolutely, describing the King as fantastic, brave and a great man. He said he had known him for years and the visit would be positive. Mr Trump also spoke about Prime Minister Keir Starmer, saying he could only recover politically […]

Riot trained police are to be deployed to beaches in France under a new £662m agreement with the UK aimed at stopping migrants crossing the Channel. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is expected to sign the three year deal, which will see at least fifty officers trained in crowd control tactics sent to tackle violence and hostile groups. The package also includes drones, two helicopters and a new camera system to […]

Donald Trump has announced an extension to the ceasefire with Iran, saying it will remain in place until a proposal is submitted and discussions are concluded. The announcement follows uncertainty over when the original agreement would end, with just hours left before the deadline. Earlier, the US president had said the ceasefire would expire on Wednesday evening Washington time, although no specific time was given. An X Factor singer accused […]

A woman has been charged with attempted murder after a car struck pedestrians near a central London nightclub in the early hours of Sunday. Metropolitan Police say Gabrielle Carrington, aged twenty nine, from Broadfield Road in Manchester, is accused following the incident in Argyll Street near Oxford Circus and the London Palladium at around four thirty in the morning. Three people were hit. A woman in her thirties remains in […]

Eight children aged between one and fourteen have died after a mass shooting in Louisiana. Local police say the victims were killed during what has been described as a domestic disturbance at around six o’clock on Sunday morning. Police Chief Wayne Smith said ten people were shot in total. He confirmed the gunman was shot dead by officers following a vehicle chase. Some of the children who were shot are […]