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The UK is preparing for the largest policing overhaul in decades, with the number of constabularies set to be reduced. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood will outline plans next week to cut the current 43 forces. Critics argue the existing system is bureaucratic and expensive, and some officials say smaller forces struggle to tackle serious crime. Reforms are expected to merge back-office functions, freeing resources for more frontline officers. Owners of […]

US troops have moved 150 Islamic State prisoners from Syria to Iraq, part of plans that could see up to seven thousand detainees transferred across the border. The Syrian government under President Ahmed al Sharaa has been seeking to reassert control over the country, clashing with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces who previously held the northeast. The withdrawal of SDF troops has raised concerns over the security of around a […]

A commuter train has derailed near Barcelona after a retaining wall collapsed onto the tracks. Spanish emergency officials say the train driver has died, and twenty people have been injured, four of them critically. The derailment comes just two days after a separate train collision in southern Spain killed forty two people and injured dozens more. A fifteen year old boy has been stabbed to death in woodland near a […]

Ministers are launching a consultation on banning under-16s from social media after pressure from dozens of backbench MPs. The government initially opposed such a ban but has softened its stance and will now seek views on introducing an Australia-style policy. The consultation will also look at improving age assurance technology to enforce minimum age limits, assess whether the digital age of consent is too low, and examine restricting or removing […]

Twenty-one people have died and more than a hundred are injured after a train derailment in southern Spain, the interior ministry and Spanish media report. A train from Malaga to Madrid, carrying three hundred and seventeen passengers, left Malaga at six forty local time before derailing and crossing onto an adjacent track, where another train was also derailed. Emergency services attended the scene. More than sixty Labour MPs have called […]

Thousands have protested in Greenland and Denmark against plans by US President Donald Trump to take over Greenland, an autonomous Danish territory. Demonstrations were held in Copenhagen and Greenland’s capital, Nuuk. The rallies coincided with a visit to Copenhagen by a US Congress delegation, led by Democratic Senator Chris Coons, who described Mr Trump’s rhetoric as not constructive. Mr Trump has said he will impose tariffs on European countries opposed […]

The Trump administration has named US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and former UK prime minister Sir Tony Blair as founding members of a Board of Peace for Gaza. The White House said Trump’s Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff and the president’s son in law Jared Kushner will also join the executive board. Donald Trump will chair the body for Gaza temporarily. A life extending prostate cancer drug will be […]

Venezuela’s opposition leader Maria Corina Machado has told reporters outside the US Capitol that she presented Donald Trump with her Nobel Peace Prize medal. There had been speculation over whether she would give the medal to the US president during their White House meeting. Machado said the gesture was in recognition of what she called Trump’s unique commitment to freedom. It remains unclear whether he has formally accepted the medal. […]

Iran has issued a notice closing its airspace to all flights except international services with permission to enter or leave the country, according to tracking site FlightRadar. A NOTAM, or Notice to Air Missions, is a time sensitive alert for pilots about hazards and airspace conditions. The restriction will be in effect for over two hours. The families of victims of the Manchester Arena bombing say they cannot support the […]