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London mayor Lord Sadiq Khan says he is the victim of a scam after being convicted of failing to tax a car he does not own.

The DVLA has launched an investigation after the politician was fined in a fast-track court for keeping an unlicensed twenty-four-year-old Nissan Micra. DVLA letters regarding the unpaid tax were sent to Gordon Ramsay’s restaurant instead of City Hall, while officials confirmed the vehicle belongs neither to Lord Khan nor Transport for London.

Four people have been charged with murder following the death of a newborn baby girl in Sheffield.

South Yorkshire Police officers responded to reports of concern for the infant’s safety in the Wincobank area on Sunday. The baby girl was found with stab wounds and pronounced dead at the scene. Detectives initially arrested seven people aged between fifteen and thirty-eight before charging two men and two women in connection with the fatal incident.

A judge in Utah has ruled that a twenty-three-year-old man accused of killing right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk will stand trial, with prosecutors permitted to seek the death penalty.

Tyler Robinson faces an aggravated murder charge over the fatal shooting at Utah Valley University campus almost a year ago. Following arguments regarding the strength of the evidence, Judge Tony Graf allowed the case to proceed, which Kirk’s family described as an important step for justice.


NHS doctors are warning of a sharp rise in young people attending accident and emergency units in England in mental health crises.

Analysis by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health shows visits by six to seventeen-year-olds for self-harm, eating disorders, or emotional crisis rose by thirty-six percent between 2019 and 2025. Some patients faced waits exceeding twelve hours. The government says it plans to improve community support services soon.

Tehran has launched missile and drone strikes against US targets in Jordan, Kuwait, Iraq, and Bahrain following resumed American military attacks.

The Iranian Red Crescent reported five people died, including a child, when missile shrapnel struck a home during a wedding in southern Iran. US Central Command stated it never targets civilians, adding its strikes followed Revolutionary Guard attacks on commercial shipping and American forces.

Sixteen people have been killed and twenty-eight others injured in a bus crash in Egypt’s south Sinai region.

The local health ministry confirmed the fatal collision occurred on the road between Dahab and Nuweibaa, located north of Sharm el-Sheikh. The southern Sinai peninsula remains a highly popular tourist destination, renowned internationally for Red Sea diving and snorkelling.

Apple has renamed Lake Ontario as Lake America for US users on its Maps app, following an executive order from Donald Trump.

The change stems from a trade dispute that saw Washington impose fifty percent tariffs on Canadian goods. Canadian users still see the original name. Technology rival Google made a similar adjustment recently, sparking a social media backlash.

Written by: MarkDenholm

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