News 10/04/26

US Vice President JD Vance has spoken briefly to reporters before boarding a flight to Pakistan for peace talks with Iran.

He is attending alongside special envoy Steve Witkoff and Donald Trump’s son in law Jared Kushner. Vance said he was looking forward to negotiations and believed they would be positive, adding the president had given clear guidelines. He said the United States would extend an open hand if Iran negotiates in good faith but warned the team would not be receptive if it does not.

At least one person has died and twenty six others are in hospital after a bus crash in the Canary Islands.

The accident happened at one fifteen this afternoon when a tourist bus plunged into a ravine on the GM two highway in San Sebastian de La Gomera. Three of those injured are in a critical condition. All of the passengers on board were British.

A man has been arrested after two men and two women died attempting to cross the English Channel.

The suspect, a twenty seven year old Sudanese national, was detained at Manston processing centre in Kent on suspicion of endangering lives during a sea crossing. The group had tried to board a dinghy at Equihen Plage but were swept away by strong currents. Thirty eight people were returned to France while seventy four reached the UK.

A man convicted of killing his abused wife after she jumped from a motorway bridge has been jailed for eight years.

Kimberly Milne died aged twenty eight after being struck by multiple vehicles on the A90 in Dundee in July twenty twenty three. Lee Milne, aged forty, was found guilty of culpable homicide and domestic abuse. Police said she was clearly terrified and acted to escape him.

The European Union’s new digital border system is set to be fully operational from Friday.

The Entry Exit System will require fingerprints and photos alongside passport scans at Schengen borders. It has been gradually introduced since October to improve security and travel. However, some crossing points are not fully ready, with reports of long queues and warnings delays could worsen during busy holiday periods.

Police in London and Manchester will receive an extra five million pounds for patrols around places of worship.

The Home Office says the funding will help keep people safe where they live, work and worship. It follows incidents including an alleged arson attack in Golders Green and a synagogue attack in Manchester. The money will support Project Servator deployments by specialist officers trained to detect suspicious behaviour.

Former deputy Labour leader Harriet Harman has accused Nigel Farage of leading what she described as a culture war after his response to the government’s decision to bar Kanye West from the UK.

She said his opposition on free speech grounds was deplorable and questioned his commitment to tackling antisemitism. The Home Office said the rapper, who now calls himself Ye, had been denied entry because his presence would not be conducive to the public good.

Public opinion in the UK has shifted sharply against the United States following President Donald Trump’s war in Iran, according to a new poll.

The decline in support also follows US intervention in Venezuela. Research by Public First found fifty three percent of Britons now view the United States as a negative force in the world, an increase of nineteen percentage points since before American forces seized Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro in January.