103-year-old skydiver Ruth Larsson sets new Guinness World Record
Ruth Larsson became the oldest person in the history of the world to skydive on Sunday 29 May and entered the Guinness Book of World Records
A Republican congresswoman has called the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v Wade a “victory for white life” while praising former president Donald Trump for his role. Mary Miller, a representative from Illinois, made the controversial comments at a “Save America” rally on Saturday (25 June) where she shared the stage with Mr Trump. “President Trump, on behalf of all the Maga patriots in America, I want to thank you for the historic victory for white life in the Supreme Court yesterday,” Ms Miller said, to cheers from the audience.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau discuss the size of each other's private planes during a bi-lateral talk at the G7 Summit in Schloss Elmau, Germany.
It was a sun-drenched love affair between Diana Ross and revellers at Glastonbury on Sunday when the U.S. singer played in the "legends" slot on the final day of the festival. Ross, who is 78, was due to play Glastonbury in 2020 before the pandemic caused the festival to be cancelled for two years. Ross followed in the footsteps of Dolly Parton, Lionel Richie and Kylie Minogue in the Sunday afternoon slot, one of the biggest draws at Worthy Farm.
Wales forward Gareth Bale has confirmed he is set to join Major League Soccer side Los Angeles FC when his contract with Real Madrid expires. The five-time Champions League winner is soon to be a free agent and is looking for a new club ahead of playing for Wales at the World Cup in Qatar, which starts in November.
Analysis: A price cap on Russian oil and potential famine in Africa are among issues pressing for attention
Health providers and advocates fear the end of Roe v Wade will only exacerbate a growing crisis
Pro-abortion rights protesters marched through the streets of Washington on June 25, for the second consecutive day of demonstrations after a Supreme Court ruling overturned the landmark Roe v Wade decision.Footage by Brendan Gutenschwager shows demonstrators chanting outside the Supreme Court building in Washington chanting “this decision must not stand, legal abortion on demand.”Protests were expected to take place nationwide for a second day on Saturday, in response to the court ruling. Credit: Brendan Gutenschwager via Storyful
Train stations are all but deserted across Britain on the third day of a national strike that snarled the weekend plans of millions
St Albans Cathedral on Saturday brought history to life, with a performance using giant puppets to commemorate the execution of St Alban, Britain's first martyr. The footage filmed on June 25 in Hertfordshire shows a crowd gathered outside the church, watching the puppet play showing how the saint was beheaded by the Romans. It's thought that in about 270 AD, the Romans executed Alban instead of a Christian priest, with whom he had exchanged robes. That way, Alban saved the priest and set him free to carry on spreading Christianity.
A look at the latest updates from Russia's war with Ukraine as the mayor of Severodonetsk says Russian forces are now in control of the battered city.
Without Roe v Wade, approximately half of US women will be stripped of their right to choose
Boris Johnson spoke on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme about measures to help people's finances
‘Maybe I could have made a difference. And I guess I will never know the answer to that.’
‘I genuinely have what most females want’, says the investment analyst
'People will die': Women react after Supreme Court overturns the constitutional right to abortion
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko says Russia has targeted the Ukrainian capital
The inquiry was launched on the second anniversary of the stabbings at the Park Inn hotel in Glasgow.
Ghislaine Maxwell reported Brooklyn jail staff threatened her safety, prompting employees to place her on suicide watch, prosecutors said on Sunday, arguing there was no need to delay her sentencing on sex trafficking charges. Maxwell, 60, is scheduled to be sentenced on Tuesday for her December conviction for helping her then-boyfriend Jeffrey Epstein, the globe-trotting financier and convicted sex offender, abuse girls between 1994 and 2004. Prosecutors say she deserves between 30 and 55 years in prison.
The choir describes itself as a ‘rainbow tribe’, because, according to one of its members ‘none of us look the same as each other’.