Children evacuated from severely flooded school in Ghana
Dominic Raab winked at Angela Rayner as he mocked her over train strikes in a fiery clash at Prime Minister’s Questions.The Deputy Prime Minister suggested Ms Rayner was a “champagne socialist” for attending opera during the national rail walkout last week.Mr Raab’s actions were labelled “bizarre” while Labour MP Toby Perkins (Chesterfield) tweeted: “I will never unsee Dominic Raab’s wink from the despatch box at Angela Rayner. I feel soiled.”Ms Rayner replied on Twitter: “Imagine how I feel!”The moment came after Ms Rayner had quoted Mr Raab’s past view that people who use food banks “simply have a cash flow problem”.
A volunteer fire department in Milano, Texas, speedily contained a grass fire on June 29, keeping it from spreading to two structures, drone footage shows.Michael Beard, who recorded this video, said the Milano Volunteer Fire Department responded to the blaze and made quick work of the grass fire.Beard told Storyful the Volunteer Fire Department was able to put out the fire before the flames reached two structures on the property or the nearby State Highway 36. Credit: Michael Beard via Storyful
Three US tourists found dead at a Sandals resort in the Bahamas last month were killed by carbon monoxide poisoning, police have said. Tennessee couple Robbie Phillips, 65, and Michael Phillips, 68, and 64-year-old Vincent Chiarella from Florida, were found unresponsive at the Sandals Emerald Bay resort on 6 May. In a statement on Tuesday, the Royal Bahamas Police Force said the tourists had died as a result of asphyxiation due to carbon monoxide poisoning.
Survivors and relatives of the victims of the November 2015 terror attacks responded to Wednesday's guilty verdicts with a mixture of emotions, mostly relief.
Gov. Gavin Newsom's administration won't use public money to help people from other states travel to California for an abortion
A multinational task force designed to seize Russian oligarchs' wealth has blocked and frozen 30 billion US dollars (£25 billion) in sanctioned individuals' property and funds in its first 100 days in operation, it has been reported.
Climate protesters have glued themselves to the frame of a painting in Kelvingrove Art Gallery and spray-painted their logo on the walls and floor of the building.
Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong was spotted in Glasgow ahead of his gig in the city.
Hundreds of police were deployed in an Indian city on Wednesday following the murder of a Hindu tailor allegedly by two Muslim men after comments by a ruling party official about the Prophet Mohammed that have inflamed sectarian tensions.
Jos Buttler said he had been given the "greatest honour" after being named as England's new white-ball captain in succession to "inspirational" World Cup-winning skipper Eoin Morgan.
Prague will be hoping it comes out smelling of roses.
Western military bloc says China poses ‘serious challenges’ to global stability
Reports of parties in properties plummeted by 44 per cent worldwide after ban was first imposed in August 2020
Passengers have been left out of pocket after airlines cancelled hundreds of flights over the past few weeks.
Steve Bray blared several songs at the Houses of Parliament on Wednesday before officers intervened. An anti-Conservative activist returned to Parliament Square vowing to stage a protest “twice as loud” a day after his amplifiers were seized by police. “Stop Brexit Man” Steve Bray blared several songs at the Houses of Parliament on Wednesday before officers again threatened to take his equipment.
At least 46 people have been found dead inside a trailer truck in San Antonio, Texas. San Antonio's WOAI-TV said the people found were migrants and police were investigating. The truck was found next to railroad tracks in the city's Southwest Side neighbourhood. Video from the scene and aerials showed police and other emergency services surrounding an 18-wheeler truck.
There are currently up to 300,000 people getting COVID each day, a senior health expert has warned.
Mali's government has adopted a timetable for staging elections, in a move just days ahead of a regional summit to mull the future of sanctions against the junta-dominated country.
The housing market has retained a surprising amount of momentum given the mounting pressure on household budgets, Nationwide Building Society said.
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