Britain could have its hottest September day in more than 50 years. Temperatures on Tuesday are expected to peak between 30C and 32C in the south-east, while Scots can expect an above-average 20C-21C, the Met Office said. It means Britain could be as warm as Bangkok in Thailand, and hotter than predictions for Madrid and Los...
SEOUL (Reuters) — Samsung Electronics Co Ltd on Saturday urged users of its Galaxy Note 7 phones to turn in their handsets as soon as possible as part of a recall aimed at limiting the damage caused by the fire-prone devices. The world's top smartphone maker said last week it would exchange all Note 7 phones in 10...
Oliver Stone has revealed he used encrypted messages to communicate while making his film about whistleblower Edward Snowden, due to fears of hacking. The drama — called simply Snowden — looks at how the former CIA employee leaked details about the National Security Agency in 2013. It is due to be shown at the...
A man has admitted to ripping out his girlfriend’s intestines with his bare hands after she called out her ex-husband’s name during sex. Fidel Lopez, 24, cried hysterically down the phone to police as his girlfriend Maria Nemeth lay dying on the bathroom floor, September last year. A French police officer patrols in...
MPs could be forced to move out of the Houses of Parliament for six years while the buildings undergo major renovations. The Palace of Westminster faces an ‘impending crisis’ and is at risk of a ‘catastrophic event’, MPs and peers have warned. A British artist is stranded at sea because the company that...
What do the words “Palestinian women” conjure up for you? Images of courage, strength and the backbone of Palestinian survival under ruthless and vicious Israeli occupation? There is not a single Palestinian woman who is unscathed by the violence that Israel unleashes daily on the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip....
Inflation reached 16.4 per cent in Egypt in August, its highest rate since 2008, the Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics revealed in a statement. The rise was caused by the deterioration of the value of local currency, the increase in the price of electricity, food and drink. The number of consumers also rose...
American swimmer Ryan Lochte has been banned from the sport for 10 months after falsely claiming he was robbed at gunpoint during the Rio Olympic Games. The 32-year-old said he and three team-mates were held up at a petrol station during a night out. But police questioned the account after CCTV footage showed the group had...
A woman in Oklahoma is facing jail after it emerged that she was married to her daughter, and was previously married to one of her sons. Brother and sister plan to make a baby together – but it’s not incest Patricia Spann, 43, married 25-year-old Misty Spann in March 2016 in Comanche County. Six years previously,...
As the oil price tumbles and western sanctions continue, Russia is rapidly running out of money, and the national reserve fund may be empty by the end of the year. The advances in the standard of living made during Vladimir Putin’s tenure as Russian President have been all but eliminated by a severe economic crisis and...
Donald Trump defended a comment he made in 2013 that sexual assault in the US military happened because men and women serve alongside each other. During a national security forum, the Republican presidential nominee said the issue was a "massive problem." NBC Host Matt Lauer asked Mr Trump about a 2013 tweet in which...
Police in the north-western Indian state of Hariyana will check dishes of mutton biryani to ensure they do not contain beef, a senior official has told the BBC. A vet will help officers inspect the mixed rice dish in Mewat district, Hariyana Cow Service Commission Chairman Bhani Ram Mangla said. India's Hindu majority see...