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Jun 30, 2026 - World

During the demonstration at Eidgah Ground, speakers claimed that the region should no longer be considered under Pakistan's control and warned about seeking stronger engagement with India.

Jun 30, 2026 - World

The new PM must balance the security budget and other urgent spending priorities, with little room for manoeuvreBurnham left with £4.7bn bill for Starmer’s new defence investment planKeir Starmer’s defence investment plan leaves behind spending problems that his successor will not be able to avoid.Military budgets will be well short of the UK’s Nato commitments by the end of the decade, and European allies and a combustible White House are likely to notice. Continue reading...

Jun 30, 2026 - World

Officials say coach bus struck vehicle in Queens, triggering chain collision involving four other vehiclesTwo people were killed and 20 others injured in a multi-vehicle crash on the Long Island Expressway in Queens, New York, on Monday night.The deadly collision has prompted a federal investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) after occurring at about 11.45pm. Continue reading...

Jun 30, 2026 - World

Winchester court hears accusations of offences by former petty officer Allan Grimson against males as young as 14A former Royal Navy petty officer, jailed for life 25 years ago for murdering two young men, sexually assaulted four other boys and men in the same era, a jury has been told.Allan Grimson was jailed in 2001 for battering Nicholas Wright, 18, and Sion Jenkins, 20, to death at his flat above a parade of shops in Portsmouth, Hampshire, in 1997 and 1998. Continue reading...

Jun 30, 2026 - World

Preliminary analysis of satellite data suggests magnitude of natural disaster could dwarf official estimatesMore than 58,000 buildings may have been damaged and destroyed by the twin earthquakes that hit Venezuela last week, according to a preliminary analysis of satellite data that suggests the scale of the destruction could dwarf official estimates.Last Wednesday’s back-to-back quakes – which measured magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 – killed at least 1,943 people, injured more than 10,571, and left tens of thousands missing amid the rubble. The UN migration agency has said that up to 6.8 million people could be affected by the disasters, and would require shelter, water, sanitation, healthcare and essential relief items. Continue reading...