Former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani has been hospitalised and is in critical but stable condition, according to his spokesperson and a public post by Donald Trump.Ted Goodman said Giuliani was in hospital but did not say why he had been admitted or how long he had been there.Trump described Giuliani as having been hospitalised and said he was in critical condition.Goodman later said Giuliani was a fighter who had faced every challenge in his life with unwavering strength.No further medical details were given.The development is significant because Giuliani remains a prominent political figure in the United States and a... [Continue Reading]
Protesters clashed with police outside Wyckoff Heights Medical Center in Brooklyn after federal immigration agents brought a detainee there for evaluation and later removed him to a waiting car.Eight people were arrested during the confrontation, according to the supplied report.The incident took place outside the hospital, which became the focus of the protest after the detainee was brought in by immigration agents.The arrests and the police response make the episode a local flashpoint over immigration enforcement and the handling of detainees in public settings.The confrontation was centred on a single transfer at a hospital in Brooklyn.The report says the detainee... [Continue Reading]
Three people have died after a suspected virus outbreak aboard the MV Hondius cruise ship in the Atlantic, according to the World Health Organization.One confirmed hantavirus case and five suspected cases are now under investigation.The ship was travelling from Argentina to Cape Verde when the outbreak was reported.The WHO said it was helping coordinate between member states and the ship's operators, including medical evacuation for two symptomatic passengers.South African health officials said the first person to show symptoms was a 70-year-old passenger who died on board.His 69-year-old wife was evacuated to South Africa and later died in a Johannesburg hospital.A... [Continue Reading]
Police in south London are investigating whether a drive-by shooting in Brixton that injured four people is connected to a stabbing about an hour later nearby.The two attacks happened on Saturday morning and left two men in a life-threatening condition.The shooting took place on Coldharbour Lane at about 01:15 BST, when a car approached from the other side of the road and fired seven shots, according to a witness account.Four people were taken to hospital with gunshot wounds.A 25-year-old man was left in a life-threatening condition, while three others aged 21, 47 and 70 suffered non-life-threatening injuries.The stabbing victim, a... [Continue Reading]
Two young women have died after a small boat carrying migrants from northern France towards the UK drifted and ran aground near Boulogne-sur-Mer, French officials said.The boat was carrying about 82 people when it set out overnight from Saturday to Sunday.Officials said its engine would not start, leaving it to drift before it eventually reached a beach near Neufchatel-Hardelot, about 12 kilometres south of Boulogne-sur-Mer.Christophe Marx, a regional government official, said 17 people were rescued at sea and taken to the port of Boulogne-sur-Mer.Thirteen people with moderate injuries and three others with serious wounds, including burn victims, were taken to... [Continue Reading]
Police in Australia's Northern Territory have charged a 47-year-old man with murder and two other offences over the killing of a five-year-old Indigenous girl.Jefferson Lewis was charged on Saturday evening and is due to appear in court in Darwin on Tuesday, police said.The victim was known as Kumanjayi Little Baby in line with Indigenous custom.Northern Territory Police Commissioner Martin Dole said the case was a horrific event and said thoughts remained with the family.Police also said the girl's death had sparked protests near Alice Springs.The unrest followed the capture of the suspect after he was found and beaten unconscious by... [Continue Reading]
Three people have died after a violent incident at a home in Sydney's south-west, with police arresting a 32-year-old man at the scene.Officers were called to Juliet Close in Rosemeadow just after 1:30am on Sunday.Police said they found the bodies of a woman in her 60s and a man in his 20s at the property.A 64-year-old man was also found with critical head injuries and later died at Liverpool Hospital.The arrested man was taken to Campbelltown police station for questioning.Police have set up a crime scene and the homicide squad is assisting with the investigation.Authorities believe the incident may be... [Continue Reading]
Relatives of jailed Iranian human rights campaigner Narges Mohammadi and the Nobel Peace Prize Committee are calling for her to be moved to adequate medical care after what they describe as a sharp deterioration in her health.Her family said on Friday that the 54-year-old had been taken from prison in north-west Iran to a local hospital.Her brother later said her blood pressure had dropped sharply and that doctors had not been able to stabilise it.The Narges Mohammadi Foundation, run by her family, said she was transferred to a hospital in Zanjan province after a "catastrophic deterioration" in her condition.Hamidreza Mohammadi... [Continue Reading]
The United States Department of Defense has announced plans to withdraw 5,000 troops from Germany over the next six to twelve months.This move fulfills a threat made by former President Donald Trump following tensions with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz related to the ongoing war in Iran.Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell confirmed the withdrawal, stating that the decision follows a thorough review of the department's force posture in Europe and reflects theatre requirements and conditions on the ground.The troop reduction represents approximately 14 percent of the 36,000 American service members currently stationed in Germany.The US maintains several major military facilities in Germany,... [Continue Reading]
Lawyers for Ratko Mladic, the convicted Bosnian Serb war criminal, have requested his release from jail in The Hague, citing serious health concerns and a high risk of imminent death.Mladic, aged 84, was sentenced to life imprisonment in 2017 for genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity committed during the 1992-1995 wars in the former Yugoslavia.His legal team reported that Mladic has been bedbound or wheelchair-bound for an extended period and recently suffered a suspected stroke that left him nearly unable to speak.Two doctors have assessed his condition as serious, prompting the request for his immediate provisional or conditional release... [Continue Reading]
A man has been charged with attempted murder after stabbing two Jewish men in Golders Green, north London.Essa Suleiman, 45, is accused of attacking Shloime Rand, 34, and Moshe Shine, 76, and remains in custody.Both men suffered serious injuries and were treated in hospital.The Metropolitan Police have declared the incident a terrorist attack.Suleiman, born in Somalia and now a British citizen, will appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court facing two counts of attempted murder and one count of possession of a bladed article in a public place.He has also been charged with attempted murder related to a separate incident in Southwark,... [Continue Reading]
Violence broke out in Alice Springs, Australia, following the arrest of a man suspected of murdering a five-year-old girl.Jefferson Lewis was taken into custody late on Thursday night after being found unconscious and reportedly attacked by members of the local community.The girl, identified as Kumanjayi Little Baby for cultural reasons, was found dead earlier on Thursday.She had last been seen on Saturday night at an Aboriginal town camp near Alice Springs.Following Lewis's arrest, around 400 Aboriginal people gathered outside the town hospital where he was being treated.The crowd threw projectiles and chanted for "payback," a term referring to traditional punishment... [Continue Reading]
A retired UK policeman and volunteer has accused a Member of Parliament of appropriating his idea to donate unused ventilators to Ukraine, instead redirecting them to Cuba.Steve Eccleshall, a volunteer with a charity delivering aid to Ukraine, claims he initially sought help from Labour MP Steve Witherden to secure 40 ventilators from Wrexham Maelor Hospital.Eccleshall said he met Witherden and Welsh Parliament member Russell George on 6 February to present his request for the ventilators, which were unused due to compatibility issues after being provided during the Covid pandemic.Following the meeting, Witherden reportedly congratulated Eccleshall and offered assistance.However, Eccleshall later... [Continue Reading]
Two men were stabbed after leaving a synagogue in Golders Green, London, in an attack that has caused shock and fear within the local Jewish community.The incident occurred shortly after the victims left Hagers Shul Synagogue on Wednesday morning.The suspect has been identified as Essa Suleiman, a 45-year-old Somali-born British man.The victims, Shloime Rand, 34, and Moshe Shine, 76, are currently in stable condition in hospital.This attack follows a previous assault on four Jewish charity ambulances nearby just five weeks earlier.Political leaders, including Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, visited the area to express their horror at the incident.Community members have... [Continue Reading]
Two Jewish men were stabbed in a terrorist attack in Golders Green, north London, on Wednesday.The victims, a man in his 70s and another in his 30s, were taken to hospital and are in stable condition.The Metropolitan Police declared the incident a terrorist attack.CCTV footage showed the suspect running along a street before approaching a passerby with a knife.Police officers used a Taser to subdue the suspect, who was seen on video being ordered to drop the weapon.The suspect had recently been released from jail weeks earlier after serving time for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl and a woman in... [Continue Reading]
Seven families of victims killed or injured in a mass shooting in Canada have filed lawsuits against OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman in a California court.The lawsuits accuse the company and its leadership of negligence for failing to act on flagged ChatGPT activity of the shooter prior to the attack.In February, 18-year-old Jessie Van Rootselaar opened fire at a secondary school in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, killing eight people, including six children.Van Rootselaar's interactions with ChatGPT were flagged months before the shooting for references to gun violence, but OpenAI did not alert local law enforcement.One of the surviving victims,... [Continue Reading]
Two Jewish men were stabbed in the Golders Green area of London on Wednesday, an incident now declared a terrorist attack by the Metropolitan Police.The victims, aged 34 and 76, were hospitalised with knife wounds.A 45-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following the attack.The stabbing occurred in a neighbourhood known for its large Jewish community.Police are investigating whether the attack was specifically targeted at the Jewish population and if it is linked to a recent series of arson attacks on synagogues and other Jewish sites in London.Both victims received medical treatment and are reported to be in... [Continue Reading]
Israeli military strikes in Gaza on Tuesday resulted in the deaths of at least five people, including a nine-year-old boy named Adel al-Najjar.Adel was collecting firewood in the eastern part of Khan Younis city when he was killed by Israeli fire, according to authorities at Nasser hospital.The location was about 400 metres west of the so-called Yellow Line, which separates Israeli-controlled areas from the rest of Gaza.In a separate incident, four men were killed in a direct Israeli strike on a car in Gaza City.The Israeli army stated it targeted a "terrorist" in Gaza City but did not provide further... [Continue Reading]
A new pilot project at Birmingham Women and Children's Hospital is offering earlier checks and treatments to women at risk of miscarriage, with the potential to prevent thousands of miscarriages annually.The program provides interventions before the usual threshold of three miscarriages required for specialist NHS care in England.The pilot involves testing women earlier in pregnancy and administering hormone progesterone and aspirin therapy to improve pregnancy outcomes.Women who have experienced one or two miscarriages are now able to access this support sooner.Two women participating in the project, Lisa Varey and Emily, shared their experiences.Lisa, after two miscarriages, was prescribed progesterone and... [Continue Reading]
An 89-year-old man was arrested in Patra following a double shooting in Athens that injured five people.The suspect opened fire inside a social security office in the Kerameikos district before proceeding to an appeals court in Ambelokipi where he fired again.The initial shooting at the social security agency targeted an employee of the state pension organisation, who was wounded in the leg after the suspect warned the employee to duck before firing.At the court, four court officials were lightly injured after the gunman fired shots inside a chamber during a session, reportedly firing at the floor and scattering envelopes containing... [Continue Reading]
A former teacher, Jamie Varley, is on trial accused of sexually abusing and killing his adopted 13-month-old baby, Preston Davey.The trial at Preston Crown Court revealed that the baby suffered 40 traumatic injuries before dying in hospital on 27 July 2023.Varley and his partner John McGowan-Fazakerley adopted Preston in April 2023.The court heard that the infant was routinely ill-treated at their home in Blackpool during the nearly four months following the adoption.Jamie Varley admitted in text messages to family and friends that he had "murdered" the baby and described him as "dead meat" in the weeks before Preston's death.Varley also... [Continue Reading]
Two trains collided near Bekasi Timur station, about 25km from Jakarta, Indonesia, resulting in at least seven deaths and 81 injuries.The accident involved a long-distance train crashing into a stationary commuter train overnight.Rescuers are actively working to free two passengers still trapped alive in the wreckage, according to a spokesperson for the state-owned rail company.Emergency services have been attending the scene since early Tuesday morning.Casualties include seven confirmed fatalities and dozens of injured passengers, many of whom have been taken to nearby hospitals.One survivor described being trapped in a pile-up inside the mangled carriages, fearing suffocation.This incident highlights ongoing safety... [Continue Reading]
A mental health nurse has admitted to a public inquiry that she made errors in the records of a mentally ill man who later killed three people in Nottingham.Valdo Calocane, diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, stabbed to death Barnaby Webber, Grace O'Malley-Kumar, and Ian Coates on 13 June 2023.He also attempted to kill three others during the attacks.Calocane had been under the care of Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (NHFT) from 2020 but was discharged nine months before the attacks due to a lack of engagement.The inquiry heard that Calocane first presented with symptoms of psychosis in May 2020 after breaking... [Continue Reading]
Two trains collided outside the Indonesian capital Jakarta on Monday, resulting in at least four deaths and injuring dozens of people.The collision involved a stationary commuter train being hit from behind by a long-distance commuter train on the same track near Bekasi Timur Station, approximately 25 kilometres from Jakarta.State-owned railway operator KAI confirmed four fatalities and said 38 people had been hospitalised.Rescue efforts are ongoing, with some passengers still trapped inside the wreckage.Jakarta Police Chief Insp Gen Asep Edi Suheri reported that six or seven people remain trapped in the carriages.The Deputy Speaker of the Indonesian House of Representatives, Sufmi... [Continue Reading]
Since the outbreak of the US-Israel war with Iran in February 2026, UK families are experiencing significant financial pressure due to rising fuel prices.Naomi, a mother from Chorley, Lancashire, has reported that the cost of filling up her family van has surged, impacting essential travel for her daughter's medical care.Naomi's 10-year-old daughter, Riziah, who has complex medical conditions, requires regular hospital visits over 30 miles away in Liverpool.The increase in fuel prices has made these trips considerably more expensive, forcing the family to reduce spending in other areas.Diesel prices have risen by 35% and petrol by 19% since the war... [Continue Reading]
Australian orthopaedic surgeon Herwig Drobetz has returned to Gaza for his fourth medical mission, working at the Rafah Field Hospital.Drobetz, who previously served as a Red Cross medic in Gaza during active conflict in 2024, is providing critical post-operative care amid ongoing medical supply shortages.Drobetz described the demanding conditions at the hospital, where he works alongside Palestinian medics.He highlighted the urgent need for medical supplies and post-operative care for patients in the war-torn enclave.The surgeon has experienced a range of emotions since his initial deployment, including relief at returning home, guilt for leaving colleagues behind, and anxiety linked to post-traumatic... [Continue Reading]