New York: It had all the makings of a Hollywood blockbuster: sex, politics, power, money. But the indictment of Donald Trump was also a modern-day tragedy on many fronts: a former president accused of breaking the law for electoral gain; a legal system thrown into doubt over claims of a witch-hunt; a country so bitterly […]

Horror in the French Alps as huge avalanche kills four skiers and injures nine others near Mont Blanc – amid fears death toll could rise Those caught up in the avalanche were backcountry skiing, local authorities say A huge avalanche in the French Alps has killed four people and injured nine others – amid fears […]

Key points The coal pit at Alcoa’s former coal mine at Anglesea is 18 per cent full.   Tensions remain about how to deliver the rest of the water needed to fill the pit.  The company expects the mine’s rehabilitation could take another decade.   For Warren Sharp, watching grass grow is anything but boring. Indeed, he […]

Zelensky says Putin should ‘spend the rest of his days in a basement with a bucket’ as Ukraine leader visits hellhole where Russian troops kept an entire village of 367 for a month Ukrainian President marks the one year anniversary of the liberation of Yahidne Russian invaders forced the population into a school basement where […]

RORY John Gates is one of BILL and Melinda Gates' three children. He is their only son, but who is he and what does he do? Who is Rory Gates? Rory Gates is the son of Melinda and Bill Gates. Born in May 1999, in Seattle, Washington, he is reportedly "notoriously private for good reason", […]

You can hear them before you see them. Under rainy, grey skies, they arrive at Mount Martha’s South Beach in bright-coloured dressing gowns and raincoats, just after the sun has risen. Sea Wolves co-founders Helen Luxton, Jo Hastings and Jen Fletcher on the beach in Mount Martha after a bracing cold-water swim last week.Credit:Eddie Jim […]

Forget dangerous dogs… I was mauled by my neighbour’s CAT – there was blood everywhere GRAPHIC CONTENT WARNING: EXCLUSIVE: Kimberley Eyre, 38, was attacked by a Tom cat in garden in Earby She was left dripping blood on the floor after the feline bit through her wrist  Read more: Bear ‘mauls trail runner, 26, to death’ […]

Fury as prisoners in HMP Frankland which houses killers Wayne Couzens, Ian Huntley and Levi Bellfield ‘will get phones installed in their cells’ Inmates at HMP Frankland are said to be excited by prospect of phones in cells Includes Sarah Everard’s killer Wayne Couzens and Soham murderer Ian Huntley  MPs and former detectives have condemned […]

BREAKING: Masked protesters throw petrol bombs as police are attacked in Londonderry on 25th anniversary of Good Friday Agreement as US President Joe Biden prepares to fly in Masked protesters have thrown petrol bombs at a police vehicle in Londonderry as violence erupted on the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement. A police Land […]

A US Navy destroyer passed through waters claimed by Beijing in the South China Sea in a show of force that came as China’s military holds drills around Taiwan. The USS Milius guided-missile destroyer conducted “freedom of navigation” operations on Monday in the South China Sea near the Spratly Islands, the US Seventh Fleet said […]