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Gun safety clamour as 9 dead in Ohio in 2nd major US mass shooting in 24 hours, the 22nd this year
Two mass shootings in 24 hours have left 29 dead and dozens injured. Sunday’s shooting in Dayton is the 22nd mass killing in the US this year.
Serial domestic abuser jailed for stabbing terrified partner in neck with scissors
"Domestic abuse should never be tolerated and this is one abuser who will now be serving a significant custodial sentence for his crime."
Trump’s racism linked to El Paso mass shooting with 20 dead
"He is a racist and he stokes racism in this country, and it does not offend our sensibilities, it fundamentally changes the character of this country and it leads to violence."
Kanye West’s Star Wars-inspired social housing project pictured
Last month, Kanye, 42, claimed that the living spaces he had designed could be used to house the homeless.
Ex-soldier accused of Bloody Sunday murders given first court date
Soldier F is accused of two murders and four attempted murders in Londonderry in 1972.
Tommy Robinson fans march to demand his release from prison
Robinson, real name Stephen Yaxley-Lennon was jailed for nine months for contempt of court nearly jeopardising a set of trials.
Fictional weather report from 2014 that makes chilling predictions about climate change in 2050 has already come true
It projected that temperatures in Paris could reach up 26C in the morning, before rising to 40C after midday in 2050. Last month it hit 34C before reaching a record 42.6C.
Revealed: July record-breaking heatwave would have been 3C cooler without climate change
More "potentially lethal" heatwaves are now likely, researchers warn.
Reservoir dam near collapse faces ‘critical’ moment as thousands evacuated
Thousands of residents have been evacuated from the Derbyshire town of Whaley Bridge over fears the Toddbrook Reservoir dam could burst and flood their homes.