He admitted he had been grooming and sexting someone he thought was a 13-year-old girl during a sting by vigilante group Predator Poachers Long Island.

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Andrew Arrabaca, 43, was armed with two axes, a machete, three knives and fireworks, says the FBI.

The new Prime Minister promised radical change, yet his picks for the Cabinet tell a very different story, argues Adam Bienkov

On the eve of entering No 10, the prime minister-to-be promises a break with Westminster’s old ways and says he will lead by persuasion, not diktat

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Andy Burnham’s arrival in No 10 is a moment to rediscover hope

Unispace Global were awarded £679 million in PPE deals from the government after the company's offer “came through” Cabinet Minister Michael Gove – contradicting the then-Government’s claims of no inv...

How Trump and his administration have mired the US in multiple crises: From manufactured election insecurity to an outbreak of ‘explosive’ diarrhea, Americans are bearing the brunt of harmful policies Between widespread cuts to vital government agencies, various disease and illness outbre...

Majority of US voters link extreme weather to climate crisis, study finds: Top Democrat says findings show public ‘way ahead of the politicians’ as Trump dismisses global heating as ‘hoax’ Amid a summer of dangerous heat, drought and floods, a majority of Americans are connecting increasi...

US forces target Iranian sites for the eighth night in a row, while Iran says it fired drones at the US military in Kuwait.

On Thursday this week, the High Court issued its judgement on a legal challenge, brought by the British Association for Shooting & Conservation (BASC) against Natural England, concerning the li…

One death is reported in what President Zelensky calls "one of the most massive ballistic attacks" on Ukraine's capital.

The announcement comes after Jordan said it intercepted 10 Iranian missiles fired into its airspace overnight into Saturday.

Political editor David Maddox has been handed a letter Nigel Farage sent to voters in Clacton explaining why he called a by-election – one constituent called it ‘a self-pitying diatribe’

The US command says it is conducting more strikes to degrade Iran's armed forces, as Iran reports explosions near the Strait of Hormuz.

Yemen's Houthi leader Abdul Malik al-Houthi said on Thursday that all Saudi oil and other vital ​facilities would be targets for the group's missiles ‌and drones if Riyadh escalated its involvement in...

"Anya" gives the BBC a rare account of how sex-criminal financier Epstein lured and abused his “assistants”.

‘It’s only going to get worse’: wildfires forcing firefighters to make impossible choices: As the climate crisis fuels more intense blazes, pushing them to new parts of the world, those tackling them are forced to ration resources and decide which to fight César Alcaraz had only just beco...

The blaze has destroyed more than 100 homes in Drammen and has spread to a nearby forest, authorities say.

Central Command says attacks were designed to ‘continue degrading Iranian military capabilities’

The loss of EU nurses from the NHS caused over 3,700 additional hospital deaths in the three years after Brexit, according to researchers.

Under the proposals, the EU plans to relax its emissions trading system to give companies more time to reduce their carbon output.

As a result, the US Tsunami Warning Center has recorded waves of 0.3m (1.1 feet) above tide level in Puerto Madero and Chiapas in Mexico.

Protests erupted in Ukraine on Thursday after Mykhailo Fedorov's removal - and now soldiers are also criticising the move.

While Boris Nadezhdin is barred from running for parliament, blogger Ilya Remeslo is remanded in custody.

Opponents say president’s address about 2020 election loss is attempt to sow confusion ahead of midterms that could deliver big losses for Republicans

NBC and CNN stayed away from White House speech, while Fox News, MS Now, CBS and some ABC affiliates aired it

Campaigners say field will bring minimal benefit for UK economy, as industry lobbies Burnham for go-ahead

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