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A cryptocurrency businessman has been shot and killed in Brazil’s busiest airport in an attack that left three others injured. Antonio Vinicius Lopes Gritzbach was killed by unidentified gunmen in a black car at Sao Paulo’s Guarulhos International Airport on Friday. Mr Gritzbach had received death threats from the First Command of the Capital (FCC)

Police in Amsterdam are set to use a life-size hologram of a murdered sex worker to try to catch her killer 15 years after her death. The visualisation will show Bernadett “Betty” Szabo, who was stabbed multiple times on 19 February 2009, sitting on a stool behind a window as she reaches out to passersby

The Israeli military has said it is preparing to deploy an immediate rescue mission with the coordination of the Dutch government. “The mission will be deployed using cargo aircraft and include medical and rescue teams,” the Israeli Defence Forces said. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been informed of the details of “a very violent incident”

St Lucia’s Julien Alfred became a household name this summer after storming to gold in the 100-metre final at a rainy Stade de France during the Paris Olympic Games. Her time – 10.72 seconds – saw her become the sport’s latest fastest woman in the world. Reflecting on crossing the finishing line in her historic

Vladimir Putin has hailed Donald Trump as “courageous” for his response to an assassination attempt as he congratulated the next US president. Mr Trump won a decisive victory in the 2024 election – comfortably clearing the 270 Electoral College votes needed to secure the presidency and clinching five battleground states. Throughout his campaign, Mr Trump

US President Joe Biden is expected to address the nation this afternoon after Donald Trump was elected as his successor in an extraordinary political comeback. Mr Biden, who was replaced by vice president Kamala Harris as the Democrats’ presidential candidate over concerns about his mental fitness, will speak at 4pm (UK time), the White House

Spanish authorities have shared dramatic footage of a raid on a property linked to the seizing of 13 tonnes of cocaine, in what they described as the biggest anti-narcotics operation in the country’s history. Officials found bricks of drugs hidden in a shipment of bananas in a container from Ecuador at the port of Algeciras

Australia’s government has pledged to introduce what it described as “world-leading” legislation to ban children under the age of 16 from social media. “Social media is doing harm to our kids and I’m calling time on it,” Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said. “I’ve spoken to thousands of parents, grandparents, aunties and uncles. They, like

Germany’s ruling coalition is on the brink of collapse, triggering potential political chaos in Europe’s largest economy. It means Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his Social Democratic Party (SDP) face heading a minority government after sacking his finance minister Christian Lindner from the pro-business Free Democrats Party (FDP). Mr Scholz made the decision after weeks of

Ireland’s prime minister has announced the planned date for a general election to be held this month. Taoiseach Simon Harris said he hopes the election will take place on 29 November, formally kicking off a truncated campaign which will last mere weeks. Mr Harris, 38, was appointed Irish prime minister – the youngest in the

So the worst kept secret in Irish politics is finally out, and the people look set to head to the ballot boxes on 29 November. The taoiseach employs several lofty explanations for why he has decided upon an early election, but it’s hard to look beyond political expediency. The Fine Gael party has been flying

Usha Vance is a lawyer, a Yale graduate, the Hindu daughter of Indian immigrants – and has just become the United States’ “second lady”. She was thrust into the spotlight after her husband, JD Vance, was chosen as Donald Trump’s running mate in the 2024 presidential election. Almost immediately, she quit her job as a

Ukraine has begun firing on North Korean troops inside Russia for the first time since they were deployed in the conflict, a Kyiv official said. They added that Pyongyang’s units were struck in the Kursk region of Russia following a deployment that was criticised by the US and Ukraine’s other Western allies. US, South Korean

“We sat in the yard from 8am to 5pm under the sun with no water or food.” Sixteen-year-old Mohammed* was separated from his mother by Israeli forces as his family tried to flee northern Gaza. Mohammed’s mother was taken to a “sandy pit” with other women and children and sat in the heat for hours

Iran’s president has warned against further attacks on his country after Israel targeted military sites in pre-dawn airstrikes on Saturday. In a statement on X, Masoud Pezeshkian gave his condolences to the families of the four people killed in the attacks and said Iran would continue to defend itself. “Enemies of Iran should know these

Georgia’s ruling party is leading the crucial election race that could decide the country’s role in Europe. The Central Election Commission said the ruling Georgian Dream party had won 52.99% of the vote after 97% of the electronic vote was counted. Not all paper ballots and votes cast by Georgians abroad have been counted. Both

Israel’s unprecedented night of airstrikes across Iran may be just what was needed to pull the Middle East back from all-out war. That might sound odd because for hours, it seems, Israeli jets ranged freely across Iranian airspace, apparently attacking targets and air defences at will in a flagrant violation of Iranian sovereignty and provocation,

Ask people to predict the result in this weekend’s parliamentary election in Georgia, and you will get an “absolutely no idea” or a “totally up in the air” coming straight back at you. Which is strange when you consider the fact that the matter before the voters in this small but strategically vital nation goes

This was a royal tour that marked a number of firsts. It was the first real test of the monarchy in an overseas realm, the King’s first time at a Commonwealth leaders’ meeting as head of the Commonwealth. And for the King personally, this was his first big trip since his cancer diagnosis. It was

Several loud explosions have been heard in Iran’s capital Tehran and Israel has confirmed it has launched strikes on military targets. The Israeli military said it is conducting “precise strikes” on military targets in Iran in response to what it called “the continuous attacks from the regime in Iran against Israel”. An Israeli Defence Forces (IDF)