Two British boys, aged 11 and 13, have drowned in eastern Spain. The Spanish General Directorate of Civil Protection said in a statement that the two boys died on Tuesday evening after getting into difficulty off Llarga beach in Salou, Tarragones, Catalonia. Their father had entered the water with them and was rescued, it added.…

The parents of a 12-year-old boy who died from due to a “brain-eating amoeba” say they are “terrified it will happen to someone else”. Jaysen Carr died two weeks after swimming in one of South Carolina’s most popular lakes, when the single-celled organism naegleria fowleri entered his body through his nose. His parents say they…

A blanket of thick fog covers Lesotho’s capital, Maseru. Winter in the southern African country feels colder than ever. Thousands of garment workers have lost their jobs as the threat of US tariffs brings the textile industry to the edge. Hundreds of thousands have been cut off from critical healthcare after the USAID withdrawal. Unemployed…

Donald Trump has claimed billionaire paedophile Jeffrey Epstein “stole” prominent accuser Virginia Giuffre and other young women from his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida. Ms Giuffre became a household name after she sued Prince Andrew for sexual abuse in August 2021 – saying he had sex with her when she was 17 and had been trafficked…

A powerful 8.7-magnitude earthquake has struck off Russia’s far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula, causing a tsunami. A tsunami of up to four metres (13 feet) was recorded in Kamchatka Peninsula, leading to evacuations and damaging buildings, officials said. Tsunami warnings have been issued for Japan, Hawaii and parts of Alaska in the US. “Today’s earthquake was…

The man who shot dead four people inside a New York City skyscraper had left a note claiming he had CTE, a brain disease that has been linked to American football. It’s believed the gunman, 27-year-old Shane Tamura, was targeting the headquarters of the NFL but took the wrong lift. The NFL occupies floors five…

Hundreds of thousands of people are protesting the UK’s new online safety rules, with accusations of censorship being levelled at the government. Five days since Ofcom’s new internet regulations began being enforced, nearly 400,000 people have signed a petition asking for them to be repealed. In response to the petition, the government said it had…

“Children are eating out of piles of garbage” – that was the answer from UNICEF’s Salim Oweis when I asked if aid was now getting to those who need it. The phone call was intended for background to try to get a clearer idea of the latest aid distribution in Gaza, but it’s a conversation…

The British government has said it will officially recognise Palestine as a state in September – unless Israel meets certain conditions. The UK follows France, which recently said it would also recognise Palestine as a state before the UN conference in September. Ireland, Spain and Norway all officially recognised a Palestinian state last year. Britain…

Donald Trump described Scotland’s first minister as a “special guy” as he officially opened his new golf course in Aberdeenshire. The US president asked the SNP leader to stand up during the ceremony at Trump International Golf Links, saying: “John Swinney is a terrific guy – and loves golf and loves the people of this…