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Kevin Spacey behaved as if he “thought he could groom” one of his alleged victims of sexual assault – and good-looking young men were warned about the “slippery” Hollywood actor as it was “well known he was up to no good”, a court has heard. During the first day of evidence at Southwark Crown Court

US President Joe Biden will meet King Charles in a visit to the UK later this month, Buckingham Palace has announced. In a statement, the palace confirmed the US president will meet the monarch at Windsor Castle on 10 July. Mr Biden will also meet with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak during his five-day overseas trip,

At least two people have been killed and three others have been critically injured after a mass shooting in Baltimore overnight. Police said 30 people were injured during the incident at a house party in the state of Maryland. The Baltimore Police Department received numerous calls for a shooting just after 12.30am on Sunday morning,

A European space telescope has been launched on a million-mile journey to map the dark universe. The Euclid space telescope, named after the ancient Greek mathematician, will spend six years venturing through space, observing billions of galaxies as it does so. It was launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral in Florida

A rodeo athlete and his horse died last week when the two were struck by lightning. The man was checking on cattle in a rural part of the US state of Nebraska when the incident happened, according to officials. Terrel Vineyard, 27, was on horseback when he was struck on Wednesday 21 June, the Garden

Apple has entered the history books as the first public company to be valued at $3trn. The 47-year-old technology juggernaut, co-founded by Silicon Valley legend, the late Steve Jobs in 1966, officially closed up 2.3% at $193.97 per share at the end of trading on Friday. This brought its market value to $3.04trn – equivalent

Oscar-winning US actor Alan Arkin has died at the age of 89. Arkin was named best supporting actor for his role in Little Miss Sunshine at the Academy Awards in 2007. He was also nominated for an Oscar in the best supporting actor category for Argo. Arkin died on Friday at his home in Carlsbad,

A former sheriff’s deputy accused of failing to protect students during a 2018 mass shooting at a US school has been acquitted by a Florida jury.  Gunman Nikolas Cruz killed 17 and wounded another 17 when he opened fire at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on 14 February, 2018. Scot Peterson, the school resource

Satellite images have picked up an area of smoke lying across the UK which can be traced back to wildfires in North America, according to the Met Office. It said the cloud of smoke has “over the last day or so given us some vivid sunrises and sunsets”. Twitter This content is provided by Twitter,

A former US Marine sergeant accused of killing a homeless man after putting him in a chokehold on a New York subway train has pleaded not guilty to manslaughter. Daniel Penny, 24, also denied a charge of criminally negligent homicide following the death of Jordan Neely in May. Video filmed by a freelance journalist and

Donald Trump is suing a woman he was found to have sexually abused – claiming she falsely accused him of rape. E. Jean Carroll won a civil case against the ex-president in May. Jurors found Mr Trump sexually assaulted and defamed Ms Carroll. However, they stopped short of finding that Mr Trump had raped her.

Human remains found in a California mountain area are those of British actor Julian Sands, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department has confirmed. It is five months since the 65-year-old was reported missing in the Mount Baldy region of the San Gabriel mountains. Hikers found the remains on Saturday morning, with officials now positively identifying them

A recording of Donald Trump saying he is holding secret documents he didn’t declassify while he was president has emerged. The tape was made at the former president’s Bedminster, New Jersey, golf club in July 2021 and seems to indicate he knew of the proper declassification procedures but did not follow them. First obtained by

The “monster” who opened fire at an LGBT+ nightclub in Colorado last November, killing five people, has been sentenced to life in prison. Anderson Lee Aldrich admitted five counts of murder and 46 counts of attempted murder – and also pleaded no contest to two hate crimes. Aldrich’s guilty pleas mean the victims’ families are

An airport worker in the US has died after being sucked into a plane engine, officials have said. The employee, who has not been named, was “ingested” into an engine at San Antonio International Airport in Texas on Friday, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said. The incident happened at 10.25pm local time when a