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Donald Trump is asking the judge in his New York hush money criminal case to delay his sentencing until after the November presidential election. The former US president was found guilty on 30 May of falsifying business records to cover up his former lawyer Michael Cohen’s $130,000 (around £100,000) payment to adult film actress Stormy

The father of 17-year-old Spain footballer Lamine Yamal has reportedly been stabbed multiple times. Mounir Nasraoui was taken to hospital after being attacked in a car park in Mataro, near Barcelona, Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia reported. His condition is said to be serious but stable, the newspaper said, citing official but unnamed sources. Image: Yamal

Two men found dead in a burned-out car in Sweden were British nationals, officials say. Juan Cifuentes, 33, and Farooq Abdulrazak, 37, were reported missing in July after failing to return home from a business trip to Denmark and Sweden. The pair’s car was found in Malmo, with Swedish media reporting that at least one

A homeless charity in New Zealand has unwittingly given out sweets containing a potentially lethal dose of methamphetamine after they were donated by a member of the public. The amount of the drug in each wrapper is up to 300 times the level someone would normally take and could be lethal, the New Zealand Drug

A man who died when the helicopter he was flying crashed into a hotel roof in Australia had been at his own party beforehand. The pilot was flying alone when he crashed and the helicopter burst into flames, Queensland Police said. Nautilus Aviation said in a statement that the man flying the helicopter, who has

Donald Trump told Elon Musk that “illegal immigration saved my life” in a much-anticipated X conversation that was delayed due to technical issues. The site showed that the page was “not available” shortly after the scheduled start time of 8pm Eastern Time (1am UK time) for some users, though more than 115,000 people appeared to

Vladimir Putin says Ukraine’s invasion of Russia’s Kursk region, which has caused 100,000 people to flee, is an attempt to halt Moscow’s offensive in eastern Ukraine. Russian forces are still scrambling to respond to the surprise attack, which has seen a substantial amount of territory come under Ukrainian control. The Russian president’s comments came as

A wildfire is burning just outside of Athens with hundreds of firefighters trying to bring the blaze under control. More than 400 firefighters, 110 fire engines and a large number of volunteers are fighting the blaze, which broke out around 3pm local time on Sunday about 22 miles from the Greek capital. Fifteen firefighting planes

The area around the Eiffel Tower has been evacuated after a man climbed the Paris landmark hours before the Olympics closing ceremony. The shirtless man was spotted near the Olympic rings adorning the second section of the monument, just above the first viewing deck. It is unclear where he began the ascent of the 330m

Volodymyr Zelenskyy has acknowledged his forces are fighting in Russia for the first time. The Ukrainian president said Kyiv’s incursion into Russia’s Kursk region was part of a drive to restore justice after Moscow invaded in 2022. Moscow said Ukrainian forces had pushed into the Kursk region last Tuesday and Russian military bloggers said they

It is not only Team GB’s athletes who are getting their “Olympic moment” at the Paris Games. Team GB boxing doctor Harj Singh and physio Robbie Lillis have emerged as heroes after helping to save the life of the head coach of the Uzbekistan boxing team. Tulkin Kilichev was celebrating Uzbek boxer Hasanboy Dusmatov’s gold

Dozens of people have been killed in a strike that targeted a school-turned-shelter in Gaza City, Palestinian health officials have said – as the Israeli army said it had struck a “Hamas control centre”. The Hamas-run Palestinian health ministry’s ambulance and emergency service said the strike on the Tabeen school in central Gaza City killed

A passenger plane carrying 62 people has crashed in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Footage broadcast by TV GloboNews showed a large area on fire and smoke appearing to billow from an apparent plane fuselage. Video on social media showed an aircraft falling at speed towards the ground. The local firefighters corps confirmed that the plane fell

A CrossFit Games competitor has died while taking part in a swimming event. Lazar Dukic was competing at Marine Creek Lake in Fort Worth, Texas, on Thursday morning when he disappeared beneath the water. Emergency services were called at around 8am local time to reports there “was a participant in the water that was down

The family of a British man who went missing on his way back from Thailand two weeks ago have appealed for help finding him – with the search now focusing on Finland. Simon Robinson was last heard from on 26 July just before boarding a flight from Bangkok to Helsinki. He was then meant to