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A knife attacker, who forced staff at a petrol station in Bristol to hide inside a safe room, has been arrested. Loud bangs and bright flashes were reported.

Afghanistan’s former President, Ashraf Ghani, has apologised to the people of Afghan after fleeing the country to take refuge in the UAE whilst the Taliban took over.

Authorities say at least ten people died after a fire swept through a temporary hospital in North Macedonia that was treating coronavirus patients.

Poland vs England: Kick-off, team news and how to watch World Cup qualifier: Gareth Southgate’s men are back to face their toughest competition so far in group I.

A recent study has revealed residents in the North of England were more likely to die from Covid-19, spent longer in lockdown and were made poorer that the rest of the country.

A trial of unprecedented scale starts in France under high security over the November 2015 attacks in Paris that were the deadliest in peacetime France.

Indian security forces are maintaining an armed guard around the grave of an iconic Kashmir separatist leader, amid mounting public anger over police footage of his funeral.

The government has denied they are planning an October lockdown in England, following the i newspaper’s report that said the opposite.

Monday at dawn, six Palestinians escaped the high-security Israeli Occupation Gilboa Prison in the north of the country.

Warplanes bombed the alIOF resistance site, causing massive explosions, according to Palestinian media.

El Salvador has become the first country in the world to accept bitcoin as legal tender. This is huge news for the Cryptocurrency market and has rallied the market.

Former Girls Aloud singer Cheryl has paid tribute to bandmate Sarah Harding who died on Sunday after battling breast cancer.

Dylan Rich – a young footballer – has died after collapsing at an FA Youth Cup game in Nottingham.

Incursion included bombers and fighters, according to Taiwan, and was the largest since June.

Australia is trying to secure more vaccine supplies amid a surge in cases that has locked down its two biggest cities.

August might have been a bit of a let down but it looks like there’s a treat in store this week with a mini-heatwave ahead.

Prince Harry and the Duchess of Sussex may return back to the UK in the next couple of weeks for Harry’s birthday and Lilibet’s christening, according to an unnamed source. The source said Harry has been making ‘a lot of phone calls to London’ to arrange the trip.

Fifa is investigating the racist abuse aimed at Raheem Sterling and Jude Bellingham during Thursday’s match against Hungary. England won 4-0 but their victory has been overshadowed by the hideous behaviour of the Hungary fans – racism, flares and food and drinks thrown at players.

Food and drink exports from the UK have plummeted due to a sharp drop in trade with the EU after Brexit, according to fresh research published today. Data from the Food and Drink Federation (FDF) shows overall UK exports of food and drink slid £2bn in the first half of this year.

Will the horrific NYC floods force a change to Biden’s new fuel economy rules. We have all seen the floods in New York, the destruction of Hurricane Ida and the Wildfires in California, If anyone didn’t believe it before, climate change is here, the time to act is now.

JD Sports has said it is “perplexed and disappointed” by concerns over its planned takeover of sports goods rival Footasylum. 

More than 30 California children are stuck in Afghanistan after they traveled to the country to see their relatives weeks before the Taliban seized power.

Sixty-five members of the Iran-backed Houthi militia and pro-government forces have been killed in renewed fighting for the strategic Yemeni city of Marib.

Alexander Lukashenko was quoted by the Belta state news agency as saying that Russia will soon deliver a big military hardware consignment to Belarus.

Mancester City defender Benjamin Mendy will remain in custody as he awaits a potential trial on rape charges after his bail application was refused by a judge.