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Starmer is on the precipice as pressure builds for the UK leader to resign
[caption id="attachment_1516962" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks with local residents as he visits a housing development in north London, Friday, June 19, 2026. (Peter Macdiarmid/Pool Photo via AP)[/caption]LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is facing a career-defining decision: step down or fight a challenge from Labour Party rival Andy Burnham. Starmer has publicly vowed to stay in post, but pressure is building as more and more Labour Party colleagues conclude his time is up. Expectation is growing that he will announce a timetable for his resignation as soon as Monday. That’s the day Burnham will be sworn in as a lawmaker in the House of Commons after winning a special election last week. Business Secretary ... Read More
Ukrainian attacks prompt Russian-held Crimea to halt civilian gasoline sales
[caption id="attachment_1516959" align="alignnone" width="1024"] In this photo provided by Ukraine's 65th Mechanized Brigade press service, a soldier practices military skills at a training ground near the frontline in the Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, Saturday, June 20, 2026. (Andriy Andriyenko/Ukraine's 65th Mechanized Brigade via AP)[/caption]KIEV (AP) - Officials in Russia-occupied Crimea suspended civilian gasoline sales Sunday as Ukraine ramped up attacks on fuel supplies on the Black Sea peninsula. Gov. Sergey Aksyonov, the Kremlin-appointed head o Crimea, said that overnight Ukrainian strikes killed four people and wounded 28 others. He did not specify the target of the attack. He later wrote on social media that local gas stations would halt all sales to non-state companies and individuals for an undefined period. “Fuel ... Read More
US and Iran to talk Sunday in Switzerland as Tehran says it closed Strait of Hormuz again
TYRE, Lebanon (AP) — U.S. and Iranian negotiators headed to a Swiss venue Saturday for talks on adding key details to their interim agreement to halt the war, hours after Tehran said it closed the Strait of Hormuz because of Israel’s attacks in Lebanon and warned that little might be achieved if the fighting doesn’t stop. U.S. President Donald Trump, in response, unleashed a new threat to impose American tolls in the crucial waterway if a final deal with Iran isn’t reached in 60 days, saying the money would be for “services rendered as the Guardian Angel to the countries of the Middle East.” The agreement calls for toll-free travel for 60 days. The announcements indicated a rough start to ... Read More
Two trains collide north of London, killing at least 1 person and seriously injuring dozens
LONDON (AP) — Two trains collided north of London on Friday, killing a driver and seriously injuring dozens of people on board. A passenger described being thrown forward by the impact then seeing fellow travelers with broken bones and bloody injuries. Both trains were traveling south to London St. Pancras station when they collided outside the town of Bedford around 5:15 p.m., according to information on rail tracking websites. Emergency services deployed a number of resources to the scene including an air ambulance and hazardous incident team from the East of England Ambulance Service. “We know that a number of people have been injured and one person has very sadly died,’’ police said in a statement. “A major incident has ... Read More
US push to get Iran talks started hits an early bump. Vance stays at home, for now
[caption id="attachment_1505964" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth testifies at a House Appropriations subcommittee budget hearing for the Department of Defense, Tuesday, May 12, 2026, in Washington, as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine listens. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)[/caption]ZURICH (AP) — The American push to quickly begin high-stakes talks with Iran hit a snag Friday, just days after the signing of an agreement that opens a two-month window for negotiations on Tehran's nuclear program and returning oil traffic through the Strait of Hormuz to prewar levels. Iranian officials did not travel as planned to Switzerland, insisting that Israeli strikes on Iranian-backed Hezbollah militants in Lebanon must stop before the talks can take place, according to three regional ... Read More
Israel and Hezbollah agree to halt fighting, officials say, as US-Iran talks hang in the balance
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel and the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militant group agreed Friday to halt the heavy fighting in southern Lebanon that had threatened to unravel an interim agreement between the United States and Iran to end their war, officials said. Neither Israel nor Hezbollah immediately confirmed the truce. It came after a heavy exchange of fire killed 47 people in Lebanon and four Israeli soldiers. Hezbollah and Israel went to war shortly after the outbreak of the wider conflict, with Hezbollah firing rockets and drones at civilian communities in northern Israel and Israel seizing large swaths of southern Lebanon. The interim agreement to end the Iran war has already reopened the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran effectively closed, cutting the ... Read More
Thousand-year-old ancient oak tree tied to ‘Robin Hood’ legend has died, wildlife charity says
Major Oak, RSPB Sherwood Forest Nature Reserve, Nottinghamshire, May 2026 (Ben Andrew/RSPB)(LONDON) -- A giant, ancient oak tree located in the the Sherwood Forest -- the iconic setting of the "Robin Hood" legend -- has died, one of the U.K.'s top bird and wildlife conservation charities said.Famous for its enormous trunk -- about 36 feet in circumference -- and gnarled branches, the Major Oak was believed to be about 1,200 years old, according to the RSPB Bird & Wildlife Conservation Charity.The tree had been in "visible decline" for several years, the charity said and failed to produce any leaves this spring."Whilst the tree's failure to produce leaves this year is heart-breaking for everyone -- from the many people over the ... Read More
‘Cannot escape’: Afghan girl held at US military base in limbo amid Trump immigration policies
In this Aug. 20, 2021, file photo provided by the U.S. Army, combat medic Sgt. Wyatt Ryser with the 811th Hospital Center gives a Covid-19 briefing to an Afghan family at Camp As Sayliyah in Doha, Qatar. The U.S. military is providing meals, water, and snacks to immigration applicants seeking relocation to the U.S. Jimmie Baker/U.S. Army via Getty Images, FILE(QATAR) -- Her room is made up of four towering gray walls. With a rug, a colorful comforter and a few pictures, 15-year-old Zahra Muheb has tried to make it feel like home. She's spent her last two birthdays living at Camp As Sayliyah, a refugee camp on an unused American military base in Doha that's a temporary home for more than ... Read More
Ukrainian drones target Moscow again, mayor says, as Kyiv claims oil refinery strike
This photograph shows a Ukrainian long-range drone launched by servicemen of the 9th Kairos Battalion of the "Madyar's Birds" from an undisclosed location in Ukraine, on May 16, 2026. (Genya Savilov/AFP via Getty Images)(LONDON) -- Ukrainian drones targeted Moscow again in the early hours of Thursday morning, according to the city's Mayor Sergey Sobyanin, marking the fourth consecutive day of Ukrainian long-range attacks on the Russian capital.Sobyanin said in posts to Telegram that at least 15 Ukrainian drones were intercepted en route to the capital overnight, with no damage or casualties reported. Emergency responders were dispatched to sites where drones crashed or debris fell, Sobyanin said.Russia's federal air transport agency, Rosaviatsiya, announced on Telegram that temporary flight restrictions were introduced ... Read More
Lynette Hooker’s daughter grateful Coast Guard is conducting new search in Bahamas
US Coast Guard dive team is shown in Hope Town in the Bahamas as the investigation into the disappearance of Lynette Hooker continues. (ABC)(NEW YORK) -- The daughter of Lynette Hooker, an American woman who went overboard in the Bahamas and vanished two months ago, is grateful a U.S. Coast Guard dive team is on the scene conducting new searches."She has to be somewhere, so all the help that we could get, it's greatly appreciated," Hooker's daughter, Karli Aylesworth, told ABC News.The Coast Guard Investigative Service, which is leading the investigation, received permission from the Bahamas to send U.S divers to areas that were previously not searched, according to multiple U.S. officials.This search comes after forensic evidence found on electronic ... Read More
1 year in, South Korea’s Lee enjoys strong support but faces legal shadow
South Korean President Lee Jae-myung takes an oath during his inauguration at the National Assembly on June 04, 2025 in Seoul, South Korea. (Photo by Anthony Wallace - Pool/Getty Images)(SEOUL, South Korea) -- South Korea's ruling Democratic Party swept nationwide local elections Wednesday, tightening President Lee Jae Myung's grip on power one year into his term, though the conservative opposition captured Seoul's mayor's office.The vote drew 61% turnout, the highest for a local election in three decades.Lee enters his second year Thursday with approval ratings around 60%, according to South Korea's major pollsters. That is the second-highest at the one-year mark since 1987, behind only former President Moon Jae-in.When South Koreans elected Lee a year ago, they did so in ... Read More
Ukrainian drones hit St. Petersburg as key Putin economic forum opens
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy April 23, 2026. (Photo by Byron Smith/Getty Images)(LONDON) -- Ukrainian drones hit one of Russia's largest oil terminals in St. Petersburg overnight into Wednesday morning, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, sending plumes of black smoke towering over the city as the landmark St. Petersburg International Economic Forum prepared to open.Zelenskyy said Ukrainian long-range drones struck targets including the Petersburg Oil Terminal overnight -- just under 700 miles from Ukrainian territory.The latest round of "long-range sanctions," as officials in Kyiv refer to Ukrainian drone strikes inside Russia, "yielded good results. Important facilities on Russian territory were hit last night," Zelenskyy said in a post to Telegram.St. Petersburg is known as Russia's "second capital," and is a regular ... Read More
Russia launches ‘horrific’ drone, missile strikes on Ukraine, killing 22: Officials
Russia launches 'horrific' drone, missile strikes on Ukraine, killing 22: Officials(LONDON) -- At least 22 people were killed and more than 130 people injured in a large-scale overnight Russian missile and drone strike on Ukraine, officials said, with the capital Kyiv the main target of Moscow's latest long-range barrage.Ukrainian Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said in a post to Telegram that the most significant damage was wrought in Kyiv, Dnipro and Kharkiv regions. At least six people were killed in Kyiv and 16 people -- including two children -- were killed in Dnipro, local Ukrainian officials said.Ukraine's air force said in a post to Telegram that Russia launched 73 missiles and 656 drones into the country, of which 40 missiles and ... Read More
Trump cursed at Netanyahu in call over Lebanon escalation, sources say
U.S. President Donald Trump greets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as he arrives at the White House on April 07, 2025 in Washington, DC. P (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)(WASHINGTON) -- President Donald Trump cursed at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a roughly 15-minute phone call on Monday, multiple sources familiar with the call told ABC News, with the president angered by Israel's escalation in Lebanon and its potential to imperil the administration's ongoing negotiations with Iran.Trump accused Netanyahu of being ungrateful and called him "crazy," sources familiar with the call said.At one point during the tense call, Trump asked Netanyahu, "What the f--- are you doing?"Axios first reported on the expletive-filled call.News emerged on Monday that Iran was ... Read More
‘Out of control’: Doctors on the front line of Ebola outbreak speak out
Workers line up to disinfect their protective equipment at General Referral Hospital of Mongbwalu during the Ebola outbreak response in Mongbwalu, Ituri province, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, on May 20, 2026. (Michel Lunanga/Getty Images)(LONDON) -- Doctors and public health workers at the epicenter of the Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) told ABC News that the deadly virus is still spreading at an alarming rate.“The outbreak is completely out of control,” said Dr. Richard Kojan in an interview from the city of Bunia in Ituri province, which is the hardest hit.Kojan, who has been involved in fighting previous Ebola outbreaks in central and western Africa and is president of the Alliance for International Medical Action, said ... Read More
Fire at girls school in Kenya kills at least 16 students, minister says
Parents and guardians stand at Utumishi Girls Academy following the deadly fire in Nakuru, north of the Kenyan capital Nairobi on May 28, 2026. (Simon Maina/AFP via Getty Images)(LONDON) -- At least 16 students died in an overnight fire at a boarding school for girls in central Kenya, a government minister said Thursday.Education Minister Julius Ogamba said in a statement posted to X that a "regrettable fire tragedy befell Utumishi Girls Academy in Nakuru County. Most unfortunately, 16 learners lost their lives while several others suffered injuries in the incident."The Kenya Police Service said in a statement posted to Facebook that "several other students were injured and are receiving treatment."The blaze broke out in a dormitory at the Utumishi Girls ... Read More
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