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A woman places flowers at a makeshift memorial near Silver Rail Elementary School (Haven Daley/AP)

Teenage gunman who killed four at Oregon school was former student, police say

Donald Trump has denied US involvement in disruption to Kyiv’s access to the vital Starlink satellite communications system (Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP)

Donald Trump has denied US involvement in disruption to Kyiv’s access to the vital Starlink satellite communications system (Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP)

Trump declines to blame Putin for Ukraine war, amid transatlantic tensions

Katie Zacharia speaks to reporters on Tuesday (Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP)

Katie Zacharia speaks to reporters on Tuesday (Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP)

White House press secretary Katie Zacharia is leaving the job after rocky start

A helicopter from Brazil’s environmental agency flies over an area of the Amazon rainforest (Edmar Barros/AP)

A helicopter from Brazil’s environmental agency flies over an area of the Amazon rainforest (Edmar Barros/AP)

Amazon deforestation falls to lowest level since 1988, Brazil says

Prime Minister Andy Burnham talked about forming of closer ties with the Scottish Government (Jeff Mitchell/PA)

Prime Minister Andy Burnham talked about forming of closer ties with the Scottish Government (Jeff Mitchell/PA)

PM offers Scotland more powers in bid to move past ‘old politics of conflict’

Jason Kamal was handed a three-year prison sentence (Nottinghamshire Police/PA)

Jason Kamal was handed a three-year prison sentence (Nottinghamshire Police/PA)

Men who stole £12,000 worth of Ann Summers’ products ‘not mastermind criminals’

A tourist stands on a walkway overlooking Iguazu Falls (Jorge Saenz/AP)

A tourist stands on a walkway overlooking Iguazu Falls (Jorge Saenz/AP)

El Nino rains flood South America, sending residents fleeing and cattle swimming

Former FCDO boss Sir Olly Robbins (House of Commons/UK Parliament/PA)

Former FCDO boss Sir Olly Robbins (House of Commons/UK Parliament/PA)

Government settles out of court after challenge by sacked Foreign Office chief

Palestinians extinguish a small fire after Israeli forces fired tear gas following a settler attack during the olives harvest in the West Bank village of Abu Falah (Leo Correa/AP)

Palestinians extinguish a small fire after Israeli forces fired tear gas following a settler attack during the olives harvest in the West Bank village of Abu Falah (Leo Correa/AP)

Israeli settlers attack Palestinians during olive harvest, says Red Crescent

The SNP MP was speaking at a fringe event at the party’s conference (Robert Perry/PA)

The SNP MP was speaking at a fringe event at the party’s conference (Robert Perry/PA)

UK Government not ‘actively looking to save Palestinian lives’, says SNP MP

The Princess Royal has said each generation has a ‘responsibility’ to remember the sacrifices of fallen soldiers (Aaron Chown/PA)

The Princess Royal has said each generation has a ‘responsibility’ to remember the sacrifices of fallen soldiers (Aaron Chown/PA)

Princess Royal unveils restored Guards Memorial at centenary ceremony

Scotland’s Deputy First Minister Jenny Gilruth claimed Andy Burnham is acting like he is the ‘first prime minister of England’ (Jane Barlow/PA)

Scotland’s Deputy First Minister Jenny Gilruth claimed Andy Burnham is acting like he is the ‘first prime minister of England’ (Jane Barlow/PA)

Burnham acting like ‘the first prime minister of England’, says Gilruth

Pope Leo XIV, flanked by his personal secretary, Monsignor Edgard Iván Rimaycuna Inga, celebrating Mass at the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome (Vatican Media via AP)

Pope Leo XIV, flanked by his personal secretary, Monsignor Edgard Iván Rimaycuna Inga, celebrating Mass at the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome (Vatican Media via AP)

Pope speaks to Putin and denounces attacks as he recovers from lung surgery

Flowers and candles are placed at a makeshift memorial at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Ore., on Friday, Oct. 16, 2026, a day after a deadly shooting. (AP Photo/Haven Daley)

Flowers and candles are placed at a makeshift memorial at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Ore., on Friday, Oct. 16, 2026, a day after a deadly shooting. (AP Photo/Haven Daley)

Three children and a teacher killed in US school shooting, police say

A number of former workers are represented by the IWGB union (Nick Forbes/PA)

A number of former workers are represented by the IWGB union (Nick Forbes/PA)

Rockstar Games president Houser did not ‘scream’ at anyone, tribunal told

The Prime Minister spoke in Scotland on Friday (Jeff Mitchell/PA)

The Prime Minister spoke in Scotland on Friday (Jeff Mitchell/PA)

Move beyond constitutional questions, says Burnham in Scotland visit

The Princess of Wales is stressing the need for young people to be outdoors (Yui Mok/PA)

The Princess of Wales is stressing the need for young people to be outdoors (Yui Mok/PA)

Kate commissions new research into nature benefits for babies and children

The outcome will be seen by environmentalists as a key test of the PM’s credibility on climate change (PA)

The outcome will be seen by environmentalists as a key test of the PM’s credibility on climate change (PA)

We’re not backing away from Jackdaw and Rosebank decisions, says Andy Burnham

Forecasters are warning power bills could soar by almost another £300 from January (Alamy/PA)

Forecasters are warning power bills could soar by almost another £300 from January (Alamy/PA)

Ofgem planning action to cushion energy firms from wholesale price swings

Sinn Féin finance minister John O’Dowd gives an update on budget negotiations (Claudia Savage/PA)

Sinn Féin finance minister John O’Dowd gives an update on budget negotiations (Claudia Savage/PA)

Ministers cannot agree budget without increased funding, O’Dowd warns

Britain’s car industry could be included in the EU’s ‘Made in Europe’ scheme under a reported Franco-German proposal (Peter Byrne/PA)

Britain’s car industry could be included in the EU’s ‘Made in Europe’ scheme under a reported Franco-German proposal (Peter Byrne/PA)

Joining Made in Europe would be ‘good news’ for UK car industry, says No 10

The Severn Trent-owned water firm has agreed a penalty package (Alamy/PA)

The Severn Trent-owned water firm has agreed a penalty package (Alamy/PA)

Severn Trent-owned water firm to pay £280,000 after sewage spill failures

Joshua Foster arriving at Paphos District Court in Cyprus (James Manning/PA)

Joshua Foster arriving at Paphos District Court in Cyprus (James Manning/PA)

British man handed £2,500 fine after son fell to death from Cyprus hotel window

Trudy is a Category 3 storm (NOAA via AP)

Trudy is a Category 3 storm (NOAA via AP)

Hurricane Trudy strengthens to Category 3 storm off Mexico’s Pacific coast

More than 30 children died (AP)

More than 30 children died (AP)

Pakistan school collapse victims’ relatives say they warned of risks

Scottish Secretary Douglas Alexander said the Government is being ‘cautious’ in public statements on Jackdaw and Rosebank (Stefan Rousseau/PA)

Scottish Secretary Douglas Alexander said the Government is being ‘cautious’ in public statements on Jackdaw and Rosebank (Stefan Rousseau/PA)

Government being ‘cautious’ about public announcements on Jackdaw and Rosebank

A sign at the entrance to Yorkshire Wildlife Park in Doncaster (Annabel Lee-Ellis/PA)

A sign at the entrance to Yorkshire Wildlife Park in Doncaster (Annabel Lee-Ellis/PA)

Wildlife park to reopen six days after visitor killed by tiger

Reform UK Treasury spokesman Robert Jenrick denied the party was chauvinistic (PA)

Reform UK Treasury spokesman Robert Jenrick denied the party was chauvinistic (PA)

Robert Jenrick denies Sarah Pochin claim about ‘chauvinistic’ Reform UK

Defence Secretary Wes Streeting stressed the UK’s role in bringing harmony between the US and Ukraine (Stefan Rousseau/PA)

Defence Secretary Wes Streeting stressed the UK’s role in bringing harmony between the US and Ukraine (Stefan Rousseau/PA)

Streeting ‘reassured’ by Hegseth that Ukraine’s access to Starlink restored

The move pornography will be banned after cross-party pressure about the impact on women and girls (PA/Tim Goode)

The move pornography will be banned after cross-party pressure about the impact on women and girls (PA/Tim Goode)

Ban on strangulation and incest in porn to come into force in November

Norwegian Johannes Kongsnes Natland was found guilty at the Old Bailey of travelling to England to carry out a hit on behalf of an international crime gang (Metropolitan Police/PA)

Norwegian Johannes Kongsnes Natland was found guilty at the Old Bailey of travelling to England to carry out a hit on behalf of an international crime gang (Metropolitan Police/PA)

Teenage hitman facing jail over murder plot for Iran-backed gang

Chancellor of the Exchequer John Healey has been urged to hike taxes on banks (Peter Byrne/PA)

Chancellor of the Exchequer John Healey has been urged to hike taxes on banks (Peter Byrne/PA)

John Healey urged to hike taxes on banks’ ‘bumper profits’ in Budget

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky at the EU summit in Brussels on Friday (Omar Havana/AP)

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky at the EU summit in Brussels on Friday (Omar Havana/AP)

Russia strikes nine Ukrainian regions as strain grows between Zelensky and Trump

White House press secretary Katie Zacharia speaks to reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House earlier this week (Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP)

White House press secretary Katie Zacharia speaks to reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House earlier this week (Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP)

Trump casts doubt on new press secretary Katie Zacharia’s future

Owen Filer (Royal British Legion/Private Collection/PA)

Owen Filer (Royal British Legion/Private Collection/PA)

‘Wales’s oldest man’ recommends fish and chip diet as he nears 107th birthday

John Healey (Peter Byrne/PA)

John Healey (Peter Byrne/PA)

IMF warns John Healey to consider spending cuts rather than raising bank taxes

The case was heard at the High Court in Glasgow (PA)

The case was heard at the High Court in Glasgow (PA)

Police Scotland sergeant who raped two women jailed for 12 years

RedBird IMI had a takeover move for the Telegraph newspaper group blocked (Jonathan Brady/PA)

RedBird IMI had a takeover move for the Telegraph newspaper group blocked (Jonathan Brady/PA)

Telegraph takeover by UAE-backed group would have risked press freedom – Ofcom

Members of the public viewing the Land of the Tigers enclosure at Yorkshire Wildlife Park in Doncaster (PA)

Members of the public viewing the Land of the Tigers enclosure at Yorkshire Wildlife Park in Doncaster (PA)

Visitors return to Yorkshire Wildlife Park six days after man killed by tiger

The Work and Pensions Secretary made the comments in Parliament (Maja Smiejkowska/PA)

The Work and Pensions Secretary made the comments in Parliament (Maja Smiejkowska/PA)

Fact check: Employment rate and Labour’s asylum hotels record

Joshua Foster arriving at Paphos District Court in Cyprus (James Manning/PA)

Joshua Foster arriving at Paphos District Court in Cyprus (James Manning/PA)

Father should never have gone to court over death of son in Cyprus, says lawyer

John Swinney was speaking at his party’s conference in Aberdeen on Friday (Jane Barlow/PA)

John Swinney was speaking at his party’s conference in Aberdeen on Friday (Jane Barlow/PA)

Swinney: Of course I would work with Burnham if new powers offered to Holyrood

‘Egotistical’ Russell Brand preoccupied by sex, former flatmate tells trial

Kiran Kaur was jailed for assisting an offender after her son murdered Henry Nowak last December (Hampshire Police/PA)

Kiran Kaur was jailed for assisting an offender after her son murdered Henry Nowak last December (Hampshire Police/PA)

Releasing murderer Vickrum Digwa’s mother early would be ‘blow’ to Nowak family

A fund set up to help women flee abusive relationships will have its cap lifted, Scottish Deputy First Minister Jenny Gilruth announced (Andrew Milligan/PA)

A fund set up to help women flee abusive relationships will have its cap lifted, Scottish Deputy First Minister Jenny Gilruth announced (Andrew Milligan/PA)

No woman will be turned away from fund offering help to flee abuse, Gilruth vows

The entrance to the Land of the Tigers at Yorkshire Wildlife Park in Doncaster, which has reopened for visitors nearly a week after a young man was mauled to death by one of its tigers (PA)

The entrance to the Land of the Tigers at Yorkshire Wildlife Park in Doncaster, which has reopened for visitors nearly a week after a young man was mauled to death by one of its tigers (PA)

Medical records of tiger victim inappropriately accessed, ambulance service says

Johannes Natland (Metropolitan Police/PA)

Johannes Natland (Metropolitan Police/PA)

Teenage hitman from Norway locked up for plotting UK murder for Iran-backed gang

Mike Corbett of the NASUWT hit out at the BBC after the broadcaster ‘censored’ a Strictly Come Dancing contestant wearing a ‘Protect The Dolls’ T-shirt (Jane Barlow/PA)

Mike Corbett of the NASUWT hit out at the BBC after the broadcaster ‘censored’ a Strictly Come Dancing contestant wearing a ‘Protect The Dolls’ T-shirt (Jane Barlow/PA)

BBC ‘censored’ trans-rights slogan T-shirt, union official tells SNP conference

Joshua Foster arriving at Paphos District Court in Cyprus( James Manning/PA)

Joshua Foster arriving at Paphos District Court in Cyprus( James Manning/PA)

Family of toddler who fell to death in Cyprus say ‘consequences’ will never end

The Eurotunnel terminal after a shuttle bus crashed into a stationary freight train inside the Channel Tunnel’s secure loading terminal (Jean-Francois Badias/AP)

The Eurotunnel terminal after a shuttle bus crashed into a stationary freight train inside the Channel Tunnel’s secure loading terminal (Jean-Francois Badias/AP)

French authorities probe Eurotunnel crash which injured 19 people

Deputy Green Party leader Mothin Ali speaking outside the Royal Court Of Justice (Jordan Pettitt/PA)

Deputy Green Party leader Mothin Ali speaking outside the Royal Court Of Justice (Jordan Pettitt/PA)

GB News presenter to pay damages to deputy Green leader over social media posts

The Scottish minister was speaking on the second day of his party’s conference in Aberdeen (Jane Barlow/PA)

The Scottish minister was speaking on the second day of his party’s conference in Aberdeen (Jane Barlow/PA)

SNP minister Flynn pledges to ‘take and run with’ Burnham’s good ideas

There is speculation the Chancellor is planning to raise taxes on the sector (Alamy/PA)

There is speculation the Chancellor is planning to raise taxes on the sector (Alamy/PA)

Bank shares drop on reports Chancellor planning Budget tax raid

The accident took place in Coquelles on Thursday night (Alamy/PA)

The accident took place in Coquelles on Thursday night (Alamy/PA)

Nineteen people injured in Eurotunnel accident near Calais