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A massive power outage which brought much of Spain and Portugal to a standstill earlier this year is the first known blackout caused by excessive voltage, a report has found. The blackout on 28 April stranded thousands of train passengers and left millions of people...

President Trump has said Hamas is ready for a "lasting peace" after the Palestinian militants agreed to release all remaining hostages, as he called on Israel to stop bombing Gaza The US leader was responding to a statement by Hamas earlier on Friday in which...

Taylor Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl has only been out for a day, but the pop superstar is already smashing records.  Spotify confirmed on Friday that the album became the platform’s most-streamed release in a single day this year, while its lead single, The...

Sean "Diddy" Combs has been sentenced to more than four years in prison over prostitution charges relating to his former girlfriends and male sex workers. Judge Arun Subramanian handed down his 50-month sentence - including a $500,000 fine - at the end of a long...

We are in the endgame. Nearly exactly two years since the Hamas attacks of 7 October 2023, it looks like we are on the brink of a breakthrough. The diplomacy of the past 12 hours has been head-spinning and uniquely Trumpian. Assuming everything holds, this...

The opening of Munich's world-famous Oktoberfest has been delayed today following a bomb threat and an explosion at a home in the city. The bomb threat to the popular beer festival was received in the form of a letter from a suspect who police have...

Hundreds of police officers and more than 20 civilians have been injured as anti-government protests turned violent in Morocco. Four days of protests, mostly led by Moroccan youths, have been held against what has been called the government's misplaced priorities. Protesters claim officials have been pouring...

Selena Gomez is set to mark another career milestone shortly after tying the knot with the love of her life. The former Disney star, who wore three different ensembles on her wedding day, took to Instagram on Wednesday, October 1, to announce her latest collaboration...

The screams from the women and children pierce the air as the battering ram smashes through the front door of their home. There's shouting and all-round chaos as police officers - machine guns and pistols held out in front of them - pile inside. Doors are...

Elon Musk has become the first person ever to reach a net worth of more than $500bn (£371bn). The milestone was boosted by a recovery in Tesla stock and soaring valuations in the tech entrepreneur's other startups this year, according to the Forbes billionaires index. Tesla...

Jennifer Lopez is finding the silver lining in her divorce from Ben Affleck. In a new interview on the September 28 episode of CBS News Sunday Morning, the singer-actress called her split from the Oscar-winner “the best thing that ever happened to me.” “Because it changed...

The brutality of Russia's drone assaults on Ukraine's towns and cities shows no let up. "Savage strikes, a deliberate targeted terror" is how the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy described the latest overnight bombardment. Some 595 attack drones and 48 missiles were involved and even if only...