Denmark and Finland have updated their US travel advice for transgender people, joining the handful of European countries that have sought to caution US-bound travellers in recent weeks as reports emerge of ordeals at the American border. Denmark said this week it had begun advising transgender travellers to contact the US embassy in Copenhagen before…
Three people were killed and 14 others were injured in a mass shooting on Friday night in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Local police said the shooting occurred at around 10pm on Friday at Young Park. Those killed included two 19-year-old men and one 16-year-old boy. Police have not yet released the names of those killed…
A bomb squad has carried out a controlled burn of explosive chemicals discovered at a property in an East Sussex town as they continue to examine a further 500 canisters. A major incident was declared on Friday while an operation continued to make the chemicals safe, with 73 people forced to move to a nearby…
The Department of Homeland Security said on Friday that it would revoke the temporary legal status of more than 530,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans welcomed into the US under a Biden-era sponsorship process, according to a notice posted to the Federal Register and signed by the homeland security chief Kristi Noem. The order cuts…
There was anticipation on Oxford Street in London as the Sex Pistols rocked the 100 Club for the first time in more than half a century, playing classic tunes for a crowd of creaking punks. In a hot and sweaty venue, which harkened back to the band’s glory days, they darted on stage like squaddies…
Ukraine and Russia have agreed in principle to a limited ceasefire after the US president, Donald Trump, spoke with the countries’ leaders last week. But uncertainty remains about how or when the part-ceasefire will take effect as Ukraine and Russia prepare to send delegations to Riyadh this week for parallel talks with the US. What…
The chief executive of Heathrow has defended the running of the airport after a fire at an electrical substation stopped about 1,300 planes and disrupted the journeys of hundreds of thousands of global passengers. It comes after Willie Walsh, the International Air Transport Association’s director general, criticised Heathrow for the disruption. “This is yet another…
Manchester will enjoy a transport network on “a footing with London, New York and Madrid” when contactless tap-in fares launch across its buses from Sunday. The Greater Manchester mayor, Andy Burnham, said that the switch would mark the moment when the city would “realise our ambition of a truly integrated, London-style transport network”, allowing people…
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Former GCHQ chief ‘surprised’ at length of closure David Omand, the former head of the Government Communication Headquarters (GCHQ), said he was surprised at the length of the airport’s closure. He told the BBC: Given the importance of Heathrow I am…
An 18-year-old has been charged with murder following the fatal stabbing of a man by an alleged machete-wielding group amid plans to ban the weapon. Timothy Leek was stabbed to death near the Marriott Waters shopping centre in Melbourne’s south-east on the night of 14 March. The 24-year-old victim from Clyde was in a Lyndhurst…
