Two people died and 19 were injured when a small plane crashed through the roof of a sprawling furniture manufacturing building in southern California where at least 200 people were working, police said. The people who died were believed to have been on the plane, while those injured were inside the building. The deceased victims…
With just over a week to go, an incredible £1,250,000 has been raised by generous readers for the 2024 Guardian and Observer appeal in support of victims of conflict and war. Three charities will benefit from the appeal: Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and War Child, which carry out frontline medical aid work in war zones,…
The foreign ministers of France and Germany are to meet Syria’s de facto leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa, in Damascus in the highest-level visit by major western powers since rebels toppled the regime of President Bashar al-Assad last month. Jean-Noël Barrot and Annalena Baerbock, who arrived separately in the Syrian capital on Friday, would hold talks with…
Police are investigating reports that the father of the schoolgirl Sara Sharif had his throat cut in an assault by fellow inmates while in prison for her murder. Urfan Sharif, 43, is said to have been attacked in Belmarsh prison, south London, by two men who rushed into his cell with a weapon made from…
The UK has been hit by a blast of cold weather, with temperatures falling as low as -5C (23F) overnight amid forecasts of snow and freezing rain. Meteorologists had warned that temperatures overnight could plummet to as low as -8C as a week-long spell of wintry conditions hit the UK. Initial data indicated that Rostherne…
A regional community is mourning an “unimaginable tragedy” after a three-year-old boy was found dead following a caravan fire. Emergency services were called to Lake View Street in Boort, north-central Victoria, at about 5.50pm on Thursday after reports a caravan had caught fire. After firefighters extinguished the blaze, the child’s body was found inside the…
Much of south-east Australia will swelter through a heatwave over the weekend that is expected to exceed 40C in some places, bringing extreme fire danger before a cool change comes through. Melbourne was expected to peak at 38C on Saturday, reaching 37C on Sunday and dropping to 22C by Monday as the cool change brings…
Emergency crews are searching for the body of a man believed to be the victim of a fatal shark attack in South Australia. The 28-year-old Lance Appleby from Port Lincoln was attacked by a shark just after 7pm on Thursday while surfing near Granites beach, south of Streaky bay on the Eyre peninsula, according to…
Police have located an interstate hiker who went missing while attempting a solo walk in Tasmania’s far south-west. The man, in his 50s, was reported missing on Thursday night when he failed to return after he was last seen attempting a walk from Cockle Creek on the South Coast Track. Police said he was found…
A judicial policymaking body on Thursday rejected a request by Democratic lawmakers to refer the conservative US supreme court Justice Clarence Thomas to the Department of Justice to examine claims that he failed to disclose gifts and travel provided by a wealthy benefactor. The secretary to the US judicial conference, the federal judiciary’s top policymaking…
