Two young children who were stabbed to death in an attack at their home in east London have been named by police.

One of Norway's wealthiest men is being held on suspicion of murdering his wife who has been missing since 2018.

A swan has died after being attacked in a "meaningless act of violence", police have said.

A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after two children were stabbed to death in Ilford.

At least 38 people have died after a devastating fire broke out at a construction site near South Korea's capital, Seoul.

A police helicopter has crashed in Texas, killing one of the two officers on board and critically injuring the other.

Teenager's parents criticise Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab's comments on son's death as "misleading"

A man has died after being attacked by a water buffalo in Wales, police say.

At least nine people have been killed and hundreds were rushed to hospital after a chemical gas leak in southern India.

The sister of a man whose body was found dumped in woodland launched an appeal today on the first anniversary of his disappearance to catch the "monsters" who killed him.

An earthquake struck early Friday near Iran's highest peak and jolted Tehran, killing at least one person and injuring more than 20 as people ran for their lives. The shallow 4.6 magnitude quake hit at 00:48 am (2018 GMT) near the city of Damavand, about 55 kilometres (34 miles) east of Tehran, the US Geological Survey said. It saw scores of residents of Tehran flee buildings for the safety of the capital's streets and parks, AFP journalists reported.

On the 75th anniversary of the allied victory in the World War II, The Associated Press spoke to veterans in ex-Soviet countries and discovered that lessons they learned during the war are helping them cope with a new major challenge — the coronavirus pandemic. As they recalled the horrors of the war, they also talked about how strength and tenacity were key to survival both then and now. For Russian World War II veteran Valentina Efremova, the coronavirus pandemic is like going through the war all over again.

Disease, spread by spittlebugs, capable of infecting over 300 plant species

Researchers find official records documenting fatal strike in Iraq in 1888

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Want something to show for the weeks you have spent in lockdown? These apps will help you achieve your aims

In early April, one bullish American consultant suggested on Twitter that if people didn’t emerge from coronavirus quarantine having learned a new skill, gained more knowledge or having started something they’d been putting off, then “you didn’t ever lack the time, you lacked the discipline”.

As the tweet was widely shared, it met mockery and anger in equal measure, as people noted that home schooling, financial worries, stress and/or illness are making this period anything but a delightful self-improvement holiday.

With her clashing animal prints and penchant for comfort over taste, the drama’s new character is the perfect lockdown fashion icon

When Sam Perry was pulling together costumes for season three of Killing Eve last year, she wasn’t to know that, come April, tens of millions of us would have watched a show called Tiger King about the big cats and bigger characters of the US’s exotic wildlife scene. But, even before Villanelle returned to our screens last month, many of us were seeing spots thanks to the gun-toting and sometime libertarian candidate for governor of Oklahoma, Joe Exotic.

Yet Dasha, a new character to Killing Eve in season three who occupies a senior role within The Twelve, is the Tiger King-adjacent dresser whose wardrobe feels particularly of the moment.

For the second year in a row, the Government of Canada is enacting restrictions to help protect the southern resident killer whale population.

The smash serial killer comedy returns to the BBC with an 'exasperatingly average' third series, leaving our arts columnist Fiona Sturges wishing it would bite the dust

Zoo owner also accuses Netflix of sensationalising' story to make him 'villain' in new aftershow

'I'll make you a rich man if you kill Carole'

New head writer Suzanne Heathcote's zombie-writing experience might come in handy. Where 'Killing Eve' had a vitality, it now feels tired to the point of lifelessness

This article contains major spoilers for the first episode of 'Killing Eve' series three

New comedy special coming on 5 May

Baskin has denied any involvement in the disappearance of her ex-husband

The actor has joined Phoebe Waller-Bridge's acclaimed spy thriller for its third season. She talks to Alexandra Pollard about the joy of not wearing a corset, the limitations of Shakespeare's heroines and why she thinks people should think carefully before changing their pronouns

The assassin breathes new life into the meaning of a killer wardrobe

Learning a language is good for brain-training so get out your smartphone and start downloading

Iain Brunskill should currently be getting his teeth into an exciting new role with the Chinese FA.

Backpacker killer Ivan Milat, who was serving seven life sentences, dies in Sydney's Long Bay Prison hospital six months after he was diagnosed with terminal stomach and oesophagus cancer.

Sydney woman Susan Leslie O'Brien may be home before Christmas after being sentenced to three-and-a-half months in jail for hitting and killing a Balinese teenager with her car.

Londoner David Gomoh was on his way to work when he died.

The rapper has some major moves!

A district attorney is recommending a grand jury review.

The former Vice President spoke out.

The two rappers gave out hundreds of meals

"If we all do a little bit, no one has to do a lot."

She has not been able to watch the horrifying video

The father and son gunned down Arbery on February 23.

Ahmaud Arbery was shot and killed on February 23.

Sixteen migrant workers were crushed to death by a goods train in Aurangabad in Western India.