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Getty ImagesFirefighters douse the flame in a building that killed 15 in India’s Lucknow cityAn inquiry has been ordered after at least 15 people died in a fire that broke out in a building in the northern Indian city of Lucknow on Monday.The building housed a pet shop and an animation centre. Witnesses described people jumping from windows and climbing down cables to escape, while rescue teams broke through a wall to save lives.The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained. Authorities said the building lacked emergency exits and people got trapped inside as smoke spread.The tragedy has…
LIVEUK set for hottest June day on record as red heat alerts issued in France, Italy and SpainThe Met Office says high temperatures could lead to serious illness or danger to life, as well as risks to power and transport.
Khalid Al Shaibani, Director of the Rental Affairs Department at DLD, said the scheme was started to ease the financial pressure on residents and support their long-term community wellbeingThe Dubai Land Department (DLD) has launched Flexi Rent, a new initiative aimed at providing a more flexible and accessible rental solution for residents.The programme allows tenants renting through participating real estate companies to choose monthly, quarterly or annual payment plans, helping to ease upfront financial commitments.Khalid Al Shaibani, Director of the Rental Affairs Department at DLD, said the scheme was started to ease the financial pressure on residents and support their…
Dubai and Al Dhaid stations will open on September 30, followed by the Al Dhafra region stations on December 30, 2026Etihad Rail has announced that the first phase of its passenger train services will begin on June 30, between Abu Dhabi and Fujairah stations. The passenger rail network will be formally launched on September 30, 2026. The announcement was made as Sheikh Khalid bin Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Executive Council, inaugurated the new passenger train station in Mohammed bin Zayed City in Abu Dhabi.The preliminary operation of passenger train…
Getty ImagesThe Reflecting Pool in Washington DC is set to be drained as US President Donald Trump again blamed vandals for bright green algae and peeling paint that has appeared just weeks after a multi-million dollar renovation.Trump said the pool “has been given a 300 foot long gash”, and accused someone of putting fertilizer in the water. “I can’t help it if somebody goes in with a knife and starts hacking it up,” said the president, who priced recent upgrades at about $16m (£12m).Five people have been arrested for vandalism in connection with the Reflecting Pool, and five others were…
Getty ImagesThe Brazilian woman visited Jungkook’s home some 20 times in less than two monthsA Brazilian woman has received a suspended prison term for going to BTS K-pop star Jungkook’s house repeatedly despite warnings to stay away – even ringing the doorbell 133 times on one such visit.The woman, who has not been identified, first started stalking Jungkook in December last year. She also tried to leave letters and photographs at his doorstep in what she said was “out of love” for the 28-year-old singer.A district court in Seoul sentenced her to one year in prison, suspended for two years.She…
Getty ImagesThe heatwave will be “widespread, long-lasting and intense”, France’s forecaster warnedRed heat alerts have been issued in France, Spain and other nations across western and central Europe as heatwave conditions are forecast to intensify in the coming days with highs of more than 40C.More than half of France’s regions are currently under the harshest weather warning, with hundreds of schools ordered to close and highs of 42C hitting Bordeaux on Monday, forecaster Météo-France said.Two children aged two and four have been found dead in their family car in the town of Carpentras in south of France, in an accident…
UGCVideo footage showed a bare-chested man carrying a weapon on Leith WalkA man has appeared in court charged with five counts of attempted murder linked to terrorism, following alleged anti-Muslim attacks in Edinburgh. Five people were hurt at various locations in the city on Friday night. Lewis Hawkes was also charged with assault and robbery, breach of the peace and culpable and reckless conduct. He appeared in private at Edinburgh Sheriff Court. The 36-year-old made no plea and was remanded in custody.Hawkes was also charged with one count of assault and robbery, two counts of breach of the peace and…
PA MediaWestminster is a postcode whose currency is power – and power is shifting, quickly.Two key moments on Monday accelerated the likelihood of one key outcome.Not only did Sir Keir Starmer set out a timetable for his departure but the biggest potential rival to Andy Burnham, Wes Streeting, folded and endorsed the former mayor of Greater Manchester.So not only did we learn that Sir Keir will soon be gone, but we got the strongest possible indication yet that it is highly likely to be Burnham who is his successor and possibly very quickly.The photographs of the new MP for Makerfield…
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (news agencies) — Jim Mustian reported and co-wrote an media story that revealed the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration permitted hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills to be distributed in New Mexico as part of an effort to build bigger federal prosecutions. Mustian, along with news agencies journalist Joshua Goodman, reviewed hundreds of internal DEA records and interviewed current and former agents, including a whistleblower who claims his agency gambled with public safety and violated U.S. Justice Department rules about seizing the dangerous synthetic opioid. The White House last year designated fentanyl as a “ weapon of mass destruction.”…