Day: September 4, 2025

Lightning-sparked wildfires devastate historic California Gold Rush town

Nearly two dozen blazes, ignited by a lightning storm on Tuesday, have burned more than 13,000 acres of grass

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Starmer ‘determined’ to save Angela Rayner amid tax dodge probe

Prime minister reportedly fears he will hand a ‘scalp’ to critics by sacking his deputy

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Watch live: Lisbon emergency crews work at funicular railway crash site

Watch live as emergency crews work at the site of Lisbon’s Gloria funicular railway crash on Thursday (4 September).

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China’s Xi revelled in his immaculate parade – leaving Trump to stamp his feet in Washington

Trump’s moves have undermined the West, and they’ve not only made Xi look good – but made him more powerful, writes world affairs editor Sam Kiley

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Passengers on Lisbon’s Gloria funicular ‘screamed with fear’, say horrified witnesses to crash

Footage shows the tram-like funicular, which is popular with tourists, destroyed as emergency workers pulled people out of the wreckage

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Detroit man sentenced for ‘senseless’ killing of roommate after argument over Taco Bell

Mark Newsome told the court that Dale Francis Mitchell had tried to punch him in the face in the days preceding the deadly encounter

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Sen. Mitch McConnell warns: ‘This is the most dangerous period since before World War Two’

‘What we need to do is avoid the headline at the end of the war, ‘Russia wins, America loses.’ It has huge worldwide implications,’ McConnell said of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

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Senator’s visit to spy agency canceled after MAGA firebrand Laura Loomer intervenes

Senator Mark Warner described Laura Loomer as “a figure with a long history of extreme and outlandish fringe views, including 9/11 denialism, anti-Muslim harassment campaigns, and associations with white supremacists”

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