A boat carrying scores of passengers capsized on Lake Kivu in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday, killing at least 50 people, witnesses told The Associated Press.

The 14-year-old girl, who cannot be named for legal reasons, previously admitted wounding with intent but has denied attempted murder.

A police marksman shot Chris Kaba dead believing “one or many” officers could be killed as the suspect attempted to escape at “any cost”, a court has heard. Martyn Blake, 40, shot the 24-year-old in ...

Britain is giving up sovereignty of a remote group of islands in return for securing the long-term future of a strategically important military base. The UK Government said it has reached a political ...

HOTELS across Scotland have been recognised in The Michelin Guide's first-ever Key Hotels distinction in the UK and Ireland. The iconic hotels were named alongside spots across the British Isles, ...

A total of 90 households with children had been in bed and breakfast accommodation for at least five years, the latest figures showed.

It came after Lebanon’s health ministry has said that at least nine people had been killed in an Israeli strike in central Beirut.

The funding values the ChatGPT maker at 157 billion US dollars (£118 billion), making it one of the most valuable start-ups in the world.

An Israeli strike in the Lebanese capital Beirut killed seven health and rescue workers, an Islamic health organisation said, as governments around the world scrambled to evacuate their citizens from ...

Foreign Secretary David Lammy said the situation in Lebanon was volatile and urged Britons to take the first available flight out.

Tesco has said consumers are in “reasonably good shape” as a surge in demand for premium products and food price cuts helped lift its sales. The UK’s biggest supermarket said shoppers were buying more ...

Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey has said interest rate cuts could become “more aggressive”, sparking falls in the value of the pound. He said that, if inflation remains in check, the Bank might ...