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The young man suspected of killing six people and injuring dozens at a Fourth of July parade uploaded a video showing the location of the attack before the mass shooting. Robert E Crimo III, 22, was arrested by police hours after shots were fired into the crowd during the celebrations in the Chicago suburb of

The Eiffel Tower in Paris is reportedly riddled with rust and in need of full repairs. But the wrought-iron landmark will only be given a cosmetic paint job ahead of the 2024 Olympic Games in the capital city, according to confidential reports cited by French magazine Marianne. The 324m (1,064ft) tower is among the most-visited

Russian troops are ratcheting up their efforts to secure full control of the entire Donbas area in eastern Ukraine – and from what we have witnessed, there’s very little which is going to stop them right now. A huge chunk of the industrial heartland has already fallen to the Russian military, allowing President Vladimir Putin

Danish police have said there is no indication a shooting at a Copenhagen shopping mall was terror related. Three people died following the shooting on Sunday afternoon, with several other people injured – four critically. At a press conference on Monday morning, Copenhagen chief inspector Soren Thomassen said one of the three killed was a

Police in Denmark say several people have been hit by gunshots at a shopping mall in Copenhagen. The shooting took place at the Field’s shopping centre, one of the largest in Scandinavia. “One person has been arrested in connection with the shootings,” Copenhagen police tweeted, adding: “We currently cannot reveal more about the person’s identity.”

Pro-Moscow separatists say they have taken control of Lysychansk, Ukraine’s last bastion in the eastern province of Luhansk. Rodion Miroshnik, ambassador to Russia of the pro-Moscow Luhansk People’s Republic, told Russian television: “Lysychansk has been brought under control. Unfortunately, it is not yet liberated.” Russian media showed footage of Luhansk militia fighters marching in the

More than two dozen crew members are missing from a ship which snapped in half after being hit by a tropical storm. Workers were forced to abandon the industrial vessel which sank after Typhoon Chaba unleashed perilous conditions in the South China Sea, hampering rescue efforts. Dramatic aerial footage showed people being hoisted into a

Two British men detained by Kremlin forces in separatist-held eastern Ukraine have been charged with “mercenary activities”, according to Russian state media. Dylan Healy, 22, and Andrew Hill, 35, were both reported to have been captured in April. Mr Healy, from Cambridgeshire, was working for British non-profit organisation Presidium Network when he was seized at

Two women have been arrested after trying to smuggle 109 live animals out of Thailand in their luggage. Officers discovered 35 turtles, 50 chameleons, 20 snakes, two white porcupines and two armadillos in their bags. The pair were trying to board a Thai Airways flight to India, and suspicions were raised following what was meant

North Korea says it has identified the source of its COVID-19 outbreak – citizens touching “alien things” near the border with South Korea. State media outlet KCNA reported: “It was known that an 18-year-old soldier surnamed Kim and a five-year-old kindergartner surnamed Wi contacted with alien things in a hill around barracks and residential quarters

It was billed as transformative and historic and did not fail to deliver. It took a war but NATO has been galvanised into the biggest changes in decades. Jolted by the brazen, unprovoked attack on Ukraine, the alliance has upgraded itself in a meticulously stage-managed summit. The spectre of a divided summit overshadowed by Turkish objections

NATO members must make it their “absolute priority” to stop the Ukraine war and push Russian troops out of the country – or face a “much less safe Europe”, the foreign secretary has warned. Speaking to Sky News, Liz Truss described Vladimir Putin as an “appalling dictator” who was “perpetrating a war that was neither

The only surviving member of the group of Islamic State fanatics that terrorised Paris with a series of bombings and shootings has been sentenced to life in prison. Salah Abdeslam is one of 19 IS terrorists convicted of killing 130 people and injuring hundreds more in the coordinated attacks across the capital on the night

Boris Johnson is expected to tell NATO members to “dig deep” and prepare for a more dangerous decade with increased threats. The first full day of a NATO summit starts on Wednesday in Madrid, Spain where allies will discuss the future of NATO, as it seeks to agree on a plan for a new decade

Turkey, Sweden and Finland have signed a memorandum for the two Nordic states to join NATO, removing a Turkish block to the accession process. It comes after the leaders of the three nations spoke at a NATO summit in Madrid. A statement from the president of Finland, Sauli Niinisto, said: “We had a thorough meeting

The Russian missile strike on a Ukrainian shopping centre amounts to a war crime, according to the G7. On Monday, two air strikes in the city of Kremenchuk left at least 18 people dead and dozens injured. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said shortly after the attack that more than 1,000 civilians were inside the mall at

A shopping centre with over 1,000 civilians inside has been hit by a Russian missile strike in the Ukrainian city of Kremenchuk, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said. “The mall is on fire, firefighters are trying to extinguish the fire, the number of victims is impossible to imagine,” said the country’s leader, writing on the Telegram

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is expected to call on G7 leaders to do more to support his country’s fight against Russia. Mr Zelenskyy will address world leaders, including Boris Johnson and Joe Biden, via video link from Kyiv after he urged allies to be “partners not observers” in his nightly address on Sunday. Meanwhile, Mr

Ukraine’s capital has been attacked for the first time in three weeks by Russian missile strikes – as G7 leaders gathered in Germany with the invasion high on the agenda. A nine-storey apartment block was struck along with the compound of a kindergarten as officials said one person was killed and five others injured in

The Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk is now under the “full occupation” of Russian forces following a weeks-long battle. Mayor Oleksand Stryuk said on national television: “The city is now under the full occupation of Russia. They are trying to establish their own order, as far as I know they have appointed some kind of commandant.”