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WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Connor Gibson has been found guilty of strangling his 16-year-old sister at a park in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, after sexually assaulting her in November 2021

Leicestershire Police rushed to a property in Leicester at 9pm on Monday after a five-year-old boy and a man aged 41 were found unconscious. They were both declared dead at the scene

A Russian fighter jet damaged an American MQ-9 Reaper drone flying over Syria on July 23 when it fired flares at it, knocking out one of its propellers, according to an Air Force official

It comes as Greece battles a third successive heatwave tearing through its islands, where temperatures have breached the lethal 40C mark for the eighth day

Devastating wildfires in Greece have spread to a second island as Corfu is evacuated after the chaos on Rhodes - meanwhile EasyJet is putting on two repatriation flights as Tui cancels all outbound flights

A man has been arrested after an attempted kidnap of a two-year-old girl on an unnamed beach in Ibiza, with an off-duty police officer said to have stepped in on hearing the child's mum screaming

The Milwaukee Fire Department confirmed the boy was declared dead at the scene at around 8.45pm after an alleged shooting at a shopping centre on Monday evening

Saquon Barkley has put uncertainty over his immediate future to an end, signing a one-year contract in a massive boost to the New York Giants on the opening day of training camp

Grammy-winning singer Tori Kelly, 30, is reportedly in intensive care after doctors found a number of blood clots following her collapse

Carlee Russell, the nursing student who said she was abducted after spotting a toddler along a busy road, has admitted she made up the entire story - and asked for forgiveness

Pete Davidson has been ordered to complete 50 hours of community service after he crashed his car into a Beverly Hills home

The cause of death for British actor Julian Sands has been determined after the star went missing in January. His body wasn't found until last month

Amie Adamson, 47, of Derby, Kansas, was found dead on Buttermilk Trail west of West Yellowstone, Montana, early on Saturday morning. Authorities determined she was killed by a bear

Adam Clapham and another man were attacked in a basement in Rotherham after £300 worth of drugs money went missing from the property. They were tortured and forced to rape each other while being filmed

Jet2 is set to send several planes to Rhodes to evacuate holidaymakers from the island to the UK after wildfires broke out in Greece, a company spokesperson has said

Alfredo 'Freddy' Ramirez, 52, the Miami-Dade police director, reportedly suffered a self-inflicted gunshot injury and is in a critical condition in hospital, and undergoing surgery

Camelot, which operates National Lottery, confirmed someone won the big Lotto jackpot and said it is "over the moon" to receive the claim following Saturday's draw

According to China's state media outlets, many of the 11 victims were children, though an exact number is still to be confirmed - with only eight of the 19 people inside the gym having survived the freak tragedy

The high-rise building was set ablaze in the Russian capital after drone attacks suspected to have been orchestrated by Ukraine targeted Russian Defence Ministry facilities

Anjem Choudary, 56, is accused of directing a terrorist organisation, being a member of a prescribed organisation and addressing meetings to encourage support for a proscribed organisation

Police and fire crews swarmed a street in Trafford, Manchester, after the death of a man due to possible carbon monoxide poisoning. Residents were told to keep doors shut, before being evacuated from their homes.

Greece's Emergency Communications Service has tonight issued evacuation orders for some areas of Corfu as emergency services continue to battle the flames

Theatre-goers were watching a showing of the Lion King at London's Lyceum Theatre when it was interrupted by officers from the Met Police following reports of a bomb threat

Airline EasyJet says it will be running repatriation flights to the UK on Monday for hundreds of passengers in a new statement tonight as fires continue to rage

A newborn baby travelling in a Fiesta was taken to hospital after a crash with a Ferrari on the Daresbury Expressway near Runcorn, Cheshire, on Friday evening