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A US man is believed to be in custody in North Korea after he crossed the border without permission during a tour. His identity has not been officially confirmed but South Korean newspaper Dong-a Ilbo said he is a US Army solider named Travis King. It happened as the man was visiting the Joint Security

A desperate search is ongoing for two young siblings who were swept away with their mother and grandmother during flash flooding near the US city of Philadelphia. The two children, a nine-month-old boy and his two-year-old sister, were in a car with both of their parents, their brother and their grandmother, when a creek in

Lionel Messi was unveiled at his new club Inter Miami on Sunday in a glamorous stadium. He was presented with his pink No 10 jersey in a ceremony in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, that left the packed stadium soaked after a downpour. The glitzy unveiling came just one day after Major League Soccer (MLS) and Inter

The jackpot for the US Powerball has hit an estimated $900m (£688m) – the third highest in the lottery’s 30-year history. The huge total was raised – from $875m (£668m) – after no ticket matched the winning combination in Saturday night’s draw. The Powerball jackpot was last won on 19 April for a top prize

US actors and writers have come out in force to protest outside some of the biggest production companies in the world in a move set to paralyse Hollywood’s film and TV industry. For the first time in 63 years, both SAG-AFTRA (the Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists) and WGA

A school for so-called “troubled teens” which claimed to fix teenagers with behavioural problems was ordered to shut down by the state government, who cited the deaths of multiple students.  Taylor Goodridge, 17, died with sepsis, a blood infection caused by an abdomen infection in December. At the time, she was a student at Diamond

A man has been charged with murdering three women linked to the unsolved killings of 11 people, which was the subject of the Netflix film Lost Girls. Wealthy architect Rex Heuermann, 59, was arrested as the prime suspect in the historical Gilgo Beach murder case – in which the remains were found along a New

Succession star Brian Cox has told Sky News the Hollywood actors’ strike could get “very unpleasant” and may not be resolved until the end of the year. The industry looks set to effectively shut down after actors decided to join an existing walkout by writers. It means many hit TV shows and movies will have

Lisa Marie Presley – the only child of rock ‘n’ roll legend Elvis – died of complications from a weight loss surgery she had several years ago, a post-mortem examination revealed. The singer died at her home in Calabasas, California, in January this year, at the age of 54, after reportedly suffering a cardiac arrest.

American actors will be joining writers on picket lines, after members of the US acting guild voted to take strike action. The decision to walk out means that for the first time in 63 years, both SAG-AFTRA (the Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists) and WGA (the Writers Guild of

American actors are poised to go on strike after negotiations between parties broke down. Actors’ trade union SAG-AFTRA – who represent 160,000 performers – say they have voted unanimously to recommend a strike after talks with Hollywood studios failed to reach an agreement. The vote will take place later today. Writers in America have now

A US dentist accused of the fatal poisoning of his wife searched the internet for “how to make murder look like a heart attack” weeks before she died, a court has heard. James Craig, 45, also sought answers to the question “is arsenic detectable in an autopsy?” at around the same time, it is alleged.

After just 15 minutes on the streets of Philadelphia’s Kensington neighbourhood, an encounter that was everything.  It was illustrative of a crisis out of control, it was reflective of a profound personal struggle, it was instructive of the power of addiction, and it was deeply, deeply sad. “I really didn’t have anybody taking me seriously,”

New figures show a shocking rise in deaths on US streets linked to a drug which rots the skin of those who use it. Xylazine, often referred to as Tranq or the zombie drug, has spread across America at such alarming speed that the White House has now released a new six-point action plan to

A reality TV show doctor and his girlfriend who were accused of drugging and raping women have been cleared. Charges of assault with the intent to commit a sexual offence were dismissed against Dr Grant Robicheaux – a surgeon who appeared in Online Dating Rituals Of The American Male – and his girlfriend Cerissa Riley,

President Joe Biden has described the US-UK relationship as “rock solid”, despite reported disagreements over Ukraine. Mr Biden told Prime Minister Rishi Sunak he “couldn’t be meeting with a closer friend and greater ally” as the pair met this morning in Downing Street. He joined the prime minister in the Downing Street garden at the

In Washington circles and beyond, officials bristle at suggestions that the decision to supply cluster munitions to Ukraine represents an erosion of the moral high ground for America or that it suggests the war isn’t going well for Ukraine. On the first point, Congressman Adam Smith, a ranking member of the Senate’s Armed Services Committee,

Prime Energy, the influencer-backed drink that has become a viral playground hit, is facing scrutiny over its potentially dangerous levels of caffeine. A US senator has called on the country’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to investigate Prime Energy, which contains 200mg of caffeine per can – the equivalent of about two cans of Red Bull

US President Joe Biden will fly into the UK on Sunday amid tensions over his decision to send cluster bombs to Ukraine. Air Force One is expected to touch down at Stansted Airport this evening before Mr Biden meets with both Rishi Sunak in Downing Street and the King at Windsor Castle on Monday. Mr

Two-time women’s football World Cup champion Megan Rapinoe has announced her retirement. The 38-year-old said the current National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) season will be her last with a statement on social media. Posting a picture of her as a little girl, Rapinoe wrote: “I never could have imagined the ways in which soccer would