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A third former lawyer has pled guilty to attempting to overturn Donald Trump’s 2020 election defeat in Georgia. Jenna Ellis, who was a member of the then president’s legal team, reached a plea deal with prosecutors rather than going to trial over the case. She pleaded guilty to a felony count of aiding and abetting

Almost two years on from the end of her conservatorship, Britney Spears is now telling her story in her own words with the release of her memoir, The Woman In Me. Billed as a “brave and astonishingly moving” story about freedom, fame, motherhood, survival, faith and hope, the much anticipated book gives an insight into

An off-duty pilot has been arrested and charged with 83 counts of attempted murder after allegedly trying to shut down a plane’s engines during a flight, causing the pilot to divert the aircraft. The 44-year-old man, who was sitting in the spare seat of the cockpit, was “subdued” by the two pilots flying the aircraft

British F1 driver Lewis Hamilton lost his second-place finish at the United States Grand Prix after being disqualified. His Mercedes failed a physical floor and plank wear inspection following Sunday’s race at the Circuit of the Americas racetrack in Texas. Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc was found guilty of the same offence and also disqualified from his

A woman who falsely claimed to have cancer to fundraise money has been ordered to pay $40,000 (£33,000) but will stay out of prison.  Madison Russo, 20, never had pancreatic cancer, leukaemia, or a football-sized tumour wrapped around her spine – despite what she claimed on social media and fundraising pages. The Iowa woman documented

The president of a synagogue in Detroit has been stabbed to death outside her home. Police say a motive for the killing of Samantha Woll is currently unknown. Ms Woll, 40, was pronounced dead at the scene at around 6.30am on Saturday after she was found lying on the ground with multiple stab wounds. “While

Police in the US have arrested a former professional baseball player in connection to the alleged murder and attempted murder of his in-laws. Danny Serafini, 49, was arrested Friday morning in connection with the death of 70-year-old Robert Gary Spohr and the attempted murder of 68-year-old Wendy Wood in 2021. The victims are Serafini’s father-in-law

The father of freed American hostage Natalie Raanan says she’s doing well following her two weeks in captivity after she and her mother were abducted in Israel by Hamas. Uri Raanan of Evanston, Illinois, told reporters he had spoken to his 17-year-old daughter Natalie on the phone. “She’s doing good. She’s doing very good,” he

Hamas has released two US hostages – a mother and her daughter – “for humanitarian reasons”, Sky News understands. Their ages are about 60 years old and 18 years old, a source with knowledge of the hostages told Sky News. Abu Ubaida of the militant organisation’s armed wing said the release was in response to

Joe Biden said Hamas and Vladimir Putin both want to “annihilate” neighbouring democracies during a rare speech from the Oval Office. The president addressed the nation after his whirlwind trip to the Middle East. “If international aggression is allowed to continue, conflict and chaos could spread in other parts of the world,” he said. “Hamas

Simone Biles has hinted she might be heading to Paris to take part in the upcoming 2024 Olympics. The 26-year-old became the most decorated gymnast in history after sealing her sixth world all-around title in Belgium this month. In an interview with NBC’s The Today Show on Thursday, presenter Hoda Kotb asked what the odds

A man has admitted to killing a woman 20 years ago, as well as attempting to extort $250,000 from the victim’s mother. Joran Van Der Sloot pleaded guilty to attempted extortion, and as part of a plea deal he had to reveal how 18-year-old American Natalee Holloway died. He said he beat Ms Holloway to

United Airlines will start boarding window seat passengers first in a bid up to speed up boarding times. The airline will then board middle seat passengers, followed by aisle passengers, under the new policy, which will be introduced from next week. It comes after the US airline tested the scheme – known as “Wilma” for

The US has accused China of conducting hundreds of “coercive and risky” air force manoeuvres against US military planes – and those of its allies – in international airspace in the Indo-Pacific. The Pentagon said there had been 180 incidents since autumn 2021 against US military planes and it increased to 300 when the incidents

A six-year-old Palestinian-American boy’s last words were “mom, I’m fine” after he was stabbed to death in a suspected hate crime in Illinois over the weekend, his uncle has said. Mourners gathered for the funeral of Wadea al Fayoume on Monday, hours after the suspect made his initial appearance in court. Police have said Wadea

President Joe Biden will travel to Israel on Wednesday, amid fears about the war with Hamas expanding into a larger conflict. This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version. You can receive Breaking News alerts on a smartphone or tablet via

A motorist was handed a $1.4m (£1.1m) speeding fine after going 35mph over the limit – and claims he was then threatened with court action unless he paid it. Connor Cato assumed the steep penalty was a typo after he was caught driving at 90mph in a 55mph zone in the US state of Georgia.

A six-year-old boy has been stabbed to death and his mother left in a critical condition after a suspected hate crime in the US state of Illinois. Wadea al Fayoume, a Palestinian-American, died in hospital after being stabbed 26 times with a “military-style knife” on Saturday, the Will County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.

North Korea has sent large amounts of weapons to Russia to help Moscow fight its war in Ukraine, the White House has said. Pyongyang has delivered more than 1,000 containers of “equipment and munitions” in recent weeks, National Security Council Spokesperson John Kirby said on Friday. Washington released pictures that it said showed containers loaded

Dozens of US citizens and other foreign nationals have gathered at Gaza’s border with Egypt as news spread an agreement had been reached that would allow it to reopen temporarily. The group amassed at the Rafah Crossing, which has been closed since the Hamas attack on Israel last weekend. It still has not reopened, even