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Sir Tony Blair has been branded "despicable" by the Fire Brigades Union after the former prime minister said tragedies like the Grenfell fire cannot be completely avoided as people are…

This year has been the deadliest on the English Channel in three years. 

An American-Turkish activist has died of her injuries after reportedly being shot by Israeli forces in the West Bank. 

A former Top Gear presenter has revealed he raised safety concerns with the BBC before Andrew "Freddie" Flintoff was seriously injured in a crash and warned someone could be killed. 

Polls have opened in regional elections in Russia, which opposition activists say are a farce, after hundreds of anti-war candidates were barred from running. 

The Green Party will demand the government introduces a wealth tax when Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivers her first budget next month. 

A van driver has been jailed for 10 years for smuggling seven migrants in a hidden compartment which left them screaming for help as they were starved of oxygen. 

A stronger performance for job creation in the United States appears to have eased financial market fears of a US recession. 

A man has been arrested over the death of a mother-of-three who was last seen nearly a year ago. 

Lady Helen Wogan, the wife of late TV veteran Sir Terry Wogan, has died after a "fantastic life", her son has announced.