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Gareth Wyn WilliamsBBC News Family photo David Young was a lifelong transport enthusiast, his family said The third British victim killed in the Lisbon funicular crash has been named by police. David Young, 82, from Holyhead on Anglesey, was among 16 people who died last Wednesday when the Glória funicular derailed and crashed into a…

Since Alcaraz joined the ATP Tour as a 16-year-old, he has been lauded for the variety of his play, being able to combine cutting low slices with ferocious forehands and deft drop shots to consistently catch opponents off guard and win points in breathtaking ways. But his ability to stitch together that kind of all-around…

Hamas says it has received “some ideas” from the US through mediators on how to reach a Gaza ceasefire agreement. The Palestinian armed group said it was discussing how to develop the ideas, noting that it was ready to release its 48 remaining hostages in Gaza in return for a “clear” declaration ending the war.…

AFPTV/AFP via Getty Images This screengrab taken from AFPTV shows Ryan Wesley Routh at a protest supporting Ukraine in April 2022 On Monday, the trial for a man accused of plotting to assassinate US President Donald Trump last September began in Florida. The incident – which occurred just weeks after a bullet grazed Trump’s ear…

A years-long succession battle within Rupert Murdoch’s conservative media empire has drawn to a close, with his son Lachlan set to control the news group. The deal, which the family announced on Monday, will ensure the ongoing conservative leaning of Fox News, The Wall Street Journal and The New York Post even after 94-year-old Rupert’s…

France has been plunged into a new political crisis with the defeat of Prime Minister François Bayrou at a confidence vote in the National Assembly. The defeat – by 364 votes to 194 – means that Bayrou will on Tuesday present his government’s resignation to President Emmanuel Macron, who must now decide how to replace…

Democrats in Congress have released a note they say US President Donald Trump sent to Jeffrey Epstein for his 50th birthday. Lawyers for Epstein’s estate sent documents to the House Oversight Committee after they were subpoenaed last month. Democratic members of the committee then posted the letter on X on Monday. It comes after the…

The US Supreme Court has ruled sweeping immigration raids in Los Angeles can continue for now, lifting a federal judge’s order that had barred agents from making stops without “reasonable suspicion”. The Monday ruling is a win for President Donald Trump, who has vowed to conduct record-level deportations of migrants in the country illegally. The…

US President Donald Trump’s administration has asked the Supreme Court to let it withhold more than $4bn (£3bn) in foreign aid. The administration is seeking an emergency order as it tries to claw back funds for foreign assistance programmes that have already been allocated by Congress. A lower court last week said the Trump administration…

EPA Prime Minister Bayrou before his speech to parliament François Bayrou, the French prime minister, is set to lose a confidence vote on his stewardship, in the latest twist in a period of chaos inside the National Assembly. Bayrou, 74, is the fourth prime minister in two years under President Emmanuel Macron, whose second term…