Author: Darren Smith

Ten people have been injured after gunfire broke out inside a shopping mall in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on Thursday afternoon, with police confirming the suspects had fled the scene and were still being sought. Officers were called to the Mall of Louisiana at approximately 1.22pm local time following reports of shooting near the food court. Baton Rouge Police Chief Thomas Morse Jr told reporters that surveillance footage indicated the attack was targeted, stemming from an argument between two groups of people inside the food court that escalated into an exchange of gunfire. “Unfortunately, there were some innocent people in the…

A 14-year-old boy has been charged with assault after footage emerged on social media showing him violently throwing a teenage girl to the pavement and stamping on her head in broad daylight on a New York City street, after she declined to give him her phone number. The incident took place at the junction of East 107th Street and 3rd Avenue in East Harlem at approximately 3.30pm on Monday afternoon, shortly after the school day had ended. The boy approached the 15-year-old victim in the crosswalk, blocking her path and issuing threats while one of his companions encouraged him to…

A 68-year-old Somali man has admitted killing a 77-year-old pensioner and seriously wounding two other people in a knife rampage at a south London market on Remembrance Sunday, entering pleas of manslaughter and wounding with intent at the Old Bailey on Thursday. Musse Ali appeared at court wearing a grey hoodie and black coat to admit manslaughter, possession of a bladed weapon and two counts of wounding with intent in connection with the attack at East Street Market in Walworth on 10 November 2024. He denies murder and attempted murder, with his legal team arguing that his responsibility was substantially…

A man who deliberately set out to infect vulnerable young men and teenage boys with HIV through a sustained campaign of rape and sexual violence has been sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 23 years. Adam Hall, 43, of Washington near Sunderland, was described by the court as “dangerous” and “selfish” after being found guilty of inflicting grievous bodily harm on seven victims — five young men and two boys aged 15 and 17 — four of whom he also raped. The offending took place in Newcastle between 2016 and 2023, with Hall targeting vulnerable individuals he…

Three asylum seekers who entered Britain illegally via small boat have been convicted of gang raping a woman on Brighton beach after targeting her as she walked alone along the seafront in the early hours of the morning following a night out. Abdulla Ahmadi, 26, from Iran, and Egyptians Karin Al-Danasurt, 20, and Ibrahim Alshafe, 25, were found guilty by a jury at Lewes Crown Court of repeatedly raping the 33-year-old victim behind a beach hut in the early hours of 4 October last year. All three had been staying at a Home Office-approved asylum hotel in Brighton at the…

German kitchenware manufacturer Zwilling has issued an urgent product recall for two models of its Enfinigy kettle following reports that a manufacturing defect can cause the handle to loosen or break off entirely during use, sending boiling water spilling onto users and bystanders. The affected products — the Zwilling Enfinigy 1.5 L Kettle and the Enfinigy Pro 1.5 L Kettle — were sold across a range of well-known British high street and department stores, including Currys, House of Fraser, Robert Dyas, Fenwick and Selfridges. The kettles, which previously retailed at over £100 and were available in black, silver, gold and…

Donald Trump has instructed the United States Navy to open fire without warning on any vessel caught laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz, dramatically escalating Washington’s posture in a waterway that has been effectively closed to commercial traffic since the spring. The order, issued on Thursday morning via a statement on the president’s Truth Social network, was accompanied by a pledge to triple the pace of American minesweeping operations already under way in the strait. What Trump’s order actually says — and what it changes “I have ordered the United States Navy to shoot and kill any boat, small…

Thursday marks the day each year when England pauses — if only briefly, and not everywhere — to acknowledge its patron saint. St George’s Day falls on 23 April, the presumed anniversary of the death of a fourth-century Roman soldier who almost certainly never set foot in the country that now claims him. The date has been observed for more than six centuries, yet its meaning, its status in the national calendar and even the historical reality of the figure at its centre remain matters of lively dispute. Who St George really was — and why almost nothing about him…

Prince Harry has made an unannounced visit to Ukraine, arriving in Kyiv by train in the early hours of Thursday morning to attend the Kyiv Security Conference and deliver a message of solidarity to a country he said the world must not forget. The Duke of Sussex, 41, travelled to the Ukrainian capital after flying to Poland and making the overnight rail journey to Kyiv — the same route used by most Western visitors to the country given the security restrictions on air travel. His arrival comes just one week after Russia launched what has been described as its deadliest…

The family of a baby girl who was fatally mauled by a dog at just 13 weeks old have paid a deeply moving tribute to their daughter, describing her as the heart of the family whose loss has left a void that can never be filled. Maggie-May Ann Moody died on 9 April at a property in Dormanstown, near Redcar, in an attack involving what has been described as a pocket bully-type dog. She was one day away from reaching her three-month milestone. An inquest into her death opened at Teesside Coroner’s Court on Tuesday. In a funeral notice, her…