LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s talk of deploying a warship in the Pacific has complicated its relationship with China, finance minister Philip Hammond said on Thursday. As Britain prepares to leave the European Union at the end of next month, its biggest foreign and trade policy shift in more than 40 years, it is seeking to strengthen diplomatic relationships and trade […]

The terrifying crash happened at the entertainment centre of the Brean Sands resort near Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset. What caused the incident? One person staying at the holiday park said he thought the main clubhouse roof has collapsed. Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service said in a statement: "The incident involved the collapse of approximately 40m of structural ducting and ceiling […]

SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazilian federal police said on Thursday they were serving arrest warrants for 54 people over their alleged role in a vast drug trafficking network which specialized in airborne shipments to Brazil, the United States and Europe. Police said they had court orders to seize 47 planes and 13 properties containing more than 10,000 heads of cattle […]

Scientists have discovered that zebras have stripes in order to ward off blood-sucking flies, who get dazzled by their colours and have trouble landing. The animals’ distinctive coats help them keep off the insects that try to feast on them and carry deadly diseases. Researchers put striped coats on horses to see how many insects landed on them and compared […]

Fears Momo ‘suicide game’ has spread to Britain after seven-year-old boy tells his school friends doll-like creature would kill them in their sleep Momo features a creepy woman with dark hair, protruding eyes and a grin  The ‘Momo challenge’ is based around WhatsApp and targets young children It has previously been linked to the death of a 12-year-old girl in Argentina […]

Dominic Grieve, Philip Lee and Justine Greening have all told how they will abandon the Tories if the Government head towards leaving without an exit agreement in place on March 29. Yesterday three Tories quit their party to join the Independent Group – with eight other ex-Labour rebels. All of them want another referendum to try and overturn the result […]

Police in Kamloops are asking for the public’s help in locating two men wanted for murder. According to Kamloops RCMP, Gordon Wayne Braaten and Hugh Alexander McIntosh have been identified as suspects in the shooting death of Jason Glover on Friday, Feb. 15. Related Woman kidnapped at gunpoint in Kamloops rescued by RCMP Kamloops shootings ‘were targeting specific people,’ police […]

U.S.-backed Syrian forces fighting the Islamic State group in Syria handed over more than 150 Iraqi members of the group to Iraq, the first batch of several to come, an Iraqi security official said Thursday. The official said the IS militants were handed over to the Iraqi side late Wednesday, and that they were now in a “safe place” and […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Venezuela’s deputy U.N. military attache, Colonel Pedro Chirinos, said in a video on social media that he recognized opposition leader Juan Guaido as the country’s interim president, increasing pressure on President Nicolas Maduro. U.S. President Donald Trump’s national security adviser, John Bolton, highlighted Chirinos’ announcement in a note posted on Twitter on Wednesday but misidentified him as […]

BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s desire to develop close ties with Iran will remain unchanged, regardless of the international situation, President Xi Jinping told the speaker of Iran’s parliament, ahead of Thursday’s visit to Beijing by Saudi Arabia’s crown prince. China has traditionally played little role in Middle East conflicts or diplomacy, despite relying on the region for oil, with Iran […]