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A new report into the activities of the top British spy inside the IRA during The Troubles has said that he "committed crimes of the worst possible kind”, including torture and murder, and should be publicly named by the UK government. 

Victims of maternity failings say they are "disappointed" by the findings of an interim report they fear will have "no teeth" to make changes. 

Four people have died and another is missing after a powerful wave dragged a group of swimmers out to sea on the Spanish island of Tenerife.

Three men and a woman have been jailed for at least 20 years for the brutal murder of a much-loved son.

Donald Trump's bruising assessment of Europe as "weak" and "decaying" is a bitter blow to nations already reeling from the release of his national security strategy.

A public inquiry into the murder of a woman is now formally under way and will examine what went wrong in the police investigation that allowed a serial rapist to evade justice for almost 20 years.

A "cheap ceasefire" between Ukraine and Russia - with Kyiv forced to surrender land - would create an "expensive peace" for the whole of Europe, Norway's foreign minister has warned.

Kemi Badenoch has refused to say that the Conservatives are intending to win next May's local elections, despite being repeatedly pushed on the issue.

COVID-19 fraud and error cost the taxpayer nearly £11bn, a government watchdog has found.

A pregnant woman is among at least 22 people killed after a fire tore through an office in Indonesia.