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Senior doctors back strike action in England over pay and conditions NHS consultants have overwhelmingly backed strike action in England as members want more pay. Around 86% of British Medical Association (BMA) members backed strikes over what the union called repeated pay cuts. The BMA had already announced a walkout would take place on 20 and 21 July if doctors backed the action.  The senior doctor’s strike will come off the heels of a five-day strike by junior doctors. The back-to-back strike action is set to lead to huge disruptions of services and cancelled treatments.  The junior doctor walkout will…

Actor Julian Sands confirmed dead after remains found and identified in California mountains British actor Julian Sands, best known for roles in A Room With A View and Smallville, has been confirmed dead after his remains were found in mountains in California.  Walkers found the remains on Saturday, police say, and they have now been formally identified as Sands – who disappeared in January during a hike. Sands disappeared during bad weather on 13 January in the Baldy Bowl area of the San Gabriel Mountains.  Searches were soon underway but the bad weather in California at the time made the…

His father Pushpa told Rohan’s inquest he had bought his son the drink to help him build muscle – as his son was ‘quite skinny’.

It’s one of the most important events in the Islamic calendar.

It was called ‘disgusting and racist’.

Anger in Paris after police kill teen who refused traffic stop Mass unrest erupted in Paris overnight after police shot dead a 17-year-old who failed to stop when ordered to by traffic police. Video online shows a police officer pointing a gun at the driver of a car before a gunshot is heard. The car then crashed to a stop.  The officer accused of shooting and killing the teen has been detained on homicide charges. The teen has been named as Naël M. He died of bullet wounds to the chest. There was a mass protest on Tuesday night in…

Ukraine war: Countdown has begun to end of Putin as Russian president, say Kyiv officials The 24 hours of chaos caused by the mutiny of the Wagner Group in Russia, has severe consequences for the ongoing war in Ukraine and Vladimir Putin’s authority.  The Wagner Group, led by Yevgeny Prigozhin, staged a rebellion, marching on Moscow ith an estimated 5,000 fighters. They stopped just 200km short of the capital. But by the end of Saturday, Prigozhin had called the whole thing off and ordered his men back to base. The whole ordeal has raised serious questions about Putin’s grip on…

South Koreans become younger under new age-counting law New laws rolled out across South Korea mean the country’s citizens have become either a year or two younger. The new law aligns the nation’s two traditional age-counting methods with international standards.  The law scraps one traditional system that deemed South Koreans one-year-old at birth, counting time in the womb. Another system counted everyone as ageing by a year on the first day of January – instead of their birthday.  As of Wednesday, South Korea has switched to age-counting based on birth date.  President Yoon Suk-yeol has been vocal about the change…

General Sergei Surovikin was thought to be close to the Wagner leader and has not been seen since Saturday’s aborted coup attempt.

The Korean age ratings website has published a new listing for Red Dead Redemption, implying a remaster for consoles is on the horizon.