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A bride who was killed by a drink-driver on the day of her wedding had, just moments before the fatal crash, told her new husband that she "didn't want the night to end".Samantha Miller, 34, died still wearing her wedding dress, while groom Aric Hutchinson suffered a brain injury and numerous broken bones when Jamie Lee Komoroski smashed into the golf cart the couple had been riding in after their beach ceremony. Komoroski, 27, has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for the 2023 crash in South Carolina.Charleston County Courthouse heard how Komoroski had been drinking at several bars and was more than three times the legal limit.She was also said to be driving at 65mph on the 25mph narrow Folly Beach road. Mr Hutchinson cried in court as he recalled the last moments he spent with his wif...

A missing woman, whose dad took his own life after failing to find her, disappeared voluntarily, police have said.Hannah Kobayashi, 30, missed a connecting flight from Hawaii to New York in Los Angeles on 8 November and vanished days later after sending "alarming" texts to her family. Her father Ryan retraced her footsteps with relatives and volunteers, but was found dead in a car park near a Los Angeles airport on 24 November.Overnight, police said Hannah wanted to "step away from modern connectivity" and was last seen crossing into Mexico with her luggage.Los Angeles police chief Jim McDonnell said there was no evidence Hannah was trafficked or a victim of a crime and classified her disappearance as a "voluntary missing person". "We've basically done everything we can do at this point. S...

Sir Keir Starmer has for the first time said it was British policy to "put Ukraine in the strongest possible position for negotiations".During a speech at the Lord Mayor's Banquet in London on Monday, the prime minister said he wants Ukraine to be in a position of strength "so they can secure a just and lasting peace on their terms that guarantees their security, independence - and right to choose their own future". But make no mistake. This is a significant shift.Only last month, both Sir Keir and French President Emmanuel Macron were promising to "support Ukraine unwaveringly and for as long as necessary to thwart Russia's war of aggression".War latest: Things 'look bad' for Ukraine, key figure admits In the summer, his predecessor Rishi Sunak stated British policy on Ukraine was based o...

A court in Vietnam has upheld a death sentence for a real estate tycoon after rejecting her appeal against a conviction for embezzlement and bribery, state media reported. Truong My Lan, the chairwoman of real estate developer Van Thinh Phat Holdings Group (VTP), was sentenced to death in April for her role in a financial fraud worth more than $12bn, Vietnam's biggest on record. The 68-year-old chair of VTP was found guilty of embezzlement, bribery and violations of banking rules following a month-long trial. Image: Lan was found guilty of embezzlement, bribery and violations of banking rules in April. Pic: AP Lan and her accomplices were charged with illegally controlling the Saigon Joint Stock Commercial Bank (SCB) betwee...