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Three climbers are missing after failing to return from a planned ascent of New Zealand's highest peak, authorities say.Two Americans and a Canadian flew to a hut part way up the Aoraki mountain on Saturday to begin their climb, but failed to meet their prearranged transport on Monday after their trek. Both Kurt Blair, 56, from Colorado, and Carlos Romero, 50, from California, are certified alpine guides, according to the website of the American Mountain Guides Association.New Zealand police did not name the Canadian climber, saying his family needed to be notified.Hours after they were reported missing on Monday, searchers found climbing-related items that belonged to the men but no sign of them. Deteriorating weather conditions on the mountain - with heavy rain and snow forecast - meant ...

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...