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Elon Musk has promised to give away $1m a day until the US election to someone who signs his online petition.The Tesla boss is backing America PAC, a political group he set up to support Donald Trump's bid for the White House. He posted on X: "Every day, from now through Nov 5, @America PAC will be giving away $1M to someone in swing states who signed our petition to support free speech & the right to bear arms!"We want to make sure that everyone in swing states hears about this and I suspect this will ensure they do."The first $1m (£767,000) has already apparently been awarded to a man named John Dreher during a campaign event in Pennsylvania on Saturday. X This content is provided by X, which may be using cookies and other tech...

Missile strikes on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's hometown have injured 17 people, as Russian forces in the east are reportedly storming a town as they push to gain control of the whole of the Donbas.A police officer and a rescue worker were among those wounded in the strikes on the central city of Kryvyi Rih. Regional governor Serhiy Lysak said the attack damaged 15 apartment buildings, stores, a cafe, a church, office spaces, a bank branch and a gas pipeline.Elsewhere, around 10 drones were destroyed near the capital, Kyiv, while one civilian was killed and 11 injured when the town of Shotska came under attack from guided bombs and drones.Russia denies that it targets civilians but has regularly fired missiles and drones at towns and cities far behind the front lines. ...

Liam Payne fans have gathered for a vigil in his memory in London's Hyde Park.Hundreds of people stood in silence to remember Payne at the park's Peter Pan statue on Sunday.They brought pictures of the star and his former One Direction bandmates, alongside flowers, balloons, and handwritten notes. Image: Crowds gather around the Peter Pan statue in Hyde Park on Sunday Image: One Direction lyrics in a frame in Hyde Park Image: Liam Payne fans lay tributes to him in London's Hyde Park Read moreWhat we know about singer's death so farGrief as details emerge of s...

Islamist terrorism may get a "further boost" from recent unrest in the Middle East, including the killing of the leader of Hamas, a former head of MI6 has warned.Yahya Sinwar, the architect of the 7 October attack, was killed by Israeli troops following a chance encounter this week, after years of being hunted. A former British intelligence chief said that his death along with anger around the unresolved "Palestinian question" and the violence people in Gaza see "every day" could fuel possible terror attacks beyond the Middle East.Middle East latest Image: Thousands of Jordanians protest in memory of killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar Pic: AP Sir John Sawers, who led the Secret Intelligence Service in Britain for five years,...

Authorities in Cuba have suffered a third major setback to restoring power, leaving millions in the dark.The country's national grid crashed around midday Friday after the Antonio Guiteras power plant, the island's largest, shut down, causing the biggest blackout in at least two years. Despite the best efforts of authorities, the grid collapsed again on Saturday morning. Image: People cooked soup over an open fire this weekend in Havana, amid the blackouts. Pic: AP Image: Residents line up to buy bread during the massive blackout over the weekend. Pic: AP Image: Residents were left in the dark after the ini...

A man with suspected ties to the Islamic State terror group who was allegedly planning a firearms attack on the Israeli embassy in Berlin has been arrested.Police and other security forces detained the man on Saturday in the town of Bernau, just outside the German capital, and conducted a search of his home there, the Federal Prosector's Office said in a statement. It said the suspect is a Libyan national whom officials identified only as Omar A."He intended to carry out a high-profile attack with firearms on the Israeli embassy in Berlin," the statement said.In his planning, the statement added, "the accused exchanged information with a member of IS in a messenger chat". Another search was carried out in the home of a person who is considered a witness and not a suspect, the prosecutor of...