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Police officers and forensic personnel stand behind a cordon on Hart Street in Southport, northwest England, following a knife attack. Photo: Darren Staples / AFP By Gemma Sherlock, Monica Rimmer, Lauren Potts, and Kara O'Neill, BBC News, Merseyside Two children have died and nine were injured, six of them critically, in a "ferocious" knife attack at a children's dance workshop. Two adults are also in a critical condition after being stabbed as they tried to protect children at the Taylor Swift-themed event on Hart Street in Southport, Merseyside Police said. A 17-year-old boy, from Banks in Lancashire, has been arrested on suspicion of murder and attempted murder. Police said the motivation for the attack was "unclear" but it was not being treated as terror-related. One witness describ...

By Tessa Flemming, ABC News An undated photo from the late 1980's shows Sinead O'Connor performing in Vancouver, Canada. Photo: AFP / MANDEL NGAN Sinéad O'Connor's death last year was caused by chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and bronchial asthma, an Irish newspaper is reporting. Last week marked the one-year anniversary of the Irish singer's death at age 56. The 'Nothing Compares 2 U' star was found unresponsive at a home in south-east London. Police at the time deemed her death non-suspicious. In January, the Southwark Coroner's Court further confirmed O'Connor died of natural causes. Now, The Irish Independent reports O'Connor's death certificate shows she died from an "exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and bronchial asthma together with low grade lower r...

right protesters have broken into an army base in a show of support for soldiers accused of severely mistreating a Palestinian prisoner. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Photo: AFP By Mark Lowen, BBC News Israeli far-right protesters have broken into an army base in a show of support for soldiers accused of severely mistreating a Palestinian prisoner there. Large crowds gathered outside the Sde Teiman compound after Israeli military police entered it to detain the reservists, who are now subject to an official investigation. Sde Teiman, near Beersheba in southern Israel, has for months been at the centre of reports of serious abuses against Gazan detainees. On Monday dozens of protesters, including far-right MPs from Israel's governing coalition, burst through the base's ga...

By Jarrett Renshaw and Stephanie Kelly for Reuters Vice President Kamala Harris. Photo: AFP / Jeff Kowalsky The list of candidates to run with Kamala Harris, the presumptive Democratic US presidential nominee, narrowed on Monday, with North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper and Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer both out. The high-stakes decision has taken center-stage since Vice President Harris became the Democratic frontrunner for the November election just over a week ago after President Joe Biden ended his White House bid. Vice presidential nominees can be used to balance a presidential candidate's ticket to appeal to a wider swath of voters, and Harris is weighing a list of mostly white, male candidates. Cooper withdrew from Harris' vice presidential candidate pool, saying in a stat...

By Ione Wells, BBC News Opponents of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's government burn tires during a protest in Valencia, state of Carabobo, Venezuela, on July 29, 2024, a day after the Venezuelan presidential election. Photo: AFP / JUAN CARLOS HERNANDEZ Thousands of Venezuelans are heading towards the presidential palace in Caracas to protest against President Nicolás Maduro's claim of victory in the country's disputed election. Others posted pictures of the crowds on social media with captions including "knock down the dictator" and "everyone to Miraflores" - where the palace is located. The BBC has seen an armed military convoy travelling to the presidential palace, with soldiers in balaclavas standing on the back of the cars carrying large rifles. Tear gas was fired by polic...