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A man in his 60s from northern England pleaded guilty to 60 criminal offences, including rape and sexual assault, committed against his wife between 2004 and 2025. He admitted the charges at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court just before his trial was to begin, having drugged his wife repeatedly at their home.With 95% of votes counted, the centre-left bloc led by the Social Democrats held a narrow lead of 176 seats to 173 over right-leaning parties. Magdalena Andersson, the Social Democrats leader, has begun coalition negotiations to form a new government. Full results are expected after overseas votes are counted on Wednesday.Donald Trump said Ukraine and Russia have agreed to stop attacking each other's energy infrastructure, posting the claim on Truth Social. He attributed rising global diesel prices primarily to the Russia-Ukraine conflict rather than Iran.Bob Mackie, the costume and fashion designer whose sequined creations dressed Cher, Diana Ross, Tina Turner and Carol Burnett, has died at 87. He won nine Emmy Awards and received three Oscar nominations over a career spanning more than half a century.President Donald Trump rejected calls for guardrails on artificial intelligence development, saying a "high IQ" president is all the US needs to manage risks. The statement came after industry leaders including OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei proposed a framework to slow AI development and address safety concerns.Latvia's national carrier AirBaltic has voluntarily filed for protection under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code in New York. The airline cited costs related to the Iran war as a factor in the decision.Leaders from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland—John Swinney of the SNP, Rhun ap Iorwerth of Plaid Cymru, and Michelle O'Neill of Sinn Féin—signed a joint memorandum Monday in Cardiff asserting the right to self-determination and stating no Westminster government has the right to block democracy. They said the future of their nations lies in the European Union.Ludek Miklosko, the former West Ham and QPR goalkeeper, has died at the age of 64 following a battle with cancer. Miklosko played 373 times for West Ham from 1990 and won 42 international caps for Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic.A head-on collision between two minibus taxis and a subsequent impact from an SUV killed at least 21 people on a highway in South Africa's Western Cape Province on Sunday night. The crash occurred between Prince Albert and Leeu-Gamka, roughly 380 kilometres east of Cape Town, with several others severely injured.A Russian drone struck a Warsaw-bound train near the Ukraine-Poland border shortly after a train carrying EU officials and former British prime minister Boris Johnson passed through the same area. No casualties were reported. Poland and Ukraine denounced the strike as an escalation.A man in his 60s from northern England pleaded guilty to 60 criminal offences, including rape and sexual assault, committed against his wife between 2004 and 2025. He admitted the charges at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court just before his trial was to begin, having drugged his wife repeatedly at their home.With 95% of votes counted, the centre-left bloc led by the Social Democrats held a narrow lead of 176 seats to 173 over right-leaning parties. Magdalena Andersson, the Social Democrats leader, has begun coalition negotiations to form a new government. Full results are expected after overseas votes are counted on Wednesday.Donald Trump said Ukraine and Russia have agreed to stop attacking each other's energy infrastructure, posting the claim on Truth Social. He attributed rising global diesel prices primarily to the Russia-Ukraine conflict rather than Iran.Bob Mackie, the costume and fashion designer whose sequined creations dressed Cher, Diana Ross, Tina Turner and Carol Burnett, has died at 87. He won nine Emmy Awards and received three Oscar nominations over a career spanning more than half a century.President Donald Trump rejected calls for guardrails on artificial intelligence development, saying a "high IQ" president is all the US needs to manage risks. The statement came after industry leaders including OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei proposed a framework to slow AI development and address safety concerns.Latvia's national carrier AirBaltic has voluntarily filed for protection under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code in New York. The airline cited costs related to the Iran war as a factor in the decision.Leaders from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland—John Swinney of the SNP, Rhun ap Iorwerth of Plaid Cymru, and Michelle O'Neill of Sinn Féin—signed a joint memorandum Monday in Cardiff asserting the right to self-determination and stating no Westminster government has the right to block democracy. They said the future of their nations lies in the European Union.Ludek Miklosko, the former West Ham and QPR goalkeeper, has died at the age of 64 following a battle with cancer. Miklosko played 373 times for West Ham from 1990 and won 42 international caps for Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic.A head-on collision between two minibus taxis and a subsequent impact from an SUV killed at least 21 people on a highway in South Africa's Western Cape Province on Sunday night. The crash occurred between Prince Albert and Leeu-Gamka, roughly 380 kilometres east of Cape Town, with several others severely injured.A Russian drone struck a Warsaw-bound train near the Ukraine-Poland border shortly after a train carrying EU officials and former British prime minister Boris Johnson passed through the same area. No casualties were reported. Poland and Ukraine denounced the strike as an escalation.
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