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Detectives are investigating the deaths of two men in Glasgow.

A venue has accepted it discriminated against a Jewish comedian when it scrapped his show at last year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

A 55-year-old man has been charged after another man who was bitten by a dog on a footpath died.

An American tourist has been killed by a lightning strike after hiking in a restricted part of Mount Etna.

A 12-year-old boy has drowned in a river in northeast London.

Nearly 1,600 aftershocks have hit Indonesia and thousands have been forced out of their homes after a powerful earthquake killed at least 68 people.

A woman who tried to murder a toddler by repeatedly giving her adult medication has been sentenced to an order for lifelong restriction with a minimum of six years in jail.

Double murderer Simon Levy has denied stabbing a Belmarsh prison officer with a pen before trying to strangle him.

Seven people have been killed and more than a dozen injured after a stampede broke out at a temple in India.

The UK will face the "most changeable week" of weather since June, as temperatures fall following weeks of hot and dry conditions.

Donald Trump's bid to overturn a jury verdict that awarded writer E Jean Carroll $5m for alleged sexual abuse and defamation has been rejected by the Supreme Court.

The oil and gas industry has urged Andy Burnham to approve two controversial North Sea developments as a public consultation on the UK's largest undeveloped oil field closes.

US actress Hayden Panettiere - best known for her roles in the TV series Heroes and Nashville - has died aged 36.

Police seizures of e-bikes across the UK have risen by 83% in a year following a crackdown on dangerous models.

An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has officially become the deadliest in the country's history, data suggests.

Joint US military exercises with South Korea will be downscaled, Donald Trump says, as they are "hostile" and too expensive.

Amy Hunt has won a record fourth gold medal at a single European Athletics Championships after Great Britain and Northern Ireland won the Mixed 4x100m relay.