US

Harry and Meghan have paid a surprise visit to the family of a teacher who was killed in a Texas mass school shooting. Irma Garcia sacrificed her life as she tried to protect her pupils in a classroom at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, where she had taught for 23 years. Mrs Garcia’s nephew, 22-year-old

Two women have been charged in the US with alleged abuse of a corpse after propping up his body to withdraw money from his bank account, police said. Loreen Feralo, 55, and Karen Kasbohm, 63, lived with 80-year-old Douglas Layman in a house in the town of Ashtabula on the shore of Lake Erie in

Oscar-nominated actors like Cillian Murphy and Carey Mulligan might be the headline-grabbing stars you’ll hear mentioned everywhere ahead of this Sunday’s ceremony. Lesser known are the names of the “uber geniuses” who’ve made audiences sit-up and listen in what’s been a stand-out year for sound in film. Image: Cillian Murphy in Oppenheimer. Pic: Universal Pictures

US President Joe Biden has said reaching a six-week ceasefire deal in Gaza before the start of Ramadan is “looking tough”. His comments come after the US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, said it was up to Hamas to make further progress on the truce. “The ball is in their court,” he said. “We’re working

Joe Biden has declared freedom and democracy are “under attack” both in the US and abroad as he delivered one of the most important speeches of his presidency. In his State of the Union address, the US president appealed to Congress to continue supporting Ukraine in its war effort against Russia, as he said: “History

The US military will establish a temporary port on the Gaza coast to increase the flow of humanitarian aid to the beleaguered territory, Joe Biden is to announce. The US president is to make the announcement in his State of the Union address. The plan – which an Israeli official has reportedly said Israel “fully

New York’s governor is to send the National Guard to the New York City subway system to help police in the wake of a spate of high-profile crimes. Kathy Hochul announced plans to deploy 750 members of the National Guard to the network to assist the New York Police Department (NYPD) with bag checks for

Donald Trump is set to be the Republican candidate for president as his last remaining rival Nikki Haley is due to pull out of the race, NBC News reports. A source familiar with Haley’s plans has confirmed to Sky News’s partner NBC that she will exit the race later this morning. It means Mr Trump

Rust armourer Hannah Gutierrez has been found guilty of involuntary manslaughter following the fatal shooting of the film’s cinematographer on set. She was found not guilty of evidence tampering. Gutierrez was in charge of weapons during production of the Western film in New Mexico in October 2021, when a gun fired by star and co-producer

In a market, in a neighbourhood, in a city like this, the election will be decided. The ‘Women’s Market’, by the river in Wilmington, is a showcase for “female makers” of this port city in North Carolina. November’s presidential election will turn on the outcome in this swing state and half a dozen others like

The US Supreme Court has rejected Colorado state attempts to remove Donald Trump from the ballot for US president. He has been restored on the ballot for president in the state after the court rejected claims he was accountable for the Capitol riots in 2021. On his social media platform after the ruling, Trump wrote:

Super Tuesday is the biggest day of voting in the US outside of the November election.  But what is it, what makes it super – and what will be different about this year? What is Super Tuesday? Super Tuesday is the day when the most US states choose who they think should be their candidates

Donald Trump’s rival Nikki Haley has won the Republican primary in Washington DC – securing the first victory of her campaign to secure the party’s presidential nomination. Ms Haley’s victory on Sunday has at least temporarily halted Mr Trump’s sweep of the Republican primary contest – although the former president is likely to pick up

The US Supreme Court is expected to issue a ruling on Monday on Colorado’s bid to ban Donald Trump from running for president. It comes after the Colorado Supreme Court said in December that the Republican could not stand for election in the state because he had “engaged in insurrection or rebellion” – as is

Former US president Donald Trump has won the Michigan and Missouri caucuses, continuing his march towards the Republican nomination. Mr Trump‘s last major rival, former UN ambassador Nikki Haley, is still searching for her first win. In Missouri, Trump voter Tom Mendenall told the crowd: “Every 100 days, we’re spending $1trn, with money going all

A film director has described the moment he was shot by actor Alec Baldwin on the set of Rust – and revealed what the movie’s armourer said to him immediately afterwards. Baldwin, lead actor and co-producer of the film, was holding the gun when it fired and killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on set near Santa

Airdrops are a last resort. They are inefficient, inaccurate, expensive and dangerous. They are only chosen as an option when things are really desperate. The White House spokesman admitted as much just after President Biden announced that America would carry out airdrops into Gaza. “There are no missions more complicated than humanitarian assistance airdrops,” Admiral

President Joe Biden twice confused Gaza with Ukraine as he announced the US would provide desperately-needed aid to the war-ravaged Palestinian territory. Mr Biden, 81, confirmed on Friday that humanitarian assistance would be airdropped into Gaza – a day after the Hamas-run health ministry said 30,000 Palestinians have died since the war began last October.

At two Texas border towns both President Biden and former President Trump made duelling visits. They were 300 miles apart but with an identical aim, to eke out political advantage from the immigration crisis which will be one of the defining issues of the 2024 election. The Biden administration has presided over a record number

People have lined up to get a whiff of the corpse flower – a plant that only blooms once every seven to 10 years. The amorphophallus titanum gets its nickname from its stench, described by some as the smell of rotting flesh, though others detect hints of rotting food, sweaty socks or even garlic. Crowds