The leaking of US intelligence documents which has exposed highly classified information about the war in Ukraine reportedly began on a gaming platform. The documents that have left the Pentagon scrambling for answers were shared on a range of social media sites and are believed to have originated from a private group on Discord. Members
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A self-proclaimed tech consultant has been arrested in connection with the fatal stabbing of Cash App founder Bob Lee in San Francisco. Nima Momeni, 38, was arrested on suspicion of murder, San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott said during a news conference. San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins said Momeni will be charged with murder
The leader of an online group behind suspected US military document leaks is national guardsman Jack Teixeira, officials have told NBC News. Teixeira, 21, is said to have overseen a private online group, containing around 30 people, in which the leaked documents were shared. He is a member of the intelligence wing of the Massachusetts
It had all been going so well. The serious political business of the day dispensed with, Joe Biden left Belfast and broke for the border. Arriving for the first day of ancestral exploration in County Louth, he was taken on a tour of Carlingford Castle, the last sight his great-great-grandfather Owen Finnegan would have seen
Donald Trump has accused French President Emmanuel Macron of “kissing Xi Jinping’s a**” during his recent visit to Beijing. Mr Macron held talks with his Chinese counterpart last week in the hope of convincing him to use his relationship with Russia’s Vladimir Putin to end the war in Ukraine. Speaking to Fox News on Wednesday,
Police bodycam footage has shown the moment a gunman opened fire at a Louisville bank – killing five colleagues. Connor Sturgeon, 25, was shot dead by police following the attack at the Old National Bank in the Kentucky city on Monday morning. Two patrol officers who responded to the shooting were among eight wounded, with
The US and the Philippines are holding their largest combat drills in decades after China conducted mock air and sea attacks off the coast of Taiwan. The pre-planned annual “Balikatan” exercises will involve more than 17,600 military personnel and include live-fire drills such as a boat-sinking rocket assault in waters across the South China Sea
President Joe Biden has appeared to confirm that he will run for re-election in 2024. Mr Biden, 80, said on Monday that he plans to run for president in 2024 but was not prepared to announce it yet. “I plan on running … but we’re not prepared to announce it yet,” he said in an
A “force of nature” tech entrepreneur who founded a multibillion-dollar payments service has been stabbed to death. Bob Lee, 43, was attacked in San Francisco on Tuesday morning local time and later died in hospital. His father, Richard, said he had “just lost my best friend” in a tribute on Facebook confirming the news. “Bobby
Donald Trump was the frontrunner to be the Republican Party nominee for the 2024 presidential race before news of his pending arrest became public – and that fact is unchanged even now he is officially a criminal defendant. The earliest date for any trial in this case would be January 2024, which coincides with the
US President Joe Biden will visit Northern Ireland and the Republic next week, the White House has announced. The visit marks the 25th anniversary of the signing of the Good Friday Agreement. He will first travel to Belfast in Northern Ireland, from April 11 to 12 to mark the “tremendous progress” made since the signing
A teacher who was shot by her six-year-old pupil has filed a $40m (£32m) lawsuit against her school, accusing management of ignoring warnings about his behaviour. The lawsuit, filed on Monday, alleges that Abigail Zwerner told school officials in Newport News, Virginia that the boy was in a “violent mood” hours before he shot her
The attacker who shot dead six people at a Nashville school had been planning the massacre for months, police have said. Journals found in Audrey Hale’s car and bedroom outlined plans to “commit mass murder at The Covenant School”, the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department said. Three adults and three nine-year-old students were killed in the
Donald Trump has left his Florida home to travel to New York ahead of his unprecedented court appearance tomorrow. The former US president is expected to stay at Trump Tower in Manhattan before turning himself in to authorities on Tuesday. He is expected to be booked and arraigned on charges stemming from hush money payments
Donald Trump is set to speak in Florida on Tuesday night after his scheduled arraignment in New York on charges related to hush money payments to a porn star before the 2016 election. His campaign said he will deliver “remarks” at his Mar-a-Lago estate after returning from Manhattan, where he is expected to voluntarily turn
A group of news organisations has launched a bid to allow cameras into court when Donald Trump makes an unprecedented appearance on Tuesday. The group, which includes NBC News, The Associated Press and The New York Times, have also asked judge Juan Merchan to immediately unseal the indictment against the former US president. On Friday,
A missing two-year-old has been found dead after his body was spotted in the mouth of an alligator. Taylen Mosley was reported missing on Thursday after his mother, 20-year-old Pashun Jeffery, was found dead in her apartment in St Petersburg, Florida. She had been stabbed multiple times, police said on Friday. The child’s father, Thomas
Donald Trump has claimed he has raised more than $4m in the 24 hours after the news of his indictment. The former president listed the figure in a press release, in which he repeated his claim that he is the victim of a political witch-hunt. Lawyers for Trump have told Sky News that he is
Donald Trump’s lawyer has said the former president’s “knees don’t buckle” and there is “zero” chance he will take a plea deal in the face of criminal charges. In an interview with Sky News’ US partner NBC News, Joe Tacopina said his client is “ready to fight” and was not going to “hole up” in
Donald Trump has been indicted on criminal charges arising from an alleged hush money payment to an adult film actress. A grand jury in New York voted to indict Trump over possible offences related to a $130,000 (£105,000) payment to Stormy Daniels during the 2016 presidential election campaign. It was allegedly made in exchange for