Egyptian archaeologists have opened a mysterious 30-ton black sarcophagus to find the skeletons of what are thought to be three ancient warriors floating in red sewage water. The world has been transfixed by the unopened 2,000-year-old sarcophagus since it was discovered in Alexandria several weeks ago, with some internet users warning Egypt not to open…
A gunman dressed all in black opened fire on a busy Toronto street, leaving two people dead and another 12 injured – including a young girl. The 29-year-old attacker also died following the rampage in the Canadian city’s Greektown district on Sunday night. A video from one witness shows a man dressed in black clothes and a…
A British caver hailed a hero for helping to save the lives of 12 boys and their football coach trapped deep inside a Thai cave has said he may take action against Elon Musk after the billionaire entrepreneur called him a “pedo” online. The Tesla CEO lashed out on Sunday evening at Vernon Unsworth, 63, in an…
A secretly recorded tape of Donald Trump discussing a hush-money payment to a Playboy model over an alleged affair has led to a public row between the US president and his former lawyer. The audio, released to US media by representatives for Michael Cohen, confirms Mr Trump discussed buying the rights to the story two…
France has long defended its ‘exception culturelle’ with subsidies, quotas and tax breaks to protect French films, music and television from the ravages of a market economy. Now it is arming itself to fight the digital dominance of Netflix, the £100 billion American film and television streaming service. France’s three biggest broadcasters have set…
A blue-coloured Spanish wine is making a troubled début in France, with leading experts challenging the claim that the colour is natural and local winemakers arguing that the description on its label is illegal. Véronique Cheynier, director of research at the prestigious National Institute of Agricultural Research, cast doubt on the producer’s assertion that the…
The Trump administration is imposing a host of new sanctions against Russia over the poisoning of a former British spy, after months of discussion about how to respond to the March attack on Sergei and Yulia Skripal. Although the US joined European countries in publicly blaming Moscow within days of the attack, the Trump administration…
Italian prosecutors are opening an investigation into the Genoa bridge collapse, as questions swirled over what caused the structure to crumble. At least 38 people died when a 650-foot portion of the Morandi motorway bridge in northern Italy disintegrated on Tuesday. The 51-year-old structure, designed by celebrated Italian engineer Riccardo Morandi, has been beset with problems since its construction in the…
An Italian submarine that was sunk by accident by a British warship during the First World War has been found after lying on the seabed for more than a century. HMS Cyclamen mistook the submarine, Alberto Guglielmotti, for a German U-boat and sank her by gunfire and ramming off the island of Capraia, between Corsica…
A deadly disease outbreak like a flu epidemic is one of the worst civil emergencies the country could face and Britain must help developing countries to stop new outbreaks, the Government has said. A flu epidemic in the UK could cause hundreds of thousands of deaths and cost tens of billions of pounds, while disease…