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Essex police said a boy and a girl died at the scene and the car involved failed to stopTwo people have been arrested after two children died in a car collision in Essex, police have said.Officers were called to Walthams Place in Basildon at about 6.25pm on Saturday to reports of a crash and a car failing to stop. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/feb/01/two-arrested-after-two-children-killed-in-basildon-car-collision Author : Nadeem Badshah Publish date : 2025-02-01 22:41:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Kremlin claims Ukrainian military attacked site in area occupied by Kyiv since last AugustUkraine’s military has said that Russian forces struck a boarding school housing people preparing for evacuation in a part of Russia’s Kursk region held by Ukrainian forces, killing at least four people.President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the attack had destroyed the boarding school in the border town of Sudzha, “even though dozens of civilians were there”. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/02/fatal-missile-strike-on-kursk-school-blamed-on-russia-by-ukraine Author : Reuters Publish date : 2025-02-02 00:01:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Rebels had captured the city in January in major escalation of 10-year-old conflictAt least 773 people were killed in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo’s largest city of Goma and its vicinity this week amid fighting with Rwanda-backed rebels who captured the city in a major escalation of a decade-long conflict, Congolese authorities have said.The rebels’ advance into other areas was slowed by a weakened military that recovered some villages from them. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/01/at-least-770-killed-in-goma-east-drc-in-fighting-with-rwanda-backed-m23 Author : Associated Press in Goma Publish date : 2025-02-01 22:43:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Research shows in tough times people often let home and contents insurance lapse, which could lead to dangerous decision to stayGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPeople are more likely to risk their lives in bushfires if they are uninsured or underinsured, experts have said.In the chaos of an approaching fire, most people struggle to make rational decisions; having no house insurance could feed into making the dangerous decision to stay and protect a home, bushfire behaviour and management professor at the University of Melbourne, Trent Penman, said.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue