By PHILLIP NIETO, US POLITICAL REPORTER Published: 21:47 BST, 8 July 2026 | Updated: 22:09 BST, 8 July 2026 Donald Trump has unleashed a fresh wave of airstrikes on Iran after the regime attacked commercial ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz. Speaking at the NATO summit in Turkey, the…
Moment family’s roof collapses as newbuild home is destroyed by ‘solar panel fire’ – just weeks after similar inferno
A family has told of the moment they watched on in horror as their newbuild home went up in flames in a suspected solar panel fire. Tammi Atherton, 54, had been parked up in the lounge with Wimbledon on the telly and was about to take a shower upstairs on…
NASA begins funding hardware for ‘Skyfall’ Mars helicopter mission
NASA’s nuclear-powered mission to Mars is taking shape with the selection of Firefly Aerospace to design and manufacture the protective aeroshell that will shield the Skyfall spacecraft’s descent stage during its plummet through the Martian atmosphere. Skyfall, slated to be NASA’s first-ever nuclear powered interplanetary probe, is scheduled to launch…
Seeding clouds with seawater could prevent a super El Niño
Particles in ships’ exhaust inadvertently cause cloud brightening, and a similar effect could be employed to engineer the climate NASA’s Earth Obervatory Short-term geoengineering to brighten clouds over the eastern Pacific Ocean could limit the damage caused by El Niño and save the global economy trillions of dollars, although there…
FBI expert stuns Tyler Robinson courtroom by revealing DNA bombshell that’s a ’95 percent match’
An FBI analyst stunned the pre-trial hearing for Charlie Kirk’s alleged assassin, Tyler Robinson, as she revealed a ’95 percent DNA match’ between the suspect and a towel wrapped around the murder weapon. Prosecutors produced testimony on Tuesday evening from Amanda Bakker and Utah State Bureau of Investigation sergeant Jennifer Faumuina over items…
Tyler Robinson’s lawyers fight DNA found on towel wrapping rifle in Charlie Kirk murder: Live updates
By WILL POTTER, US SENIOR NEWS REPORTER and KATRINA SCHOLLENBERGER, US HEAD OF LIVE NEWS and RACHEL BOWMAN, US SENIOR NEWS REPORTER Updated: 20:28 BST, 8 July 2026 Tyler Robinson’s defense lawyers are fighting crucial DNA evidence linking Charlie Kirk’s alleged assassin Tyler Robinson to a towel wrapped around the…
Trump gifts Artemis astronauts a flag from the US Capitol to plant on the moon
The next American flag to be planted on the moon has been placed in the hands of one of the last astronauts to walk on the lunar surface. Late into the night during the America 250 celebrations in Washington, D.C. on July 4, President Donald Trump delivered the keynote address…
Pilot instructor who jumped out of a plane to his death while giving a lesson ‘had been going through a difficult time,’ his father says
By PERKIN AMALARAJ, FOREIGN NEWS REPORTER Published: 18:38 BST, 8 July 2026 | Updated: 20:02 BST, 8 July 2026 The father of a piloting instructor who leapt to his death from a plane while giving a lesson to a 22-year-old student has said his son had been going through a…
Woman, 53, is arrested after £10million worth of cocaine is seized by police in Liverpool
By ISABELLA MACHIN, REPORTER Published: 19:29 BST, 8 July 2026 | Updated: 19:30 BST, 8 July 2026 A woman has been arrested after police uncovered millions of pounds worth of cocaine hidden inside a Liverpool property. Officers seized more than 100kg of cocaine, with a street value of £10million, during…
Shoebox-sized ‘detector satellites’ could sniff out a nuclear bomb in space
A constellation of cubesats fitted with special detectors could sniff out nuclear weapons hidden on satellites launched by adversary nations, according to a new study. In 2024, rumors began to swirl in military circles that Russia might be developing a space-borne nuclear weapon. At that time, two years into the…