A pilot and 11 skydivers have died after a private plane crashed in Butler, Missouri on Sunday morning. The aircraft – a Pacific Aerospace P750 – crashed just after takeoff at 11.30am, a spokesperson with Bates County Emergency Management and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) told the Daily Mail. The plane took…
American singer Oliver Tree identified as victim in horrific helicopter collision as harrowing video of smoldering debris emerges
By ELIOT FORCE, US NEWS REPORTER Published: 19:38 BST, 14 June 2026 | Updated: 20:00 BST, 14 June 2026 American singer Oliver Tree has been identified as one of the passengers in a fatal mid-air helicopter collision that killed at least six people. The crash occurred in Rio De Janero,…
Elvis the Alpaca is on the ‘naughty step’ after going rogue, chasing a teacher, spitting at guests… and attacking anyone wearing a hat!
By ELYSIA TAYLOR-HEARN Published: 19:24 BST, 14 June 2026 | Updated: 19:24 BST, 14 June 2026 He shares his name with the King of Pop. But a Scottish alpaca has won his own celebrity status after his bad behaviour at a Clackmannanshire farm forced owners to cancel events, explaining ‘Elvis…
Six people are dead after two helicopters collided in Brazil and crashed into the parking lot of an electric car dealership
By PERKIN AMALARAJ, FOREIGN NEWS REPORTER Published: 18:12 BST, 14 June 2026 | Updated: 18:38 BST, 14 June 2026 At least six people have tragically died in Brazil after two helicopters collided in western Rio de Janeiro today. The helicopters crashed into the parking lot of an electric car dealership, igniting…
Former NHS nurse completes first ever year-long solo walk from top to bottom of Europe, dodging death along the way
She’s survived a 90ft cliff fall, wild dogs and -15 degree temperatures to become the first person to walk across Europe. Kit Birks, a former NHS nurse, completed the treacherous solo expedition from the northernmost point in Norway to the southernmost point on the Greek island of Gavdos on Sunday. …
A birthday of diplomacy: Zelensky and Putin both speak with Trump on his 80th as US President says envoys Witkoff and Kushner will visit Russia ‘soon’
By PERKIN AMALARAJ, FOREIGN NEWS REPORTER Published: 17:51 BST, 14 June 2026 | Updated: 17:55 BST, 14 June 2026 US president Donald Trump engaged in high-level diplomacy on his 80th birthday, today speaking to Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky and Russian leader Vladimir Putin. Zelensky discussed the ongoing invasion of his nation with Trump on…
Business owner resorts to hanging massive banner in woke Seattle to dissuade men from soliciting sex outside of his store as open air drugs and crime run rampant
By ANNA WRIGHT, US REPORTER Published: 17:10 BST, 14 June 2026 | Updated: 17:20 BST, 14 June 2026 Seattle business owners are resorting to unusual tactics to push back against a troubling rise of prostitution in their neighborhood. Local stores along the crime-riddled Aurora Ave have started hanging large banners…
Tommy Robinson detained at Heathrow under terrorism act after Moscow trip with Musk’s dad
Far-Right activist Tommy Robinson was detained and interviewed by police under counter-terrorism laws after returning to the UK from Russia. The 43-year-old announced on social media he was held at Heathrow Airport on Saturday ‘for the best part of three hours’. Robinson, who has previous convictions for violent crime, public…
Catch Mercury shining at its best on June 15 before it slips back into the sun’s glare
Mercury reaches greatest elongation on June 15, placing the elusive planet at its farthest apparent distance from the sun in the evening sky. That makes this one of the best opportunities of the year to spot Mercury after sunset, shining below Venus and Jupiter in the western sky. As an…
Marriage secrets of beloved wrestling coach… as idyllic family life is shattered by lurid scandal
From the outside looking in, Cody Pester had it all. A loving wife, a steady career as a teacher and wrestling coach at a school in Nebraska, and the recent arrival of baby boy Cyrus rounded out the wholesome family life many aspire to. Yet while his unsuspecting spouse Olivia…