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Up to 400 migrants were feared to have drowned today after trying to cross the Mediterranean by boat in a bid to reach Europe. Most of the victims were thought to have been fleeing Somalia, Ethiopia and Eritrea and had hoped to land in Italy. The country’s president, Sergio Mattarella, confirmed this morning there had been an incident in which ...

The Australian politician who threatened to kill Johnny Depp and Amber Heard’s dogs has made fun of the star couple’s apology video. Ms Heard, 29, escaped conviction after pleading guilty to falsifying documents before a Queensland court on Monday. A video of the pair apologising for flying their dogs Pistol and Boo into the country was played to the court. ...

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has confirmed he intends to call an election for 2 July. On Monday Australia’s upper house, the Senate, rejected a piece of government legislation for a second time. This provided Mr Turnbull with a trigger for a so-called double dissolution election. Mr Turnbull said at a press conference on Tuesday that he intended to ask ...

The founder of Germany’s anti-Islamist Pegida movement has gone on trial in Dresden on hate speech charges. Lutz Bachmann, 43, is accused of inciting racial hatred in Facebook posts, in which he called refugees “cattle”, “scumbags” and “filth”. Pegida’s rallies have attracted thousands of supporters in Germany. Separately, police arrested five suspects near Dresden accused of attacking migrant hostels and ...

New York is holding presidential primaries seen as key for both Republican and Democratic front-runners after their recent defeats. Democratic hopeful Hillary Clinton, a former senator for New York, is expected to win against Brooklyn-born Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders. For the Republicans, Queens-born Donald Trump is likely to come ahead of Texas Senator Ted Cruz. Wins will put Mrs Clinton ...

An Indian police horse that had a leg amputated after being allegedly assaulted by a politician, has been fitted with a state-of-the-art prosthetic limb that is allowing the animal to stand again, Raju Gusain reports. Ganesh Joshi, a legislator from the northern state of Uttarakhand, was arrested after he allegedly beat the horse, named Shaktiman, with a stick, during a ...

Flash flooding and more rain is possible in Houston, a day after record rainfall killed five people. Meteorologists said some 17.6in (44.7cm) of rain fell on the city on Monday alone, levels that national officials said were “historic”. Texas Governor Greg Abbott has declared a state of emergency in Houston, where 70,000 people were left without power. Rivers burst their ...

At least 28 people have been killed and 329 injured in a huge explosion in the centre of the Afghan capital Kabul, police and officials say. A suicide attacker detonated a vehicle and gunmen stormed the area, reports say. Officials say the gunfight is now over and the area has been cleared. A Taliban spokesman said the group carried out ...

A leading Philippines presidential candidate, Rodrigo Duterte, has apologised for comments about the rape and murder of an Australian missionary. Video showing Mr Duterte making light of Jacqueline Hamill’s assault during a prison riot in Davao City in 1989 caused outrage in the Philippines. He was the mayor of the city at the time, and said she was so beautiful ...

The Israeli ringleader in the killing of a Palestinian youth, abducted and burned to death in Jerusalem in 2014, has been convicted of his murder. A Jerusalem court found 31-year-old Yosef Haim Ben David guilty, rejecting a plea of insanity. He will be sentenced next month. Two youths have already been jailed for murdering Mohammad Abu Khdair, 16. He was ...