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Average UK house prices fell by 0.5% in March, according to Halifax, as mortgage rates driven higher by the repercussions of the Iran war dampened demand. The average property price is now £299,677 while annual growth has also slowed, the UK's biggest mortgage lender said. The drop reverses a 0.3% r…

Sir Keir Starmer has welcomed the ceasefire agreement between Iran and the US as he travelled to meet with leaders of countries in the Gulf. The prime minister is expected to "discuss diplomatic efforts to support and uphold the ceasefire", according to No 10. He will return to the UK on Friday. The…

Yemeni teachers juggle multiple jobs and endure hunger as protests grow over meager and delayed salaries. Save Share Mukalla, Yemen – Mohammed Salem heads out every morning for his job as a teacher at a government-run school. But once his shift is finished at that school, he then goes to a private s…

The US and Iran agree to a two-week truce on Tuesday, just an hour before Trump’s deadline to escalate the conflict expired. Save Share US ceasefire allows negotiations on Iran’s ‘workable’ 10-point plan Iran says it has accepted a two-week ceasefire, with talks set to begin on Friday in Pakistan’s …

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Iran has claimed victory and says upcoming talks in Pakistan do not mean the end of war is guaranteed.  Al Jazeera Live Save Share

The 15-year-old opener hit 39 off 14 balls as Rajasthan Royals put on 150-3 in 11 overs against Mumbai Indians. Save Share Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has been hailed as “amazing” and “fearless” after the 15-year-old underlined his rare talent with an audacious display against superstar Indian bowler Jaspr…

Tehran and Beijing both stand to gain from boosting status of the Chinese yuan. Save Share As the United States-Israel war on Iran — paused for two weeks on Wednesday amid fresh diplomatic talks — has roiled the global economy for more than a month, Iran and China have seized the opportunity to addr…

Wednesday may well feel like a typical summer's day rather than an early April one, as warm, sunny weather continues in many places. On Tuesday the UK saw a peak of 24.8C (76.7F) at Mona on Anglesey, Wales, which made it the highest temperature reached so far this year and the warmest day in the UK …

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Selina Brown pored over books as a child, enthralled at the wonders leaping from the pages. Now, as a mother of three and founder of the Black British Book Festival, she has been named the UK's first National Reading Hero by Queen Camilla, who gave her the inaugural Queen's Reading Room Medal. "As a…

From Seve's dance to Tiger's triumph - how to take a great golf photo Seve's dance. Rory's roar. Tiger's fist pumps. In more than 50 years of covering sport, I've been fortunate enough to take some of golf's most iconic photographs. While my career was kickstarted by a split-second snap that capture…

Craig Lewis-Williams is fed through a tube and has carers visit him six times a day after a one-punch attack left him unable to walk and with brain damage. The assault happened in November 2021, but the 50-year-old from Llay, Wrexham, will need specialist care for the rest of his life. He received t…

A man has been arrested on suspicion of theft after about £200,000 raised towards a scouts trip to Canada was stolen, leaving 100 children across Herefordshire and Worcestershire in the lurch. Scout leaders have told parents that a two-week trip due to take place this summer has been cancelled after…

US ceasefire allows negotiations on Iran’s ‘workable’ 10-point plan Donald Trump’s announcement of a two-week ceasefire paves the way for negotiations on a 10-point plan proposed by Tehran to end the war, which the US president called ‘workable’. Here’s what it involves. Save Share

In the hours before the two-week ceasefire between Iran and the US was announced, there were some small signs of hope from Pakistan. Speaking anonymously, a Pakistan source told the BBC that the talks continued "at pace", with Pakistan operating as an intermediary between Iran and the US. Those cond…

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Republican hawks voice scepticism about talks with Tehran as Democrats welcome the truce and call for accountability. Save Share Washington, DC – Politicians in the United States have largely welcomed the truce with Iran, with some of President Donald Trump’s Republican allies voicing scepticism abo…

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Iranians commemorate victims of Minab school strike Iranians have commemorated the victims of the US strike on a girls school in Minab, that killed 168 people on the first day of the US-Israeli war on Iran. The vigil was held hours before the US and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire. Save Share

Countries urge full commitment to two-week ceasefire, praise Pakistan for role in facilitating truce. Save Share The United States and Iran have agreed to a two-week ceasefire, with talks to finalise a peace deal set to begin in Pakistan’s Islamabad on Friday. The truce, announced by US President Do…

A hacker has allegedly stolen a massive trove of sensitive data – including highly classified defense documents and missile schematics – from a state-run Chinese supercomputer in what could potentially constitute the largest known heist of data from China. The dataset, which allegedly contains more …

April 7 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump told AFP on Tuesday that the ‌United States had won a "total and complete ‌victory" after agreeing to a two-week ceasefire deal with ​Iran. "Total and complete victory. 100 percent. No question about it," Trump told AFP in the brief call when asked if …

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18-year-old Emir Balat was tackled by a law enforcement officer after he allegedly threw a bomb at a protest in New York City. (Credit: FNTV) The two terror suspects accused of trying to bomb a protest outside New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's residence last month, in what authorities have descri…

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In the end, cooler heads prevailed – at least for now. At 18:32 Washington time, President Donald Trump posted on his social media website that the US and Iran were "very far along" with a "definitive" peace agreement and that he had agreed to a two-week ceasefire to allow negotiations to proceed. I…

Global oil prices have fallen sharply and stock markets have jumped after the US and Iran agreed to a conditional two-week ceasefire deal that includes the reopening of the key Strait of Hormuz waterway. The price of benchmark Brent crude fell by about 13% to $94.80 (£70.73) a barrel, while US-trade…

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Israeli prime minister’s office welcomes US decision to suspend attacks on Iran, but says the two-week truce does not apply to Lebanon. Save Share Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office has announced that Israel backs the United States’s decision to suspend strikes against Iran for two w…

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Iran and the US have agreed to a conditional two-week ceasefire, during which shipping traffic will be allowed through the Strait of Hormuz. This comes more than a month after the US and Israel launched co-ordinated attacks on Iran, and hours after US President Donald Trump threatened "a whole civil…

Arsenal squeeze to a 1-0 win at Sporting Lisbon to end a winless run, but is the pressure telling after another below-par outing? Save Share Arsenal’s quadruple hunt was halved in the space of a week, and their UEFA Champions League hopes were given a stern test by a Sporting Lisbon side that only j…

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Ben Roberts-Smith - Australia's most-decorated living soldier - will remain behind bars after his lawyers did not seek bail over charges of alleged war crimes in Afghanistan. Roberts-Smith, 47, was arrested at Sydney Airport on Tuesday and charged with five counts of the war crime of murder before b…

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Iraqis celebrates US-Iran ceasefire as two-week halt in war begins Celebrations have erupted in Iraq’s capital, Baghdad, following the announcement of a two-week ceasefire between Iran and the United States. Iraq had been pulled into the war with pro-Iran armed groups and US forces carrying out atta…

Polls have found that young people in the United States are more sceptical of foreign intervention and war on Iran. Save Share For much of Tuesday, it was unclear whether the United States would be launching a full-scale attack on Iran’s civilian infrastructure. But US President Donald Trump’s threa…

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Abrego Garcia’s wrongful removal in 2025 has spurred criticism of the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign. Save Share The United States government has reaffirmed its position that it plans to deport Salvadoran immigrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Liberia, despite arguments that doing so wo…

A US freelance journalist who was kidnapped in the Iraqi capital Baghdad a week ago has been released, according to Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Iran-backed militia group Kataib Hezbollah said earlier on Tuesday that it would release Shelly Kittleson, who was taken on 31 March, on the condition t…

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Investors welcome the possible resumption of oil and gas flows through the Strait of Hormuz. Save Share Oil prices have dived, bonds rallied, and stocks surged as a two-week ceasefire involving Iran spurred a relief rally, with investors cheering the possible resumption of oil and gas flows through …

A young British woman has died while visiting Vietnam, reportedly in a road accident. Local media report that Orla Wates, 19, was travelling the Ha Giang Loop in northern Vietnam when she fell from the back of a motorcycle. According to Viet Nam News, she was transported to Hanoi's Viet Duc Friendsh…

BAGHDAD/WASHINGTON, April 7 (Reuters) - The Iran-aligned Iraqi armed group Kataib Hezbollah has released abducted U.S. journalist Shelly Kittleson, U.S. Secretary ‌of State Marco Rubio said on Tuesday. Officials from the Pentagon, ‌the FBI and the Iraqi Supreme Judicial Council were among the people…

Tehran says the negotiations will be based on its 10-point proposal, which calls for control over Strait of Hormuz and lifting of all sanctions. Save Share Iran has agreed to a two-week ceasefire with the United States, with its National Security Council saying talks with Washington will begin in th…

Iran and the US have agreed to a ceasefire on the condition that "safe passage" through the Strait of Hormuz is guaranteed. Tehran had effectively blocked the waterway, one of the world's busiest oil shipping channels, since the US and Israel attacked the country on 28 February. About 20% of the wor…

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Iran agrees to open Strait of Hormuz for two-week US ceasefire Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says ‘if attacks against Iran are halted,’ then Iran agrees to the terms of the two-week ceasefire with the US, announced by Donald Trump. Al Jazeera’s Mohamed Vall explains the response from Tehran…

The New York architect charged with seven murders in Gilgo Beach on Long Island is expected to plead guilty in the death of an eighth victim, the BBC has learned. Rex Heuermann, 62, was arrested in 2023 and has pleaded not guilty in seven killings between 1993 and 2011. Lawyer John Ray, who represen…

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A rare cluster of three tropical cyclones will straddle both sides of the equator in the western Pacific this week, generating what one scientist called potentially the strongest westerly wind burst over the equatorial Pacific in the recent century. The burst is pushing warm water eastward at a crit…

Universal Music Group, the entertainment giant behind acts such as Taylor Swift, Sabrina Carpenter and Kendrick Lamar, has received a takeover offer estimated to be worth $64.3bn (£48bn). US investment company Pershing Square is offering to buy Universal in a merger that would see the new company li…

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White House confirms two-week suspension of strikes on Iran Al Jazeera’s Mike Hanna reports that the White House has confirmed the US has agreed to suspend all bombing and military attacks on Iran for two weeks, provided the Strait of Hormuz re-opens for safe passage. Trump’s announcement came close…

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Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on FoxNews.com. The A-10 Warthog has a new maritime role in targeting boats in the war in Iran that could extend the life of the aircraft, which the U.S. Air Force had been attempting to retire for years. Despite the Air Force trying t…

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Restoration of America Foundation CEO Doug Truax is urging the Trump administration to end a Biden administration FDA policy that he says is driving around 500 abortions per day through mail-order prescriptions. A federal judge allowed the abortion pill mifepristone to continue being distributed by …

Pope Leo condemned President Donald Trump's threats against Iran as "truly unacceptable" hours before the president announced a pause. (Reuters) Hours before President Donald Trump announced a two-week delay in attacking Iran, Pope Leo issued a rare and pointed condemnation, denouncing Trump's Tuesd…

Chef Eric Levine recreates Rory McIlroy’s Masters Champions Dinner menu and offers Fox News hosts a taste of the exclusive Augusta National event on 'Fox & Friends Weekend.' Gary Woodland’s return to Augusta National Golf Club carries added significance this year after he pulled off a surprising win…

The 52-year-old actor shares how the former co-stars managed to mend their friendship after a nearly two-decade fallout Tori Spelling is speaking out after she and four of her children were taken to a hospital following a car crash ahead of Easter weekend. The 52-year-old "Beverly Hill, 90210" star …

New England Patriots HC Mike Vrabel joins Colin Cowherd to discuss the Patriots clinching the AFC East and being in the running for the 1-seed, Drake Maye and his MVP-caliber season, and building a culture in New England. New England Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel addressed recent photos that show …

Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on FoxNews.com. Liberals expanded their majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court in an election Tuesday, strengthening control in a key battleground state, in a ballot box showdown that drew limited nation attention but had plenty ridin…

Karli Aylesworth, daughter of Lynette Hooker, opens up about the disappearance of her mother and why she wants an investigation on 'Fox & Friends.' Tune in to Fox and Friends Wednesday morning to see more of Griff Jenkins' interview with Lynette Hooker's daughter. HOPE TOWN, Bahamas —The American wo…

Allen Mendenhall, Heritage Foundation research fellow, sheds light on the "inherently personal" campaign expenditures by Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif. California gubernatorial candidate Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., broke his silence on allegations circulated by Cheyenne Hunt, a former Capitol Hill s…

Fox News Digital spoke to Manhattan Institute Cities policy analyst Santiago Vidal Calvo about the plan to raise the New York City minimum wage to $30/hour. Advocacy groups in California are pushing for a $30 minimum wage in Oakland despite research suggesting the policy showed "negative outcomes" a…

Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on FoxNews.com. A Texas man armed with a loaded gun and more than 100 rounds of ammunition was tackled by a security guard inside a Houston church before he could open fire, police said. Emmanuel Ahsono Mbwavi, 23, was charged with two…

A 21-year-old man has been fatally stabbed at a popular north London beauty spot, the Metropolitan Police has said. Officers were called to reports of a fight at the Primrose Hill viewpoint at 18:41 BST on Tuesday. Despite the efforts of paramedics from the London Ambulance Service the victim died a…

Clay Fuller, the Republican congressional candidate in the runoff election in northwest Georgia, says being endorsed by President Donald Trump is ‘the honor of my lifetime.' RINGGOLD, GA — Republican congressional candidate Clay Fuller just gave House Speaker Mike Johnson a little bit of breathing r…

Fox News contributor Joe Concha criticizes Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif. for refusing to apologize for appearing on a podcast with Hasan Piker, a commentator who has previously justified 9/11 and used antisemitic rhetoric. A previously-deleted video of far-left Twitch streamer Hasan Piker launching sever…

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