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Thousands turned out on Sunday night at a Maine basilica for a vigil remembering those senselessly killed days earlier by the state’s first mass shooter – as friends and family remembered loved ones with smaller, beautiful gestures, as well. Andrea Blanco and Sheila Flynn report from Lewiston

One American may be forced to choose between fleeing to safety without her family or staying in danger, write Bel Trew in Tel Aviv and Richard Hall in New York City.

Elizabeth and Maged El-Nakla were granted permission to leave the strip on Friday

Head of military says country’s forces are surrounding the territory’s largest city as Israeli aerial bombardment goes on

A museum’s decision to postpone an Islamic art exhibit joins a wider upheaval within art institutions and media targeting pro-Palestinian and Muslim content, writes Alex Woodward

Residents forced to flee as 104mph winds wreaks havoc across southwest England, closing schools and causing power cuts

Musician has ‘showed that eating disorders can happen to anybody’, charity director told The Independent

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A rousing chorus of ‘Jolene’ is now just as likely to be drowned out by newer political anthems in an altogether more threatening tenor. Roisin O’Connor reports