Brielle Burns

Europe is sweltering through a severe heatwave, which has seen half of France placed under “red alert” and alcohol consumption restricted over the weekend as early-summer temperatures soar.

Forty people have drowned in France as a sweltering, record-breaking heatwave sweeps through Europe, prompting a warning for Aussie travellers.

A US fighter jet pilot shot down over Iran reportedly told intelligence officials he witnessed a swarm of Iranian drones moving together in unison in a ‘jellyfish’ formation before he ejected from his aircraft.

Devastating new drone footage has captured the aftermath of Venezuela’s strongest earthquake in over a century as the death toll continues to climb and over 170 people remain trapped under rubble.

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A man has been arrested over the murder of a teenage girl whose naked body was found inside a suitcase alongside a railway line in Thailand.

Erika Kirk left the courtroom as an officer described the moment her husband Charlie was killed on the first day of a preliminary hearing for his accused killer.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has issued an urgent plea over the nation’s “insufficient supply” of interceptor missiles after a “massive” Russian attack killed at least 26 people.

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The son of a man killed by a US immigration officer has demanded a full investigation as he recalled the heartbreaking way he learned his father had been shot while on his way to work in Texas.