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US President Joe Biden has held a virtual meeting with China’s Xi Jinping and began on a positive note – saying their goal is to ensure competition “does not veer into conflict”. The two leaders met on a video call amid rising tensions between the US and China, which have long had a strained relationship.

Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon has surrendered to the FBI to face criminal charges for refusing to cooperate with a congressional investigation into the US Capitol riot. The former president’s longtime ally was dismissive of the allegations as he livestreamed the process of turning himself in. “We’re taking down the Biden regime,” he told his

A nine-year-old boy has become the youngest person to die from injuries sustained during a crowd surge at a Travis Scott concert in Houston. Ezra Blount from Dallas is now the tenth person to die following the incident at the Astroworld music festival. He died on Sunday at Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston, family lawyer

The man convicted of murder alongside boxer Rubin “Hurricane” Carter, who inspired a Bob Dylan song and Denzel Washington film, has died aged 75. John Artis died of a gastric aneurysm at home in Hampton, Virginia, his friend Fred Hogan, who helped overturn his conviction, said. Mr Artis and Carter were convicted of killing three

Hackers have targeted a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) email system by sending thousands of messages warning of a cyber attack. Fake emails appeared to come from a legitimate FBI email address ending in @ic.fbi.gov, the agency said in a statement. A copy of one of the fake emails sent was posted on Twitter by

A man who spent 24 years behind bars for a murder he has repeatedly said he did not commit has been pardoned. Dontae Sharpe is now able to apply for up to $750,000 (£560,000) compensation for his wrongful conviction after the move by North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper on Friday. Mr Cooper said: “Mr Sharpe

A businessman who travelled to space with William Shatner last month has died after a small plane crashed in New Jersey. Glen M de Vries, 49, had been aboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard spacecraft on 13 October, spending more than 10 minutes in space after launching along with Shatner and others. He was killed along

Former Trump aide Steve Bannon has been indicted by a federal grand jury on two counts of contempt of the US Congress. Bannon, who was White House chief strategist under Donald Trump, is accused of failing to comply with a subpoena issued by a House Select Committee investigating the US Capitol riot on 6 January.

An Olympic gold medallist has said she was pepper-sprayed in a racist attack while waiting for an Uber with a group of friends. Sunisa ‘Suni’ Lee said she experienced the attack recently, as she opened up about the ordeal in an interview with PopSugar. Lee became the first Asian-American woman to win Olympic gold in

Uber is being sued by the US government for allegedly overcharging disabled people. The lawsuit by the Department of Justice takes aim at the ride-hailing app’s “wait time” fees, which kick in two minutes after the driver arrives and are charged until the car takes off. It alleges that the policy is discriminatory because disabled

The chief electrician on the film Rust is suing Alec Baldwin and members of the crew and production team, claiming he is suffering “severe emotional distress” following the death of Halyna Hutchins. Serge Svetnoy was inside the church set when Hutchins was shot by Baldwin, standing just feet from the actor. He described being hit

A man has been charged with kidnapping in the case of a missing girl who used hand signals that went viral on TikTok to show a driver she was in danger. The girl was inside a silver Toyota when she made the gesture, created to address a worldwide rise in domestic violence, towards a motorist

The Duke of Sussex has claimed that he warned the boss of Twitter about a coup being staged against the US on the platform just a day before the deadly riots at the Capitol. Prince Harry made the surprising revelation during a RE:WIRED panel event on misinformation in the US. He said he warned Twitter

The US is signalling a return to the world stage in a leadership role on climate, after President Donald Trump withdrew from the Paris climate agreement. The Americans are at COP26 – a show of force – with a 20-strong US delegation fanning out across the summit to press the case for ambitious action. But

Kim Kardashian West has said her family is “in shock” after eight people died at a Travis Scott concert in Texas. Hundreds of fans were injured at the Astroworld festival in Houston on Friday when the crowd rushed the stage, squeezing people so tightly they could not breathe, police said. The eight people who were

Barack Obama has told the COP26 summit that the world is “collectively and individually… still falling short” on fighting climate change. The former US president is making a speech at the start of the second week of the Glasgow event. “We have not done nearly enough to address this crisis. We are going to have

A 16-year-old student and two best friends are among the victims who have been named after a crowd surge at a concert by rapper Travis Scott. At least eight people aged between 14 and 27 were killed in the tragedy at Astroworld Festival in Houston, Texas, on Friday. The disaster happened after some of the

A leading celebrity lawyer believes there will be a charge of “gross negligence at the absolute minimum” over the death of Halyna Hutchins on the set of Rust. Gloria Allred, a women’s rights lawyer known for taking high-profile cases, is representing script assistant Mamie Mitchell, who was standing beside cinematographer Ms Hutchins when she was

Travis Scott has promised to help the families of the eight people who were killed during his concert at the Astroworld festival in Texas, saying he could never “imagine anything like this happening”. The rapper posted an emotional video on social media as police in Houston said they had opened a criminal investigation into the

Rapper Travis Scott says he is “absolutely devastated” after at least eight people were killed in a crowd surge as he performed at a music festival in Texas. In a message posted on social media, the musician said the police had his “total support as they continue to look into the tragic loss of life”.