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North Korea has returned the remains of what are believed to be US servicemen killed during the Korean War. A US military plane has made a rare trip from a South Korean airbase to a coastal city in North Korea in order to retrieve the remains of the fallen servicemen.During their summit last month, Kim Jong Un had promised Donald Trump that the handover would happen – making this the first tangible result from the talks.A formal repatriation ceremony is going to be held at Osan air base in South Korea on 1 August, and on Thursday, serving US soldiers…

Sir Alex Ferguson has thanked medical staff for saving his life in his first public appearance since his brain haemorrhage. The ex-Manchester United manager, 76, has been recovering after having emergency surgery in May.In a video posted online by his former club, he said: “Hello, just a quick message. First of all to thank the medical staff at Macclesfield, Salford Royal and Alexandra hospitals.”Believe me, without those people who have gave me such great care, I would not be sitting here today.”So thank you from me and my family. Thank you very much. On Saturday 5 May, the football world…

Former cricket star-turned-politician Imran Khan has promised to build a “new” Pakistan as he claimed victory in the country’s disputed election. The leader of Pakistan’s Tehreek-e-Insaf party gave a live-televised address, a day after tens of millions of people cast their ballots in an election marred by violence.An official result has not yet been announced following delays in counting and allegations of vote rigging.”We were successful and we were given a mandate,” Mr Khan said. “All our policies will be focused on bringing up the poorest segment of society.”No political leader has ever been a victim of as many personal…

RAF Typhoons have been scrambled to intercept a Russian bomber plane flying near NATO airspace over the Black Sea. Two British jets based in Romania were launched in response to the Russian Su-24 FENCER aircraft earlier this morning.In a statement, the RAF said its pilots patrolled the skies for a short period as a deterrent after the Russian plane was “close to infringing NATO airspace”.The Typhoons were operating from the Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base near Constanta on the Black Sea coast.A pilot from 1 (Fighter) Squadron said: “When we received the message to scramble, we sprinted to the jets with…

Ryanair is on a collision course with the airline’s UK regulator over its decision to reject compensation claims amid a pilots’ strike. The low-cost airline is claiming it does not need to compensate customers as it cancels hundreds of flights due to a strike by pilots and cabin crew across Europe.More than 600 flights were cancelled on Wednesday and Thursday as cabin crews in Belgium, Spain and Portugal went on strike over pay and conditions.The carrier is also facing more strikes by its Irish pilots over similar concerns. It threatened to cut 300 jobs among its Irish pilots and crews…

Sky has reported a rise in annual revenues, profits and customer numbers, and sought to underline its growth prospects as a £26bn bidding war between two American suitors approaches its conclusion. The home and mobile entertainment and communications company, which owns Sky News, said that statutory operating profit in the year to June rose by 7% to £1.034bn.Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation were up 9% to more than £2.3bn.Sky plc said that revenue had risen for the 29th consecutive year, with like-for-like revenue up 5% to £13.6bn. Image: Sky’s chief executive Jeremy Darroch says a focus on customers…

Japan has executed the last six members of a Japanese doomsday cult who killed 13 people in a sarin attack on Tokyo’s subway. Aum Shinrikyo cult committed various crimes but was best-known for the 1995 attack, which also injured more than 6,000 and remains Japan’s deadliest terror incident.Justice Minister Yoko Kamikawa said the six men were hanged on Thursday morning.Their leader Shoko Asahara, 63, was hanged earlier this month, along with six other members. Image: Japanese doomsday cult leader Shoko Asahara was executed earlier this month Founded in 1984, the cult attracted many young people, even graduates of top universities,…

Former Fiat Chrysler chief executive Sergio Marchionne, one the auto industry’s most respected leaders, has died following complications after surgery on his shoulder. “Unfortunately, what we feared has come to pass. Sergio Marchionne, man and friend, is gone,” FCA Chairman John Elkann said in a statement.The world’s seventh-largest car-maker said on Saturday that the highly regarded Mr Marchionne, 66, had been forced to step down as he was seriously ill in a Zurich hospital.Mr Marchionne, who was born in Italy but who held joint Italian-Canadian citizenship, is one of the industry’s most revered figures after rescuing Fiat, Italy’s biggest industrial…

A police investigation into allegations of sexual and physical abuse by a doctor at a former psychiatric hospital for children has concluded there was sufficient evidence to interview him. More than 100 people who were child patients at Aston Hall, Derbyshire, in the 1960s and 1970s claim Dr Kenneth Milner gave them drugs which left them in a zombie-like state and unable to move.Dr Milner died in 1976, but a Derbyshire Police report has found that had he been alive, he would have been questioned over allegations of rape, indecent assault and child cruelty. Image: Dr Kenneth Milner would have…

A man and a woman have been arrested on suspicion of murder over the death of a baby girl whose body was found in woodland. The naked body of the newborn, who detectives called Pearl, was found on 4 April by a dog walker in Roch Valley Woods in Heywood, Greater Manchester.Police have arrested a 48-year-old man and a 33-year-old woman on suspicion of murder, concealing a birth and preventing a lawful burial.The suspects are believed to be the infant’s parents.Forensic examinations revealed the baby was born with a congenital heart defect, meaning two of her ribs were missing.Further inquiries…