Fani Willis, the Georgia prosecutor who brought election interference charges against Donald Trump, has acknowledged that she had a romantic relationship with an attorney she hired to work on the high-profile case. Citing the relationship between Ms Willis and special prosecutor Nathan Wade, the former US president and two other …

The United Nations has voiced fears about worsening conditions in southern Gaza, saying a surge in people seeking safety in Rafah had made the town a “pressure cooker of despair”. UN humanitarian agency OCHA said it was deeply concerned about the escalation of hostilities in Khan Younis, which had resulted …

The new Stormont power-sharing executive will be united in dealing with the “unfinished business” of funding for public services in Northern Ireland, DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson has said. Party leaders met at Stormont to discuss the key priorities for the incoming executive ahead of it being formed tomorrow. The DUP …

Carl Weathers, who starred as Apollo Creed in the Rocky movies, has died aged 76. A former American footballer, Weathers became a Hollywood action movie and comedy star, playing nemesis-turned-ally Apollo Creed in the Rocky movies. Matt Luber, his manager, said Weathers died on Thursday, with his family saying that …

Europe moved a step closer to adopting rules governing the use of artificial intelligence and AI models such as Microsoft-backed Chat GPT after EU countries endorsed a political deal reached in December. The rules, proposed by the European Commission three years ago, aim to set a global standard for a …

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The remains of three American soldiers killed in Jordan in an attack by an Iranian-made drone have been returned to the United States. The three Army Reserve troops who died were Sergeant William Jerome Rivers, 46, of Carrollton, Georgia; Specialist Kennedy Ladon Sanders, 24, of Waycross, Georgia, and Specialist Breonna …

A controversial exhibition which features Gerard ‘The Monk’ Hutch will be officially opened in Co Kerry tomorrow. Mr Hutch is among a series of portraits and studies which have been made by court artist Mike O’Donnell. Many of the images on display were created in Mr Hutch’s sitting room, with …

An estimated 60,000 people took part in demonstrations yesterday in more than 30 cities and towns in Slovakia to protest against a government plan to close a state office that investigates high-level financial crime. 30,000 people attended the main demonstration in the capital Bratislava, part of a national campaign organised …

France’s agriculture minister has said the worst of a crisis that saw farmers block roads nationwide is over, as protesters began lifting roadblocks following government promises of cash and eased regulation. In some of the angriest protests that have spread across Europe over the past week, French farmers have been …