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US Federal prosecutors have announced sex trafficking and conspiracy charges against wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein. Court documents unsealed on Monday show Epstein is charged with creating and maintaining a network that allowed him to sexually exploit and abuse dozens of underage girls. The alleged victims were as young as 14 at the time. Epstein was taken into custody on Saturday. Authorities say he paid underage girls for massages and then assaulted them at his homes in Florida and New York...

The ambassador described Donald Trump's regime as "dysfunctional", "faction riven", "diplomatically clumsy"and "inept.”

Migrants on a rescue boat that docked in the Italian island of Lampedusa against an explicit ban have disembarked after the vessel was impounded. Humanitarian group Mediterranea Saving Humans said in a tweet that over 40 migrants on board were “finally allowed to disembark to receive assistance”. It confirmed that the vessel has been seized by police and its captain put under investigation for aiding illegal immigration. Italy’s interior minister, Matteo Salvini, has barred all private rescue ships from entering...

Five people have been hospitalised after the opening bull run of this year’s San Fermin festival in Pamplona, including two Americans and a Spaniard who were gored by bulls. Officials in the northern Spanish city said a 46-year-old man from San Francisco, California, had been gored in the neck in the city’s bullring, at the end of the 850-metre course. He was undergoing surgery, the regional government reported. A 23-year-old man from Florence, Kentucky, and a 40-year-old Spanish man were...

“The cages they are kept in are metal cells. They are kept cold, there is not enough food or water, and they are crowded. There are open toilets and the lights are kept on 24/7”

Strongest earthquake to hit Southern California in 20 years

A hiker was killed after glowing lapilli and lava was spewed into the air, started a series of fires on the Sicilian island.

The first marines onto the vessel descended on ropes from a Wildcat helicopter, while others were in rigid inflatable boats.

35-year-old Mickey Joel Paulk was arrested last week following a chase in which he allegedly rammed an investigator’s vehicle