INTERNATIONAL

Residents in India’s western city of Mumbai (Bombay) are in mourning for dozens of people killed by alcohol poisoning earlier this week. With the death toll rising to 84, police spokesman Dhananjay Kulkarni said it was the worst incident of its kind in the city in more than a decade. He says more than 30 people are still in hospital, ...

Gunmen have shot dead at least 10 people in a beer distribution centre near the Mexican city of Monterrey and then stole from the bodies. Seven people died at the scene. They were found naked or half-naked. Another three people died on their way to hospital. The attack took place in the municipality of Garcia. Authorities say they are investigating ...

Racism remains “a blight” on society, US President Barack Obama says, in the wake of the killing of nine African-Americans in a South Carolina church. Police are treating the killings at the church in Charleston on Wednesday night as a hate crime. Earlier, Dylann Roof, 21, appeared in court to face nine murder charges. He showed no emotion as relatives ...

Fears are growing over the health of Greek banks after indications that savers have withdrawn billions of euros in the past week. Capital flight from beleaguered Greek banks this week alone could be more than €4bn (£2.9bn), reports say. Savers are moving funds as time runs out to resolve Greece’s debt crisis. The European Central Bank (ECB) has approved more ...

Prayers have been held across the United States after the killing of nine people at a historic African-American church in Charleston, South Carolina. The suspect, Dylann Roof, 21, was detained during a traffic stop in Shelby, North Carolina. After a court appearance on Thursday, Mr Roof waived his right to extradition and was flown back to South Carolina. Six women ...

A suspect in the killing of nine people at a historic African-American church in South Carolina has been arrested, Attorney General Loretta Lynch said. Officials earlier named 21-year-old Dylann Storm as the man they were looking for in connection with the shooting in Charleston. Police said the gunman sat in a bible study meeting for up to an hour before ...

Nine people have died in a shooting at a historic African-American church in Charleston in the US state of South Carolina, officials say. City police chief Gregory Mullen said eight of the victims were killed inside the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church on Thursday evening, while another person died shortly afterwards. Police are now searching for a white male suspect ...

One of three Bradford sisters missing with their children has “made contact” with her family, indicating she may already be in Syria, police say. West Yorkshire Police said it was “extremely concerned” for the group’s safety after receiving information that the woman may have crossed the border. Khadija, Sugra and Zohra Dawood and their nine children aged three to 15 ...

North Korea says it is facing the worst drought in a century, sparking fears of worsening food shortages. State news agency KCNA said main rice-growing provinces had been badly affected and more than 30% of rice paddies were “parching up”. Hundreds of thousands of North Koreans are believed to have died during a widespread famine in the 1990s. This drought ...

President Vladimir Putin has said Russia will put more than 40 new, inter-continental ballistic missiles into service this year. It is part of a wide-reaching programme to modernise the country’s military. Speaking at an arms fair, Mr Putin said the weapons would be able to overcome even the most technically advanced anti-missile defence systems. It comes after the US proposed ...