The 39 people found dead in the back of a refrigerated lorry trailer were all Chinese nationals, ITV News has learned. The victims, all adults barring one teenager, were discovered in the early hours of Wednesday when the trailer was opened at an industrial estate in Essex. Police have searched two addresses in Northern Ireland […]

A team of Pakistani doctors is struggling to determine the cause of the deteriorating health condition of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who is serving a seven-year sentence on corruption charges. Sharif has been moved from jail to hospital. The ex-PM was found to have a “critically low platelet count” and was shifted to a […]

A toddler who suffered from a rare disease has died following allegations that his father spent all the money raised for him on partying at hotels with prostitutes. João Miguel Alves suffered from spinal muscular atrophy but lost his fight for life on October 17. His dad Mateus Henrique Leroy Alves, 37, was found in […]

Mmusi Maimane has stepped down as the head of South Africa’s Democratic Alliance (DA) opposition party. Maimane wanted to build a party that represents all South Africans, particularly black citizens of the country, he said in a statement on Wednesday. Over the last months, it became clear that some members of his party were not […]

The remains of Francisco Franco, Spain’s former right-wing dictator, are due to be exhumed on Thursday, after a legal and political battle that raised divisive questions over his legacy. The plan is to move Franco’s body, via helicopter, from a massive mausoleum in the so-called ‘Valley of the Fallen’, north-west of Madrid, to the Mingorrubio […]