A young boy has died falling from a hotel window in Sheffield.
Emergency services were called to the OYO Sheffield Metropolitan Hotel in Blonk Street at about 14:30 BST.
South Yorkshire Police said the boy, who has not been formally identified, is believed to be under 10. The force said his family was being supported by officers.
A spokesperson said officers were working to establish the exact circumstances surrounding the incident.
The force added the NCP car park behind the 111-bed hotel had been closed and people have been advised to avoid the area.
The deaths of a police officer and his three-year-old son are being treated as a murder-suicide, police have said.
David Louden, 39, and his son Harrison were found at their home in Kidderminster on Friday.
West Mercia Police said following post-mortem examinations it was now treating Harrison's death as murder, while its own officer was thought to have killed himself.
The force confirmed nobody else was being sought over the deaths.
It also said safeguarding reviews would be carried out and inquests would take place in due course.
"This is a dreadfully sad case and our thoughts are with David and Harrison's family and friends," Assistant Chief Constable Damian Barratt said.
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Initially their deaths were treated by police as unexplained, and a statement from the family at the weekend had described Harrison as a "happy, well-loved little boy".
West Mercia Police said the family had requested time to grieve and there would not be any further comments from them at this time.
Gun licence applicants will be required to undergo medical checks as part of new measures introduced following the Plymouth shooting.
The home secretary announced that doctors will have to assess the mental health of those applying for a firearms licence and tell police whether candidates have "any relevant medical conditions".
Priti Patel said police will have a "legal duty" to consider the new statutory guidance when it is published in the coming weeks.
"We must do all that we possibly can to avoid something like this happening again," she said.
All forces in England and Wales have been asked to review their current firearm application processes and assess whether they need to revisit any existing licences after police came under criticism for allowing the Plymouth attacker to own a gun.
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In a 12-minute rampage on Thursday evening, Jake Davison, 22, killed five people, including his mother and a three-year-old girl, with a shotgun before taking his own life.
The apprentice crane operator had used a local telephone helpline during the pandemic to request mental health support.
The "involuntarily celibate" online movement involves men who express hostility and extreme resentment towards those who are sexually active, particularly women.
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The subculture has now been associated with at least six mass shootings and the murder of 46 people in the US.
Davison's YouTube account also showed that he had liked several videos related to guns and had subscribed to channels with firearms content, including "God family and guns" and "The Gun Collective".
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They had been confiscated last December following an assault three months earlier.
In a written statement to Parliament, Ms Patel said the new rules draw on "previous lessons learned" and "will ensure better consistency and improved standards across police firearms licensing departments".
"The UK has some of the strictest gun control legislation in the world and comparatively low levels of gun crime," she said.
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Who is Jake Davison?
"Yet while tragedies like last Thursday's are rare, their impact is profound.
"We constantly assess what sensible and proportionate steps we can take to help prevent such terrible loss of life."
She said police continue to investigate whether Davison's rampage was terrorism-related amid calls for it to be reclassified as a terror attack due to its links with the incel movement.
The home secretary said the legal definition is "sufficiently broad" to "capture modern causes of terrorism, including 'incel' violence" - but that the decision is for police, not the government.
A mother has appeared in court charged with the murder of her two-year-old son in Bridgend.
Natalie Steele, 31, of Broadlands, spoke only to confirm her name and address during the hearing at Cardiff Magistrates' Court earlier.
Reid Steele, died at University Hospital Wales, Cardiff, last Thursday after being found in a critical condition at a house the previous day.
Ms Steele is due to appear before Cardiff Crown Court on Thursday.
Det Ch Insp Matt Davies, of South Wales Police, said: "This is a harrowing case for all concerned.
"My thoughts go out to Reid's family who continue to be supported by specially trained officers.
"Legal proceedings are now live, and whilst I appreciate there are concerns in the community, I would urge people to refrain from speculating on social media."
He added the investigation is ongoing and for anyone with information to come forward.
Paying tribute to him last week, Reid's family said: "He was a super, super-happy, wonderful and intelligent little boy who lit up everyone's lives.
"He loved the garden and the beach, picking raspberries and going for walks collecting shells.
"He was a very chatty little boy and would happily speak to anyone."
A Conservative MP who served in Afghanistan received a round of applause after delivering an emotional speech in an emergency Commons debate on the crisis there.
Tom Tugendhat told MPs the past week has seen him, like many veterans, "struggle through anger, grief and rage" as events in Afghanistan unfolded.
Mr Tugendhat reserved particular criticism for Joe Biden, saying it was "shameful" for the US president to "call into question the courage of the men I fought with".
"Those who have not fought for the colours they fly should be careful about criticising those who have," he said.
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Biden blames Afghan army's unwillingness to fight
In an address to the nation on Monday, Mr Biden said the Afghan military had "collapsed, sometimes without trying to fight".
"American troops cannot and should not be fighting in a war and dying in a war that Afghan forces are not willing to fight for themselves," the president added.
Mr Tugendhat said the UK could work with other countries, independent of the US, adding: "We can set out a vision, clearly articulate it, for reinvigorating our European NATO partners, to make sure that we are not dependent on a single ally, on the decision of a single leader, that that we can work together with Japan and Australia, France and Germany, with partners large and small and make sure we hold the line together."
The MP recalled his time as an advisor to the governor of Helmand province, remembering the "joy" the opening of schools for girls brought to families.
"I didn't understand it until I took my own daughter to school about a year ago," he said.
"There was a lot of crying when she first went in, but I got over it and it went OK. I'd love to see that continue."
He said he wanted to leave MPs with a second, "harder" image, continuing: "It's one that the forever war that has just reignited could lead to.
"It is the image of a man whose name I never knew, carrying a child who had died hours earlier - carrying this child into our fire base and begging for help.
"There was nothing we could do. It was over. This is what defeat looks like when you no longer have the choice of how to help.
"This doesn't need to be defeat but at the moment it damn well feels like it."
Scotland spent £36.3bn more on public services than it raised in taxes last year, according to the latest SNP Government statistics.
GERS (Government Expenditure and Revenue Scotland) figures show the public spending deficit was £21bn higher than the previous year.
The figure is 22.4% of GDP, unlike the previous year where it stood at 8.6% of GDP.
The latest report covered the 2020/21 tax year in Scotland and covered the huge spending by the UK and Scottish governments during the devastating coronavirus pandemic.
The figure has increased by 13.6 percentage points in the last year from 8.8% in 2019-20, while the deficit in the rest of the UK rose by 11.6% to 14.2%.
When North Sea oil revenue is removed, Scotland's deficit increases to 23.8%.
The report says: "This year’s publication covers the first full year affected by the coronavirus pandemic, which continues to have a significant impact on global public sector finances, as well as public health and the wider economy.
"The final impact of the pandemic on public sector finances is still being assessed, and the estimates in the publication are subject to greater uncertainty than in previous years.
"Due to the effects of the pandemic, resources dedicated to the GERS publication this year have been reduced, and there is a reduced level of commentary compared to previous publications."
What is the reaction from the Scottish Government?
Finance and Economy Secretary Kate Forbes said: "These statistics clearly highlight the significant economic impact of the pandemic. Scotland’s economy contracted by about 10% last year, which is in line with the performance of the UK economy.
"The pandemic has not only changed people’s lives but it has fundamentally shifted our fiscal landscape, with countries and markets around the world reassessing what represents a viable deficit.
"The Scottish Government has worked tirelessly to support businesses and households throughout the pandemic. While we face continued challenges, there are welcome signs that the Scottish economy is beginning to recover strongly.
Finance Secretary Kate Forbes has reacted to the latest GERS figures (Image: PA)
"Business confidence is back above pre-pandemic levels, output is increasing and job vacancies are rising. As we rebuild, we are pushing forward with an ambitious 10 year agenda of economic transformation to help seize Scotland’s potential and deliver a more prosperous, fairer and greener economy.
"The GERS figures reflect Scotland’s position within the UK, under which 40 per cent of spending and 70 per cent of revenue income is reserved to the UK Government.
"The pandemic has clearly demonstrated the need for fiscal reform and that the Scottish Government’s financial powers are insufficient to deal with the new economic reality.
"We once again urge the UK Government to engage positively with us to devolve additional borrowing powers which would allow the Scottish Government to work with business and the public sector to build a recovery that works for Scotland."
Scottish politics
What is GERS?
GERS or Government Expenditure and Revenue Scotland is a report published every year by the Scottish Government.
Compiled by Scottish Government statisticians free from political interference the report estimates the difference between taxes raised in Scotland and what is spent on public services.
Its publication leads to angry clashes around the independence question with Unionists and Nationalists weighing into the debate.
Unionists argue that the huge deficit shows the benefits of Scotland staying in the UK, while Nationalists say the figure does not reflect the choices that would be made in an independent Scotland.
What happened last year?
Last year's official figures revealed Scotland's public spending deficit was £15.1billion. That was £2bn higher than the year before.
Only a small fraction of the covid pandemic was included in the figures released by the Scottish Government.
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The Taliban is "cooperating" with British forces as they work to evacuate people from Afghanistan and is not behaving in a "medieval way", the chief of the UK defence staff has said.
General Sir Nick Carter told Sky News: "We are cooperating with the Taliban on the ground and that seems to be a very straightforward relationship.
"They are keeping the streets of Kabul very safe and indeed very calm. They are helping us at the airport."
Image:Taliban fighters patrol in the capital city of Kabul. Pic: AP
He said the militants are "keeping the streets calm, they are avoiding public disorder" - and added: "What we're not getting are reports of them behaving in a medieval way like you might have seen in the past."
Sir Nick suggested the Islamist movement, which has taken power inAfghanistan, could be more moderate than when it was last in control in the 1990s.
He said he does not think the Taliban "want to become international pariahs again", adding: "I do think that they have changed."
However, the shadow foreign secretary Lisa Nandy disagreed with Sir Nick's comments, saying the UK is "dealing with a very oppressive regime".
"I think that's a very difficult and unpalatable message to the very many Afghans, including women and girls, who are not just suffering at the moment but are also very, very fearful about the future," she told Sky News' Kay Burley.
"I spoke to a friend from Afghanistan last week who told me the Taliban were going door-to-door, they were arresting people, they were threatening people who'd worked with British troops or women who'd worked in high profile jobs.
"I think we ought to be talking to the Taliban, that's absolutely right. But we ought to be talking to the Taliban about getting guarantees around human rights and the future for women and girls."
She added: "I think it's very difficult to judge people by their words when their actions are so at odds with the reality. I think we're dealing with a very oppressive regime and I think we need to be clear-eyed about that."
Why do people fear the Taliban?
The Taliban was condemned internationally for enforcing a strict and extreme version of Sharia law during its rule from 1996 to 2001, which included administering punishments such as public stonings, whippings and hangings.
The militant group also banned music and musical instruments, with the exception of the daf - a type of frame drum - and cut off the hands of thieves and stoned adulterers.
Along with their allies, they committed massacres against Afghan civilians, denied UN food supplies to 160,000 starving people, and conducted a policy of scorched earth - burning vast areas of fertile land and destroying tens of thousands of homes.
Under the Taliban's ruling, activities and media including paintings, photography and movies that depicted people or other living things were banned.
Many Afghans fear the Taliban will reimpose this harsh interpretation of Islamic law - leading to thousands of people trying to flee the country.
It comes as Boris Johnson told MPs that events in Afghanistan "unfolded" faster "than even the Taliban predicted," but he said the government had not been caught "unawares".
MPs have been recalled from their summer holidays for an emergency sitting in Parliament on Wednesday to take part in a five-hour debate on the situation in Afghanistan.
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The Taliban said one of its leaders and co-founders, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, had returned to Afghanistan after 10 years.
On Tuesday night, the prime minister announced a new settlement scheme will allow up to 20,000 vulnerable Afghan refugees to come to the UK over the coming years.
Speaking from the Afghan presidential palace on Tuesday, Zabihullah Mujahid referred to Afghanistan as the "Islamic Emirate" and said the group is committed to the rights of women within the framework of Sharia, or Islamic law.
