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By Peter Wilkinson and Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — One of the victims who died in the Manchester synagogue attack and another who was injured were likely shot by armed officers aiming for the killer, police said on Friday. The police said they believed the two victims were huddled behind a door in the synagogue

By Christopher Lamb, Christian Edwards, CNN London (CNN) — Sarah Mullally, whose calling to Christian ministry came after a distinguished career in nursing, will be the new Archbishop of Canterbury, becoming the first woman to hold the role in its 1,400-year history and the spiritual leader of 85 million Anglicans worldwide. Mullally, 63, was made

By Laura Sharman, Max Saltman, Benjamin Brown, CNN (CNN) — Munich Airport has halted flights for the second time in two days over “unconfirmed drone sightings,” according to a Friday statement on the airport’s website. “On the evening of October 3, German air traffic control (DFS) restricted flight operations at Munich Airport as a precautionary

By Jessie Yeung, Hanako Montgomery, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — Japan’s ruling party is in trouble, and it knows it. The country is rife with political instability, having cycled through four prime ministers in the last five years – all members of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). And while the LDP has ruled Japan almost continuously

By Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — Venezuela on Thursday said it had detected five US fighter jets flying near its Caribbean coast. Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino described the incident as a “provocation” by the United States that posed a threat to national security. “They are combat aircraft. Combat aircraft that US imperialism has dared to

By Ivana Kottasová, CNN Manchester, England (CNN) — Chaim Leob lives on a busy corner in Manchester, England, so sirens are not something he would normally find particularly concerning. But Thursday morning was a different story. The police cars just kept coming, one after another. Ambulances and fire trucks were speeding past. A helicopter was

By Muhammad Darwish, Max Foster, CNN London (CNN) — At Windsor Castle, history and tradition are everywhere. But for Canadian actor Eugene Levy, the royal encounter that awaited him was anything but ceremonial. Levy, known for his role in “American Pie” and the Emmy Award-winning series “Schitt’s Creek,” was filming an episode of his Apple

By Frederik Pleitgen, and Claudia Otto, CNN Geilenkirchen, Germany (CNN) — After slowly taxiing towards the runway at NATO’s Geilenkirchen airbase in Germany, the pilots go full throttle and the decades-old E-3 Sentry surveillance plane screams as it gains speed and lifts off on its way to Eastern Europe. After multiple recent incursions by drones

CNN By Peter Wilkinson and Sana Noor Haq, CNN (CNN) — At least two people were killed in a car ramming and stabbing attack outside a synagogue in Manchester, northern England, on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar. Three other people are in a serious condition after the incident in Crumpsall, north

By Peter Wilkinson, Sana Noor Haq, Billy Stockwell, Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — At least two Jewish worshippers were killed and three others seriously injured in a car ramming and stabbing attack outside a synagogue in the English city of Manchester on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in Judaism. Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who