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Drug gangs are flooding the north of England with cheap cannabis grown overseas, mimicking high-potency "Cali weed" from the US. A BBC investigation reveals smuggling from countries like Thailand, exploiting relaxed laws and targeting young users with glossy packaging. Record seizures and rising psychosis cases highlight the growing problem.
Police are searching for a suspect known to a mother and her two children who were found dead in Great Denham, UK. The suspect is believed to have fled the country.
A father-of-two, Stefan Johnson, rescued a toddler from drowning at Bryngarw Country Park in Bridgend. Two nurses, Emma Brown and Kelsey Pirie, then performed CPR, reviving the three-year-old boy just as paramedics arrived. The child is hospitalized in stable condition.
A major Telstra outage in Australia disrupted mobile and data services nationwide, cancelled train services, and affected payment systems. An investigation is underway into emergency calls that may not have connected, though the core triple-zero system is reported operational. The exact cause is unknown but not a cyber attack.
Dallas Cowboys player Marshawn Kneeland, who died by suicide last year at age 24, was diagnosed with Stage 1 CTE by Boston University researchers. His family stated the diagnosis provides context for his struggles and aims to raise awareness for athletes in high-contact sports.
England secured a spot in the World Cup quarter-finals with a hard-fought 3-2 victory over co-hosts Mexico. Despite playing with 10 men for much of the second half, the Three Lions will now face Norway in Miami.
