Four men have been charged in connection with a foiled plot to spring two convicts from a prison van in England, during which a man was shot dead by police.

A man was shot dead after armed police officers foiled an attempt to spring two would-be hitmen from a prison van as they made their way to court.

Neanderthals do not deserve their "stupid" reputation and used stone tools just as useful as those invented by early modern humans, say scientists.

A man carrying a gun hidden inside a loaf of bread was arrested today as he approached a bus that Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan was boarding, and a prosecutor said the suspect may have intended to shoot the premier.

Kurdish rebels are believed to have kidnapped the mayor of Yayladere in south-east Turkey’s Bingol province, relatives and officials from the mayor’s office said today.