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The US treasury secretary has told Sky News that the US Navy will be escorting oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz.

In a war increasingly determined by the flow and price of oil, one country is already emerging as a winner - and it's not even a combatant.

One Battle After Another and Sinners are two films set for big wins at the Oscars this weekend - but with the studio behind them potentially facing a huge takeover, industry experts say this is a time of great uncertainty in Hollywood.

A deadly shooting at a Virginia university is now being treated as a terror attack, according to the FBI.

Lab-grown foie gras and chicken are being tested by scientists to ensure they are safe for humans to eat, and could hit British restaurants and dinner tables in the next five years.

The UK is considering possible options to help defend shipping in the Strait of Hormuz from Iranian attacks, the defence secretary has said.

Thirty years after the Dunblane school massacre, Scottish Secretary Douglas Alexander has said the tragedy "haunts many of us still to this day".

The Princess of Wales showed off her barista skills during a visit to London Borough Market - but her husband was not as impressed.

A mother who held a woman captive as a slave inside her "squalid" home for 25 years has been sentenced to 13 years.

A man armed with a rifle drove a car through the doors of a US synagogue on Thursday and exchanged fire with security before he was shot dead.