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A US citizen has been told he will be extradited to face courts in the UK after he lost an appeal in court in the US.

Isac Calderon was charged by police in the UK with causing serious injury by dangerous driving, following a car crash in Herefordshire which left mental health nurse Elizabeth Donowho seriously injured.

He left the UK on a commercial flight to Texas in November 2023 and failed to attend a UK court hearing the following month. Court documents allege he had been seen overtaking vehicles at high speed before the crash.

Kursk.

It is one of the first words I wrote and spoke as a BBC correspondent.

In 2000, I reported on the sinking of the Kursk submarine in the icy waters of the Barents Sea. One hundred and eighteen submariners were killed.

Vladimir Putin had been president for less than half a year. I can still remember Russian TV channels slamming him over his handling of the disaster.

A Republican senate candidate in Minnesota has taken a meandering path from sport into politics, where he has earned support from the far-right fringes.

Now he faces a difficult battle to enter Congress.

Royce White, a former standout basketball player, won the GOP primary on Tuesday, capturing 38.5% of the vote in a crowded eight-candidate field.

Former President Donald Trump is holding a rally to announce his economic proposals and hit out at the "hardships created by the Harris-Biden Administration" in North Carolina on Wednesday, as he faces increased scrutiny from union workers.

Trump has come under fire from union members for voicing support for firing workers who strike, which he brought up during a social media conversation with Tesla CEO Elon Musk earlier this week.

The United Automobile Workers (UAW) union has since filed charges with federal labour regulators on accusations of intimidation.