Новости за 21.08.2017

Nine Shetland ponies have been stabbed and slashed in a "barbaric" night-time attack - with one dying from a suspected heart attack.

A 17-year-old girl was subjected to a "deeply upsetting and shocking" sexual attack on her way home from the Boardmasters festival in Newquay, Cornwall.

Millions of people looked on as the Moon blocked out the Sun in the first total solar eclipse in a century to cross the US.

Scotland Yard is to ask for more money to continue its six-year investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann.

Police in Houston have arrested a man for allegedly trying to plant explosives at a Confederate statue.

Johnson & Johnson (J&J) has been ordered to pay a woman $417m (£323m) in the latest cancer compensation case relating to its talc-based products.

Total expert, partial success or eclipsed by the rest? Test your knowledge of America's first eclipse for nearly four decades.

A simulation of the aftermath of the asteroid strike that killed off the dinosaurs has been created - and could indicate the devastating effects of nuclear war.

Londoners believe refusing to give up a seat is the most annoying Tube habit by fellow passengers, according to a survey.

Comedian Ken Cheng has won the award for this year's funniest joke at the Edinburgh Festival for a gag about a pound coin.

Police have shot and killed the suspected van driver who left 13 people dead in a terror attack on Barcelona.

A man accused of absconding from an open prison 22 years ago has been arrested at the Eurotunnel site in Calais, France.

A fire that ripped through a plastic recycling plant was narrowly prevented from escalating to a bigger disaster, fire services have said.

A plot to blow up a plane with explosives hidden inside a large Barbie doll was foiled by Lebanon's security services.

The hunt for the man suspected of driving the van in the Barcelona terror crash has been extended to other European countries - as police confirmed a 15th victim of the twin attacks in Spain.

Hundreds of people have gathered to watch Big Ben fall silent for controversial renovations that will last four years, the longest period in its 157-year history.

A Danish inventor has told police that a reporter declared missing after visiting his submarine died in an accident at sea.

A mother has died after she was cut in half in a hospital lift - shortly after giving birth to her third daughter.

One person has died and another injured after a car crashed into two bus shelters in the French city of Marseille.

This year's General Election was a "hold your nose" vote after an estimated 6.5 million people made tactical decisions, according to campaigners.

Billionaire Elon Musk has added his voice to more than 100 tech leaders in a letter to the United Nations warning that "killer robots" could become weapons of terror.

North Korea has warned the US will be "pouring gasolene on the fire" by conducting a war game with its long-time southern foe.

A group of MPs will gather outside the Palace of Westminster "with heads bowed" as they witness Big Ben's final bongs, ahead of four-years of renovations.

Online hate crime must be treated as seriously as "offline" offences, under revamped prosecution rules.

Ten sailors are missing after a US destroyer collided with an oil tanker during a routine port visit to Singapore, the US Navy has said.