Tom Housden
Tom Housden is a journalist with the world desk
Miss Universe contestant suffered serious head injury in stage fall, update reveals
Miss Jamaica Gabrielle Henry requires constant medical supervision weeks after falling off the stage in Bangkok.
- Tom Housden
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Graphics and video show Hong Kong fire’s rapid, deadly spread
Investigators are piecing together how the city’s worst fire in decades tore through seven high-rise buildings in minutes.
- Tom Housden and Matt Willis
Former British PM David Cameron reveals cancer diagnosis
Cameron disclosed his diagnosis in an interview to lend support to a British screening program for men most at-risk.
- Tom Housden
Donald Trump is heading to the UK – what’s he taking with him?
Planes, helicopters and armoured limousines plus a legion of aides, security and other entourage are all essential for a US president on the move.
- Tom Housden
A question, an answer – then a single shot: How Charlie Kirk’s death unfolded
Security was light at Utah Valley University as the conservative influencer and key Trump ally arrived for a question-and-answer session in front of 3000 people.
- Tom Housden and Catherine Naylor
The sticking points when it comes to ending the war in Ukraine
Major questions remain on what security guarantees Kyiv could be given, possibly in return for giving up a chunk of its territory to Russia.
- Tom Housden
Mahmoud Abbas: Palestine’s future president – or yesterday’s man?
The 89-year-old was once seen as the man most likely to lead a future Palestinian state. Many Palestinians now see him as an irrelevance.
- Tom Housden
Dramatic video shows Manchester bus roof sheared off by low bridge
Fifteen people have been injured, some seriously, after a double-decker bus smashed into a low bridge.
- Tom Housden
America’s most feared: The B-2 ‘stealth’ bomber that struck Iran’s ‘nuclear mountain’
The batlike B-2 is perhaps the most potent symbol of US military power – and it’s the only plane that could strike Iran’s deepest nuclear site.
- Tom Housden
As bombs rain down on Israel and Iran, Gaza’s carnage continues
While Israel’s stunning attack on Iran and the possibility of all-out regional war transfix the world, in the background, Gaza’s death toll continues to climb.
- Tom Housden