Police stand in front of the Congregation Beth Israel synagogue, Sunday, Jan. 16, 2022, in Colleyville, Texas. A man held hostages for more than 10 hours Saturday inside the temple. The hostages were able to escape and the hostage taker was killed. FBI Special Agent in Charge Matt DeSarno said a team would investigate "the shooting incident." (AP Photo/Brandon Wade)

Police officers in the UK are continuing to lead a local investigation and are supporting officers in the US.

Teens arrested after Texas synagogue siege released without charge

The British man who was shot dead after taking worshippers hostage at a US synagogue was under investigation by MI5 in 2020.

Synagogue gunman had been investigated by MI5 but was deemed not to be a threat

The FBI has identified the 44-year-old British national who took a rabbi and worshippers hostage during Saturday service at a Texas synagogue.

Man killed after taking synagogue hostages named as Briton Malik Faisal Akram

The 11-hour hostage situation ended when an elite FBI rescue team entered the synagogue, where a captor had held four hostages.

Hostage taker in Texas synagogue standoff was British national

Vienna, 12, and 18-year-old Paxton spoke to ITV News ahead of next week's landmark Supreme Court ruling on abortion.

Texas abortion ban: Meet the 12 and 18-year-olds fighting for their futures

The judge halted the law, telling the US state: "This court will not sanction one more day of this offensive deprivation of such an important right".

Texas abortions resume in clinics after judge halts near-total ban

Signs carried slogans such as “mind your own uterus”, “I love someone who had an abortion” and “abortion is a personal choice, not a legal debate”.

Thousands join Women's March rallies in US after Texas' near-total abortion ban

Texas has just passed a highly restrictive new law than bans abortions after just six weeks of pregnancy.

Americans protest to defend abortion rights after near-total ban in Texas

In this July 30, 2015 file photo, producer David Simon appears during the "Show Me a Hero" panel at the HBO 2015 Summer TCA Tour in Beverly Hills, Calif. Simon and Fox News Channel host Sean Hannity are tossing vulgarities at each other on social media. Simon, who made “The Wire,” sent out a mocking tweet about Hannity hosting a Donald Trump town hall meeting about issues confronting black America. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

David Simon, who created the Emmy-nominated series said he "can’t and won’t ask female cast/crew to forgo civil liberties to film" in the state.

The Wire creator won't film in Texas because of new abortion laws

Hollywood actor Uma Thurman has revealed that she had an abortion as a teenager as she spoke out against the "horror" of Texas' near-ban. 

Uma Thurman reveals teenage abortion as she fights 'horror' of Texas near-ban 

Dr Alan Braid has been sued after saying he'd performed an abortion in defiance of Texas’s law, which outlaws the procedure after about six-weeks of pregnancy.

Texas abortion law: Doctor who admitted to defying law has been sued

The Texas law, known as SB8, prohibits abortions once medical professionals can detect cardiac activity.

'Law is almost un-American': Biden administration sues Texas over abortion ban

Jillian Dworin participates in a protest against the six-week abortion ban at the Capitol in Austin, Texas, on Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021. Dozens of people protested the abortion restriction law that went into effect Wednesday. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP)

The Texas law bans abortions once medical professionals can detect a heartbeat, usually around six weeks of pregnancy.

Biden slams Supreme Court’s decision to keep Texas six-week abortion ban 

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A one-year-old boy is 'fighting for his life' after a police officer shot him in the head while pursuing a suspect linked to robberies. 

Baby shot in head by police chasing suspect in US 'fighting for life'

Millions of people are still without safe drinking water after a winter storm, which has been blamed for the deaths of at least 56 people in the US.

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