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Crime, policing, emergencies, disasters and public safety.
Delhi Traffic Police has issued traffic advisories and diversion plans for central New Delhi and the Lutyens’ area ahead of the BRICS summit, with more than 35 roads and about 22 diversion points affected. Authorities issued specific guidance for airport and railway travel, warned against unverified social-media claims, and said metro services will run with an earlier start to ease restrictions. Residents reported heavy congestion.
Emergency services recovered four people from the sea near Shoreham-by-Sea on 18–19 August 2026; police say three members of the same family were later pronounced dead and a younger girl was taken to hospital in critical condition. Police described the deaths as a "tragic accident" in early investigations, and some reports say the family were described by the Palestinian embassy as Palestinian‑British and originally from the Rashidieh camp in southern Lebanon.
An internal, unverified story candidate says the rapper took the witness stand at a trial in Australia and denied raping a fan in a hotel room.
An internal, not-yet-verified report says three people were killed and several others — including a two-year-old boy — were injured in a shooting at a food festival near Seattle's Space Needle; the report says a suspect is in custody, attributed to Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson.
