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UK net migration reaches record 504,000 in 2022

Net migration to the UK reached 504,000 in the year to June 2022, according to the Office for National Statistics, driven by non-EU migration, refugee arrivals, and post-pandemic travel resumption.

Six killed in Virginia Walmart shooting by store manager

A Walmart store manager shot and killed six people and injured four others before dying by suicide at a Chesapeake, Virginia, location. The incident occurred on 22 November 2022, during a period of high public attention on mass shootings in the United States.