66 minutes ago Middle East crisis live: drone launched at Netanyahu’s house, spokesperson says, as Israel bombards Gaza

Spokesperson says Israeli prime minister was not in the vicinity and there were no casualtiesG7 defence ministers started talks on Saturday against a backdrop of escalation in the Middle East and mounting pressure on Ukraine as it faces another winter of fighting, reports Agence France-Presse (AFP).Italy, holding the rotating presidency of the G7 countries, organised the body’s first ministerial meeting dedicated to defence, staged in Naples, the southern city that is also home to a Nato base. Continue reading...

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73 minutes ago Man United boss Erik ten Hag saw job chances completely change as players intervened

Erik ten Hag was reportedly in contention to become the new Bayern Munich manager earlier this year, though a number of the German side's players were against the Dutchman's appointment

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85 minutes ago Watch: G7 defence ministers meet in Naples amid Middle East tensions and Ukraine crisis

G7 ministers are arriving in Naples for a defence summit today (19 October), amid rising global tensions.

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97 minutes ago Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar cause of death revealed by autopsy after Israeli soldiers killed terror boss in Gaza firefight

The architect of the October 7 massacre and Israel's most wanted man, he was killed on Wednesday after being hunted by intelligence services for over a year.

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2 hours ago Liam Payne's heartbroken father Geoff reads tributes left by fans outside hotel where One Direction star fell to his death

Geoff Payne, who landed in the country yesterday, was pictured in a navy suit exiting the Casa Sur Hotel in Buenos Aires, where the British star fell from a third floor balcony on Wednesday.

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2 hours ago Superman CHRISTOPHER REEVE's secret life as revealed in a new documentary, including unseen family footage

Christopher Reeve's determination following his horse riding accident was every bit as heroic as his acting roles before, says Stephen Armstrong

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2 hours ago 'English managers aren't good enough to manage England – the FA had to go German'

MAC OF THE NET COLUMN: The FA are right to hire Thomas Tuchel despite English criticism and INEOS were bold with Sir Alex Ferguson pay cut, but why was he earning that much anyway?

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2 hours ago Watch live: G7 defence ministers meet in Naples amid Middle East tensions and Ukraine crisis

G7 ministers are arriving in Naples for a defence summit today (19 October), amid rising global tensions.

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3 hours ago Man Utd boss Erik ten Hag missed out on job offer after players intervened

Erik ten Hag continues to be under pressure at Manchester United, but he could have been manning a very different dugout had things gone differently this summer

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4 hours ago ‘The case became a witch hunt’: how ‘killer nurse’ Daniela Poggiali fought to clear her name

Italy’s ‘angel of death’ was imprisoned and demonised by the press before her convictions were overturned. Now the expert who came to her defence has turned his attention to Lucy Letby’s case‘It was a terrible sensation when I heard the sentence: life.” It was 11 March 2016 and Daniela Poggiali had just been confirmed as Italy’s “angel of death”. Less than 18 months after she had first been arrested, in October 2014, the nurse was now the country’s most infamous killer, convicted of killing one elderly patient and suspected of dozens of other murders.“I struggled to rationalise it,” she says, “I just thought they were grabbing a crab.” (This is a curious Italian phrase that roughly translates as doing something irrational or idiotic.) Continue reading...

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