29 minutes ago Men's World Conker champ cleared of cheating after claims he used one 'made of steel'

David Jakins, 82, who was embroiled in an alleged cheating scandal at the World Conker Championships after his one-hit win has been cleared following an investigation into the contest

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36 minutes ago Susan Smith is up for parole 30 years after drowning her kids in a South Carolina lake

Susan Smith, the South Carolina mother convicted of killing her sons nearly 30 years ago by rolling her car into a lake while they were still strapped in, will be up for parole next month

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55 minutes ago The Guardian view on foreign powers in Sudan: struggling for advantage while civilians starve | Editorial

The role of the United Arab Emirates in fuelling the war is under the spotlight. But other countries too are exacerbating the deadly conflictThe often denied but obvious involvement of foreign powers in Sudan’s deadly civil war is now firmly in the spotlight. Tens of thousands of people, including many civilians, have been killed since it began last April. Now, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has accused the Sudanese armed forces (SAF) of bombing its ambassador’s residence in Khartoum, causing “extensive damage”. The SAF denied it, claiming that last month’s strike was the work of the rival paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), backed by the UAE.What’s not in doubt is that both sides are committing war crimes and that they are able to do so because foreign governments are supporting t...

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77 minutes ago North Korean arms more significant than troops in Russia’s war against Ukraine

Intelligence builds that members of Pyongyang’s special forces are in Russia preparing for combat as munitions are also shippedUkraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, got to the point in his presidential address last night: “Another state,” he said, was “joining the war against Ukraine”. He was referring to the growing intelligence that shows elite soldiers from North Korea are in Russia preparing to join what has become a fight that, in effect, extends all the way across Asia.The effect will be greater than the numbers believed to be involved. On Friday, South Korea’s National Intelligence Service (NIS) reported that 1,500 members of Pyongyang’s special forces had crossed the border to Vladivostok in Russia’s far east to begin training and some degree of participation in the war in U...

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1 hour ago Meet Georgia's billionaire 'Bond Villain' oligarch who appears set to hand Vladimir Putin one of his biggest victories over the West

Meet Bidzina Ivanishvili, the cold, calculating recluse who rules the Black Sea nation from the shadows. Ivanishvili's government finally pushed through a 'foreign agents' law in May.

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2 hours ago Leaked footage shows North Korean troops being kitted out in Russia as elite 'Storm Corps' unit prepares for deployment in Ukraine

The video shows uniformed special forces soldiers picking up clothes and other apparel to stuff into their backpacks as they are acclimatising in Russia.

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2 hours ago Step inside the 'top secret' bunker where Britain prepared for nuclear WAR: Nottingham War Rooms are revealed for the first time in incredible 3D scans

For the first time ever, incredible 3D scans allow you to take a virtual tour of the Nottingham War Rooms - the underground bunker where Britain prepared for nuclear war.

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2 hours ago Network of Israeli citizens arrested after spying for Iran, police say

Suspects are accused of photographing and collecting information about Israeli bases and facilitiesMiddle East crisis – live updatesIsraeli police and the Shin Bet domestic intelligence agency say they have arrested a network of Israeli citizens spying for Iran who allegedly provided information on military bases and conducted surveillance of individuals.The investigators claimed the network had been active for about two years. According to reports in the Israeli press, the suspects are accused of photographing and collecting information about Israeli bases and facilities, including the defence headquarters in Tel Aviv, known as the Kirya, and the Nevatim and Ramat David airbases. Continue reading...

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3 hours ago Jealous brute who beat up his girlfriend so badly her teeth went through her lip is jailed

Suzie Harburn, from Middlesbrough, was viciously attacked and repeatedly strangled by her former partner Dean Cameron

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3 hours ago Escape to the Country's unusual property hunt puts 'pressure' on BBC's Nicki Chapman

On Monday's episode of Escape to the Country, BBC host Nicki Chapman helped couple Jayne and David try and find their dream home in Herefordshire.

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