2 hours ago Storyville: Dogs Of War review: Take him with a pinch of salt, but this old mercenary is highly entertaining, writes CHRISTOPHER STEVENS

This 90-minute film, featuring reconstructions as well as interviews and Dave's own archive video footage, centred on a plan to assassinate Colombian cocaine mogul Pablo Escobar in 1991

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3 hours ago Ukrainian 'top gun' pilot becomes one of the first to complete RAF training course and declares: 'All Ukrainians really appreciate Britain's support' amid war with Russia

A Ukrainian 'top gun' pilot who has become one of the first to complete a training course run by the RAF has thanked Britain for its help - declaring: 'All Ukrainians really appreciate your support.'

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3 hours ago Putin returns to world stage hosting 36 leaders at Brics summit in Russia

West infuriated as UN secretary general accepts invitation to meeting of countries including China, India and IranVladimir Putin, ostracised by the west and labelled a possible war criminal by the international criminal court, has played host to 36 world leaders from nations including China, India and Iran as part of a summit of the Brics group designed to display Moscow as anything but isolated.One of the main aims of the summit will be to speed up ways to reduce the number of dollar transactions, and so mitigate the US ability to use the threat of sanctions to seek to impose its political will. Continue reading...

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3 hours ago Middle East crisis live: Israel says it killed Hezbollah’s presumed next leader Hashem Safieddine in early October

Israeli military says strikes in Beirut three weeks ago killed most likely Nasrallah successorAs Israel continues its war in Gaza and assault on Lebanon, a growing number of international airlines are suspending flights to the region or to avoid affected airspace.Reuters has helpfully compiled a list of some of them:Aegean Airlines: The Greek airline cancelled flights to and from Beirut until 6 November and to and from Tel Aviv until 5 November.AirBaltic: Latvia’s airBaltic cancelled flights to and from Tel Aviv until 30 November.Air Algerie: The Algerian airline suspended flights to and from Lebanon until further notice.Air France-KLM: Air France extended its suspension of Paris-Tel Aviv flights until 29 October and Paris-Beirut flights until 30 November. KLM extended the suspension of...

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4 hours ago King Charles left in 'disbelief' after royal fan's alpaca sneezes on him in Australia

King Charles and Queen Camilla were joined by a crowd of thousands at the Australian War Memorial, but one moment left the King covered in snot from an alpaca.

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5 hours ago Israel confirms killing of Hashem Safieddine, presumed next leader of Hezbollah

IDF says strikes in Beirut in early October also killed the head of the militant group’s intelligence branchIsrael has confirmed the killing of the presumed next leader of Hezbollah in an airstrike on southern Beirut earlier in October.In a statement on Tuesday evening, the Israeli military said strikes in the suburb of Dahiyeh had killed Hashem Safieddine and Ali Hussein Hazima, the head of the militant group’s intelligence branch, three weeks ago. Continue reading...

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5 hours ago Israel claims it killed top Hezbollah official expected to be next leader during airstrike

Israeli military revealed one of its airstrikes outside Beirut earlier this month killed Hashem Safieddine, a powerful cleric within the party ranks, who was expected to succeed Hassan Nasrallah

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5 hours ago Putin disrupting food aid for Gaza by attacking Ukraine ports, says Starmer

Russian president ‘willing to gamble on food security’ by stepping up strikes on grain ships, says UK prime ministerKeir Starmer has accused Vladimir Putin of disrupting food supplies to Gaza after British intelligence suggested Russia had stepped up its attacks on Ukrainian ports.Starmer said it was clear the Russian president was “willing to gamble on global food security” after several grain ships en route to developing countries were damaged by Russian strikes. Continue reading...

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5 hours ago Putin ‘harming millions’, Starmer claims amid Russian attacks on Black Sea ports

Attacks on Ukraine’s Black Sea ports have ramped up as the harvest season begins in the war-torn nation.

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