18 minutes ago Royal Navy's £3.2billion aircraft carrier stocks up on ammunition and 'increases readiness' as Ukraine military expert says 'World War Three has begun'

HMS Prince of Wales sailed into Glenmallen on Loch Long, in Argyll and Bute in Scotland, as tensions between the West and Russia threaten to boil over.

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32 minutes ago Benjamin Netanyahu is a wanted man – and he has only himself to blame | Jonathan Freedland

A strategy of starvation would always be indefensible. After this week’s ICC decision, he risks turning Israel into a pariah stateThanks to Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, which once dreamed of being a light unto the nations, has taken a step closer to becoming a leper among the nations. The Israeli prime minister and the defence minister he sacked a fortnight ago, Yoav Gallant, are now wanted men, the subject of arrest warrants issued on Thursday by the international criminal court (ICC), accusing them of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza. From now on, some 124 countries are effectively closed to them: if Netanyahu or Gallant set foot in any member state of the ICC – which includes Britain and most of Europe – they face the risk of arrest. The UK government has already said it...

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33 minutes ago Dunblane care worker named as top of the crop as she picks up national prize

Ashleigh Robertson has been recognised for her dedicated to residents at the care home in the town.

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44 minutes ago Haiti summons French ambassador after Macron called its leaders ‘morons’

Government protests ‘unfriendly and inappropriate’ comments by French president caught on cameraHaiti’s government has summoned the French ambassador to the country to protest about “unfriendly and inappropriate” comments from Emmanuel Macron, who was caught on camera calling the country’s leaders “morons”.The French president had on Wednesday described the decision of the Caribbean country’s transitional presidential council to oust the prime minister earlier this month amid an escalation in gang warfare as “completely dumb”. Continue reading...

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57 minutes ago Gatwick Airport LIVE: South Terminal reopens after 'suspicious package' alert but flights still disrupted

National Rail says trains won’t be stopping at Gatwick until 4pm at the earliest

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63 minutes ago In Pictures: Balmoral blanketed in snow as Scotland faces worst of the cold snap

More than 54 schools shut in the Highland Council region on Friday because of the snow and at least 27 more closed in Aberdeenshire.

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74 minutes ago Gregor Townsend wants statement win to boost Scotland’s Six Nations bid

Australia are the final visitors of the Autumn Nations Series on Sunday.

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74 minutes ago Council insists more than half of roads were gritted after morning of chaos

The town hall said that Storm Bert had "presented a number of challenges"

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86 minutes ago Churches to be used as emergency shelters this winter to keep people off Cardiff's streets

Cardiff Council has already made more than 200 emergency bed spaces available in the city to protect homeless people from the cold through the winter

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1 hour ago Huge step forward for vital East Kilbride road project despite councillor's concerns

South Lanarkshire Council’s executive approved on Wednesday that the outline business case for the Stewartfield Way Capacity Enhancement project be approved.

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