31 minutes ago Middle East crisis live: Israeli airstrike on Lebanon kills at least one Lebanese soldier and injures 18 others

Lebanese military says strike took place in southwestern Lebanon on coastal road between Tyre and Naqoura while Israeli military says strike is under reviewSpeaking at the news conference in Beirut, Josep Borell also urged Lebanese leaders to pick a president to end a two-year power vacuum in the country, and he pledged €200m (£166m) in support for Lebanon’s armed forces.The EU’s outgoing foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, has called for pressure to be exerted on both the Israeli government and on Hezbollah to accept a US ceasefire proposal. Continue reading...

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45 minutes ago Zelenskyy fears Ukraine is ‘testing ground’ for Russian weapons amid rise in Shahed strikes

Kremlin has fired 500 drones over the border in the past week and set up two factories to make ‘hundreds a week’Ukraine’s president said the country had been targeted by nearly 500 drones in the past week as well as more than 20 missiles and complained that Russia is using the country as “a testing ground” for its munitions.Though Russia’s first ever use of the Oreshnik intermediate range ballistic missile on Dnipro on Thursday captured global attention, on Sunday Volodymyr Zelenskyy highlighted the increased level of Shahed drone attacks. Continue reading...

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63 minutes ago Cop29 finance deal 'a death sentence' and 'woefully inadequate', activists say

The 300 billion dollar (£239.5 billion) agreement, which is designed to help combat the impacts of global warming, was announced at the Cop29 conference in Baku, Azerbaijan

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1 hour ago Middle East crisis live: IDF orders evacuation in Gaza City eastern suburb

Israeli military issues evacuation orders to people in Shejaiya suburb, saying militants have fired rockets from districtYechiel Leiter, an American-born rightwing publicist and former government aide who immigrated to Israel four decades ago, was announced as Israel’s next ambassador to Washington earlier this month.The Israeli government said earlier today that it had approved the nomination of Leiter, an ally of the country’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. Continue reading...

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2 hours ago Keir Starmer accused of 'pedalling benefit scrounger myth' after clampdown vow

Labour veteran Diane Abbott hit out at Keir Starmer after he pledged to 'get a grip' on the cost of welfare, with sanctions set to be introduced in a tough new clampdown

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3 hours ago Kanye West screamed ‘I’m like Picasso’ while strangling model, lawsuit alleges

Latest legal complaint against the controversial rapper alleges that he choked a woman on the set of another musician’s video in 2010

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3 hours ago Kohli and Jaiswal put ruthless India on verge of crushing victory over Australia

Australia 104 and 12-3; India 150 and 487-6 decHosts suffer on brutal day in field and at creaseCricket probably doesn’t owe Virat Kohli anything. It has given him riches beyond imagination, influence beyond reason, recognition that has built into idolatry. But then, he has given cricket riches, both in the literal cash churned from his name and the intangible of what his story has added to the game. So if the game owed him anything, perhaps it was a lucky break, one generous chance at a century to ease the tension of a lean 18 months without one. Walking out with India two wickets down, 321 runs ahead, with Yashasvi Jaiswal immaculately set on 141 and Australia already wheezing, the game delivered one.The third day of this first Test saw the real Perth appear. Not the mild impostor of ...

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3 hours ago 'Fitness freak' Cynthia Erivo wore her fitness watch underneath her Wicked costume

Cynthia Erivo wore her fitness watch underneath her Elphaba costume on the set of 'Wicked' to ensure she got her daily steps in.

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3 hours ago Zayn Malik tells fans 'it's good to be back' as new photos show his long

As he took to the stage, the singer, 31, told the crowd: 'It's good to be back up North,' before treating fans by performing his global hit Pillow Talk live for the first time ever.

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