1 hour ago Teacher accused of giving children lessons in jihad says she only focused on freedom fighters in Chechnya, court hears

Dzhamilya Timaeva, 20, told the Old Bailey she believed Chechnyan men must fight a 'Jihad' against Russians to secure their independence.

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1 hour ago ‘We learned the hard way’: Samoa remembers a deadly measles outbreak and visit from RFK Jr

A few months before the outbreak in 2019, Kennedy travelled to Samoa and met with anti-vaccine figures, contributing to what health experts claim was a ‘significant disinformation campaign’The week before her three children died, Fa’aoso Tuivale and her husband took them for a swim in the river flowing behind their house in the Samoan village of Lauli’i.Itila, 3, and his twin siblings, Tamara and Sale, 13 months, had a fever and their parents hoped to cool them down. The children were ill with measles and were not vaccinated. When they worsened, on a Sunday, Fa’aoso took them to hospital in Apia, 9km away. They were seen, and sent home. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago ‘We learned the hard way’: Samoa remembers a deadly measles outbreak and a visit from RFK Jr

A few months before the outbreak in 2019, Kennedy travelled to Samoa and met with anti-vaccine figures, contributing to what health experts claim was a ‘significant disinformation campaign’The week before her three children died, Fa’aoso Tuivale and her husband took them for a swim in the river flowing behind their house in the Samoan village of Lauli’i.Itila, 3, and his twin siblings, Tamara and Sale, 13 months, had a fever and their parents hoped to cool them down. The children were ill with measles and were not vaccinated. When they worsened, on a Sunday, Fa’aoso took them to hospital in Apia, 9km away. They were seen, and sent home. Continue reading...

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2 hours ago Top NATO chief urges leaders to get ready for 'wartime scenario' after Putin 'threatens WWIII' as Germany draws up list of bunkers that could be used as emergency shelters

Speaking in Brussels yesterday, Dutch Admiral Rob Bauer warned that NATO members needed to adjust their production and distribution lines in order to be less vulnerable to blackmail.

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3 hours ago Urgent warning more flooding is likely within days after Storm Bert's devastation

Storm Bert brought torrential rain in recent days - more than 60mm in 24 hours alone across the Scottish Highlands on Monday - and communities, including remote villages in south Wales, were cut off

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3 hours ago Weight loss and diabetes drugs could reduce the risk of kidney deterioration and failure, researchers suggest

The likes of Wegovy and Ozempic could reduce the risk of kidney deterioration and failure by a fifth, a major study found.

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3 hours ago Why you may have just six weeks to save your house plants this winter?

And the Royal Horticultural Society sounded the alarm for winter yesterday - warning there are 'six weeks to save our house plants'.

Politics

3 hours ago Labour is accused of putting off urgently needed reforms to cure sicknote Britain and get two million people into jobs

The Government white paper published today was solely focused on employment support, including a revamp of Jobcentres as well as extra NHS appointments in unemployment hotspots.

Politics

4 hours ago Meghan Markle's statement in FULL after professional 'separation' from Prince Harry

Meghan Markle attended a Thanksgiving event without her husband Prince Harry and, amid reports their work relationship is strained, the Duches of Sussex has now spoken out

Politics

4 hours ago Matthew Richardson’s grand cycling betrayal will leave an asterisk on his glittering career | Kieran Pender

After issuing the findings of its review into the Olympic hero’s defection to Great Britain, AusCycling’s upset is understandableConflicting national allegiances in sport are no simple thing. It is hardly unreasonable for someone with more than one national background to feel competing tugs when it comes to flying the flag on the international stage. Emotion and pragmatism collide to force hard decisions.Australia is a deeply multicultural nation – more than one in four Australians were born overseas, while millions more have parents born elsewhere. We are a nation of complex sporting allegiances. I have dual nationalities; if it wasn’t for the fact that I have all the sporting talent of a gnat, I might have to consider which country to represent. Continue reading...

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