52 minutes ago Bolsonaro allies nearly launched military coup in 2022, police report says

Senior Brazil military figures backed plot to seize power after Bolsonaro’s election defeat, federal documents allegeBrazil came within a whisker of a far-right military coup and the assassination of a supreme court judge just days before President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva took power in January 2023, a federal police report has claimed.The report about the alleged plot to help the rightwing populist Jair Bolsonaro cling to power was made public on Tuesday, and paints a chilling portrait of how close one of the world’s largest democracies came to being plunged back into authoritarian rule. Continue reading...

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70 minutes ago Robbie Williams admits ‘sense of shame’ over Nicole Appleton relationship

Their on-and-off relationship is dramatised in Williams’ new semi-autobiographical film Better Man.

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92 minutes ago Maura Higgins cries she's had 'worst birthday of her life' in I'm A Celebrity camp

I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! fans were not surprised that Love Island star Maura Higgins was left complaining about her birthday while enduring a hideous trial

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1 hour ago Pakistani security forces raid supporters of Imran Khan after unrest in Islamabad

More than 50,000 people had earlier forced their way into capital to demand former prime minister’s releasePakistani security forces have launched a sweeping midnight raid on supporters of the jailed former prime minister Imran Khan who had earlier forced their way through security barriers and entered Islamabad.Thousands of protesters had gathered in the centre of the capital after a convoy, led by Khan’s wife, broke through several lines of security all the way to the edge of the city’s highly fortified red zone. Continue reading...

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2 hours ago Popular YouTuber 'tortured by gang' found dead on side of road with his eyes taped shut

YouTube content creator Miguel Vivanco, known to his fans as 'El Jasper', was found dead by his relatives by a road in the city of Culiacan, northwestern Mexico two days after he went missing

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3 hours ago Drivers at mercy of cowboy parking firms: Motorists are handed 41,000 tickets every day by private firms

Shocking figures reveal ruthless private companies issued 3.8million tickets to drivers between July and September - or one every two seconds on average.

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3 hours ago Leicester chiefs face fresh Ruud van Nistelrooy reality after suffering two setbacks

Leicester are on the hunt for their third manager of 2024 following the dismissal of Steve Cooper but their attempts to replace him have proven to be more difficult than first thought

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3 hours ago Bruising on toddler's ear which was seen the day before he was 'shaken to death' was no accident, expert tells murder trial

Charlie Roberts was one year and 10 months when he suffered a non-survivable head injury at his home in Darlington, County Durham, in January.

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3 hours ago Man given animal ban over Staffie dog left in squalid flat with ear hanging off

Dean Kenneth Savage, 45, of Crescent Road, Crumpsall, Manchester, admitted a charge of causing Harley unnecessary suffering

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