37 minutes ago Swedish PM says Baltic sea now ‘high risk’ after suspected cable sabotage

Regional leaders meet after undersea telecoms cables severed, while Chinese ship remains at anchor nearbyThe Swedish prime minister, Ulf Kristersson, has said the Baltic sea is now a “high risk” zone as he met Nordic and Baltic leaders days after a suspected sabotage attack on undersea cables.The Swedish prime minister declined to speculate on who may have been responsible for the severing of two fibre optic telecoms cables in the Baltic last week. A Chinese ship – the Yi Peng 3 – that sailed over the cables about the time they were severed has remained anchored in the Kattegat strait between Sweden and Denmark since 19 November. Continue reading...

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46 minutes ago Russia’s sabotage of western targets ‘could trigger Nato defence clause’

German intelligence chief warns continued hybrid warfare by Moscow increases risk of alliance invoking Article 5Russia’s acts of sabotage against western targets may eventually prompt Nato to consider invoking the alliance’s Article 5 mutual defence clause, the head of Germany’s foreign intelligence service has warned.Speaking at an event of the German Council of Foreign Relations (DGAP) think tank in Berlin on Wednesday, BND chief Bruno Kahl said he expected Moscow to further step up its hybrid warfare. Continue reading...

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54 minutes ago Met Office issues weather warning as drivers warned to expect 'difficult' conditions

The warning covers parts of both south and north Wales and is in force until Thursday morning

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59 minutes ago TV botox doctor who starred on Channel Five reality show '10 Years Younger in 10 days' appears in court accused of sexually assaulting woman in his apartment

Dr Tapan Patel, 52, appeared before Westminster magistrates' court charged with assaulting a female by penetration with a part of a body or thing.

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81 minutes ago Exact moment mum of two woke up from botched boob job and realised something wasn't right

Mum-of-two Stacey Bates was left with scars and wonky nipples after a botched boob job in Turkey - she's now warning others of the dangers of low-cost procedures abroad

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84 minutes ago Close to 400,000 children in US cities face risk of major coastal flooding in next five years

A new report has found that most American children vulnerable to these events live in New York and Louisiana

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86 minutes ago Horrifying moment man cuts his brother's body out of the belly of 23ft python

WARNING GRAPHIC IMAGES: There have been numerous instances of pythons attacking, killing and even swallowing their human victims whole as workers find themselves working close to their natural habitats

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1 hour ago Shocking moment double killer freed early from life sentence because judge said he was 'low risk' is arrested after murdering kind

Brian Whitelock, 57, tragically killed 71-year-old Wendy Buckney with a kitchen knife, broken table leg and and wooden shelving during a sustained assault in her own home.

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3 hours ago Kemi Badenoch signals leaving ECHR on the table in new Tory approach to immigration

The Conservative leader said her party would review ‘every policy, treaty and part of our legal framework’ as it sets out a new immigration approach

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