22 minutes ago Keir Starmer 'had no plan' after taking office and his government is already defined by 'drift and dysfunction', insiders claim

A searing analysis of the PM's struggles during his first months in office has been published a left-leaning commentator, quoting cabinet members' frustrations.

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59 minutes ago Magdeburg Christmas market attack: authorities received warnings about suspect

German government to investigate whether more could have been done to prevent car-ramming that killed fiveThe German government has vowed to investigate whether a Christmas market car attack that killed five people and injured 200 could have been prevented after it emerged that authorities had received multiple warnings about the suspect.Amid mounting criticism of Germany’s security apparatus, the interior minister, Nancy Faeser, said on Sunday the heads of the domestic and foreign intelligence services would be questioned by two parliamentary committees next week Continue reading...

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88 minutes ago Palantir and Anduril join forces with tech groups to bid for Pentagon contracts

Consortium likely to include Elon Musk’s SpaceX in move to grab a bigger slice of $850bn US defence budget

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2 hours ago Middle East crisis: families scavenging for food scraps in Khan Younis, says Unrwa

‘Every day we see people scavenging through trash looking for food or material to burn for warmth,’ says UN agency spokespersonTurkey’s foreign minister, Hakan Fidan, has met with Syria’s de facto leader Ahmed al Sharaa - also known as Abu Mohammed al-Golan - in Damascus, Turkey’s foreign ministry has said. No further details were provided. Fidan said yesterday that Turkey will do “whatever it takes” to ensure its security if the new Syrian administration cannot address Ankara’s concerns about US-allied Kurdish groups it views as terrorist groups (see post at 10.32 for more details). Fidan also said that the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, led by al Sharaa and which swept into Damascus to topple Assad early this month, had “excellent cooperation” with Ankara in the battle against Islamic State and al-Qaeda in the past through intelligence sharing.Here are some of the latest images sent to us over the newswires from Gaza: Continue reading...

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2 hours ago WASPI women flock to Nigel Farage's Reform UK after Labour 'betrayal' on compensation

A huge survey of almost 11,000 affected 1950s-born women shows support for Reform UK has shot up to 24%, while support for the Conservatives stands at 13% and a mere 7% back Labour

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2 hours ago Succession star pleads with Keir Starmer 'pick up the phone and bring Brit dad home'

In a powerful video Succession star Brian Cox called on Keir Starmer to 'pick up the phone' and help bring British citizen Alaa Abd el-Fattah back to his family in the UK

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3 hours ago Tyson Fury showed one 'red flag' ahead of Usyk bout that 'suggested he would lose'

Body language expert Judi James believes Tyson Fury displayed a red flag that suggested he would lose his fight to Oleksandr Usyk during their rematch in Riyadh

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4 hours ago Mandelson must make his voice ‘the most important’ as ambassador to US – Darroch

The former British ambassador in Washington also said life under a Donald Trump presidency will be ‘like a 24/7 bar-room brawl’.

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6 hours ago Lucy Powell says she understands public’s frustration with Labour in office

The Commons Leader said voters would judge Labour on whether they feel better off and have improved public services at the next election.

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