52 minutes ago Labour MP invites Donald Trump ‘home’ to visit the Scottish island where his mother was born

Exclusive: Torcuil Crichton, whose party leader Keir Starmer is expected to offer the US president-elect a state visit, sent the message in a Christmas card

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76 minutes ago Russian video appears to show Australian man fighting for Ukraine captured and interrogated

Dfat making inquiries about footage showing man who identifies himself as Oscar Jenkins, PM confirmsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA video purporting to show the Russian capture of an Australian man fighting for Ukraine on the war’s eastern front has prompted urgent inquiries by Australia’s federal government.The man, who identified himself as Oscar Jenkins, is struck several times and questioned roughly in Russian in the video, which was circulating on the messaging service Telegram. Nine newspapers, which broke news of the video, reported that the footage had first been shared by the Russian journalist Alexander Sladkov. Continue reading...

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4 hours ago Time for Tyson Fury to consider leaving the stage after Usyk defeat dims aura

The Briton stayed the distance against Oleksandr Usyk but after back-to-back defeats what is left for the 36-year-old to prove?In the end everyone runs out of road. It was probably necessary for Tyson Fury to say he was robbed in the Kingdom Arena on Saturday night. Boxing demands this level of irrationality. Logical multimillionaires do not willingly schedule a brain-jarring, soul‑shredding half-hour beating from one of the most effective practitioners of controlled violence ever to walk the planet. A basic suspension of reason is required. Without it no one would ever step in the ring.So Fury will maintain that all three judges were wrong to award a unanimous points decision in Oleksandr Usyk’s favour after 12 thrillingly intense rounds in Riyadh. Last time out Fury said he lost because of the war in Ukraine. This time he said it was because of Christmas. Nobody was robbed here. Fury, the challenger, needed to go out and actively take the heavyweight belts. In the event the c...

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4 hours ago Tyson Fury and the question of legacy after honourable Usyk defeat dims aura

The Briton stayed the distance against Oleksandr Usyk but after back-to-back defeats what is left for the 36-year-old to prove?In the end everyone runs out of road. It was probably necessary for Tyson Fury to say he was robbed in the Kingdom Arena on Saturday night. Boxing demands this level of irrationality. Logical multimillionaires do not willingly schedule a brain-jarring, soul‑shredding half-hour beating from one of the most effective practitioners of controlled violence ever to walk the planet. A basic suspension of reason is required. Without it nobody would ever step in the ring.So Fury will maintain that all three judges were wrong to award a unanimous points decision in Oleksandr Usyk’s favour after 12 thrillingly intense rounds in Riyadh. Last time out Fury said he lost because of the war in Ukraine. This time he said it was because of Christmas. Nobody was robbed here. Fury, the challenger, needed to go out and actively take the heavyweight belts. In the event the c...

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12 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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14 hours ago How The Apprentice creator Mark Burnett went from east London to Donald Trump's inner circle (via the Falklands)

Donald Trump's new choice of special envoy to the UK is making a return of sorts to his roots - having grown up in east London before fighting for Britain in the Falklands.

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14 hours ago How The Apprentice creator Mark Burnett went from east London to Donald Trump's inner circle (via the Falkland

How The Apprentice creator Mark Burnett went from east London to Donald Trump's inner circle (via the Falkland  Daily Mail

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14 hours ago Inside Joe Exotic's sad Christmas behind bars as he begs Donald Trump for freedom

Tiger King's Joe Exotic is repeating his plea for freedom five years after his conviction on 17 federal charges and has opened up on the apparent conditions he'll face in jail this Christmas

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17 hours ago Faced with Trump and Farage, Britain’s natural ally is Europe | William Keegan

The Labour party’s determination to stick to Brexit simply condemns the UK to fight a lone hand against the far-right forces ranged against itThe sight of other world leaders toadying up to the US president-elect – the criminal Donald Trump – and his henchman Elon Musk is distasteful enough, but in the world of realpolitik they probably feel they have no option.The great American journalist HL Mencken did not live to see the fulfilment of his 1920 prophecy that “one day the White House will be occupied by a downright fool and complete narcissistic moron” but he is no doubt turning in his grave. Continue reading...

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