36 m. ago 7 unsettling things Donald Trump did in last 24 hours as he sacks top military chief

Donald Trump unexpectedly sacked the most senior member of the US military - only the second black person to be Chairman of the Joint Chiefs - after Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth demanded a clear out of "woke" and "DEI" generals

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51 m. ago Trump’s been talking about him for years – so who is Dan ‘Razin’ Caine, his nominee for top military adviser?

Caine and Trump first met in 2019, the president recalled during a Conservative Political Action Conference speech

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1 hour ago 'King Charles must speak out over Prince Andrew's links to paedophile pal Epstein' demands top lawyer

In a direct message to his majesty, famed US attorney Gloria Allred told him: "We can handle the truth, and the public deserves the truth" over Prince Andrew's friendship with Jeffrey Epstein

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1 hour ago Ugarte stunner and VAR drama rescue point for Manchester United at Everton

A rousing fightback does not camouflage the extent to which Ruben Amorim and Manchester United were reprieved at Goodison Park. The visitors recovered from two goals down to salvage a point against in-form Everton, but only after a penalty awarded to David Moyes’ team was controversially overturned in the 96th minute.Bruno Fernandes and Manuel Ugarte, the latter with his first United goal, appeared to have rescued Amorim’s team from a dire first-half performance in which Beto and Abdoulaye Doucouré gave Everton a merited lead. Moyes’ side were comfortable until Fernandes converted a free-kick in the 72nd minute but were given the chance to regain the lead in stoppage time. After André Onana had saved from Idrissa Gueye, Ashley Young appeared to be impeded by both Matthijs de Ligt and Harry Maguire before he could reach the rebound. Referee Andrew Madley immediately awarded a spot-kick but overturned his decision after being sent to the pitchside monitor by VAR. It was a huge and deb...

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1 hour ago Trump to speak at CPAC after late night purge of top military leaders: Live updates

President also directed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to solicit nominations for five additional high-level positions, which will be announced soon

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2 h. ago All the president’s friends, from Natalie Harp and Daniel Penny to Andrew Tate

There are three tried-and-tested strategies for getting into Donald Trump’s inner circle, from adoration to misogynyThere are three tried-and-tested strategies for getting into Donald Trump’s inner circle. No 1: be young, blond and so obsessed with the president that even the Secret Service think it’s kinda weird. That strategy certainly seems to have worked out well for Natalie Harp, a former far-right cable host who is now an official aide to Trump. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Labour pledges to buy 300 care home beds to tackle bed blocking

Labour say they would end bed blocking, but have not set out how to pay for this pledge.

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4 h. ago ‘It’s blackmail’: Ukrainians react to Trump demand for $500bn share of minerals

Ukraine’s lithium deposits are among biggest in Europe and the US is looking for ‘payback’ for previous military assistanceDrawing in the snow with his finger, Mykola Hrechukha sketched out how Ukraine’s new lithium mine might look. It would have a deep central shaft, with a series of side tunnels, he said. “The lithium is good everywhere. The biggest concentration is at a depth of 200-500 metres,” he said. “We should be able to extract 4,300 tonnes a day. The potential is terrific.”For now, though, there is little sign of activity. The deposit is buried under a large sloping field, used in communist times to grow beetroot and wheat. The mine’s proposed entrance is in an abandoned former-Soviet village, Liodiane, today a scruffy grove of acacia and maple trees. The only inhabitant is a security guard, who lives on the 150-hectare site in an ancient Gaz-53 truck. Wild boar and even a wolf sometimes wander past. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Billionaire brothers who 'invented Facebook' pay £3.5m to be owners of Non

Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, who claim to have come up with the idea for Facebook and have made billions in cryptocurrency, have become co-owners of eighth-tier side Real Bedford

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6 h. ago Russian army put on 'high alert' as top military chief issues chilling 'decisive moment' WW3 speech

Russia's defence minister Andrei Belousov was handing out medals to soldiers when he gave a stirring rallying message on the country's "confrontation with the West."

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7 h. ago Tasha Ghouri hits back at trolls after 'horrible' messages following Andrew Le Page split

Strictly Come Dancing finalist Tasha Ghouri has hit back at trolls accusing her of 'taking' her dog Luna off ex Andrew Le Page after he was recently seen in tears

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7 h. ago Miami Blues director George Armitage dies aged 82 as fans pay tribute

The Grosse Point Blank filmmaker passed away last Saturday surrounded by family.

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7 h. ago Tasha Ghouri hits back at critics branding her 'horrible' after Andrew's tears after split

Strictly Come Dancing star Tasha Ghouri has broken her silence on her split from Love Island co-star Andrew Le Page months after it was first revealed

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9 h. ago Dan ‘Razin’ Caine: Trump’s favorite general now lined up for top military job

‘He’s a real general, not a television general’

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9 h. ago Army chiefs say Vladimir Putin can be defeated if Ukraine fight back with 'flying AK

In a summit in Kyiv last night, military chiefs mapped out a way to overcome Putin's Russia – obviously it involves an army of AI-powered 'flying of Kalashnikovs'

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9 h. ago Middle East crisis live: Israel says body of Shiri Bibas handed over as Hamas prepares to release six more hostages

Hamas says six captives expected to be freed from Gaza on Saturday in swap for about 600 Palestinian prisoners and detaineesA convoy of Red Cross vehicles is now heading to a hostage handover site set up by Hamas in Rafah in southern Gaza, the Times of Israel is quoting an Israeli defense official as saying.The Red Cross is expected to receive two hostages there, the report says. According to Al Jazeera, hostages Tal Shoham and Avera Mengistu will be freed in Rafah. The other four — Omer Shem-Tov, Eliya Cohen, Omer Wenkert and Hisham al-Sayed — will be released later in central Gaza’s Nuseirat.On the stage prepared by Hamas in Rafah are the usual placards with messages including “We are the flood” as well as military weapons and equipment the group claims were stolen from the IDF on October 7 2023.One piece is a gun on which the group wrote “Ravshatz,” the Hebrew acronym for the head of a community’s local security team, indicating it was taken from such an individual killed by terr...

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10 h. ago Why it's important to remember Scotland's police officers, nurses and social workers are real

Emergency service personal and other public sector workers do difficult jobs for relatively low levels of pay and save countless lives

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11 h. ago Border Patrol agent whose death is tied to cultlike Zizians is being buried with military honors

A U.S. Border Patrol agent who was killed in Vermont during a traffic stop near the Canadian border is scheduled to be buried at a national cemetery in Minneapolis with full military honors

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11 h. ago You can get a TV licence refund and won't need to pay £174.50 if you beat 14 day rule

The cost of a full TV licence now stands at £174.50 per year, but a staggering 43% of UK adults don't fully comprehend what the TV licence covers

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12 h. ago Vehicle tax changes that will see some pay up to £195 for the first time

Some car owners across the country will be hit by major tax changes in just a couple of months

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