90 m. ago Michael Johnson cancels Los Angeles Grand Slam Track meeting

Emergency meeting held with athletes over decisionDecision leaves LA without major meeting this summerMichael Johnson cancelled the final leg of the new Grand Slam Track series in Los Angeles before an emergency meeting with athletes on Thursday night, leaving the host of the 2028 Olympics and the country’s second-largest city without a major track meeting this summer.Johnson raised around $30m to launch Grand Slam Track this spring, promising a new way of doing track – involving a group of runners under contract racing twice over a weekend and focusing more on where they finished than actual times. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Mark Wright forced to apologise for 'tasteless' Instagram post in wake of Air India plane crash

Mark Wright has issued a public apology after sharing a post about his flight home from a lavish holiday with wife Michelle Keegan just hours after the fatal Air India plane crash today.

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1 hour ago Failings causing troops to leave WILL be solved pledge as UK gets on war footing

Armed Forces Minister Luke Pollard told The Mirror that long-ignored failings affecting armed forces retention will be addressed as the search for new watchdog figure is launched

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2 h. ago BBC EastEnders couple to rekindle romance after 11 year split

EastEnders aired a bombshell break-up on Thursday but viewers are convinced a fresh love story is on the way

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2 h. ago ITV Love Island star forced to leave villa immediately in dramatic scenes

Viewers have been given a hint at shocking scenes

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2 h. ago US Senator Alex Padilla wrestled to ground at LA news conference

California Democrat forcibly restrained by FBI agents after interrupting homeland security secretary Kristi Noem’s media event

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2 h. ago Jan 6 cops file lawsuit to force Congress to install honorary plaque at Capitol

Harry Dunn and Daniel Hodges say the agency that operates and maintains the Capitol is violating a law that required a plaque to be erected

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2 h. ago ICE Barbie Kristi Noem's LA riots press conference descends into chaos as Democrat Senator Alex Padilla is thrown out

California Senator Alex Padilla began shouting over Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem before he was forcibly removed from the room by multiple guards and placed in handcuffs.

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3 h. ago Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla handcuffed and forcibly removed from Kristi Noem’s immigration press conference

The Democratic senator had interrupted the DHC chief during her protest press conference, only to be accosted and restrained by law enforcement officials

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3 h. ago Marjorie Taylor Greene rips Trump Mideast policy saying ‘Americans don’t want to bomb Iran’ for Israel

Greene says Israel’s ‘secular government’ has been telling ‘the same story’ on Iran for the ‘past 20 years’

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3 h. ago Mark Wright forced to apologise as he's slammed for 'poor taste' post about planes as at least 260 killed in horror Air India crash

The Gatwick-bound plane carrying 242 passengers, including 53 British nationals, crashed just moments after take-off from Ahmedabad Airport in the northwestern Indian state of Gujarat.

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3 h. ago Prayers offered at London temples for Air India crash victims

Prayers offered at London temples for Air India crash victims  BBC

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3 h. ago Senator Alex Padilla forcibly removed from Kristi Noem’s LA press conference

Video shows Padilla being restrained and ejected as he tries to question homeland security secretary at press eventLA protests – live updatesAlex Padilla, a Democratic California senator and a vocal critic of the Trump administration’s immigration polices, was forcibly removed and handcuffed as he attempted to ask a question at a press conference held by Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, in Los Angeles on Thursday. The incident has shocked his colleagues from Capitol Hill to California.In video taken of the incident that has since gone viral on social media, Padilla is seen being restrained and removed from the room by multiple men. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago US Senator Alex Padilla wrestled to ground at Los Angeles news conference

California Democrat forcibly restrained by FBI agents after interrupting homeland security secretary’s media event

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3 h. ago Iran’s nuclear facilities may be bombed by Israel. That would be bad for the US – but not Trump’s friends

Israel may bomb Iran. Putin and Netanyahu will gain but that suits Trump, says world affairs editor Sam Kiley

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3 h. ago Democrats condemn ‘sickening’ and ‘dictatorial’ forcible removal of senator Alex Padilla from Noem event in LA – live

California governor Newsom joins number of Democrats in condemning removal of Padilla from homeland security secretary’s press briefingSenator Alex Padilla forcibly removed from Kristi Noem press event in Los AngelesA woman defiantly dances near police officers as protesters continue to march and chant in an approximately one-square mile area of downtown Los Angeles in response to a series of immigration raids.Nerves are frayed in Los Angeles, as the second largest city in the US is flooded with more than 2,000 federal troops tasked with protecting immigration enforcement officials after thousands of people hit the streets to protest deportation raids. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Israel’s Iran threat is familiar, but it is unlikely to attack without US backing

Israel has threatened to destroy Tehran’s nuclear programme before, ultimately holding back in absence of Washington’s supportThe withdrawal of non-essential US personnel from parts of the Middle East and the anonymously sourced US reports in the past 24 hours that Israel is on the brink of an all-out attack on Iran are all deeply alarming, but they are also familiar.The Israeli government has approached the same precipice, of a war to destroy Tehran’s nuclear programme, several times in the past two decades, going as far as honing detailed plans and conducting practice air sorties. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago The One Show pulled off BBC One schedule after 'tragic' news

The One Show has been taken off air from BBC One this evening

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4 h. ago Deja vu for Rory McIlroy after tough first round at the US Open

McIlroy felt the full force of the unforgiving Oakmont, which has widely been described as the hardest golf course in the game.

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4 h. ago Democratic Senator Alex Padilla forcibly removed after interrupting Kristi Noem’s immigration press conference

The Democratic senator had interrupted the DHC chief during her protest press conference, only to be accosted and detained by law enforcement officials

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