11 h. ago Family flee home in terror after Bentley and house torched in early hours 'arson' attack

The family was forced to flee their home following the incident at around 1am on Saturday, April 5, they have been temporarily rehoused while officers continue to investigate

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19 h. ago Bentley and house torched in suspected early hours fire attack

A Bentley and part of a home went up in flames in a suspected early hours attack.

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20 h. ago 'Arson' horror as Bentley and house torched in early hours attack

Neighbours described hearing 'explosions' in the early hours

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7 d. ago Ukraine war briefing: Kyiv accuses Russia of war crime after attack on military hospital in Kharkiv

Ukrainian officials denounce ‘deliberate’ targeted shelling of hospital; Ukrainian president says US, Europe must respond to daily Russian drone attacks. What we know on day 1,131See all our Ukraine war coverageRussian drones struck a military hospital, shopping centre, apartment blocks and other targets in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, late on Saturday, killing two people and injuring at least 25, local officials and the Ukrainian military said. On the Telegram messaging app, the military’s general staff said those injured included servicemen undergoing treatment in the medical centre. It accused Russia of having carried out a “war crime” and of “violating the norms of international humanitarian law” denouncing the “deliberate, targeted shelling” of the facility. Oleh Syniehubov, the regional governor, said 25 people were hurt, including a 15-year-old girl who is in serious condition.An hour before the Kharkiv attack, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Ukra...

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8 d. ago The Signal chat exposes the administration’s incompetence – and its pecking order | Sidney Blumenthal

The discussion revealed unserious people who don’t know when to keep quiet, with Stephen Miller as the real bossOn 13 March, Donald Trump’s national security adviser, Michael Waltz, who was the policy director for two secretaries of defense and was a member of the House intelligence committee, sent a message on the commercial Signal app: “Team – establishing a principles group for coordination on Houthis, particularly for over the next 72 hours.” “The Houthis PC small group” would oversee a US air attack on the Houthis in Yemen.Despite Waltz’s extensive professional background, he misspelled “principals” as “principles” – perhaps an ordinary typo, but symptomatic of the shambles to come. Although the secretaries of defense, state and treasury, the director of national intelligence, the CIA director, the vice-president, and the president’s chief of staff were among the 18 people included, neither the chair of the joint chiefs of staff, who is a statutory member of the principals comm...

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9 d. ago Sickening moment teens fist bump each other and laugh after stabbing innocent man in murder attempt 

Ramaray Treasure, who was 17 at the time, and and Leon Sykes, 19, launched a 'brutal and random' attack on innocent man during the early hours of March 9 last year

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1 week ago Stockpile 72 hours of supplies in case of disaster or attack, EU tells citizens

Bloc’s first preparedness strategy urges people to prepare for floods, fires, pandemics or military strikesPeople in the EU are being advised to stockpile enough food, water and essentials for 72 hours as part of a European strategy that aims to increase readiness for catastrophic floods and fires, pandemics and military attacks.Outlining its first preparedness strategy, the European Commission said it wanted to encourage citizens to take “proactive measures to prepare for crises, such as developing household emergency plans and stockpiling essential supplies”. Continue reading...

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1 week ago The Signal attack plan messages: What we do (and don't) know

The revelation that President Donald Trump’s most senior national security officials posted the specifics of a military attack to a chat group that included a journalist hours before the attack took place has raised many questions

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2 w. ago Southport stabbing cop who led girls to safety under attack just hours later by vile thug

Sergeant Phillip Sinclair was left injured as missiles were thrown by rioters just hours after he escorted the bodies of three girls killed in the Southport stabbings to a morgue

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2 w. ago Russia accused of attack on power system of state railway hours after Putin

Ukraine’s President Zelensky demands the world block Russia’s attempts to drag out the war following Moscow’s latest attacks

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2 w. ago Green Brigade slam police for 'premeditated attack' on Celtic fans after being held for FIVE hours before Rangers clash

The supporters group claim they were unfairly treated by Police after 90 fans were denied entry

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3 w. ago US and Ukraine hold crunch talks about how to end Putin’s invasion in Saudi Arabia

The talks come hours after Ukraine launched its largest drone attack of the war against Russia

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3 w. ago US sits down in Saudi Arabia for crucial Ukraine peace talks with Zelensky's friend who is 'HATED by Trump because of his link to Hunter Biden'... hours after huge drone attack on Moscow

Once a film producer and lawyer, Andriy Yermak had no diplomatic experience when he was afforded a low-level position in Zelensky's government in 2019

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3 w. ago 'Biggest drone attack on Russia' sets Moscow ablaze hours before peace talks

Top Ukraine officials are meeting with America's top diplomat Anthony Blinken to try and iron out a ceasefire as Moscow burns from a drone attack that has left two dead and 18 injured

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3 w. ago Moscow hit by ‘largest ever’ drone attack before US and Ukraine officials meet for peace talks – Europe live

US and Ukraine officials meet in Jeddah after Moscow authorities said one person was killed in a drone attack on the Russian capitalAnd just hours before the talks were due to get under way, Ukraine targeted Moscow in what authorities said was its largest ever drone attack on the Russian capital, killing at least one person, sparking fires and forcing the suspension of flights and train travel.The Russian defence ministry said 337 drones were launched at Russia over Monday night, with 91 of them targeting the Moscow region. The Moscow city mayor, Sergei Sobyanin, said it was the largest Ukrainian drone attack on the city. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Ukraine launches 'largest drone attack' against Moscow hours before crucial peace talks

The attack killed one person and wounded multiple others - and came as a Ukrainian delegation was set to meet with America's top diplomat in Saudi Arabia about ending the three-year war with Russia

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