2 h. ago Israel leader Benjamin Netanyahu is nominating Donald Trump for a Nobel Peace Prize

Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu took a victory lap on Monday to hail their recent joint strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities as an unmitigated success

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2 h. ago Germany is ‘importing’ antisemitism, our leaders claim. Irony is not their strong point | Mithu Sanyal

Blaming migrants for the rise in anti-Jewish crimes shows a breathtaking lack of self-awareness It could have been a Mitchell and Webb sketch – a man with a very German accent and a distinguished Nazi grandfather complaining: “These foreigners, coming over here, importing their antisemitism.” Only this was not a comedy. The man was Germany’s chancellor, Friedrich Merz, and he was making his complaint last month in an interview with Fox news in the US, attributing rising antisemitism in Germany to “the big numbers of migrants we have within the last 10 years”. How did Merz manage to miss the joke – apart from by being German of course?The chancellor is not the only German politician to have made the dubious connection between foreigners and antisemitism. Hubert Aiwanger, the deputy premier of Bavaria, made headlines in 2023 when an antisemitic leaflet he was alleged to have written at school – better known as the Auschwitz pamphlet – came to light. Aiwanger denied writing the leaflet...

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3 h. ago Australian royal prank DJs claim their bosses MADE them phone the Princess of Wales's hospital and impersonate the late Queen before nurse's suicide

Michael Christian and 2Day FM radio co-host Mel Greig duped staff at King Edward VII's Hospital in London in Decemeber 2012 into disclosing some of the Princess of Wales' personal medical details.

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3 h. ago Nigel Farage is UK's 'most respectful' political leader, new poll shows

Pollsters took the mood of the nation a year after Labour took charge

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6 h. ago Denise Richards' ex Aaron Phypers spends $105K A MONTH despite 'zero income' as divorce battle begins

In divorce court documents obtained by DailyMail.com, the 52-year-old reality TV star claimed was going through $105,000 a month even though he did not have any income.

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6 h. ago Red Sea cargo ships face new attacks as Houthis claim to have sunk vessel

Two crew members are missing after drone attack on Greek-operated Eternity C; Yemen’s Houthi rebels say MV Magic Seas sank after Sunday raidTwo crew members of a Greek-managed vessel have been wounded and two are missing after a drone attack off Yemen on Monday, hours after Iran-aligned Houthi militants claimed an assault on another bulk carrier in the Red Sea, saying the ship had sunk.Monday’s attack 50 nautical miles southwest of the port of Hodeidah was the second assault by the Houthis against merchant vessels in the vital shipping corridor since November 2024, said an official at the European Union’s Operation Aspides, assigned to help protect Red Sea shipping. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Benjamin Netanyahu arrives at White House to meet Donald Trump amid indirect ceasefire talks – US politics live

Israeli leader met US secretary of state and Middle East envoy before arriving at White HouseThe president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, said she had a “good exchange” with Donald Trump on Sunday, a Commission spokesperson told reporters during a daily press briefing this morning.The spokesperson said:We want to reach a deal with the US (by 9 July). We want to avoid tariffs. We believe they cause pain. We want to achieve win-win outcomes, not lose-lose outcomes. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Watchdog claims Captain Tom Foundation probe has not impacted trust in charities

Public trust in charities remains remarkably robust, even in the wake of high-profile controversies, new figures reveal

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9 h. ago Airport CCTV of pregnant Brit 'drug mule' Bella May Culley released after 'coerced' claims

Police in Thailand released the footage of 18-year-old Bella May Culley after claims she was coerced into trying to smuggle a stash of cannabis worth £200k into the country

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9 h. ago FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem denies ‘reign of terror’ claim from rival

Head of FIA bats away criticism from Tim Mayer‘Whatever I’ve been doing is good for the members’The FIA president, Mohammed Ben Sulayem, has denied accusations of a “reign of terror” and suggested the governing body’s member clubs are “smiling” about the prospect of him serving another four years.Ben Sulayem’s controversial first term as head of the FIA will come to an end in December. The 63-year-old has confirmed he will stand for a second term and is poised to face off against Tim Mayer after the American announced his candidacy in the buildup to Sunday’s British Grand Prix. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Bella May Culley: New CCTV of Brit 'drug mule' released as cops slam 'baseless' claims

Bella Culley claimed during a pre-trial hearing that she was forced to smuggle drugs out of Thailand and that 'nobody paid attention' when she asked for help at Bangkok airport

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11 h. ago BBC Strictly Come Dancing BAN star from competing to avoid 'upsetting Queen'

Strictly bosses don't want former Royal butler Paul Burrell on the show as they worry about upsetting the Palace, insiders on the show claim

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12 h. ago Flight diverted after recently released psychiatric patient claimed laptop was a bomb

Exclusive details: Taj Malik Taylor, 27, told police that he had been recently released from a mental health facility, and that he was “currently suffering from a lack of clarity,” according to an FBI affidavit reviewed by The Independent

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12 h. ago Peter Andre defends teenage daughter Princess after 'lip filler' backlash

Peter Andre has defended his daughter Princess after fans claimed she had been sporting a plumper pout of late - with the teen forced to deny she's had lip filler

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12 h. ago Trump live updates: President delays tariffs deadline to August 1 as US nears trade deals

Donald Trump is set to sign an executive order pushing back the July 9 deadline to August 1 after the administration claimed it would land ‘90 deals in 90 days’

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12 h. ago Samsung Bespoke AI Jet Ultra stick vacuum review: Is it as powerful as the brand claims?

Samsung has dubbed this the most powerful vacuum in the UK - but does it pass the Standard Shopping test?

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12 h. ago Iran's president admits nuke facilities WERE 'severely damaged' in US military strikes and claims in interview with Tucker Carlson that Israel tried to assassinate him in 12

The remarks came less than a month after Israel launched its unprecedented June 13 bombing campaign against Iran , killing top military commanders and nuclear scientists.

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13 h. ago Love Island icon recalls crazy kick off scene that producers never aired to 'protect her'

EXCLUSIVE: Love Island star Anna Vakili has spoken about her iconic but fiery scene where she scolded Jordan Hames - but claims viewers never got to see the full extent of the chaos

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13 h. ago Trump claims he struck side deal with Skydance for additional $16 million in ‘60 Minutes’ settlement

‘We did a deal for about $16 million plus $16 million, or maybe more than that, in advertising... It's like $32 to maybe $35 million,’ the president said over the weekend.

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13 h. ago Bolsonaro wanted to exterminate us, claims Indigenous leader Raoni Metuktire

Kayapó chief tells in memoir of seeing former president in his dreams and of warning Lula not to repeat past mistakesBrazil’s most revered Indigenous leader, Raoni Metuktire, has said he believes that one of the former president Jair Bolsonaro’s goals while in office was to “exterminate” the country’s Indigenous peoples.According to the Kayapó chief, the far-right populist “encouraged invasions, mining and deforestation” in order to hand Indigenous lands over to the kubẽ (non-Indigenous people). Continue reading...

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