30 m. ago Donald Trump addressed as 'His Excellency' in grovelling letter from world leader

US President Donald Trump received a letter from Argentinian President Javier Milei during a visit to the White House in which he said he was nominating him for the Nobel Peace Prize

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31 m. ago Spanish holiday hotspot cracks down on tourist rentals ahead of boat party ban

There will be only 639 authorised holiday lets in Palma that can continue welcoming guests

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73 m. ago Police issue update after officers storm street with 'suspicious' boys, 13, arrested

Several GMP vehicles were seen in attendance

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88 m. ago Women activists try ‘citizen’s arrest’ on Anglian Water boss over sewage failures

Mark Thurston, who earns a reported £720,000 salary, was surrounded at Coulston South Station around 7am on Wednesday

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90 m. ago WHO global alert over contaminated cough syrup that has killed at least 20 kids

The 20 children, all of whom were under the age of five, are said to have ingested Colrif cough medicine before dying from poisoning symptoms as the company's owner has been arrested

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98 m. ago The Spin | Beware the quiet man: Ashes folklore is littered with unlikely names stepping up

Cummins’ absence is not quite cause for unfettered English celebration – Boland has ripped them apart beforeHave you heard about Big Pat’s back? You must have by now. The eyes and ears of the cricketing world are zeroed in on a locus of around 10 inches of Pat Cummins’ lumbar region. Hushed whispers about the Australia Test captain’s “stress injury” after his side’s tour of West Indies in July became a rumbling concern as the weeks passed and there was no reassuring statement from the Cummins camp. Ideally it would have been delivered by the man himself with a megawatt smile, just letting everyone know that he was locked in for full part in the Ashes series.By contrast, earlier this week a more circumspect Cummins put his chances of playing at Perth in the first Test on 21 November as “probably less likely than likely”. Continue reading...

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98 m. ago Where do babies come from? Robert F Kennedy Jr doesn’t seem to know | Arwa Mahdawi

Science tells us that foetuses develop in the uterus, rather than the placenta – but the US health secretary has a different take. Why are Republicans so clueless about women’s bodies?Robert F Kennedy Jr is the father of six children. He’s also the US health secretary. Two facts that might lead a reasonable person to assume he possesses a basic understanding of how foetuses develop.In a shocking development, however, it seems that Kennedy – an anti-vaxxer who says his brain was partly eaten by a parasitic worm – may not know what he’s talking about. During a cabinet meeting last Thursday, Kennedy reasserted unproven claims that taking the common painkiller acetaminophen, also known as Tylenol or paracetamol, while pregnant causes autism. Doubters of this theory, he said, were motivated by Trump derangement syndrome. To underscore his point, he referenced a TikTok video he’d seen of a pregnant woman “gobbling Tylenol with her baby in her placenta”. Continue reading...

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98 m. ago Nursing unions call for UK to back prosecutions for war crimes against health workers

Calls come as report shows number of health workers killed in conflicts has risen five-fold in less than a decadeWar crimes targeting health workers, patients and facilities should be prioritised for international criminal prosecution, senior nursing and medical leaders have urged.The number of health workers killed annually in conflicts has jumped five-fold in less than a decade, and the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) and British Medical Association (BMA) have called for action from the UK government to fully back international criminal court (ICC) prosecutions of perpetrators. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Strictly's Amy Dowden says 'I've let them down' in heartbreaking cancer message

Amy Dowden, who was paired up with Thomas Skinner in the latest series of Strictly Come Dancing, has issued a heartbreaking message in the wake of her early exit

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2 h. ago Fearne Cotton reveals she's not sleeping well and admits her brain 'feels wobbly' just days after her paedophile ex

Fearne Cotton has revealed she is struggling to sleep in a candid Instagram post on Tuesday, just days after her paedophile ex-boyfriend Ian Watkins was killed in jail.

Politics

2 h. ago ChatGPT will now let users make erotica: ‘Treat adults like adults’

OpenAI will reduce the mental health safeguards built into ChatGPT and allow its users to create erotica, it has announced.

Politics

2 h. ago Adolescence star Stephen Graham launches global project asking fathers to write to their sons

The Emmy-winning actor will work with psychologist Orly Klein to compile the letters into a book exploring masculinity and the challenges facing boys todayStephen Graham, the Emmy-winning actor best known for Netflix hit Adolescence, has launched a new project asking fathers to write letters to their sons about what it means to be a man, to form a book about masculinity.The project invites fathers around the world to write personal letters to their sons, reflecting on their experiences of fatherhood. Graham will work with psychology lecturer Orly Klein to compile Letters to Our Sons, a book due to be published by Bloomsbury next October.To submit a letter, visit letterstooursons.co.uk Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Lukas Gage: ‘My relationship overshadowed all the work I’d done. People wouldn’t let me audition’

The ‘White Lotus’ star, who shot to viral fame via a mortifying Zoom interaction with a British filmmaker, has now published his memoir, called ‘I Wrote This for Attention’. He speaks to Adam White about internet villainy, coming out as gay, his borderline personality disorder diagnosis, and his very short-lived marriage

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2 h. ago 'Best war film of the century' now streaming on Amazon Prime

Letters From Iwo Jima, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood, is now available to stream on Amazon Prime Video and is a must-watch for fans of war films

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3 h. ago Martin Lewis reveals he sleeps in separate bed from wife Lara for key reason

Martin Lewis has been married to his wife Lara Lewington since 2009 and the pair share a daughter called Sapphire together – but he made a rare admission about their married life

Politics

3 h. ago 'Healthy' dad suddenly collapses and dies after meal with friends

Paul Concannon, 65, ate healthily and drank little alcohol, and so for his daughter Rachel, from Ellesmere Port, it was a massive shock when he suddenly died after a meal

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4 h. ago Royal Mail slapped with huge fine for missing targets as ‘millions of letters arrive late’

It is the third-largest fine ever imposed by communications regulator Ofcom

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4 h. ago General Hospital star will be undergoing brain surgery for aneurysm in 'next two weeks'

General Hospital star Kirsten Storms announced on her Instagram page she will be undergoing a brain aneurysm coiling procedure in the 'next two weeks'

Science

4 h. ago Erika Kirk shares daughter’s birthday message to Charlie Kirk

Erika Kirk shared her daughter’s birthday message to Charlie Kirk whilst posthumously accepting the Presidential Medal of Honour on his behalf.

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5 h. ago Three cops killed in horror explosion during eviction as tenant arrested for 'murder'

The horrifying alleged attack in Castel d'Azzano, Italy, has seen three siblings investigated on suspicion of murder, with mass murder charges reportedly being considered

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