4 h. ago 'Excessive' Battersea riverside tower block plans rejected by councillors

Councillors voted unanimously to refuse planning permission for the development at a Wandsworth council planning meeting held on Thursday

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6 h. ago Safety concerns raised over stability of trees on Bridge of Weir road as situation leaves residents feeling 'anxious'

Worry has grown over the situation in the village's Warlock Road in recent years.

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8 h. ago Russian general killed in Moscow car blast on day of Trump envoy visit

Lt Gen Yaroslav Moskalik named as victim of explosion that appears similar to previous attacks claimed by UkraineEurope live – latest updatesA senior Russian military official was killed in a car explosion near Moscow on Friday, just hours before a Kremlin meeting between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff.The Russian authorities named the officer as Lt Gen Yaroslav Moskalik, the deputy head of the main operations directorate of the general staff of the Russian armed forces. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago Steve Witkoff arrives in Moscow for further talks with Russia about Ukraine peace plan – Europe live

US peace envoy to meet Vladimir Putin to discuss Donald Trump’s peace plan for Ukraine ahead of US president’s 100 days in office next weekAnd the Interfax news agency has now reported that Steve Witkoff arrived in Moscow, where he is expected to meet Vladimir Putin.Reuters noted that Witkoff has emerged as Washington’s key interlocutor with Putin as Trump pushes for a deal to end the war in Ukraine, and has already held three long meetings with the Kremlin leader. Continue reading...

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13 h. ago Princess Anne pays solemn Anzac Day tribute in Gallipoli while the Duchess of Edinburgh leads dawn service in Hyde Park

On a day when Australian and New Zealand forces who were killed in the Gallipoli landings in 1915, the Princess Royal laid a wreath on that fateful coastline.

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14 h. ago Kashmir attack: Indian army chief to visit Srinagar as UN urges ‘maximum restraint’

UN calls for tensions between India and Pakistan to be resolved peacefully as relations plunge to lowest level in years following deadly shootingIndia’s army chief was set to lead a high-level security review in Srinagar on Friday, days after militants opened fire on tourists in Indian-held Kashmir, killing 26 civilians in one of the worst such attacks in years.The brazen assault, carried out in a mountain meadow near Pahalgam, has derailed prime minister Narendra Modi’s claims of restored calm in the restive Himalayan territory and sent tensions soaring between nuclear-armed India and Pakistan. Continue reading...

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26 h. ago Mirror's Daily Digest: Our top stories from jailed footballer to soap stars getting engaged

In this Thursday's Mirror Daily Digest, we've pulled together the biggest stories of the day from an EFL footballer jailed for killing a cyclist to Emmerdale stars' surprise engagement

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32 h. ago Man found dead in the road as 'unexplained' incident hits major UK city

Merseyside Police were called to Invergarry Road in Croxteth at around 7.25am on Thursday, April 24, following a report of a concern for safety of a man said to be in his 60s

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38 h. ago India summons top Pakistani diplomat after Kashmir attack kills 26 – reports

India has reportedly summoned the top diplomat from Pakistan’s embassy to give notice that all defence advisers in its mission are persona non grataIndia has summoned Pakistan’s top diplomat in New Delhi, local media reported on Thursday, a day after it announced measures to downgrade ties with Islamabad over a deadly militant attack in Kashmir.A day after suspected militants killed 26 men at a tourist destination in Kashmir – in the worst attack on civilians in the country in nearly two decades – Indian foreign secretary Vikram Misri said there was cross-border involvement in the attack and that New Delhi would suspend a six-decade old river-sharing treaty, as well as close the only land crossing between the neighbours. Continue reading...

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47 h. ago Bride killed days before Disney wedding after 'she exposed hubby's secret life'

Corrections officer Molly Watson was shot and killed just two days before her scheduled Disney-themed wedding to James Addie, who was later found to be leading a double life

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50 h. ago 'That day I lost a piece of myself': Families of 4 killed in paddleboarding tragedy tell of grief

Nerys Bethan Lloyd, a former police officer, led a stand-up paddleboarding tour on the River Cleddau despite 'extremely hazardous conditions' with weather warnings in place

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52 h. ago UN chief: no group or government can stop clean energy future

Remarks by António Guterres follow virtual meeting with world leaders including China’s Xi JinpingNo government or fossil fuel interest can hold the world back from pursuing a clean energy future, the the UN secretary general has said, after a key meeting with the president of China.António Guterres held a closed-door virtual meeting with Xi Jinping of China on Wednesday, along with Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva; the EU commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, and about a dozen other heads of state and government, to discuss the climate crisis. Continue reading...

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54 h. ago Girl, 13, dies just days after brother, 7, killed by ‘poisoned Easter eggs’

Jordélia Pereira Barbosa, 35, is accused of sending the spiked treats in a suspected act of 'revenge and jealousy' against her ex-partner’s new girlfriend - whose two young children died as a result

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56 h. ago London meeting on Ukraine to be held without foreign ministers

London meeting on Ukraine to be held without foreign ministers - Sky News  MSN

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60 h. ago India troops beef up security in Kashmir following attack on tourists

Security has been beefed up across Indian-controlled Kashmir a day after an attack killed at least 26 people, most of them tourists, as Indian forces launched a manhunt for the perpetrators of one of the deadliest attacks in the restive Himalayan region

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63 h. ago Survivors of 2022 July Fourth parade mass shooting to address gunman before his sentencing

Survivors and relatives of people killed in a 2022 mass shooting at an Independence Day parade in suburban Chicago are set to address the gunman at his sentencing hearing

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68 h. ago Lori Vallow Daybell convicted in Arizona of conspiring to kill her estranged husband in 2019

An Arizona jury has found Lori Vallow Daybell guilty of conspiring to murder her estranged husband

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2 d. ago Boy, four, hit and killed by car on estate just days after his birthday

The unnamed child, who celebrated his fourth birthday on Saturday, was hit by a car in Farranshock Estate, just 2km from the town of Mullingar, Ireland, not long after 6.30pm yesterday.

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4 d. ago What happened inside King Charles and Queen Camilla's 'significant and special' last minute meeting with Pope Francis

Charles and Camilla held their final meeting with Pope Francis less than two weeks ago. The Pope and the King are believed to have wished each other well following recent bouts of ill-health.

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4 d. ago Sinners is a horror film about the highs and lows of the Black experience | Andrew Lawrence

Ryan Coogler’s wildly ambitious period vampire movie is set around the great migration and uses supernatural and real-life horrors to smartly make its pointWhen it comes to centering the Black experience on film, director Ryan Coogler has carved a fruitful and unprecedented niche. Fruitvale Station reconstructs the final hours in the life of Oscar Grant, a 22-year-old Oakland man killed by a transit cop on New Year’s Day. The Creed franchise tarries in the space between Black athletic genius and fatherlessness. The Black Panther franchise meditates on the relationship between Black Africans and the global diaspora. Now comes Sinners, a Jim Crow period piece that frames the Black experience in America as a horror show – complete with real scars.The film, which made its theatrical debut over the weekend, follows Sammie – a young guitar hero (played by newcomer Miles Caton) itching to break away from his preacher father and the family church to play the blues for the unsaved masses. He...

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