5 h. ago ROLAND WHITE reviews Why Cities Flood: Spain's Deadly Disaster

ROLAND WHITE: The news is very good at fires and rocket attacks and waves lashing the coastline in winds, but less confident about issues that involve dull people in suits sitting around a table.

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5 h. ago Keir Starmer faces humiliating threat to his authority as Labour MPs revolt on flagship benefits cuts with 120 vowing to sink the bill

Labour MPs brushed aside pressure from Downing Street and threats from party whips to demand that plans to trim £5billion from the welfare budget are dumped before a crunch vote next Tuesday.

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5 h. ago Teen indicted in fatal stabbing of another student at a high school track meet in Texas

A prosecutor says a Texas teen accused of fatally stabbing another student during an altercation at a high school track meet in suburban Dallas has been indicted on a murder charge

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7 h. ago Facebook groups hit with 'mass suspensions' after Meta technical error

Meta is warning users that it has suspended thousands of Facebook Groups due to a technical error. The company says its working to fix the issue but has not shared what's causing the widespread suspensions

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10 h. ago Trump lashes out at Israel and Iran in push to preserve ceasefire

US president denounces violations of fragile truce by both sides

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11 h. ago Israel and Iran ceasefire appears to hold after Trump 'they don't know what the f*** they're doing' outburst

US president lashed out at both sides as he accused them of violating the ceasefire he had announced hours earlier

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12 h. ago Weight loss jabs could be starting to affect shopping habits in UK supermarkets

Four in five users of the drugs say they plan to eat fewer chocolates and crisps, Kantar found.

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12 h. ago I grew up in Belgium and this is my most controversial opinion about British people

Lime bikes aren't the problem. The fact that most Brits don't know how to ride them is.

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13 h. ago New mother is 'humbled' by change in her appearance after having a baby

The Kenya-based young mother is 'beyond humbled' by her new role as a parent - but fellow TikTok users have, for the most part, focused very negatively on her appearance.

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13 h. ago Brent businessman fined over £50k after leftover meat and fish dumped on street and roof

A businessman has been hit with an ‘eye-watering’ £53,000 fine as a ‘stark warning’ for individuals and businesses that fly-tip

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14 h. ago Dozens of engine oil containers dumped at Scots beauty spot as SEPA launch probe

The toxic waste was found ditched in the water near to the village of Auchenblae, Aberdeenshire on Monday.

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14 h. ago Dame Helen Mirren has one major rule to keep looking youthful ahead of 80th birthday

The acclaimed actress Dame Helen Mirren says a little bit of adventure is ideal as long as its in moderation

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14 h. ago Kidnapped teen bound and beaten by savage gang before being dumped on road

They repeatedly hit the 17-year-old over the head and shoulders with a sword with such force that the weapon broke.

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14 h. ago Google could be about to dramatically change after regulators suggest users don’t have enough choice

Search engine could be forced to change its controversial AI responses, or allow users to use a different search engine

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15 h. ago Starmer risks humiliating defeat as he vows to press on with benefit cuts in face of revolt by 100 Labour MPs

MPs in London backing the rebel move against the welfare reforms include Dame Meg Hillier, Florence Eshalomi, Ruth Cadbury, Diane Abbott and Dawn Butler

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15 h. ago Trump lashes out at Israel and Iran after ceasefire he brokered is violated

US president orders Israel to turn around its planes, warning bombing sorties would be ‘major violation’Middle East crisis – live updatesDonald Trump has reacted furiously after an Israel-Iran ceasefire he had brokered and taken credit for was violated within a few hours, ordering Israel to turn its warplanes around midair and abort their planned bombing sorties, which he warned would be a “major violation”.Israel claimed Iran had been the first to break the truce, saying it had shot down two ballistic missiles heading for northern Israel at about 10.30am, about two and a half hours after the ceasefire was announced. Continue reading...

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16 h. ago Ferne McCann's acid attacker ex Arthur Collins is 'dating' Love Island star behind bars

Arthur, 32 is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence after being found guilty of carrying out a nightclub acid attack in 2017, leaving 16 people with serious injuries.

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16 h. ago Ferne McCann's acid attacker ex has surprise jail romance with Love Island beauty

Ferne McCann's acid attacker ex Arthur Collins has reportedly struck up a romance with Love Island star Amelia Peters, with the pair said to have been "flirting for months"

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16 h. ago Republican Lisa Murkowski on Trump’s America and the ‘intensity on the security of our democracy’

The Alaska senator, who helped deal Trump’s first big legislative setback, believes there can be only so much fear that Americans can handleLate one night about six months into Donald Trump’s first term, John McCain stepped onto the Senate floor and with a dramatic thumbs-down gesture dealt the president his first major legislative setback by defeating an attempt by his fellow Republicans to repeal the Affordable Care Act.It was the last major political effort of the Arizona senator, who would die the following year from brain cancer, but his no vote would not have been effective had he had not been joined by fellow Republicans Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska – who gives that incident, and many other brushes with Trump, a prominent place in Far from Home, the memoir she released on Tuesday. Continue reading...

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18 h. ago Voices: I’ve found Robert Jenrick’s next crusade helping Joan Collins clear away discarded Lime bikes

The shadow justice secretary has become a vigilante superhero since he was filmed chasing fare-dodgers on the London Underground. Could he also be the man to help Dame Joan Collins in her bid to be rid of abandoned e-bikes that clutter up our pavements, asks Clair Woodward

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