35 m. ago Home Office BLOCKS Deliveroo request for migrant hotel data to help stop illegal workers citing 'safety concerns'

Deliveroo said it asked the Home Office for a list of asylum hotel locations so it could block its rider accounts being used from those addresses - but was refused.

Society

1 hour ago Russia launches new attacks on Ukraine with the countdown to a US peace deadline underway

Officials say Russian weapons pounded Ukrainian cities overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday, injuring at least 15 people in an attack that mostly targeted energy infrastructure

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2 h. ago Israel threatens to escalate involvement in Syria as a ceasefire collapses

Clashes have intensified in Syria after a ceasefire between government forces and Druze armed groups broke down

Events

4 h. ago Tourists and residents evacuated as volcano erupts on Iceland, with magma bursting through half

Public broadcaster RUV said people had been evacuated from the Blue Lagoon, a luxury geothermal spa resort, and the nearby town of Grindavik, citing police.

Politics

5 h. ago Erotic Roman mosaic stolen by Nazi captain during WW2 finally returned

The mosaic was repatriated from Germany through diplomatic channels, arranged by the Italian Consulate in Stuttgart, Germany, after having been returned from the heirs of the last owner, a deceased German citizen

Sport

5 h. ago Trump isn't a reliable ally – but Nato dollars can be more persuasive than Putin's propaganda | Rafael Behr

There is no guarantee the US president’s impatience with Russia will last, but the Kremlin may come to regret testing his patienceBefore Donald Trump was a politician he was a property tycoon. Naturally, he thought he could fix the Ukraine war with a real-estate deal. In exchange for a ceasefire, Vladimir Putin would get to keep territory he had already seized.But before Putin was a politician he was a KGB agent who mourned the collapse of the Soviet Union. His idea of a fair solution begins with Ukraine’s total submission to an imperial Russian motherland.Rafael Behr is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

Politics

7 h. ago American citizen granted Russian passport after spying for the Kremlin in Ukraine

Daniel Martindale smiled as he received his new documents on Tuesday

Politics

11 h. ago ALEX BRUMMER: A reckless plan risks a return to boom and bust

HBOS collapsed after embarking on a mad dash to become Britain's largest consumer and mortgage bank. It had abandoned the prudence which should be at the core of safe lending.

Events

13 h. ago Google partners with Youngkin and offers AI training courses to Virginia job seekers

Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced on Tuesday that Google will partner with his administration to provide free and low-cost artificial intelligence certification courses to Virginians as part of his office’s ongoing effort to connect citizens to new jobs amid changes to the state’s economy

Politics

13 h. ago Grandparents found guilty of murdering toddler after weeks of abuse

Little Ethan Ives-Griffiths died just two days after collapsing with a fatal head injury at his grandparents’ home as they stood accused in court of his cruel murder.

Events

16 h. ago Former Great Britain rugby league star 'pinned' a woman down using his 'sheer size and force' and raped her, court hears

Gareth Hock, who made almost 200 appearances for Wigan Warriors, 'ripped' the woman's clothes off and attacked her after he had been drinking, a jury was told.

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16 h. ago Dr. Phil launching new media network of ‘citizen journalists’ after his first one goes bankrupt

Envoy Media Co. will include ‘live, balanced news, original entertainment programming, and immersive viewer experiences,’ according to celebrity psychologist

Economics

16 h. ago 'Doomsday Glacier' the size of UK so unstable its collapse could swallow cities

The 'Doomsday Glacier' in West Antarctica is one of the largest and most unstable glaciers in the world - and could flood major cities across the world including London if it collapses

Politics

17 h. ago Manchester City: Citizens get one over rivals Manchester United with record £1billion kit deal

City’s new deal blows previous record out of the water

Economics

18 h. ago Family of Brit teen who died after taking drugs in Ibiza warn 'you're not invincible'

'Happy-go-lucky' Ryan Long was on his first lads' holiday in Ibiza when his parents believe he took ecstasy before collapsing in a club and passing away after five days in intensive care

Events

18 h. ago Watch: Footage shows demolition of Glasgow tenement after partial collapse

Residents have long complained that the building was dangerous and had to be demolished.

Culture

18 h. ago US banks say consumers are ‘healthy’ despite economic uncertainty

JPMorgan Chase and Citigroup strike an upbeat tone on the economy and notch up strong trading results

Economics

18 h. ago ‘A relentless, destructive energy’: inside the trial of Constance Marten and Mark Gordon

An intimate account of an unprecedented trialIf we believe her parents, Constance Marten and Mark Gordon, a baby girl was born on Christmas Eve, 2022, in the upstairs bedroom of Woodcutters Cottage in Haltwhistle, Northumberland. Her mother knelt against the double bed and gave birth without assistance or complication. The baby spent the first days of her life in the small stone-terraced cottage and then began her travels, mostly carried by her mother in a sling, hidden under a burgundy puffer jacket. She travelled far for a newborn, passing through bus stations and port towns, hotels and cafes, cities and fields, from north to south, west to east. We know she lived for at least two weeks, but we don’t know, and can never know, precisely how she died. She was called Victoria. Continue reading...

Politics

19 h. ago Erotic mosaic stolen by Nazi captain in second world war returned to Pompeii

Wehrmacht officer gave relic to German citizen whose family contacted Italian heritage officials after his deathAn erotic mosaic panel stolen from Pompeii by a German Nazi captain during the second world war has been returned to the site of the ancient Roman ruins.The relic, which depicts a pair of lovers and dates from between the middle of the last century BC and the first century AD, had been among the heirlooms of a deceased German citizen who received the mosaic as a gift from a Wehrmacht captain responsible for the German military supply chain in Italy during the war. Continue reading...

Events

19 h. ago Southend Airport plane crash latest: Tributes paid to ‘inspiring’ medics killed in explosion

Maria Fernanda Rojaz Ortiz, 31, a German citizen born in Chile, is named as one of the four victims

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