3 d. ago LEGO fans race to buy Star Wars ship that's '6p a brick' in £27 Amazon Black Friday sale

Save 40% on an iconic LEGO starship from the Star Wars prequel movies this Amazon Black Friday.

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2 w. ago Horse racing tips: ‘He travels like a machine and can fire in a Cheltenham double’ – Templegate’s 11

TEMPLEGATE tackles a hugely exciting - and informative - Saturday of racing confident of banging in some winners. Back a horse simply by clicking their odds below. FRENCH SHIP (3.30 Cheltenham, nap) He was impressive in a hot race here last time. He cruised into that big-field contest, travelled like a machine and put it...

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2 w. ago European Union and Indian navies take over ship used by pirates off Somalia to seize tanker

The European Union and Indian navies have taken over a ship used by pirates off the coast of Somalia to seize a Malta-flagged tanker called the Hellas Aphrodite

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3 w. ago ‘Drug trafficking, extortion, kidnapping’: the lawless rush for rare earth minerals in Venezuela

Guerrilla groups have seized control of mining areas, exploiting Indigenous people and fuelling environmental ruin on the border with ColombiaFor months, Brig Gen Rafael Olaya Quintero, commander of the Orinoco naval force, has been chasing tin and coltan traffickers across the waterways at Colombia’s border with Venezuela.His mission has become more urgent since the global shift towards clean energy has generated an unprecedented rush for rare earth elements and critical minerals. These materials are vital components in electric vehicle batteries, wind turbines, fighter jets and guided missiles, with demand also driven by increased defence budgets in the EU, US and China, and throughout the world. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago EU naval force races to ship seized by pirates off the coast of Somalia

European Union naval forces are racing to reach a Malta-flagged tanker held by pirates off the coast of Somalia

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3 w. ago Pirates board tanker off Somali coast after firing machine guns and RPGs

All 24 members of the crew are safe and accounted for, the shipping company responsible for the attacked vessel said

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3 w. ago Attackers board a ship off the coast of Somalia after firing rocket

The British military says that attackers firing machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades boarded a ship off the coast of Somalia

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