87 m. ago Ukraine war briefing: Weapons will be Europe’s support to Ukraine – not Trump’s, Kallas suggests

‘If you promise to give the weapons, but say somebody else is going to pay, it’s not really given by you’; Russia bombs shopping centre, killing two. What we know on day 1,240Donald Trump’s move to take credit for the additional weapons headed to Ukraine at Europe’s expense has created some mild friction in EU-US relations. “If we pay for these weapons, it’s our support,” said Kaja Kallas, the EU foreign policy chief, on Wednesday. “So it’s European support, and we are doing as much as we can to help Ukraine If you promise to give the weapons but say that somebody else is going to pay for it, it’s not really given by you, is it? We welcome President Trump’s announcement to send more weapons to Ukraine, although we would like to see the US share the burden.”A meeting of Patriot owner nations and Ukraine donors – aiming to find additional Patriot air defence systems for Kyiv and chaired by Nato’s top military commander – could take place on Wednesday of next week, Reuters reported. A ...

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2 h. ago Inside horror house where grandparents beat a toddler to death: Despicable abuse and starvation missed by social services, as daughter reveals

Harrowing video footage, filmed just ten days before Ethan's death, shows him walking with a strange, knock-kneed gait and falling over, barely able to hold up his own head.

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3 h. ago Building homes on Green Belt will increase risk from heatwaves and wildfires, experts warn Sadiq Khan

London mayor accused of ignoring advice of own climate change advisors

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3 h. ago Shops legally selling addictive nicotine pouches to children

Trading Standards is calling for urgent regulation of the new class of addictive products sold to children following the ban of single-use vapes.

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3 h. ago Care home workers ‘almost twice as likely to be in poverty as average UK worker’

Details of how fairer pay can be provided for adult social care workers are due to be set out by Government.

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4 h. ago Hamas politicians and its military wing are not the same, BBC News chief says

The BBC’s Gaza: How To Survive A Warzone documentary was removed from iPlayer in February.

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4 h. ago The Afghans left behind... and terrified of ending up on a Taliban kill list

Terrified Afghans approved for sanctuary under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) but trapped in hiding have accused the British military of 'betrayal' following revelations of a data leak.

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4 h. ago Workers may not get ‘day one’ protection against unfair dismissal despite government pledge

The defeat is a new blow for for the government as the proposals were a Labour manifesto commitment

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4 h. ago Gregg Wallace 'planning bold new career move' after MasterChef axe

Former MasterChef judge Gregg Wallace, who fronted the show for two decades, was axed from the BBC programme following an investigation into his behaviour

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4 h. ago UK and Germany join forces to sell billions in jets and military hardware

Exports of jointly made defence kit have been a source of tension between the two countries for years

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4 h. ago UK and Germany join forces in push for lucrative sales of military jets and hardware

Berlin vows more pragmatic approach after years of tension between two countries over arms exports

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4 h. ago Starmer to pledge to ‘rebalance power’ at summit with community groups

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer will deliver a keynote speech when he launches the Government’s civil society covenant.

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5 h. ago Naga Munchetty 'looking for new job and set to quit' BBC Breakfast after bullying row

BBC Breakfast presenter Naga Munchetty is reportedly in talks to join another station amid the programme's bullying row

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6 h. ago Tomorrowland organisers issue statement after fire 'severely damages' main stage

A fire ripped through the main stage at the Europe festival

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6 h. ago Amanda Holden, 54, reveals her secrets to taking flattering sexy bikini pictures and the surprising way she keeps her ageless beauty

The Britain's Got Talent judge, 54, regularly shows off her jaw-dropping figure in skimpy bikinis on social media during her sun-soaked holidays.

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7 h. ago Amanda Holden reveals her secrets to taking flattering sexy bikini pictures and the surprising way she keeps her ageless beauty

The Britain's Got Talent judge, 54, regularly shows off her jaw-dropping figure in skimpy bikinis on social media during her sun-soaked holidays.

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7 h. ago Ruthless Lionesses star aiming to knock one of her best friends out of Euros

England and Sweden will meet in the quarter-finals of the European Championships on Thursday and the game will see a number of club team-mates lock horns in Zurich

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8 h. ago How Sweden became a progressive powerhouse of women’s football

The country has a long history of championing the women’s game, pioneering coaching and iconic playersFor a nation with a population of 10 million, with a men’s national side that failed to quality for three of the past four World Cups, Sweden have a track record in women’s football that belongs to a sporting superpower.Sweden finished third at three of the past four Women’s World Cups and are five-time World Cup semi-finalists. They also claimed the silver medal at the Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo Olympics. In Europe, their success is even more consistent and they stand one win from a 10th European semi-final when they meet England in Zurich on Thursday. Their men’s national side has not reached a world or European semi-final for more than 30 years. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Zuckerberg says Meta will build a data center the size of Manhattan in latest AI push

The CEO said the company plans to spend hundreds of billions on developing artificial intelligence productsMark Zuckerberg proclaimed that Meta would spend hundreds of billions of dollars on developing artificial intelligence products in the near future and, to that end, construct a data center planned to be nearly the size of Manhattan.The parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp is among the large tech companies that have struck high-profile deals and doled out multimillion-dollar pay packages to AI researchers in recent months – some as high as $100m – to fast-track work on machines that could outthink humans on many tasks, a concept known as “superintelligence” or “artificial general intelligence”. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Zuckerberg says Meta will build data center the size of Manhattan in latest AI push

CEO says company plans to spend hundreds of billions on developing artificial intelligence productsMark Zuckerberg proclaimed that Meta would spend hundreds of billions of dollars on developing artificial intelligence products in the near future and, to that end, construct a data center planned to be nearly the size of Manhattan.The parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp is among the large tech companies that have struck high-profile deals, and doled out multimillion-dollar pay packages to AI researchers in recent months – some as high as $100m – to fast-track work on machines that could outthink humans on many tasks, a concept known as “super-intelligence” or “artificial general intelligence”. Continue reading...

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