59 m. ago My dad shot dead my karate instructor on live TV when I was 11. Any other father would have done the same

No amount of training could've protected disgraced Karate instructor Jeff Doucet from the attack that awaited him when he arrived in Baton Rouge, LA, on March 16, 1984.

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3 h. ago Billionaire Republican megadonor claims Trump is ‘eroding’ America’s brand with trade war

Ken Griffin donated more than $100m to the GOP during the 2024 election cycle

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3 h. ago Pete Hegseth's top aide is out at the Pentagon as he becomes FIFTH in mass exodus amid power struggle

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's controversial chief of staff Joe Kasper is now expected to leave the Pentagon, the fifth top official to leave the administration in a week.

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4 h. ago Police find four rooms full of drugs at cannabis factory in residential street

All the plants were seized from the property by officers, who said no-one was present when the raid on the property took place

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5 h. ago Exodus of the billionaires: Property tycoons and top banker flee UK after attack on non

Three of Britain's richest men - top banker Richard Gnodde and brothers Ian and Richard Livingstone - have 'joined the exodus' of the super-rich amid a government crackdown on wealthy non-doms.

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5 h. ago Nantes school stabbing suspect's told cops 'shoot me in the head' after knifing classmate

A boy accused of killing a classmate and injuriing others in a knife attack at a school in Nantes, France, allegedly make chilling remarks to police officers as he was arrested

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5 h. ago Russia used North Korean missile in killer Kyiv strike, Zelensky says as he reveals death toll has climbed to 12 with more than 100 injured in blast

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has revealed that Vladimir Putin's forces used a North Korean missile in the deadly attack on Kyiv that has so far killed 12 and injured more than 100. 

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6 h. ago Chris Eubank Jr opens up on pain of his brother's death and snub from his dad

Chris Eubank Jr's brother Sebastian died in Dubai in 2021 when he suffered a heart attack, while his dad labelled him a “disgrace” for slapping Conor Benn with an egg at an earlier media meeting

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7 h. ago Terrifying moment masked gang arrive to attack a mother's property before hacking away with machetes and pelting bricks

Samantha, who did not want to use her surname, was left as petrified as a gang of yobs circled her property in southeast London in March.

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8 h. ago ‘Vladimir, stop!’ Trump in rare rebuke to Putin as Kyiv attack toll rises to 12

Intervention comes as US president makes renewed push to end war, reportedly on terms favourable to MoscowEurope live: latest updatesDonald Trump has issued a rare rebuke to Moscow for an air attack that killed 12 people in Kyiv, telling the Russian president in a social media post: “Vladimir, STOP!”The US president’s remarks come as he makes a renewed push to end the Ukraine war, reportedly on terms favourable to Russia that include recognition of Moscow’s 2014 annexation of Crimea, something the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has said he cannot accept. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago 'Vladimir, STOP!' Trump issues plea to Putin as Russia launches biggest attack on Kyiv since July

Rescue workers hunt for bodies under rubble as Putin’s forces launch deadly attack on Ukraine’s capital

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8 h. ago French PM calls for crackdown on knife crime after fatal high school stabbing

Boy, 15, arrested after at least one child killed and three injured at Notre-Dame-de-Toutes-Aides school in NantesThe French prime minister, François Bayrou, has called for a crackdown on teenage knife crime after a high-school student stabbed four other children at his school, killing at least one and injuring the others before being arrested.The 15-year-old reportedly attacked fellow students with a knife during lunch break on Thursday at the private Notre-Dame-de-Toutes-Aides secondary school in the city of Nantes on the Atlantic coast. The attack took place at around 12.30pm (11.30am BST), before teachers overpowered the boy. One female student was killed. At least one other student is in a critical condition in hospital. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Footballer who comforted Glenn Hoddle during heart attack to run London Marathon

Steve Sidwell will run the London Marathon in support of the British Heart Foundation, as well as the Motor Neurone Disease Association.

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9 h. ago Charities attack Farage claims of ‘mental illness problems’ overdiagnosis

Reform leader accused of ‘wildly inaccurate’ remarks as he complains about UK creating ‘class of victims’Nigel Farage says the UK is “massively overdiagnosing those with mental illness problems” and creating a “class of victims”.In comments, which have drawn criticism from campaigners and charities, the leader of Reform UK said it was too easy to get a mental health diagnosis from a GP. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Bitter rift over Benny Hill's £7.5million fortune after request to leave money to stars and friends was rejected

Benny Hill's sudden death from a heart attack in April 1992 - aged 68 - sparked a bitter rift about who benefitted from his multi-million pound estate

Economics

10 h. ago ‘Vladimir, stop!’ Trump issues rare rebuke to Putin as Kyiv attack toll rises to 12

Ninety people also wounded after one of the most devastating air attacks against Ukraine for monthsEurope live: latest updatesAt least 12 people have been killed and more than 90 injured in Kyiv after Russia carried out one of the most devastating air attacks against Ukraine for months, with Kharkiv and other cities also targeted.The attack drew a rare rebuke of Russia from Donald Trump, who posted on social media: “Vladimir, STOP!” Continue reading...

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10 h. ago India orders ALL Pakistani nationals to leave the country and slams borders shut amid growing fears nuke

India has ordered all Pakistani nationals to leave the country within 72 hours after a militant attack in Kashmir killed 26 tourists.

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10 h. ago ‘Vladimir, stop!’: Trump criticises Putin as Starmer and von der Leyen warn over Russian energy ‘blackmail’ – Europe live

US president says he is ‘not happy’ over Kyiv attack as death toll rises to 12 with 90 people injuredWe understand that while the visit will be cut short after Zelenskyy’s meeting with Ramaphosa, their media activities will still proceed, meaning we should hear from the Ukrainian president in the next few hours.Rachel and I will keep an eye on this development to see if Zelenskyy takes part in a scheduled press conference in Pretoria in case he wants to say more about the attacks overnight. Continue reading...

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10 h. ago Britain's 20 best seaside hotels, campsites and cottages: Property expert picks their favourite spots to stay right by the beach

Summer is just around the corner, making the British seaside all the more alluring. Alex Fisher, who edits Coast Magazine, has picked her favourite UK shoreside stays.

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11 h. ago BBC Breakfast fans 'in tears' as Naga Munchetty and Charlie Stayt share heartbreaking news

BBC Breakfast hosts Naga Munchetty and Charlie Stayt shared the touching news that two parents of the children who were killed in the Southport attack last year will be running the London Marathon this weekend in their memory.

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