30 m. ago Cats develop dementia like humans – and may hold clues to treating it

The breakthrough was hailed as a “perfect natural model for Alzheimer’s” by scientists who worked on it

Politics

75 m. ago Inside Jalisco Mexican 'young team' cartel primed for new wave of evil and torture

Fledgling cartel numbers reach more than 30k as young people in poverty are lured into a life of crime and murder by the promise of riches.

Politics

75 m. ago World's most violent cartel operates like corporate business to run global drug

How murder and kidnapping has made the Mexican Sinaloa Cartel the most feared and powerful drugs cartel in the world.

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1 hour ago Inheritance tax changes under consideration amid spending gap concerns – reports

Government U-turns over winter fuel payments and welfare reform have left Chancellor Rachel Reeves with a multibillion-pound fiscal shortfall.

Economics

2 h. ago 'Secret' AC button motorists should use that saves plenty of money on fuel

With another UK heatwave on the horizon, millions of motorists around the country will be getting familiar with the AC button in their cars again – but it could be costly

Politics

2 h. ago MP removed from New Zealand parliament in heated debate over Palestinian recognition

Green party co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick accused government MPs of lacking a ‘spine’ during debate on whether to recognise a Palestinian stateNew Zealand parliamentarian Chlöe Swarbrick was ordered to leave parliament on Tuesday during a heated debate over the government’s response to the conflict in Gaza.An urgent debate was called after the centre-right government said on Monday it was weighing up its position on whether to recognise a Palestinian state. Close ally Australia on Monday joined Canada, the UK and France in announcing it would recognise a Palestinian state at a UN conference in September. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Bhim Kohli’s teenage killer to have sentence reviewed at Court of Appeal

Mr Kohli, 80, was attacked with a shoe and died the following day.

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4 h. ago China’s crackdown on lavish civil servant perks will ‘harm’ the economy, experts warn

Updated regulations ban the country’s 40 million civil servants from lavish banquets, and restrict them from overseas travel for ‘personal leisure’Adjacent to a municipal government building in Beijing, a normally bustling restaurant is now eerily quiet, at lunchtime most of its seats are empty.The recent crackdown on civil servants frequenting restaurants – part of a government austerity drive intended to crack down on corruption – has likely affected business and caused liquor sales to plummet, admits one waitress who works in the opulent establishment. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Vegas funeral home which smelled of ‘death’ shut down after failing to cremate bodies

Owner ofMcDermott’s Funeral Home and Creation Services says delays were because of slow county bureaucracy, not neglect

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4 h. ago FARRAH STORR: Claudia Schiffer was once the face of Guess. Now, the brand has created the first AI model to appear in Vogue

There's something eerily familiar about the model in the latest Guess fashion campaign. Her smile and wide cheekbones are a little like those of the American supermodel Kate Upton.

Politics

4 h. ago How fraudster on a jet ski runs a network of cold calling sharks who 'groom' victims into taking out fake domestic appliance cover. So are YOU on their 'suckers list'?

Hundreds of thousands of households are being fleeced by fraudsters who sell them fake insurance for appliances, electrical goods and domestic repairs, a Money Mail investigation has found.

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4 h. ago Trans Met Police volunteer, 27, met with 'rape victim' when she was so young she was 'interested in things like teddies', court hears  

James Bubb, who now identifies as a woman named Gwyn Samuels, was violent towards the complainant despite her asking them to be gentle during sex, Amersham Law Courts heard.

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5 h. ago Chilling details emerge after pregnant woman was allegedly killed and her partner decapitated with his head placed on a spike

Police have charged a man with a brutal double murder after a pregnant woman and her partner were found dead in Melbourne - the father-to-be's head severed and gruesomely mounted on a spike.

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5 h. ago Government urges households to check if they can save £150 on energy bills

There are less than two weeks to ensure you will receive the discount, the government has warned

Economics

5 h. ago How crazed Target gunman shot girl dead in front of her grandfather before running naked out of porta pottty

Astrid, 4, died after she was shot in the back of her grandparents' car outside a target in Austin, seconds after her grandfather Adam Chow, 65, was gunned down, allegedly by Ethan Blaine Nieneker, 32.

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5 h. ago Live facial recognition to expand across the country amid Government overhaul of neighbourhood policing

The technology will be deployed to catch 'high-harm' offenders with new rules to support its use and ensure 'safeguards and oversight', the Home Office said.

Politics

5 h. ago UK trade envoy to Turkey's trip to Northern Cyprus turns into a full diplomatic row

The Greek Cypriot government condemned the 'unacceptable' trip by Labour's Afzal Khan, piling pressure on Sir Keir Starmer to sack him.

Politics

5 h. ago Why over 50s are becoming organ donors more than ever before

More research shows that organs from older donors are lifesaving, the NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) says

Politics

5 h. ago Government issues reminder that millions could save £150 off energy bills

It takes the number of households set to benefit from the Warm Home Discount to over six million – an increase of 2.7 million households

Economics

5 h. ago Speed of improvement in cancer survival rates ‘slowing’, say experts

The Government launched a call for evidence to help shape a national cancer plan earlier this year.

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