1 hour ago US kills 14 as it strikes three ‘drug boats’ in the Pacific in latest attack, Pete Hegseth says

More than 50 people killed in at least 13 strikes on 14 vessels as Trump administration escalates war against cartels

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1 hour ago Pete Hegseth says ‘we will hunt and kill them’ as he announces further strikes on alleged drug

Trump administration’s defence secretary says on social media that US forces killed 14 people onboard vessels in the Pacific in three separate operationsIn a letter this morning, House oversight chair James Comer has asked the justice department to investigate whether Joe Biden’s aides improperly used an autopen to sign executive actions, claiming the former president’s inner circle concealed his cognitive decline while exercising presidential authority without authorization.“While President Biden’s deterioration was evident to the American people, and consequently, robust systems should have been put in place to document executive actions reflected the actual will of the president, the President’s inner circle took no action to establish such a record,” Comer wrote in the letter. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Little Mix star shares marriage woes and how little she sees footballer husband

Former Little Mix singer Leigh-Anne Pinnock is married to footballer Andre Gray and the pair share twin girls together

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3 h. ago Takeaways from AP's report on a U.S. plot to recruit Maduro's pilot to betray Venezuelan leader

A veteran U.S. law enforcement agent secretly tried to recruit Nicolas Maduro’s personal pilot to join a plot to capture the Venezuelan leader and deliver him into U.S. custody to face drug trafficking charges

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3 h. ago Urgent warning over rise in deadlier mpox cases in Europe and US as UK officials fear virus may be spreading undetected

The mpox clade 1b mutation, which experts previously dubbed 'the most dangerous one so far' kills one in ten of those infected.

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4 h. ago Prison death of drug gang killer who punted heroin for kingpin to be probed

Ronald Harrison was found dead at HMP Addiewell in West Lothian.

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5 h. ago Family of Bella Culley pay £140k in bid to free pregnant teen held for drug trafficking

Bella Culley was detained on drug trafficking charges earlier this year

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5 h. ago Brigitte Macron 'cyberbullies' who spread rumours she was born a man lash out at being 'sent to court for tweets', asking trial 'Do you need a licence to crack a joke now?'

Ten people are facing jail time for allegedly spreading the false claims that the French First lady, 72, is a man named Jean-Michel Trogneux.

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6 h. ago 'Drug mule' Bella Culley's pregnancy horror as judge seals her fate for grim prison birth

As pregnant Bella Culley faces two years behind bars with her baby, experts have shared their fears for the teenage mum to be and her unborn son, urging the UK government to take action

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6 h. ago Houseplant clinic: what’s wrong with the leaves on my rubber plant?

Dropped leaves and speckled dots indicate a thrips infestation. Luckily, there is plenty you can do about itWhat’s the problem? The leaves of my 40-year-old rubber plant are speckled with tiny black dots, turning yellow, and many are dropping off. New shoots are still growing, but the older leaves continue to fall.Diagnosis The black dots you’re seeing are most likely thrips droppings. These tiny insects puncture the leaf surface to drain sap, resulting in silvery streaks, mottled patches, curling and eventual leaf drop. They thrive in warm, dry conditions and are easily introduced when plants are moved outdoors. Once inside, they spread rapidly, particularly on mature, leafy specimens. Their damage is often mistaken for nutrient deficiencies or sun scorch, but the telltale sign is the combination of silvery streaks with tiny black specks. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago ‘Drinking was big!’ Pub landlords – one gen Z, one 66 – discuss how they stay open in an age of sobriety

Last year, more than 400 pubs closed in England and Wales, as rising costs kept customers at home and drinking rates among young people declined. Can any remain afloat? Two landlords from different generations discuss the problems and possibilitiesThirty-eight years separate pub landlords Coby Morton, 28, who runs the Dolphin Inn in Shrewsbury, and Jason Osborne, 66, who operates four pubs across the country, including the Raven in central London. In that time, our drinking habits and the fate of our pubs have changed dramatically. After a stagnant period in the 1980s, alcohol consumption soared in the late 1990s until, by 2004 – a year termed “peak booze” by The New Statesman – Britons drank 9.5 litres of alcohol per person.In recent years, our appetite for drinking has dwindled, especially among young people. Earlier this year, a survey carried out by Savanta found nearly half (43%) of 18-34-year-olds in Britain do not drink alcohol. This, combined with rising costs, has had a hug...

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6 h. ago Pregnant teen drug mule to serve 2 years in Georgia jail after plea deal

The British student nurse was arrested in Tbilisi in May after 11kg of cannabis and over 400g of hashish, a highly potent form of cannabis, were found in her luggage.

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7 h. ago Bella Culley to serve 2 years in Georgia jail after 'drug mule' plea deal

The pregnant student nurse, aged 19, was arrested in Tbilisi in May after 11kg of cannabis and over 400g of hashish, a highly potent form of cannabis, were found in her luggage

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9 h. ago In Waves and War review – Navy Seals battle PTSD with psychedelic therapy

Sombre documentary sees US soldiers give brave testimony while undergoing ibogaine and 5-MeO-DMT treatment to confront their traumasA gaggle of former US Navy Seals open up about their post-traumatic stress in this absorbing if somewhat formulaic documentary by Jon Shenk and Bonni Cohen. Ultimately, it is something of an advertisement for a new therapeutic protocol that involves the veterans taking the hallucinogens ibogaine (derived from an African shrub) and 5-MeO-DMT (derived, like something out of a William S Burroughs novel, from a river toad); a treatment that, to hear the subjects here describe it, can work miracles on the battle-scarred, suicidal minds of its users. Currently, the treatment is only available at a Mexican clinic because the drugs have not been cleared by the US Food and Drug Administration, but a bunch of boffins connected to Stanford University’s Brain Stimulation Lab are studying its clinical effects and the film works hard to make everything look as legit ...

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11 h. ago Jimmy Carr’s Am I the A**hole? review – the idea for this comedy panel show is one of TV’s laziest

Its whole concept – comics judge the public’s tales of awfulness to decide who is the most horrible – is based on a subReddit. It’s a confusing, outdated watchIn the not-so-distant past, you would have had to bribe most people to get them to confess to being committed users of the social media site Reddit. As a Redditor of several years, let’s just say that I didn’t used to be particularly vocal about my daily consumption of “subreddits” (individual communities on the site) such as Malicious Compliance (mistakes people make at work, passive-aggressively), or the fairly self-explanatory Am I The Asshole? (AITA). These days, though, Reddit isn’t just for people who live in basements – everyone seems to be on there, rubbernecking in threads like Open Marriage Regret or just indulging in TV fandom. And now they’re even making TV shows based on it.Jimmy Carr’s Am I the A**hole? (asterisks aside, no one in the programme can decide whether it’s pronounced “asshole” or “arsehole”) isn’t the...

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15 h. ago Detroit cops warn parents to check Halloween candy after discovering fake snacks containing THC and mushrooms

Experts say drug-laced Halloween candy is an urban legend, but that didn’t stop police in Warren, Michigan from sounding the alarm about a recent search haul

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15 h. ago Detroit cops warn parents to check Halloween candy after discovering fake snack packages containing THC and mushrooms

Experts say drug-laced Halloween candy is an urban legend, but police in Warren, Michigan said the

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17 h. ago Ben Affleck recreates iconic 'sad Affleck' smoking meme after years spent trying to quit nicotine

The 53-year-old A-lister once again risked becoming the subject of a cultural item spread across the Internet as he was spotted looking rather pained on a recent outing in LA.

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18 h. ago Glaswegians 'not spreading misinformation' on drug consumption room says Neil Gray

"We want to have a harm reduction approach to ensure that people have a route into a recovery from their substance dependency and to ensure that we can save lives."

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18 h. ago Kim Kardashian slammed for boasting about $200K birthday gift before trashing family member who gave it to her

Kim was wear gray SKIMS pajamas with her long, dark hair clipped back as she was inside her Parisian hotel room. A bed could be seen in the background.

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