11 h. ago Lack of reading is security threat by 'leaving kids vulnerable to fake news from Russia'

Just 33% of kids aged over eight say they enjoy reading in their free time, down from 51% two decades ago. Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson says it's a national security threat

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26 h. ago Neighbours at war as homeowner knocks down old garage 'without permission' to build two

Daniel Rayan demolished a rundown workshop and garage to the rear of his property in Poole, Dorset, and started building the cottage in its place.

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60 h. ago Yes, women’s rights are under threat around the world. But we’ve found hope in unlikely places | Rahila Gupta

From El Salvador to Russia, Iceland and Syria, women are pushing back against the rise of regressive forces. Let’s support their fightRahila Gupta is an anti-racist feminist activist and the co-author, with Beatrix Campbell, of Planet Patriarchy In 2025, the world that had been opened up by women has often seemed to be closing in. The forces behind the rollback of abortion rights in Donald Trump’s US are attempting to do the same in the UK. In Afghanistan, the Taliban has doubled down on its attacks on women and girls. Sexual violence is commonplace in Haiti and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In Mexico, even the president is not safe from sexual assault. A perverse rewilding appears to be taking place.You’d be forgiven for thinking that around the world, women’s rights are being concreted over. But in researching our book, Planet Patriarchy, Beatrix Campbell and I found women’s resistance erupting like green shoots through the cracks. In El Salvador, women can receive sentenc...

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3 d. ago Russia make chilling retaliation threat as Zelenskyy will 'hide rest of his life'

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4 d. ago Tories repeat calls to strip activist of UK citizenship amid ‘insincere’ apology

Shadow home secretary Chris Philp said that if he were in government, he would be ‘making sure’ Alaa Abd El-Fattah was deported.

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1 week ago Britain 'not ready to defend military attack' despite WW3 fears and Russia threat

Brits have been warned to prepare for World War Three in chilling statements in recent weeks, now a bombshell report claims the country is not ready to defend itself from a military attack

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2 w. ago Putin mouthpiece lists capital cities Russia 'will destroy' in direct WW3 threat

Putin ally Vladimir Solovyov issued a new threat to the West just days after saying a nuclear strike on Britain was 'inevitable' following the death of paratrooper George Hooley

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2 w. ago Defending Europe's eastern flank is an 'immediate priority' with Russia 'a threat today, tomorrow and the foreseeable future', EU leaders declare

Defending Europe's eastern flank is an 'immediate' priority for the European Union in the face of the threat posed by Russia, eight EU leaders meeting in Helsinki said today.

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2 w. ago What World War Three could look like in UK as NATO chief warns of Russia threat

NATO chief Mark Rutte has warned the UK faces the "greatest military threat of a generation" as expert predicts three stages of potential conflict from Russian sabotage to occupation

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2 w. ago MI6 chief says UK between peace and war and warns of growing Russian threat

Blaise Metreweli focused on the threat posed by an ‘aggressive, expansionist and revisionist’ Russia during a speech.

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2 w. ago New MI6 head warns ‘the front line is everywhere’ as Russia threat grows

Blaise Metreweli says Vladimir Putin is exporting ‘chaos’

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2 w. ago MI6 chief says UK faces threat from Russia's desire to export chaos

The new head of MI6 is set to warn about Russian President Vladimir Putin's efforts to export chaos globally

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2 w. ago Ukraine war briefing: Britain’s spy chief to warn of Russia’s ‘expansionist threat’ as Berlin talks enter second day

MI6 chief to deliver remarks on Monday warning ‘chaos is a feature not a bug in the Russian approach’; European leaders to join day two of talks in Berlin. What we know on day 1,391The head of Britain’s foreign spy service, known as MI6, will warn that Russia poses an “aggressive, expansionist, and revisionist” threat, in her first speech since taking office. Blaise Metreweli took over from Richard Moore in October, becoming the first female chief of MI6. “[Vladimir] Putin should be in no doubt, our support is enduring. The pressure we apply on Ukraine’s behalf will be sustained,” Metreweli will say on Monday, according to advance extracts of her remarks. “The export of chaos is a feature not a bug in the Russian approach to international engagement, and we should be ready for this to continue until Putin is forced to change his calculus,” she said, according to the extract.Separately, Richard Knighton, head of Britain’s armed forces, will also call in a separate speech on Monday fo...

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2 w. ago Britain’s new spy chief warns of acute threat to Europe from Vladimir Putin's 'aggressive' regime

Blaise Metreweli also says the ‘defining challenge’ of the 21st Century is not which nation has the most powerful technologies but who uses them with the ‘greatest wisdom’

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2 w. ago ‘The frontline is everywhere’: new MI6 head to warn of growing Russian threat

Blaise Metreweli expected to say UK faces new ‘age of uncertainty’ in speech identifying Kremlin as key threatAssassination plots, sabotage, cyber-attacks and the manipulation of information by Russia and other hostile states mean that “the frontline is everywhere”, the new head of MI6 will warn on Monday.Blaise Metreweli, giving her first speech in the job, is expected to say the UK faces a new “age of uncertainty” where the rules of conflict are being rewritten, particularly in light of wider Kremlin aggression after the invasion of Ukraine. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago 'As dangerous a situation as I've known in my career': Defence chief's chilling speech on the threat of Putin

As the threat from Russia grows, Chief of the Defence Staff Sir Richard Knighton will say the whole country needs to 'step up' to stave off Vladimir Putin's aggression.

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2 w. ago World War III inches closer as Putin upscales 'unstoppable' nuclear

Russia is poised to upscale its threat to the West by deploying within days its new 'unstoppable' nuclear-capable Oreshnik missile complex in Belarus from where it could hit London 'in eight minutes'.

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2 w. ago Who is Al Carns? Former Marine and Labour minister with sights on leadership

Ex-special forces colonel, who is sounding alarm on Russia, has risen swiftly to role of armed forces ministerA former special forces colonel, government minister Al Carns was this week on manouevres warning that the UK needs to be preparing for war with Russia.“The shadow of war is knocking on Europe’s door once more. That’s the reality. We’ve got to be prepared to deter it,” he said, in comments that go beyond previous warnings by his boss, the defence secretary, John Healey. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago UK minister says 'shadow of war is knocking' after terrifying Nato warning

Nato leader Mark Rutte has warned Europe needs to be 'ready for war'

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3 w. ago 'Shadow of war' is looming: UK's stark warning as conflict with Russia 'at Europe's door'

‘The shadow of war is knocking on Europe's door once more. That's the reality. We've got to be prepared to deter it’ - armed forces minister Al Carns

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