40 m. ago Ukraine war briefing: Russian drone factory attacked, 1,000km away in Tatarstan

Factory making Iranian-designed Shahed drones is hit, far from Russia-Ukraine border; Russian strikes damage energy and other civilian facilities in Poltava oblast. What we know on day 1,209See all our Ukraine war coverageUkraine’s military said on Sunday it had attacked a Russian drone factory in the city of Yelabuga in Russia’s Tatarstan region. The target is around 1,000km from Ukraine. The Ukrainian military general staff said the factory produced, tested, and launched drones at Ukraine, in particular against energy and civil infrastructure. Videos on social media showed an explosion said to be at the factory in Yelabuga, also known as Alabuga, which builds Iranian-designed Shahed drones. The Russian local governor confirmed the attack.Russian forces hit the Kremenchuk oil refinery in Ukraine’s Poltava region with missiles and drones, Russia’s defence ministry said on Sunday. Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, denounced the attack on the central Poltava region as a vile s...

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3 h. ago Starmer confident Trump will back Aukus pact after US launches review

The trilateral Aukus partnership involves building a new fleet of nuclear-powered attack submarines and co-operating in other areas of defence.

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8 h. ago ‘There’s a smell of death in the air’: chaos in Tehran as residents try to flee or find shelter

Ferocity of Israeli strikes has taken many by surprise, with people rushing to buy petrol and food amid the bombs Middle East crisis – live updatesIt was just past 4pm when Nahid’s* windows began to shake. An Israeli bomb hit a building nearby – she could not see where – and soon her house began to fill up with smoke. It was the third day of Israeli bombing of Iran and the situation in Tehran was just getting worse.“This is a massacre. The blasts haven’t stopped. Children are crying and we fear many civilians have been killed. There’s a smell of death in the air. I can’t stop crying,” Nahid*, a 25-year-old finance analyst at an e-commerce company in Tehran, told the Guardian via text. Continue reading...

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10 h. ago Tatjana Maria outwits Anisimova to complete Queen’s Club fairytale aged 37

German qualifier becomes oldest WTA 500 championMaria wins first women’s final in 52 years 6-3, 6-4Tatjana Maria completed an extraordinary week of giantkilling in London by becoming the surprise first women’s champion at Queen’s Club in 52 years as she defeated Amanda Anisimova 6-3, 6-4.Maria, a 37-year-old German qualifier, is the oldest WTA 500 champion in history. She had arrived at Queen’s Club on a nine-match losing run before building momentum from the qualifying draw and defeating four top-20 opponents in a row. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago Man dies and girl, eight, injured after horror blaze breaks out at four

Police officers spotted the fire tearing through the property on the corner of Scott Street and South Street, Perth, while they were patrolling the area at around 1.50am yesterday.

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12 h. ago British 'miracle' sole survivor of Air India plane crash is reunited with his family as he mourns loss of brother

Vishwashkumar Ramesh, 40 is being treated at the Civil Hospital in Ahmedabad, just a short distance from where the Gatwick bound flight crashed into buildings.

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12 h. ago Trump, Netanyahu and Khamenei – three angry old men who could get us all killed | Simon Tisdall

Whether inept, driven by survival or corrupt, they are unfit to lead their countries, let alone make decisions that imperil the whole worldThis was not inevitable. This is a war Israel chose. It could have been prevented. Diplomatic talks were ongoing when the bombers took off for Iran. Israel’s continuing, illegal, unjustified airstrikes are unlikely to achieve their stated aim – permanently ending Tehran’s presumed efforts to build nuclear weapons – and may accelerate it. They must stop now. Likewise, Iran must halt its retaliation immediately and drop its escalatory threats to attack US and UK bases.This conflict is not limited, as was the case last year, to tit-for-tat exchanges and “precision strikes” on a narrow range of military targets. It’s reached a wholly different level. Potentially nothing is off the table. Civilians are being killed on both sides. Leaders are targets. The rhetoric is out of control. With Israel fighting on several fronts, and Iran’s battered regime bac...

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14 h. ago British politics is in a loop and it's Farage's vision that's stuck on repeat | John Harris

Unlike Keir Starmer and his cabinet, Reform UK’s leader actually understands and exploits the rules of engagement in our digital ageAs so often happens, what Nigel Farage said on a recent visit to south Wales deserved endless pejoratives. It was ludicrous, condescending, half-baked, opportunistic and plain stupid. Even he didn’t seem to know exactly what he wanted. At a Reform UK press conference in Port Talbot, he seemed to make the case for reopening the town’s steel-making blast furnaces, before admitting that “it might be easier to build a new one”, though he also acknowledged that it would “cost in the low billions” to do so. But he had even more dizzying visions of reopened Welsh mines. “If you offer people well-paying jobs many will take them,” said Farage, “even though you have to accept that mining is dangerous.”The climate crisis, predictably enough, was not worth considering. He also did not offer any opinions about coal-related issues such as slag heaps, land slips, rive...

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14 h. ago Live M62 traffic updates as Greater Manchester crash leaves lanes closed

Two lanes are shut and delays are building - updates as we get them

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15 h. ago Man dead and girl, 8, injured after fire tears through building

Another man is in hospital and around 40 people were evacuated

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17 h. ago Person plummets eight storeys to their death in freak accident at popular Adelaide city bar

A person has died after falling from a building onto the pavement outside a popular Adelaide hospitality venue.

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17 h. ago Israel and Iran trade devastating strikes as Trump threatens ‘never seen before’ retaliation if US bases hit – live

Six reportedly killed in strike on building in Bat Yam as Israel and Iran trade missile strikes

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19 h. ago Police seek man after 'deliberate fire' that caused significant damage to City of London building

Simon Dantes Calancea is known to frequent the Square Mile and North West London

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19 h. ago Israel and Iran trade strikes for a third day as nuclear talks are called off

Israel unleashed airstrikes across Iran for a third day and threatened even greater force as some Iranian missiles evaded Israeli air defenses to strike buildings in the heart of the country

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20 h. ago Scared of shorts? Here are 53 perfect pairs for every occasion

Are boxers the new beach dress? Are bermudas really back? And is wearing shorts to the office ever OK? Here’s how to prepare yourself for the great unveilingHappy shorts season. Not happy for everyone, though, is it? It’s probably not a stretch to say that for many of us, wearing shorts is up there with getting into a swimsuit or showing your feet for the first time that year. A watershed moment of dread that, unlike most scary things – eating out alone, caring what other people think – only gets worse as you get older.But it’s also summer, and sometimes only shorts will do. Plus, this year, there really is something for every leg. Culottes are back, except they’re structured and called bermuda shorts – and you can even wear them to work. So are 1970s sports shorts, if your summer reference is more Ridgemont High. It’s not unseemly to wear boxer shorts, especially if you’re on the beach, just try them in seersucker – or if you prefer the freedom of a skirt, how about a skort? Hate a...

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26 h. ago Rachel Reeves to unveil £725 billion plan to 'rebuild Britain's foundations'

Labour's 10-year infrastructure strategy will include upgrades for transport networks, hospitals, schools and local facilities, as well as a boost to affordable house building

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28 h. ago Shouts for justice at Grenfell anniversary march before tower demolition begins

The Government announced earlier this year that the remains of the building will be brought down.

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29 h. ago Chatty Man Alan Carr shares intimate body part that mosquitoes targeted on hols

The TV host revealed where he had been bitten during a trip to the Caribbean to Paul Hollywood which, in turn, caused the Bake Off host to admit he was worried about an upcoming holiday in St Lucia for the same reason

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30 h. ago Silent march in shadow of Grenfell Tower for final anniversary before demolition

It was the final time that a silent march was held by Grenfell Tower eight years on from the tragedy with the Government having said that the building will be demolished

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30 h. ago Luke Littler 'booed out of the building' as he makes his World Cup of Darts debut

Luke Littler and Luke Humphries were booed out of the building as they made their World Cup of Darts entrance against a partisan German crowd

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