47 m. ago Rangers, Celtic and Motherwell hit with sanctions over Premier Sports Cup pyrotechnics

The Steelmen, along with Rangers and Celtic, have learned their fate after a disciplinary hearing

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55 m. ago Zelenskyy joins EU leaders’ meeting over €800bn defence plan after Macron’s stark Russia warning – Europe live

Leaders gather to discuss €800bn plan to boost military capacity and help Ukraine as French president says Europe has to be ready to defend itself without US helpSee all our Ukraine war coverageFrance is offering intelligence to Ukraine, French defence minister Sébastien Lecornu said on Thursday, with Paris stepping in to help and fill the void left after the US suspended its intelligence sharing with Kyiv.Speaking to France Inter radio, he also said that president Macron asked him to accelerate the French aid packages “to compensate” for the suspended US aid.In a famously cautious political culture, Mr Merz’s bid to bypass legal restrictions on government debt represents a seismic shift. It would permit a step-change in defence spending for years to come, putting Germany in a leadership position as Europe seeks strategic autonomy from the United States.Mr Merz, a former investment banker, has been a deficit hawk and economic liberal throughout his career. It is an irony of fate tha...

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76 m. ago Emma Radacanu's 'stalker' response exposes the damning reality of being a woman in the spotlight

Emma Radacanu has spoken out about the frightening encounter she experienced last month with a stalker. Her case highlights the concerns on women's safety, especially to those who are in the spotlight.

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76 m. ago Newcastle suffer THIRD Carabao Cup final injury blow as star set to undergo knee surgery

Eddie Howe is set to be without at least three key players when Newcastle face Liverpool in the Carabao Cup final at Wembley next weekend, with Alexander Isak's involvement also in question

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80 m. ago Public vote to be held on which Ukrainian town Bury should ‘twin’ with

People in the town will decide between the towns of Ivano Frankivsk and Uzhgorod in a bid to 'continue solidarity with the war-torn country'

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2 h. ago Elgol dinosaur fossil found in 1973 finally extracted from Scottish cliff

The fossil dates from the Middle Jurassic period and is preserved in fragments, and experts believe it is an ornithopod

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2 h. ago Nearly half of women in Africa will be obese or overweight by 2030 – study

Stigma, lack of treatment and disproportionate rise of the disease in women draws comparisons with HIV epidemicAn alarming rise in obesity in Africa has been compared with the HIV epidemic, with stigma and lack of treatment having a disproportionate impact on women.Almost half of women in Africa will be obese or overweight by the end of the decade, according to a recent study by the World Obesity Federation. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago The US embrace of Russia is an existential threat to the EU. Germany must step up to save it | Catherine De Vries

To counter the crisis caused by Trump, Friedrich Merz has little choice but to abandon decades of military and economic cautionIn February 1945, three world leaders – Winston Churchill, Franklin D Roosevelt and Josef Stalin – met in Crimea for the Yalta conference, to discuss the new world order they would implement after the soon-to-end second world war.Smaller nations were given no say in deciding their fate. The Soviet sphere of influence would infest eastern Europe for decades and US foreign policy dominated the second half of the 20th century. Churchill resisted the end of the UK’s global empire and independence for Britain’s colonies came piecemeal; they were let go with bitterness.Catherine De Vries is professor of political science at Bocconi University in Milan Continue reading...

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2 h. ago London's worst sex offender? PhD student feared to have attacked over 60 women as jury delivers guilty verdicts

Chinese national Zhenhao Zou convicted of raping 10 women and is believed to have attacked dozens more

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3 h. ago Integration joint boards funding gap hits £450m as watchdog urges action

Shortfall comes despite savings being made by boards across Scotland

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3 h. ago Voices: Under Trump, the global order that America helped to build is crumbling

It is already clear the US president is hellbent on ushering in a new dawn in which traditional alliances are abandoned – and nations must fend for themselves, says Tobias Ellwood

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3 h. ago Biggest Crufts scandals from sinister dog 'murder plot' to tail docking controversy

The world's most famous dog show is back, with pooches expected from all over the globe as thousands of breeders and owners descend on the NEC in Birmingham in a bid to win competitions

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3 h. ago The top Rangers transfer priority in bid to catch Celtic runaway train as 49ers sent warning over spending

The Ibrox side are on brink of being taken over by a wealthy American consortium but that won't cure all of their ills

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3 h. ago Hamilton Accies boss challenges his side to maintain form in derby battle

Accies head to Airdrie on Saturday desperate for points in their bid to escape the play-off place

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3 h. ago Elgol dinosaur fossil found in 1973 finally extracted from base of cliff on Skye

It dates from the Middle Jurassic period and is preserved in fragments, and experts believe it is an ornithopod.

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3 h. ago At least 15 hurt as South Korean fighter jet drops bombs on homes during joint US drills

Korean Air Force says a KF-16 fighter jet ‘abnormally’ released eight bombs

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4 h. ago Women's rights are under attack 30 years after leaders adopted a blueprint for equality, UN says

Thirty years after world leaders adopted a historic blueprint to achieve gender equality, a new United Nations report says women’s and girls’ rights are under attack and gender discrimination is deeply embedded in economies and societies

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4 h. ago South Korea jet disaster as shell dropped on civilian area during live

Eight people were injured in South Korea when a shell was accidentally dropped on civilian properties during a joint South Korea-U.S. live-fire exercise on Thursday.

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5 h. ago Top Hong Kong court overturns convictions of 3 former organizers of Tiananmen vigils

Three former organizers of Hong Kong’s annual vigil in remembrance of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown have won their bid at the top court to overturn their conviction over their refusal to provide information to police, marking a rare victory for the city’s pro-democracy activists

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7 h. ago Two charged months after three KC Chiefs fans were found dead in backyard in deaths that puzzled the nation

‘This case is a tragic reminder of the dangers of street drugs,’ Platte County Prosecuting Attorney Eric Zahnd says

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