16 h. ago Mexican cartel civil war escalates as four decapitated bodies hung from bridge

Officials in Mexico have been ordered to review their plans for tackling organised crime after a wave of bodies were found scattered across the city of Culiacan - with some heads detached

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16 h. ago Ukrainian drone strikes a Russian plant after record Russian drone attacks in June

Officials say a Ukrainian drone has struck an industrial plant deep inside Russia, injuring several people and causing a fire

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26 h. ago More than 14 MILLION could die as a result of Trump's foreign aid cuts, study finds

Research revealed that 4.5 million children under the age of five could die by 2030 as a result of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) being dismantled by the Trump administration.

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36 h. ago Six people killed as small plane crashes minutes after takeoff in Ohio

‘Extremely tragic situation’ as all six people onboard Cessna 441 bound for Montana died in crash on Sunday Six people were killed when a small plane crashed minutes after taking off from an Ohio airport, officials said.The Cessna 441 with six people on board crashed near Youngstown-Warren regional airport on Sunday morning, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. Authorities remained on the scene on Monday. Continue reading...

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38 h. ago Bob Vylan face US tour ban after ‘death to the IDF’ Glastonbury chant sparks diplomatic row

The punk-rap duo’s Glastonbury set, which featured chants of ‘Death to the IDF’, has sparked outrage with US officials now reviewing their visa ahead of a planned American tour

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42 h. ago Cannabis grower avoids jail as he fights for the right to remain in the UK

Police officers found 65 plants worth £26,000 when they searched the loft of Gresildo Kullafi's flat in Dervaig Gardens, Airdrie.

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60 h. ago Palestine Action documentary makers fear being criminalised under anti

Exclusive: Directors of To Kill a War Machine take legal advice as Home Office plans to proscribe protest groupThe makers of an award-winning documentary about Palestine Action say they fear they will be criminalised if they continue distributing the work after the group is banned under anti-terror laws.The online release of To Kill a War Machine was brought forward to this week after it emerged that the Home Office was going to proscribe the protest group, which takes direct action against Israeli arms companies in the UK. Continue reading...

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65 h. ago Taiwan VP says won’t be intimidated after Czech officials claim Chinese diplomats planned car crash

Beijing denies wrongdoing by its diplomats and accuses Czech Republic of interfering in its internal affairs by allowing Hsiao Bi Khim’s visit

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4 d. ago Voices: Global aid is about more than money and charity – it helps us all

The world has done extraordinary things when we’ve had a vision to match our resources, writes David McNair

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4 d. ago UK launched huge operation to find suspected Russian double agent in MI6

Exclusive: Operation Wedlock lasted up to 20 years and took MI5 teams across world amid panic about ‘another Philby’Britain’s spy chiefs were forced to launch one of the most sensitive and risky investigations since the cold war over fears a senior officer at the foreign intelligence service MI6 was a double agent for Russia.The extensive hunt for the alleged mole, called Operation Wedlock, was run by MI6’s sister agency, MI5, which deployed a team of up to 35 surveillance, planning and desk officers, who travelled across the world. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Zelenskyy approves plans on special tribunal to prosecute Russian leaders over Ukraine

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has formally approved plans to establish a new international court to prosecute senior Russian officials for the full-scale invasion of Ukraine

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5 d. ago Without dignity, leaders fell at Trump’s feet in The Hague – and for what? All Nato’s key problems remain | Martin Kettle

The relationship with him is still volatile, the Ukraine strategy still unclear and Europe needs to ensure its collective defenceNato’s Hague summit was an orchestrated grovel at the feet of Donald Trump. The originally planned two-day meeting was truncated into a single morning’s official business to flatter the president’s ego and accommodate his short attention span. The agenda was cynically narrowed to focus on the defence spending hikes he demands from US allies. Issues that may provoke or embarrass Trump – the Ukraine conflict, or whether the Iranian nuclear threat has actually been eliminated by US bombing – were relegated to the sidelines.Instead, the flattery throttle was opened up to maximum, with Nato’s secretary general Mark Rutte leading the assembled fawning. On Tuesday, Rutte hymned Trump’s brilliance over Iran; yesterday, he garlanded him as the vindicated visionary of Nato’s drive towards the 5% of GDP spending goal. No one spoiled the party. As the president’s own ...

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6 d. ago Starmer’s foreign aid cuts will lead to extra 365,000 deaths, campaigners warn

The ONE Campaign warned a reduction in funding will see 23 million fewer children receive vaccinations

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6 d. ago Not just 'Alligator Alcatraz': DeSantis floats building another immigration detention center

Florida officials are pursuing plans to build a second detention center to house immigrants, as part of the state’s aggressive push to support the federal government’s crackdown on illegal immigration

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6 d. ago Air India statement as officials 'party' in viral video days after plane crash disaster

The video reportedly shows a top Air India official dancing with other staff members while music blares in the background just ten days after the deadly crash that killed 270 people

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6 d. ago UK to host Donald Trump for full state visit this year, says Buckingham Palace

Plans for official visit confirmed but diary issues appear to have scuppered initial informal meeting with kingUK politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump will make a second state visit to the UK this year but the diary complexities of King Charles and the US president mean the two are unable to meet informally over the summer, it is understood.The manu regia, a hand-signed formal invitation from the king, was hand-delivered to the White House last week by British representatives from the Washington embassy. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago If Energy Star goes away, finding energy efficient appliances will be harder. Here are some tips

The Environmental Protection Agency has hinted at plans to shut down its Energy Star offices

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8 d. ago New biosecurity centre to tackle pandemics and animal disease gets £1bn funding

The announcement is part of a new national security strategy.

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8 d. ago ‘Onus back on Executive’ over rebuilding of Casement Park, Benn says

The Secretary of State said officials either find more money or scale back the plans.

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8 d. ago Iranian officials 'plan to REMOVE Ayatollah as supreme leader' as cowering Khamenei begs Putin for help and cuts off contact from within his secret bunker due to fears he will be assassinated

Two sources involved in talks told The Atlantic that officials are now contemplating deposing Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, but said that's just 'one idea' among many such 'plots'.

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