42 m. ago Northern Ireland riots latest: Petrol bombs and fireworks hurled at police as Ballymena violence spreads

Violence has broken out in Ballymena for the past three nights after angry mobs went on the rampage through the town’s streets

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46 m. ago US tells embassy staff to evacuate in Iraq over fears Israel is ready to attack Iran, as trump warns 'it could be dangerous'

Fears of an Israeli attack on Iran have escalated dramatically in recent days, with delicate nuclear talks between Iran and the United States appearing to stall.

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46 m. ago Oklahoma inmate to be executed after Trump officials expedited order

He was convicted of carjacking, kidnapping, and murder in 1999

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51 m. ago Trump partially evacuating Iraq embassy amid rising tensions with Iran

US partially evacuating Iraq embassy and withdrawing military dependents from across region

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85 m. ago Donald Trump booed by theatre as he takes seat for opening night of Les Misérables

Some cast members threatened to pull out of Wednesday night's gig at the John F Kennedy Centre for Performing Arts in Washington DC.

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92 m. ago Violence erupts for third night in UK town as rioters set leisure centre on fire

Homes have been evacuated and a leisure centre housing migrants has been set alight

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99 m. ago Blow for Rachel Reeves after UK economy shrinks by more than expected

The UK economy contracted by 0.3% in April, according to the Office for National Statistics.

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2 h. ago LA protests live: Curfew enforced for second night as more than 400 arrested over anti

Authorities enforce curfew in downtown area for second night as protests against ICE raids pop up in other major cities

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2 h. ago I was Charles Manson's henchman and butchered pregnant Sharon Tate after his three

Charles 'Tex' Watson grew up in small-town Texas, seemingly destined to be an all-American success story. Then, a visit to California in 1967 changed his life - and American criminal history.

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2 h. ago Chemtrails: why is RFK Jr battling a debunked conspiracy theory?

The US health secretary is among those who believe nefarious substances are covertly added to commercial jet fuelThe Trump administration appears sceptical about the climate crisis but is deeply concerned about another weather phenomenon: chemtrails.To conspiracists, chemtrails are visible trails left by commercial airliners, lasting longer than the usual condensation trails from jets and containing unknown, sinister chemicals. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Is an affordable holiday in Bermuda possible? How to stay budget

Bermuda isn’t known for being a bargain getaway, but Ally Wybrew says there are ways to do it cheaper

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3 h. ago Mum 'felt so scummy' after what happened with son's buggy during trip to Butlin's

The mum had taken her two children to the holiday park

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3 h. ago Mum felt 'utterly violated' after finding note on her son's pram at Butlin's

The mum had taken her two children to the holiday park

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3 h. ago Boos, cheers and a heavy dose of irony as Trump takes in Les Mis against backdrop of LA protests

The tuxedo-clad US president – accompanied by first lady Melania – promised a ‘golden era’ for America at his first Kennedy Center production in Washington“Do you hear the people sing? / Singing the song of angry men? / It is the music of a people who will not be slaves again!”When the rousing anthem of revolution filled the Kennedy Center on Wednesday night, Donald Trump may have had a Pavlovian response along the lines of “Get me Stephen Miller” or “Send in the marines”. We will never know. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Trump's military parade is a US outlier in peacetime but parades and reviews have a long history

The military parade commemorating the U.S. Army’s 250th anniversary and coinciding with Donald Trump’s 79th birthday will be a new spectacle for many Americans

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3 h. ago Protests over Trump’s ICE raids continue spreading to other major cities

Protests against President Donald Trump’s mass deportations of illegal immigrants have popped up in cities such as New York, Austin, Chicago and Atlanta

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3 h. ago Oklahoma prepares to execute a man transferred from federal custody by Trump officials

Oklahoma is preparing to execute a man whose transfer to state custody was expedited by the Trump administration

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3 h. ago Court hearing set on Trump's use of National Guard and Marines to help with immigration raids in LA

A federal court hearing is scheduled on whether the Trump administration can use the National Guard and Marines to assist with immigration raids in Los Angeles

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3 h. ago Confessions of a Parent Killer review – a grisly tale of the murderer who lived with her mum and dad’s corpses

This look at Virginia McCullough tells a deeply strange story. Unfortunately, it also leaves the viewer in suspense about her motive for so long it feels horrifically manipulativeWell, what do you think a 90-minute documentary entitled Confessions of a Parent Killer is going to be about? That’s right, well done! It’s the story of a murder by an (adult) child of her parents. Virginia – Ginny – McCullough killed her mother, Lois, and father, John, and confessed immediately to police when they raided her home in 2023 that she had done so four years previously. The twist was that she had been living with their bodies ever since. “She was weird at school,” says a childhood friend. “But not ‘kill your parents and hide the bodies’ weird.”You can probably tell from such unimpeachably phlegmatic commentary that this case occurred in England. Great Baddow, Essex, to be exact, and the film paints a portrait of quintessential small-town, almost-rural life in these sceptred isles that has gone u...

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3 h. ago Dollar weakness is turning all fund managers into currency traders

Hedging against falls in the dollar has not been a prime concern but Trump 2.0 is changing the mood

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