63 m. ago Ukraine war briefing: Weapons will be Europe’s support to Ukraine – not Trump’s, Kallas suggests

‘If you promise to give the weapons, but say somebody else is going to pay, it’s not really given by you’; Russia bombs shopping centre, killing two. What we know on day 1,240Donald Trump’s move to take credit for the additional weapons headed to Ukraine at Europe’s expense has created some mild friction in EU-US relations. “If we pay for these weapons, it’s our support,” said Kaja Kallas, the EU foreign policy chief, on Wednesday. “So it’s European support, and we are doing as much as we can to help Ukraine If you promise to give the weapons but say that somebody else is going to pay for it, it’s not really given by you, is it? We welcome President Trump’s announcement to send more weapons to Ukraine, although we would like to see the US share the burden.”A meeting of Patriot owner nations and Ukraine donors – aiming to find additional Patriot air defence systems for Kyiv and chaired by Nato’s top military commander – could take place on Wednesday of next week, Reuters reported. A ...

Events

1 hour ago MasterChef bosses DO want to air Gregg Wallace and John Torode's final series 'when the dust has settled'

MasterChef bosses are reportedly pushing to air Gregg Wallace and John Torode's final series 'when the dust settles' after they were both sacked from the cooking show.

Politics

1 hour ago Britain's most lawless fuel stations: Motorists fill up and drive off without paying while one owner says new scam by organised crime gangs has cost him £10,000

Petrol station boss Sutha Selvarajah said his business in Hythe, Kent, is being 'plagued' by drivers 'forgetting' to have cash and leaving ID behind, which turns out to be fake.

Economics

3 h. ago Nicotine pouches sold to children mimic sweets, says UK trading standards body

Children can buy pouches legally as they are not regulated as a specific tobacco or nicotine productNicotine pouches are being legally sold to children and are being made appealing to them with special flavours and packaging mimicking sweets, a trading standards body has said.In June, it became illegal for single-use vapes to be sold in England to tackle their widespread use by children. However, there is currently no legislation that restricts the age at which you can buy nicotine pouches. Continue reading...

Politics

4 h. ago Fake doctor jailed for carrying out unsafe and illegal circumcisions

Among the operations fraudster Mohammed Alazawi performed was the circumcising of a two-week old baby on a coffee table

Events

4 h. ago UK and Germany join forces in push for lucrative sales of military jets and hardware

Berlin vows more pragmatic approach after years of tension between two countries over arms exports

Events

4 h. ago Keir Starmer to hold major meeting with German Chancellor in UK

Prime Minister Keir Starmer will welcome Berlin's plans to criminalise facilitating illegal migration to the UK by the end of the year as he meets with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Thursday

Politics

5 h. ago Judge orders famous Seattle nude beach closed because people keep having sex in public there

A Seattle judge has ordered that a popular beach in the city be closed because it has become a hot spot for public sex and nudity. 

Events

5 h. ago He said he was in Swansea for the beach and had no idea what was hidden in his pants

A judge described Thomas Hulson's version of events as 'highly implausible'

Politics

5 h. ago Backstreet Boys' Brian Littrell sues Florida sheriff's office over beach trespassers

Backstreet Boys singer Brian Littrell says a local Florida sheriff’s office isn’t doing enough to protect his multimillion dollar beachfront property from trespassers and is asking a judge for an order commanding deputies to do so

Society

6 h. ago Justin Bieber kisses wife Hailey in Switzerland... after he sang about her 'throwing stones at my back'

In one image the Rhode Beauty owner flipped the bird while flashing her stunning oval diamond ring from the Sorry singer. This comes after Justin dropped his new studio album.

Politics

6 h. ago Pete Davidson and Elsie Hewitt are expecting their first child

Pete Davidson and his girlfriend, Elsie Hewitt, are expecting their first child

Politics

6 h. ago Conor Coady denied Leicester request as Rangers watch transfer succession plan escalate

The defender is pushing for a move to Glasgow in time for the Champions League clash with Panathinaikos

Politics

7 h. ago Chinese takeaway raises eyebrows with saucy viral Facebook post

"Spat my coffee everywhere!"

Politics

7 h. ago What are rescissions – and why does Trump want Congress to approve them?

The president is pushing for cuts in spending that Congress needs to approve to take effect – but what exactly are they?US politics live – latest updatesCongressional Republicans are pushing for passage of a rescissions package, legislation requested by Donald Trump that will claw back $9bn in funding intended for foreign aid programs and public broadcasting.The bill, which is part of the president’s campaign to slash government spending, passed the House last month, and is now being debated in the Senate. Continue reading...

Politics

7 h. ago Zuckerberg says Meta will build a data center the size of Manhattan in latest AI push

The CEO said the company plans to spend hundreds of billions on developing artificial intelligence productsMark Zuckerberg proclaimed that Meta would spend hundreds of billions of dollars on developing artificial intelligence products in the near future and, to that end, construct a data center planned to be nearly the size of Manhattan.The parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp is among the large tech companies that have struck high-profile deals and doled out multimillion-dollar pay packages to AI researchers in recent months – some as high as $100m – to fast-track work on machines that could outthink humans on many tasks, a concept known as “superintelligence” or “artificial general intelligence”. Continue reading...

Politics

7 h. ago Zuckerberg says Meta will build data center the size of Manhattan in latest AI push

CEO says company plans to spend hundreds of billions on developing artificial intelligence productsMark Zuckerberg proclaimed that Meta would spend hundreds of billions of dollars on developing artificial intelligence products in the near future and, to that end, construct a data center planned to be nearly the size of Manhattan.The parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp is among the large tech companies that have struck high-profile deals, and doled out multimillion-dollar pay packages to AI researchers in recent months – some as high as $100m – to fast-track work on machines that could outthink humans on many tasks, a concept known as “super-intelligence” or “artificial general intelligence”. Continue reading...

Politics

7 h. ago Relatives mourn Palestinian American beaten to death by Israeli settlers: ‘He made everyone feel loved’

Sayfollah ‘Saif’ Musallet, 20, was an ice-cream shop owner in Florida, and a beloved member of a tight-knit family with deep ties to the US and PalestineWhen Fatmah Muhammad thinks about her younger cousin Sayfollah Musallet, affectionately known as Saif, she pictures him behind the counter of his ice-cream shop in Tampa Bay, Florida, carefully decorating her knafeh with the same effort he brought to everything else.She makes the dessert from scratch, and would sometimes ship it from California, where the 43-year-old baker lives, so the family legacy could grow nationwide. Saif would sell the Palestinian dessert in his his little Amish-style ice-cream shop that carried international treats from the world over. Continue reading...

Politics

8 h. ago Size of illegal cosmetic surgery trade unknown, health regulator admits

Andy Morling, a director of criminal enforcement at the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, said they 'don't have a baseline to understand how big this trade is'

Events

9 h. ago Conor McGregor's fiancée Dee Devlin gives fighter new nickname after alleged cheating incident

Conor McGregor was recently pictured getting comfortable with a mystery woman on a beach in Florida.

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