19 h. ago Veterans mark VE Day with swimathon covering 80 lengths weekly over two months

Veterans Lance Williams and Sheila Botley took on the challenge to raise money for the Swansea Veterans Hub.

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32 h. ago Kashmir crisis live: India must ‘suffer the consequences’ for ‘cowardly’ attack says Pakistan PM

Shehbaz Sharif addresses nation as tensions escalate after 31 people killed and 57 injured in Indian air force attackPakistan authorises ‘corresponding’ retaliation after deadly India missile strikesAnalysis – India and Pakistan can ill-afford war, but who will talk them down?Footage shows the aftermath of India’s missile attack on Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir on Wednesday.Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has spoken with Pakistan’s prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif, in a phone call on Wednesday.Erdoğan stated that Turkey was ready to do what it can to prevent the tensions from escalating, and that his diplomatic contacts in that regard would continue. Continue reading...

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33 h. ago Pakistan PM promises to ‘avenge each drop of blood’ after Indian airstrikes kill 31

Fears raised of escalating conflict after Pakistan accused India of ‘igniting an inferno’ in Kashmir and PunjabKashmir crisis live – latest updatesPakistan has warned that it will “avenge” the death of 31 people killed in overnight missile attacks by the Indian air force, raising fears of an escalating conflict between the two nuclear-armed countries.In a late night address to the nation late on Wednesday, Pakistan’s prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif, said: “We make this pledge, that we will avenge each drop of the blood of these martyrs.” Continue reading...

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34 h. ago Pakistan authorises ‘corresponding’ retaliation after India missile strike kills 26

Fears raised of escalating conflict after statement accusing India of ‘igniting an inferno’ in Kashmir and PunjabKashmir crisis live – latest updatesPakistan has authorised its military to take “corresponding” retaliatory action against India after an overnight missile attack by the Indian air force killed 26 across Pakistan, raising fears of an escalating conflict between the two nuclear-armed countries.In a strongly worded statement, Pakistan accused India of “igniting an inferno” in the region after it carried out targeted strikes on nine sites in Pakistan-administered Kashmir and the Pakistani province of Punjab in the early hours of Wednesday. Continue reading...

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34 h. ago Pakistan authorises ‘corresponding’ retaliation after India missile strikes kill 26

Fears raised of escalating conflict after statement accusing India of ‘igniting an inferno’ in Kashmir and PunjabKashmir crisis live – latest updatesPakistan has authorised its military to take “corresponding” retaliatory action against India after overnight missile attacks by the Indian air force killed 26 people, raising fears of an escalating conflict between the two nuclear-armed countries.In a strongly worded statement, Pakistan accused India of “igniting an inferno” in the region after it carried out targeted strikes on nine sites in Pakistan-administered Kashmir and the Pakistani province of Punjab in the early hours of Wednesday. Continue reading...

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35 h. ago DAVID PATRIKARAKOS: This is why we should ALL be terrified of the escalation between India and Pakistan

Pakistan said retaliatory strikes at nine different locations today by the Indian air force have in turn killed 26. India insists it targeted 'terrorist infrastructure'. What comes next is critical.

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38 h. ago DAVID PATRIKARAKOS: The terrifying escalation between India and Pakistan represents a global threat like no other. Locals will die, but this is why I fear we could all pay the price

Pakistan said retaliatory strikes at nine different locations today by the Indian air force have in turn killed 26. India insists it targeted 'terrorist infrastructure'. What comes next is critical.

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49 h. ago Pakistan 'shoots down two Indian jets' as world on brink after 'nuclear winter' warning

Pakistan has reportedly shot down two Indian Air Force jets in a retaliation attack following India's early morning missile assault, which struck cities across Pakistan

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58 h. ago Pentagon stopped Ukraine military aid shipments in February without Trump’s approval

Order to cancel 11 military aid flights – which were quickly reinstated – originated in defense head Pete Hegseth’s officeUS politics live – latest updatesRoughly a week after Donald Trump started his second term as president, the US military issued an order to three freight airlines operating out of Dover air force base in Delaware and a US base in Qatar: stop 11 flights loaded with artillery shells and other weaponry that were bound for Ukraine.In a matter of hours, frantic questions reached Washington from Ukrainians in Kyiv and from officials in Poland, where the shipments were coordinated. Who had ordered the US Transportation Command, known as TransCom, to halt the flights? Was it a permanent pause on all aid? Or just some? Continue reading...

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59 h. ago Holocaust survivor thanks those who took ‘high risks’ to help Jews during war

Jacques Weisser’s parents were taken to Auschwitz.

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3 d. ago Loyalty matters most in race to become Trump’s next national security adviser

Marco Rubio and Stephen Miller, White House cronies with very different backgrounds, are up for Mike Waltz’s old postThe race is officially on to become Donald Trump’s next national security adviser – but in this White House, the personalities and egos surrounding the president can matter far more than the titles they hold.Speaking from Air Force One on Sunday evening, Trump suggested secretary of state Marco Rubio could continue to double-hat as the interim national security adviser. But he also praised Stephen Miller, whom he said was “at the top of the totem pole” for the appointment and said he was in effect already doing the job. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Red Arrows VE Day flypast route, timings and where you can see the planes

London skies will be left red, white and blue as the Royal Air Force's Red Arrows soar over the capital. The iconic squad will fly over a number of UK locations before coming together in formation

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3 d. ago Israeli cabinet approves expansion of Gaza offensive as Netanyahu calls upon reservists to join war

Israeli army chief says his forces will ‘operate in additional areas and destroy all of [Hamas’s] infrastructure above and below ground’

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4 d. ago Second World War veterans to join the King for VE Day tea party

They will have prime spots to watch the military parade and flypast in central London as part the nation’s VE Day 80th anniversary events.

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4 d. ago Trump orders custom Air Force One but 'the Gulf version' with gold spiral staircase

President Trump has bought a new custom aircraft, previously owned by the Qatari government and once on the market for a cool $400million, to act as a stand-in for his 'aging Air Force One'

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5 d. ago See inside Trump's magnificent new Air Force One jet... acquired from an unlikely source after Boeing failed

President Donald Trump is done waiting for Boeing to make the new Air Force One, instead tasking a new defense contractor with the job of retooling a jet once used by a Middle Eastern government.

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5 d. ago Russian drone attack injures 47 in Ukraine’s second largest city Kharkiv

Russia fired nearly 200 exploding drones and decoys overnight, Ukraine air force says

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6 d. ago Ukrainian troops to join London procession to celebrate VE Day anniversary

The Ukrainian armed forces will join around 1,000 UK armed forces personnel, including soldiers on horseback and seven military bands.

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6 d. ago Naga Munchetty apologises for technical blunder as BBC Breakfast is pulled off air

BBC Breakfast was briefly taken off air this morning as Naga Munchetty and Charlie Stayt were forced to apologise for a technical blunder on the popular morning show

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6 d. ago Israel launches airstrikes near Syrian presidential palace in Damascus

Benjamin Netanyahu says strike intended to deter Syria’s new leadership from any hostile move against the DruzeIsrael’s air force launched airstrikes against unidentified targets near Syria’s presidential palace, in what Israeli officials said was a warning to the Syrian government after days of bloody clashes near Damascus between pro-government militia and fighters from the Druze minority sectBenjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, and the defence minister, Israel Katz, said in a joint statement that the strike early on Friday, the second this week in Syria, was intended to deter the country’s new leadership from any hostile move against the Druze. Continue reading...

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