63 m. ago Indian army sacks Christian soldier for refusing to pray at Sikh temple

Supreme Court judges have backed the decision, saying the officer placed his personal interpretation of faith above military discipline

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68 m. ago Chelsy Davy on her new life in Mauritius and why she chose to get married there

The Aya jewellery designer shares her insider guide to the island she now calls home and shares exclusive photos of her relaxed wedding day

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72 m. ago Putin 'sends top general to Venezuela along with troops tasked with training up President Maduro's forces' as US considers attacking South American country

The revelation comes as the US continues to amass a huge military presence in the region, with Donald Trump considering an attack on the South American country.

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73 m. ago Warner Music signs deal with AI song generator Suno after settling lawsuit

Music company representing Coldplay and Ed Sheeran had sued tech platform alleging mass copyright infringement Business live – latest updatesWarner Music has signed a licensing deal with the artificial intelligence song generator Suno after settling a copyright infringement lawsuit it launched against the service a year agoWarner, the world’s third-largest music company and home to acts including Coldplay, Charli XCX and Ed Sheeran, is the first of the major record labels to officially partner with the company. Continue reading...

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75 m. ago Army intel chief warns enemies are targeting unhappy troops through unsolicited offers on social media

Lt. Gen. Anthony Hale warns America’s adversaries are seeking to exploit members of the military left disaffected by the government shutdown with offers of ‘easy’ money in exchange for sensitive information

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85 m. ago Farmers protest LIVE: Tractors descend on Trafalgar Square sparking gridlock on Budget day

Farmers protesting against UK inheritance tax reforms were banned from bringing their tractors to the area

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94 m. ago A day in the life of a fashion creator: Photography, design and more is more with Natasha Ahmed

Scrolling through Natasha Ahmed’s Instagram feed is like discovering a wonderful, eclectic treasure trove of visual delights, all stylishly curated with a designer’s eye. To find out more about the fashion creator’s inimitable aesthetic, we tagged along on a day at Spitalfields, where she shot custom jewellery at cult store Millie Savage and wandered round the market stalls seeking out vintage finds, all captured in glorious detail and clarity using the versatile camera specs and Galaxy AI technology of the new Samsung Galaxy S25 FE device. Simply click the video to watch.

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1 hour ago Tractors arrive in Whitehall for farmers’ protest on Budget day despite police ban

The Met Police put down restrictions on tractors in Whitehall due to prospect of ‘serious disruption’ - but protest organisers say it is ‘impossible at this stage to stop farmers coming’

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1 hour ago Best jewellery Black Friday 2025 deals from Abbott Lyon, Monica Vinader and more

Top jewellery brands are offering a whole host of savings this Black Friday across a range of necklaces, earrings, rings, bracelets, and even diamonds

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2 h. ago Tractors descend on London for farmers’ Budget day protest despite police ban

Police have intercepted around 20 tractors that have been driven to Westminster in protest ahead of the Budget.

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2 h. ago Budget 2025 live: Rachel Reeves says tax and spending changes based on ‘fair and necessary’ choices

Chancellor to deliver fiscal statement, billed as decisive moment for fate of Starmer government, at 12.30pmTax, pensions, savings: what to expect in the budgetReeves’s high-stakes budget in five key chartsCould you do better than Reeves? Play our gameYesterday the Metropolitan police said they were not allowing a planned protest in Westminster by farmers to coincide with the budget. Farmers have been protesting regularly about the decision announced in Rachel Reeves’ budget last year to extend inheritance tax to farms.The decision was criticised by the Conservative party, who said originally the Met had indicated the protest would be allowed. Last night Victoria Atkins, the shadow environment secretary, issued a statement saying:It doesn’t smell right, particularly when we think of the regular and frequent protests that are allowed in SW1 which inconvenience motorists, residents and businesses without consideration. Is this to save the chancellor embarrassment ahead of her budget o...

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2 h. ago Tractors descend on London for Budget protest despite police ban

A stream of tractors was seen arriving in the capital on Budget day in protest at the Family Farm Tax

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3 h. ago This French judge approved Netanyahu’s arrest warrant. Now Trump is targeting him | Owen Jones

Three ICC judges have been put on a sanctions list with terrorists after approving an arrest warrant for Israel’s prime minister. This is the charade of the ‘rules-based order’The fate of one French judge is a case study in the west’s long unravelling. Nicolas Guillou cannot shop online. When he used Expedia to book a hotel in his own country, the reservation was cancelled within hours. He is “blacklisted by much of the world’s banking system”, unable to use most bank cards.Guillou, you see, has been sanctioned by the United States, putting him on a 15,000-strong list alongside al-Qaida terrorists, drug cartels and Vladimir Putin. Why? Because alongside two other judges of the international criminal court pre-trial chamber I, he approved arrest warrants for the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, his former defence minister, Yoav Gallant, and Mohammed Deif, the former commander of Hamas’s military wing. Guillou and his colleagues had “actively engaged in the ICC’s illegitima...

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3 h. ago Furious farmers defy tractor ban as they drive to Westminster in protest over Rachel Reeves' Budget

Furious farmers have defied the tractor ban as they drive to Westminster in protest against inheritance tax in Rachel Reeves' Budget. 

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4 h. ago Rare protest breaks out in China as video shows villagers defying government order

China has imposed sweeping funeral reforms to phase out ground burial

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6 h. ago Simon Cowell shares Liam Payne regret and what he told One Direction star in final meeting

X-Factor tycoon Simon Cowell told Liam not to let music "ruin" his life and wishes he could "turn back the clock" but said he does not hold himself responsible for the singer's death

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6 h. ago ‘Drone operators are hunted. You feel it from your first day’: the female pilots on Ukraine’s frontline

As casualties mount, recruitment is expanding. Three women talk about why they signed up for a brutal combat environmentWomen have been involved in Ukraine’s drone operations since the early months of the full-scale invasion, but as shortages in the military increase their presence has grown, particularly in FPV (first-person-view) attack units.Casualty figures are not disclosed but widely understood to be high, and Ukraine is becoming reliant on civilians to fill roles that once belonged to trained military personnel. A short but intensive 15-day course is given to a trainee operator for frontline deployment, a turnaround that reflects the urgent need.Indoor and outdoor training courses set up for trainee pilots at a drone school Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Virginia Giuffre died without a valid will – now an Australian court has appointed an administrator

WA supreme court orders come after lawyer for victim of Jeffrey Epstein and her housekeeper contested Giuffre’s sons being granted authority over estateAn interim administrator has been appointed to oversee the estate of Virginia Giuffre after she died without a valid will, meaning multiple lawsuits that had been on hold can now resume.Giuffre, 41, died on a small West Australian farm, 80km north of Perth, in April. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Virginia Giuffre died in Australia without a valid will – now the legal battles can resume

WA court appoints administrator to oversee estate after lawyer for Jeffrey Epstein victim and her housekeeper contest Giuffre’s sons being granted authorityAn interim administrator has been appointed to oversee the estate of Virginia Giuffre after she died without a valid will, meaning multiple lawsuits that had been on hold can now resume.Giuffre, 41, died on a small Western Australian farm, 80km north of Perth, in April. Continue reading...

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12 h. ago Hegseth orders US Navy secretary to investigate Arizona senator Mark Kelly for ‘potentially unlawful comments’

Donald Trump’s defense secretary sends memo to John Phelan asking him to review Kelly’s comments; House Democrats from video confirm FBI is seeking to investigate Senator Mark Kelly has responded to the Pentagon’s announcement that it is investigating the Arizona lawmaker for possible breaches of military law after he joined five other Democratic members of Congress in a video calling for US troops to refuse illegal orders.“I said something that was pretty simple and non controversial, and that was that members of the military should follow the law,” Kelly said in an MS NOW interview with Rachel on Monday. “And in response to that, Donald Trump said I should be executed.” Continue reading...

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