1 hour ago Sir Keir Starmer insists there will be no 'vexatious prosecutions' of British veterans over killings in Northern Ireland after SAS group announced legal action against Labour's Troubles Bill

The Prime Minister told reporters travelling with him to the G20 summit in South Africa that the Northern Ireland Troubles Bill strikes the right balance.

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3 h. ago Ireland vs South Africa live: Springboks survive madcap clash as brave Ireland fall short

Ireland 13-24 South Africa: The Springboks prevailed in a crazy encounter in which the hosts were reduced to 12 men

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3 h. ago Cards, chaos and carnage: How South Africa secured wild win over Ireland

Ireland 13-24 South Africa: The Springboks survived a battling performance from the hosts as James Ryan saw red

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4 h. ago South Africa make heavy weather of victory over indisciplined Ireland

Ireland 13-24 South AfricaHome side have five players sent to sin binThe IRFU may be disconnected from a chunk of their audience on the price of Test rugby at Lansdowne Road but at least those who ponied up large can claim to have witnessed a truly crazy event. Back in the 2013 Six Nations in Rome Ireland had their backline sundered by a freakish run of injuries, leaving holes being filled by men who didn’t know how to hold a shovel. But here, on a perfect night for rugby and with a game promising to develop into a gripping contest, we saw four players banished for crimes and misdemeanours in the first half alone. Mad stuff, at the end of which the world champions stumbled to a win that should have been managed with half the effort.The passage to the overflowing sin bin was halted only by the half-time whistle, at which point the referee, Matt Carley, was booed off the field with a venom you don’t often get at these events. Their sense of injustice kicked off with the decision not t...

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4 h. ago Ukraine’s allies rally around Zelensky ahead of crunch talks as Trump offers lifeline to Kyiv

European leaders are meeting in South Africa to discuss alternatives to a US plan to end Russia's war in Ukraine

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5 h. ago Ireland vs South Africa live: Springboks lead but hosts battle back after card chaos

Can Ireland prove that they can still mix it with the best as they host the world champions?

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5 h. ago Ireland v South Africa first half ends in chaos as hosts down to 12 and boos ring out

The first half ion Dublin ended in quite extraordinary fashion

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5 h. ago Keir Starmer finally given voice in Donald Trump's controversial Ukraine 'peace plan'

International leaders held crunch talks on Ukraine today at the G20 summit in South Africa, shunned by Trump, where they rejected parts of the US President’s peace plan

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5 h. ago James Ryan red card: Why was the Ireland lock sent off against South Africa?

Ryan was shown red early on in the clash at the Aviva Stadium

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7 h. ago Keir Starmer rejects parts of Donald Trump's Ukraine plan ahead of crunch talks

Leaders held urgent crunch talks on Ukraine at the G20 summit in South Africa, where they rejected parts of US President Donald Trump's peace plan for the war-torn country

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8 h. ago Starmer and other Ukraine allies say US peace plan ‘will require work’

The G7 and G20 leaders who met at the South Africa summit expressed concerns about the proposal to limit Kyiv’s army.

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9 h. ago Ireland vs South Africa live: Springboks seek rare win in Dublin in huge international clash

Can Ireland prove that they can still mix it with the best as they host the world champions?

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14 h. ago European leaders scramble to respond to a US peace plan for Ukraine seen as favoring Russia

European leaders are meeting in South Africa to discuss alternatives to a U.S. plan to end Russia's war in Ukraine

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17 h. ago Inside Kevin Pietersen's lavish life with popstar wife including five

Kevin Pietersen will watch on as England try to reclaim The Ashes from an unusual location on the banks of the Sabi river in South Africa with his stunning wife

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17 h. ago More than 200 children and 12 teachers kidnapped from Catholic school in Nigeria

Three separate mass kidnappings have been highlighted in the west African country since Monday, leading President Bola Tinubu to cancel his trip to South Africa for the G20 summit this weekend

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22 h. ago Security deployed after more than 200 Catholic school children kidnapped in Nigeria

Three separate mass kidnappings have been highlighted in Nigeria this week, prompting President Bola Tinubu to cancel his trip to this weekend’s G20 summit in South Africa

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25 h. ago Gunmen abduct more than 200 schoolchildren and 12 teachers in attack on Nigerian Catholic school

Gunmen have attacked a Catholic school in Nigeria, abducting more than 200 schoolchildren and 12 teachers

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25 h. ago Keir Starmer to hold crunch G20 talks on Donald Trump's Ukraine peace plan

The PM is set to discuss the US President's 28-page plan with international allies at the G20 summit in Johannesburg, South Africa - as Trump gives Volodymyr Zelensky until Thanksgiving to respond

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31 h. ago Keir Starmer's response to Donald Trump's vile 'piggy' insult to female reporter

Prime Minister Keir Starmer spoke to reporters on the plane as he left for London for the G20 summit in South Africa where he will meet with world leaders

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34 h. ago Ukraine ‘must determine its future’, says Starmer after call with Zelensky

Sir Keir Starmer spoke to Volodymyr Zelensky from South Africa, where he will use his attendance at the G20 summit to shore up support for Kyiv.

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