13 h. ago How a US takeover of Greenland would undermine Nato from within

The alliance has no provision for the previously unthinkable: one of its members turning on anotherEurope live – latest updatesThe idea that one Nato country could attack another – a US invasion of Greenland – is so alien that the most famous article in Nato’s founding treaty does not distinguish clearly what would happen if two of its members were at war.Article 5, the cornerstone of mutual protection, dictates that “an armed attack against one or more” in Europe or North America shall be considered “an attack against them all”. Simple enough if the military threat comes from Russia, but more complicated when it comes from easily the alliance’s most powerful member. Continue reading...

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21 h. ago North Korea leader Kim Jong Un drives pallet truck to plant tree at memorial service

Kim Jong Un paid a visit to a memorial for fallen North Korean soldiers, where he delivered a tree for planting via a pallet truck.

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31 h. ago Woke protesters seamlessly switch from calls to Free Palestine to Free Maduro in wake of Trump's daring Venezuela raid

Protestors have taken to streets across the US to protest the capture of Nicolas Maduro and his wife.

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48 h. ago Kim Jong Un cites US threat in wake of Venezuela attack after North Korea tests hypersonic missiles

Analysts say Nicolas Maduro’s capture by US is reinforcing Pyongyang’s belief that ballistic missiles and nuclear weapons are essential to deter foreign intervention

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3 d. ago North Korea launches ballistic missiles towards sea hours before South Korean leader’s visit to China

South Korea’s military reports projectile launch, which follows Kim Jong-un calling for doubling of output of tactical guided weaponsNorth Korea launched multiple ballistic missiles towards the sea on Sunday, its neighbours said, just hours before South Korea’s president was due to leave for China for talks expected to cover North Korea’s nuclear program.South Korea’s joint chiefs of staff said in a statement that it detected several ballistic missile launches from North Korea’s capital region about 7.50am. It said the missiles flew about 900km (560 miles) and that South Korea and US authorities were analysing details of the launches. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Watch: Kim Jong Un’s daughter kisses father during rare public appearance

Kim Jong Un’s daughter has made a rare public appearance at a New Year’s Eve ceremony in Pyongyang.

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4 d. ago FBI says it thwarted planned New Year’s Eve terrorist attack in North Carolina

FBI says teen was planning Islamic State-inspired hammer and knife attack on Jews, Christians and LGBTQ+ peopleThe FBI said on Friday that it thwarted an alleged plot to carry out a New Year’s Eve terrorist attack on a grocery store and restaurant in North Carolina in support of the Islamic State (IS).Christian Sturdivant, 18, of Mint Hill – a town outside Charlotte – was arrested on 31 December as he was being released from a special medical facility. He was charged with attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization, the US attorney for the western district of North Carolina, Russ Ferguson, said at a press conference on Friday morning. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago FBI claims ‘lone wolf’ teen inspired by ISIS was planning knives and hammers attack at grocery store on New Year’s Eve

Christian Sturdivant, 18, was arrested and charged with attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization

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4 d. ago FBI thwarts ISIS terror attack: Chilling details of teen's 'jihad' plot against Christians... and his fatal mistake

The FBI announced it had stopped a ISIS 'potential terrorist attack' for New Year's Eve in North Carolina.

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5 d. ago Kim Jong Un’s daughter and likely successor Kim Ju Ae makes first public visit to state mausoleum

Ju Ae has been making increasingly prominent appearances in state media over the past three years

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1 week ago Kim Jong Un's' 'blood, life and death' New Years message to Putin over Ukraine war losses

Kim Jong Un has issued his annual New Year's message to his "friend" Russian leader Vladimir Putin to highlight the two countries joining forces in the trenches in Ukraine this year

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1 week ago North Korean defector reveals 'strange' Christmas celebrations under Kim Jong

Il-yong Ju, who managed to escape North Korea, shared how his family marked Christmas in their village every year without realising the origins of it

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1 week ago Putin shares 'special' New Years message to North Korea for his 'invincible' friendship

Putin has reportedly sent a friendship letter to his pen pal, Kim Jong-un, praising the North Korean soldiers for helping the Kremlin's efforts in Ukraine ahead of the new year

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1 week ago North Korea reveals nuclear submarine progress as Kim Jong Un slams South Korea

Photos show largely completed hull of new submarine

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1 week ago Big Brother star jailed after helping boyfriend's nightclub petrol bomb attack is released early for Christmas after serving less than a tenth of her sentence

Simone Reed, 37, was pictured holding several large B&M shopping bags this week after being jailed in October following the attack in Redcar, North Yorkshire.

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2 w. ago Kim Jong Un and daughter pictured visiting mountain resort, eating BBQ and testing beds in bizarre photoshoot

Opening of luxury resort continues North Korean leader’s tourism push

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3 w. ago Man, 20, charged with murder after boy, 15, stabbed to death in residential street

A MAN has been charged with murder after a "beautiful and loving" fifteen-year-old boy was stabbed to death in a busy residential street. Adam John Henry was tragically killed in Islington, north London, during a horror attack in broad daylight on December 9. Emergency crews were scrambled following reports of a stabbing on Westbourne Road at...

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3 w. ago North Korea admits sending 'loyal' troops to hunt mines for Putin in rare confession

Dictator Kim Jong Un was seen smiling with injured soldiers who came back from helping his friend Vladimir Putin, on the frontline of his illegal invasion of Ukraine, in wheelchairs

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3 w. ago Quentin Tarantino needs to stop criticising films and start making them again | Peter Bradshaw

Trolling wokesters, disparaging Paul Thomas Anderson, insulting Paul Dano the controversial director plays to type with his list of the top 20 best films of the 21st centuryDid Quentin Tarantino just put Paul Dano into the alpha league of the world’s most loved and admired movie actors?His recent insults aimed at Dano counterprovoked a flood of defensive praise, with Daniel Day-Lewis, Dano’s costar in There Will Be Blood, publicly endorsing it. But was Tarantino’s pronouncement just bluster and flex? Will he end up casting Dano in his next film – a turnaround like Donald Trump making nice with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un after pretty much threatening him with nuclear war? Or are we witnessing a kind of midlife emotional crisis in the heart of one of the most brilliant directors of his generation? I speak as a superfan with reservations. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago ‘Political manipulation’: China slams UK sanctions on cyber firms; London cites ‘hybrid threat’

‘Political manipulation’: China slams UK sanctions on cyber firms; London cites ‘hybrid threat’  The Times of India

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