64 m. ago Nazi guards shot prisoners for fun at Channel Islands camp, research says

SS troops killed inmates for target practice, according to account given in documentary Ghosts of AlderneyGuards at a prison camp on one of the Channel Islands entertained themselves at weekends by using prisoners for target practice, according to new evidence of Nazi atrocities committed there in the second world war.On Sundays, the SS would regularly pick about a dozen men incarcerated in Sylt, the camp they ran on Alderney, transporting them to a nearby light-gauge railway, where they tied them to tipper trucks and amused themselves by shooting them. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Owner of iconic 'Breaking Bad' home takes extreme measure to get fans off her Albuquerque driveway

She once welcomed the magic of Breaking Bad but the owner of Walter White's house has had enough. Video shows her unleashing on tourists in a battle between pop culture and personal space.

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2 h. ago How botched hits on gangster Kevin “Gerbil” Carroll led to shocking Asda shooting

Crime reporter Norman Silvester's three-part series on the history of Scotland's gangland war today charts the rise and violent death of Kevin "Gerbil" Caroll.

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3 h. ago Tenerife chaos as Brits sit on sunbed stacks for '2 hours' and refuse to move

Sun bed wars are hotting up in Tenerife as onlookers film tourists sitting on pre-stacked sun-beds before hotel staff have even had a chance to unload them

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4 h. ago Blake Lively finally breaks silence on Justin Baldoni's $400 million countersuit dismissal after It Ends With Us legal war

The actress, 37, released a powerful statement via Instagram Monday hours after a judge dismissed Baldoni's case.

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4 h. ago Ukraine war briefing: Russia launches attacks on Kyiv and Odesa a day after massive drone bombardment

Russia launched almost 500 drones at Ukraine on Monday in the biggest overnight drone attack of the war. What we know on day 1,203See all our Ukraine war coverageKyiv and the port city of Odesa came under “massive” drone attacks from Russia early Tuesday, Ukrainian officials said. An AFP journalist in central Kyiv heard at least a dozen of explosions and gunfire, as air defences tried to down the drones. Buildings and cars in several districts were burning and debris fell near a school. Russian strikes on Odesa hit maternity and medical facilities that had been evacuated, local officials said, reporting no casualties there.The attack came a day after Russia launched almost 500 drones at Ukraine in the biggest overnight drone bombardment of the three-year war, according to the Ukrainian air force, as the Kremlin presses ahead with its summer offensive. In addition to the 479 drones, 20 missiles of various types were fired at different parts of Ukraine from Sunday to Monday, according...

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5 h. ago Underrated Canary Island where tourists never go with 3,000 hours of sunshine

As the insatiably popular Canary Islands continues to grapple with over-tourism and insufferable crowding, but one tiny hidden gem remains completely unspoilt

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7 h. ago Reeves backs £14bn Sizewell C build in push for clean energy and jobs

Investment aims to boost clean energy and create 10,000 jobs, but critics warn of spiralling costs

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8 h. ago Watch: Donald Trump ignores Britain as he claims the US ‘won World War II’

President Donald Trump ignored Britain’s contribution as he claimed the United States ‘won World War II.’

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8 h. ago Key new signs Mad Vlad Putin is gearing up for war and Britain is in 'big trouble'

Russia is giving off a clear sign that it wants to gear up for war with NATO in the coming years, experts suggested after some strange remarks by a Kremlin official

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8 h. ago Zelensky confirms Ukraine and Russia have begun prisoner of war exchange

Volodymyr Zelensky has confirmed that Ukraine and Russia have exchanged prisoners of war on Monday (9 June), the first swap since the two nations engaged in a second round of peace talks in Istanbul earlier this month.

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10 h. ago 2026 World Cup host city CEOs admit to ‘uncertainty’ amid rocky political landscape

Host city heads in charge of welcoming visitors Ice raids, visas, and travel bans could impact fansExecutives from the US host city committees for next year’s World Cup said on Monday that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) raids have created “uncertainty” as they prepare to host an influx of foreign visitors.The 2026 World Cup, which will be co-hosted with Canada and Mexico, will take place in 11 cities across the US, and is predcited to draw more than five million visitors over the course of the 40-day tournament. However, visa processing times have been slow for several countries, travel bans have been instituted (including for recently qualified Iran), and raids ostensibly aimed at deporting undocumented immigrants have seen the government arrest and deport visa holders, permanent residents and even citizens. Continue reading...

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10 h. ago World War 3 fears ramp up as Japan's live fire military training takes place on mountain

Worrying images from the training exercise show Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) battle tanks firing ammunition during a live-fire exercise, while others show troops firing mortors into the air

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12 h. ago Questions and answers at London public meeting, “Trump’s war on free speech: The case of Momodou Taal”.

Questions and answers at London public meeting, “Trump’s war on free speech: The case of Momodou Taal”.  World Socialist Web Site

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13 h. ago Frederick Forsyth, Day of the Jackal author and former MI6 agent, dies aged 86

Writer used his experience reporting on De Gaulle’s France to plot his thriller, and continued to draw on real-world research for subsequent bestsellersFrederick Forsyth, the author who turned his adventures as a journalist and work with MI6 into bestselling thrillers, has died after a brief illness aged 86.Forsyth brought a reporter’s eye to his fiction, transforming the thriller genre with a series of novels including The Day of the Jackal, The Odessa File and The Dogs of War. Combining meticulous research with firecracker plots, he published a series of novels that sold more than 75m copies around the world, and won him honours including a CBE in 1997 and the Crime Writers’ Association Diamond Dagger award. Continue reading...

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13 h. ago Tory WAG Sasha Swire's attack on Sarah Vine is vindictive nonsense. Why didn't she write about the mink

War broke out among the WAGs of Westminster when a woman called Sasha Swire - most readers have never heard of her, I know - launched a petty and vindictive attack on Sarah Vine's new book.

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14 h. ago ‘Hope is not a strategy’: Why Nato is calling for Cold War levels of defence spending

Mark Rutte’s demands for a huge increase in defence spending are a necessary evil, writes world affairs editor Sam Kiley

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14 h. ago A fence complaint too far: Couple claimed it ruined their picnics...but in the end they were forced to rip up their own patio after neighbour war backfired

Helen Faber and her partner Dominic Miles brought a claim against their neighbours, Richard and Katherine Reid, alleging that a wooden fence had reduced a path by 40cm.

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15 h. ago Building materials firm Lords Group buys rival CMO in rescue deal

The deal will secure the future of around 120 workers at Plymouth-based CMO, who will join the wider Lords group.

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15 h. ago Man Utd's next three transfers after Bryan Mbeumo signing with four players set to leave

Manchester United have already splashed the cash in the summer transfer window and are aiming to make Bryan Mbeumo their third signing of the window but are still aiming for more

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