65 m. ago Ukraine war briefing: severely wounded soldiers next in prisoner exchanges

Ukraine and Russia earlier returned fallen soldiers’ remains; Moldova and Romania next for Putin, Zelenskyy tells regional summit. What we know on day 1,205 Continue reading...

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74 m. ago Tourists urged to 'prepare for worst' and pack two items in hand luggage

No one wants to be delayed, or for their flight to be suddenly cancelled, but in such 'worst case' events travel experts urge passengers to store two items in their hand luggage

Politics

2 h. ago World’s first prisoner of war camp used over 200 years ago is bought from farmer

The site once held soldiers captured during the Napoleonic Wars

Events

2 h. ago Napoleonic prisoner of war camp buried under field bought from farmer

Norman Cross, the world’s first purpose-built prisoner of war camp, is located near Peterborough in Cambridgeshire.

Events

3 h. ago Flight 149: Hostage of War review – a tale so staggering you couldn’t write it

This excellent documentary tells the tale of a BA plane’s Kuwait stopover just as Saddam Hussein invaded. It’s a crucial tale of a four-month nightmare that is barely believableIf it were a work of fiction, the story of Flight 149 would probably be deemed too horrifying – or too unbelievable – for television. Indeed, as a documentary interspersed with dramatic reconstructions, at points it is almost unbearable to watch. But it is a crucial piece of work: a one-off film that goes deep into a bizarre and increasingly hideous ordeal to ask how and why it happened.On 2 August 1990, a British Airways plane carrying nearly 400 passengers and crew from London to Kuala Lumpur touched down for a scheduled stopover in Kuwait. Those on board knew nothing of the unfolding Iraqi invasion of the country and the brutality Saddam Hussein was inflicting on his neighbours (this would, of course, soon lead to the Gulf war). British Airways maintains that it, too, was unaware of what was taki...

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4 h. ago NHS to receive £6bn to provide millions more tests and procedures, Reeves confirms

Rachel Reeves has pledged a £6bn investment aimed at accelerating tests and treatments within the NHS, following substantial year-on-year budget increases for the health service.

Economics

4 h. ago Reeves announces £6 billion to provide millions of NHS tests and procedures

Some four million more tests and procedures could be provided by the funding, with the aim of reducing NHS waiting lists.

Economics

5 h. ago Darwin Nunez: Liverpool aiming to minimise losses from record signing amid Saudi interest

The Uruguayan managed just five League goals as Liverpool cruised to the title last season

Politics

6 h. ago Oakmont’s war of attrition to deliver chaos and carnage in daunting US Open

The Pennsylvania course laps up its reputation as the sternest of tests with the players facing a severe physical and mental examinationOakmont. OMG-mont. Over the top-mont. The prevailing sense among anybody who ponders a US Open at this site in rural Pennsylvania is how wonderfully demanding the challenge always is. Cue entertainment. As Xander Schauffele appropriately put it: “I don’t think people turn the TV on to watch some of the guys just hit a 200-yard shot on the green. They turn on the US Open to see a guy shooting eight over and suffer. That’s part of the enjoyment of the US Open for viewers.”Strap in and enjoy the show. This version of Oakmont has rough that is routinely more than five inches thick. Menacing, sloped greens add to the idea of inevitable carnage. The 125th staging of the major will be a war of attrition, one which will physically and mentally exhaust the finest golfers in the world. Temper tantrums are guaranteed. Continue reading...

Events

6 h. ago Trump’s EPA announces major rollbacks to power plant pollution limits

More than 200 health experts say regulatory proposals will lead to biggest increase in pollution in decadesUS power plants will be allowed to pollute nearby communities and the wider world with more unhealthy air toxins and an unlimited amount of planet-heating gases under new regulatory rollbacks proposed by Donald Trump’s administration, experts warned.The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) unveiled a plan on Wednesday that would repeal a landmark climate rule that aims to mostly eliminate greenhouse gases from power plants by the 2030s and would, separately, weaken another regulation that restricts power plants’ release of hazardous air pollutants such as mercury. Continue reading...

Politics

8 h. ago I survived October 7: Gaza tourist Greta Thunberg's ridiculous 'kidnapping' claims are a slap in the face to REAL victims... now her stunt has backfired

When I read Greta Thunberg's claim that she'd been 'kidnapped' by the Israeli military while trying to deliver aid to Gaza, I did a double-take.

Events

8 h. ago Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth admits Russia aggressor in Ukraine war but won’t say who he wants to win

Hegseth accused senators of being against ‘peace’ in the three-year-old conflict

Events

9 h. ago London stocks climb higher after ‘watershed’ spending review

The FTSE 100 index closed up 11.27 points, 0.1%, at 8,864.35.

Politics

9 h. ago Mad Russians are taking over a bridge to 'scream' every morning as Putin's war takes toll

As Russia's war threatens to break into WW3, a Russian man has found a unique way of shedding emotional baggage and now has a healthy crowd that join him every morning

Politics

9 h. ago Shocking moment jobless fare dodger hurls abuse at rail inspectors after refusing to buy a ticket

The man was confronted by a revenue protection officer on a South Western Railway train from London to Weymouth, in the latest incident shown in Channel 5 series 'Fare Dodgers: At War With The Law'.

Events

9 h. ago Hollywood star Glen Powell spotted 'jumping' on Edinburgh street as tourist yells 'that's him'

Twisters star Glen Powell was captured filming scenes for sci-fi film Ghostwriter on Candlemaker Row in the capital

Politics

10 h. ago ‘Close enough’: OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush’s reckless behavior before Titan implosion revealed in new documentary

In June 2023, when a tourist submarine went missing off the coast of Newfoundland, the whole world stopped to follow the extraordinary story. Tom Murray speaks to the director of a Netflix documentary about the case, and hears about the mistakes that led to the accident

Politics

10 h. ago This Striking $10.1 Million Home in London Was Born From a Cold War Weapon Site

This Striking $10.1 Million Home in London Was Born From a Cold War Weapon Site  Yahoo

Events

10 h. ago Mystery as British tourist, 29, who vanished on night out in Thailand is found on life support system and having brain surgery in hospital

A British tourist who vanished on a night out in Thailand has been mysteriously found on a life support system and having emergency brain surgery in hospital. 

Politics

10 h. ago Tiny island 'just as good as Majorca and Ibiza' but with hardly any tourists

Formentera is the smallest of the Balearic Islands, but it is home to some of the most beautiful beaches in Europe, and has everything that Majorca and Ibiza has to offer

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