29 m. ago Volcano guides at Mount Etna are protesting over new safety rules

Guides who take tourists to enjoy the striking views of Sicily’s Mount Etna are up in arms over tougher restrictions imposed by local authorities after a round of eruptions at the giant volcano in recent weeks

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50 m. ago Coalition of the willing must be ‘robust’ to deal with Russia, warns ex

Ben Hodges says multinational force to aid Ukraine would need thousands of troops to stop Russia breaking ceasefireAn Anglo-French led stabilisation force for Ukraine would have to deploy thousands of combat troops if it is to successfully dissuade Russia from breaking a post-war ceasefire, according to a former commanding general of the US army in Europe.Ben Hodges said the proposed multinational force, discussed this week by the British and French leaders with Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Paris, had to be robust enough to deal with likely Kremlin-orchestrated provocations. Continue reading...

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50 m. ago Europe faces a pincer attack from White House ideologues backed by Silicon Valley and its far

US tech bosses are exerting leverage on EU regulators via Trump and Vance. But Europe isn’t powerless, and it isn’t aloneThe US is advancing a new global order. Over the past eight decades Washington pursued – when it suited American interests – an order based on international law, liberalism, multilateralism and democratic values. The new one is based on autocracy and the use of force, and is underpinned by xenophobic nationalism.For the transatlantic relationship this is transformative: it means that coercive action now drives policy change. Europe’s security dependency on the US is leverage to be ruthlessly exploited. Silicon Valley tech firms’ business interests converge with those of the White House, and the US instrumentalises far-right politicians in Europe to achieve its foreign policy objectives.Armida van Rij is a senior research fellow at the Centre for European Reform Continue reading...

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80 m. ago Nearly 1000 refugees across UK declared themselves homeless in Glasgow last year

EXCLUSIVE: Glasgow council released the full year figure amid concerns the city faces a £66m black hole caused by rising homelessness.

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81 m. ago Starmer says MPs to get vote on deploying UK peacekeeping troops to Ukraine

Labour prime minister has signed historic deal to deploy armed forces to enforce any ceasefire with Russia – with Trump’s blessing

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98 m. ago U.S. vows to control Venezuela’s oil ‘indefinitely’ as British army helps Trump seize two tankers: Live updates

Trump claimed that American companies would be sending workers to Venezuela to help rebuild the nation’s oil industry infrastructure

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4 h. ago Owner of UK's 'most targeted shop' hunts thieves herself using Apple AirTags after they stole £250k worth of handbags

Christine Colbert, 58, has turned detective after three masked burglars broke into Dress Cheshire, the boutique she runs in Prestbury, over the summer.

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4 h. ago 'I'm not racist': Salvation Army worker, 56, who was sacked for saying refugees should all be sent back 'on a boat' breaks silence

Salvation Army worker Charles Markie, 56, who was sacked after saying migrants should be sent back home 'on a f***ing boat' has broken his silence to insist he is not racist.

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4 h. ago Rapists and violent thugs were hired by the Met as full checks were axed in a rush to recruit officers, force admits

The Met was one of at least six forces to secretly drop employment checks on new recruits in a rush for extra cash as part of an attempt to find 20,000 new officers.

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5 h. ago Britain's key role as US forces pounce on rogue tanker bound for Russia

British forces helped the US in a dramatic high seas raid to intercept the Marinera, a rogue oil tanker and 'Venezuelan shadow fleet vessel', bound for Russia yesterday.

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5 h. ago Amber snow and wind warnings issued as UK braces for Storm Goretti

The Met Office has described Storm Goretti as a ‘multi-hazard event’.

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5 h. ago New mobile diagnostics car will help cut hospital waiting times, medics say

The Society of Radiographers said pilot versions of the car, which offered only an X-ray, reduced patient waiting times by an average of four hours.

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7 h. ago Big Brother star targeted by masked phone thief during store robbery

Brig Brother's Henry Southan revealed on Instagram that he was targeted by a masked phone thief during a store robbery that took place while he was trying to upgrade his phone

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7 h. ago Woman, 37, shot dead by Trump border agent after driving through ICE raid is named: Outrage over killing grows with flags burned in the streets

The 37-year-old victim, who has been named as Renee Nicole Good, was shot three times in the face today after 'an attempt to kill' Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel.

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7 h. ago Newcastle v Leeds after Chelsea and Spurs lose: Premier League – live

⚽ Premier League updates with games from 7.30pm GMT⚽ Burnley v Manchester United – follow it live⚽ Live scores | Table | Follow us on Bluesky | Email NiallEverton (4-2-3-1): Pickford; O’Brien, Tarkowski, Keane, Mykolenko; Garner, Iroegbunam; McNeil, Armstrong, Grealish; Barry.Subs: Travers, King, Patterson, Beto, Dibling, Rohl, Aznou, Welch, Campbell.Wolverhampton Wanderers (3-5-2): Jose Sá, Mosquera, Santiago Bueno, Krejci; Tchatchoua, Arias, Joáo Gomes, Mané, Hugo Bueno; Arokodare, Hwang.Subs: Johnstone, Doherty, Wolfe, Andre Trindade, Larsen, Pedro Lima, Chirewa, Lopez, Ojinnaka. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Woman in Minnesota fatally shot by ICE agent during raid, video shows

Mayor says ICE claims incident was self-defense are not true, and tells agency to ‘get the fuck out of Minneapolis’Minnesota Democrats voice outrage after fatal ICE shooting: ‘Leave our state immediately’Federal agents shot and killed a woman during a large-scale immigration enforcement operation in Minneapolis on Wednesday.Ilhan Omar, the Democratic Minnesota congresswoman, said the victim was “a legal observer” of action by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), which had sent a surge of agents into the city in recent days tied in part to allegations of fraud involving Somali residents. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Pat McAfee scores epic Celtic own goal as pitch to Wilfried Nancy an EPL job backfires

The popular US host was unaware of the Frenchman's doomed 33-day stint in Glasgow's East End

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8 h. ago Pat McAfee scores epic Celtic own goal as pitch to get Wilfried Nancy an EPL job backfires

The popular US host was unaware of the Frenchman's doomed 33-day stint in Glasgow's East End

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8 h. ago Minnesota politicians slam Trump’s justification for immigration agent killing woman during ICE raid – live

Governor Tim Walz denounces Trump’s ‘propaganda machine’ and issues ‘warning order’ to prepare state’s national guard; US president blames victim in lengthy social media postWoman fatally shot by ICE agent during raid, video showsMiranda Bryant, the Guardian’s Nordic correspondent, also has written this handy explainer on why Donald Trump is renewing calls for a takeover of Greenland: Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Trump says he plans crackdown on defense firms over executive pay and stock buybacks

President accuses US defense companies of delivery failures and attacks ‘exorbitant’ salaries to top executivesDonald Trump has claimed he plans to crack down on executive compensation and shareholder payouts at military defense contractors, as his administration ramps up spending on the armed forces.In a post on social media, the US president said defense giants had been failing to swiftly deliver “vital” equipment to the US military and its allies across the world. Continue reading...

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