13 h. ago Minister says jobless youths should consider joining up and serving in the Armed Forces to cut unemployment amid benefit crackdown

Liz Kendall said she 'absolutely agrees' with calls to ensure more young people join the Royal Air Force, Royal Navy and British Army.

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58 h. ago Black Medal of Honor recipient removed from US department of defense website

Page honoring Charles C Rogers for his Vietnam war service is now defunct with letters “DEI” added to website addressThe US defense department webpage celebrating an army general who served in the Vietnam war and was awarded the country’s highest military decoration has been removed and the letters “DEI” added to the site’s address.On Saturday, US army Maj Gen Charles Calvin Rogers’s Medal of Honor webpage led to a “404” error message. The URL was also changed, with the word “medal” changed to “deimedal”. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Labour's VAT tax raid on private schools is forcing most to cut staff, bursaries and subjects on offer while pupil numbers are already plunging, new figures show

Many of the country's most prestigious private schools are being hit hard with cost cutting measures seeing pay, pensions and jobs being axed, a new poll has revealed.

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6 d. ago Vince McMahon provided 'safehouse' and armed security for ex WWE superstar after terrifying kidnap attempt

Sonya Deville bravely spoke out about her horrific ordeal which required armed security services

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6 d. ago Pakistan operation to free hostages after train hijacking ends with dozens killed

Security services claim to have rescued about 190 people being held by Baloch Liberation Army in remote areaAn operation to rescue hundreds of people taken hostage when a train was hijacked by a separatist militant group in remote south-west Pakistan has ended with dozens killed in the onslaught, a spokesperson for the army said late on Wednesday.Pakistan’s security services claimed to have rescued about 190 people who were being held captive after militants from the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) blew up a railway line and launched an attack on the Jaffar Express train. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago I’m a transgender veteran. Trump’s military order is reckless and dangerous | Alleria Stanley

Trans people are twice as likely as US adults overall to serve in the armed forces. But we’re regularly told our careers and lives aren’t worth savingLate last month, the Trump administration moved to fire transgender people serving in the armed forces.This includes those who have honorably served for for 19 years (one year short of retirement) those who’ve served honorably in combat situations, and those in whom the military has already invested millions of dollars in training. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Inside Gaza where electricity has been cut off by the Israelis

Locals tell of hospitals paralysed, food prices soaring and people forced to burn rubbish to cook their food as electricity is cut off to the Gaza Strip by the Israelis

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7 d. ago Ukrainian forces are cut off behind enemy lines as Russian troops surround them in Kursk 'aided by US pausing its intelligence sharing'

Kyiv's troops sustained significant losses with Russian forces taking back several settlements around the town of Sudzha just days after the US stopped sharing intelligence with Kyiv

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8 d. ago Reeves's plan to cut welfare triggers a Labour revolt: Sickness benefits claimants face health checks and long

Labour MPs have been warning of 'deep concern' over 'draconian' curbs with details expected to be announced as soon as tomorrow.

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8 d. ago Labour MPs revolt over £5bn welfare cuts as ministers say axed workers should get more benefits than long

Labour MPs have been warning of 'deep concern' over 'draconian' curbs with details expected to be announced as soon as tomorrow.

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8 d. ago Lanarkshire lawyer wins prestigious Military Values in Business Award

Stephanie Grieve of Scullion LAW has 17 years of service in the Army Reserves.

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9 d. ago Secret Service agents shoot man armed with BB gun outside White House

Law enforcement agencies claim ‘suicidal individual’ traveled to Washington D.C. from Indiana

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9 d. ago Israel to cut off electricity in Gaza in apparent effort to force hand of Hamas

Humanitarian officials say move could hit already meagre water supply, as ceasefire talks grow increasingly chaoticIsrael is to cut off any remaining electricity supplies to Gaza in an apparent attempt to ramp up pressure on Hamas amid increasingly chaotic multi-track negotiations over the fragile ceasefire in the territory.The potential consequences of the Israeli decision for the 2.3 million residents of the devastated Palestinian territory are unclear, as most rely on diesel-fuelled generators for power. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Moment Russian special forces attempt to ambush Ukrainians by creeping through gas pipeline

Russian special forces crept miles through a gas pipeline near the town of Sudzha in an attempt to surprise Ukrainian forces as part of a major offensive to eject Ukrainian soldiers from Kursk.

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9 d. ago Gunman is shot outside the White House as Secret Service reveal shooter's dark secret

The armed man was shot by Secret Service members after being spotted just outside the White House after midnight on Saturday.

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9 d. ago Secret Service shoots armed man near White House after 'confrontation'

The suspect was taken to hospital

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9 d. ago Son cut out of £700k fortune by greedy sister who forcibly made their mother rewrite will on her deathbed reveals his ordeal

A son who was cut out of his mother's estate after his younger sister 'forced' her to sign a will claims the first thing his estranged sister said to him was 'Mum said I could have the house.'

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1 week ago Kelsey Parker forced to cut show short after Danny Jones' wife Georgia pulls out of event

Podcast star Kelsey Parker was forced to scrap a planned public Q&A and cut her talk short at The Baby Show in London after her podcast co-host, Georgia Jones, pulled out of the event entirely

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1 week ago Crossbow killer Kyle Clifford an 'immature ladies man', former Army trainer reveals

Triple killer Kyle Clifford behaved like a 'naughty schoolboy' when he served in the armed forces - and attempted to flirt with female recruits known to have boyfriends, a former corporal revealed

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1 week ago Army warrant officer who served Britain with ‘distinction’ facing homelessness in MoD housing battle

Warrant officer Natasha Campbell and her son are facing eviction from their army home after court action from the Ministry of Defence

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