18 m. ago Iran launches retaliatory missiles at Israel after Iranian supreme leader vows revenge for nuclear site attacks – live

IDF says defense system is operating to intercept missiles from Iran; explosions in Tehran and surrounded areas reported by Iranian state mediaFears of full-scale war as Israel says attack on Iran is ‘just the beginning’Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has addressed the nation, saying the IDF had targted Iran’s leading nuclear scientists working on the Iranian bomb.He said that Iran’s main enrichment facility in Natanz had been targeted.This operation will continue for as many days as it takes We are at a decisive moment in Israel’s history. Continue reading...

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22 m. ago Husband who stabbed wife to death as she pushed their baby in a pram made threats to 'kill her if she ever left him', court hears

Kulsuma Akter, 27, suffered more than 25 knife injuries during the attack by Habibur Masum, 26, when he confronted her while she pushed the infant in a pram.

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64 m. ago 'Jealous' husband stabbed wife to death in front of their baby after she fled to women's refuge, court hears

Kulsuma Akter, 27, suffered more than 25 knife injuries in an attack by her husband Habibur Masum, 26, after he confronted her in the street while she was pushing their seven-month-old son in a pram.

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72 m. ago Israel military operating to intercept new ‘threat’ from Iran after further airstrikes reported in Tehran – live

IDF says defense system is operating to intercept missiles from Iran; explosions in Tehran and surrounded areas reported by Iranian state mediaFears of full-scale war as Israel says attack on Iran is ‘just the beginning’Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has addressed the nation, saying the IDF had targted Iran’s leading nuclear scientists working on the Iranian bomb.He said that Iran’s main enrichment facility in Natanz had been targeted.This operation will continue for as many days as it takes We are at a decisive moment in Israel’s history. Continue reading...

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81 m. ago Iran launches ballistic missile attack against Israel following strikes

Around 200 Israeli aircraft took part in strikes against Iran on Friday

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1 hour ago Toddler suffers 'truly breathtaking' injuries in savage dog attack

'This was a horrific incident and has sadly resulted in serious and lasting injuries to a vulnerable child'

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2 h. ago Party of Five star’s estranged wife appears to be detained by police on livestream days after announcing divorce

Scott and Kelley Wolf announced Tuesday they are divorcing after more than 20 years of marriage

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2 h. ago Putin's mouthpieces say future of Europe is 'to learn Russian and serve them fast food'

Russian politicians mocked Western countries in a TV show and gave a chilling warning about what they have in store for modern Europeans after their countries have been conquered

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2 h. ago Further airstrikes reported in Iran as Trump says ‘we knew everything’ about Israeli attacks – live

Iranian state media reports explosions in Tehran and surrounded areas, more than 12 hours after Israel launched overnight attack targeting Iranian nuclear sitesFull report: Israel targets Iran’s nuclear facilitiesIsraeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has addressed the nation, saying the IDF had targted Iran’s leading nuclear scientists working on the Iranian bomb.He said that Iran’s main enrichment facility in Natanz had been targeted.This operation will continue for as many days as it takes We are at a decisive moment in Israel’s history. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Tributes pour in for Britons killed in Air India plane crash

Two sisters in their early 20s on their way home from surprising their grandmother for her birthday are among the victims.

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2 h. ago Man accused of nearly decapitating schoolboy in Hainault sword attack 'took psychedelic drug ayahuasca and drank his own urine', court hears

Marcus Arduini Monzo, 37, allegedly skinned and deboned his pet cat before launching a 20-minute spree of violence in Hainault, east London, while high on cannabis, the Old Bailey heard.

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2 h. ago Trump scrambles to claim credit for Israel’s Iran attack he publicly opposed

Discordant US response as president says he was fully aware of plans for what Marco Rubio called a ‘unilateral action’ Middle East crisis – live updatesDonald Trump is walking a tightrope as he claims that he was fully aware of Israel’s plans to launch massive airstrikes against Iran while continuing to distance the US from those strikes and deny Washington took any active role in the preparations.The White House’s messaging has shifted quickly from Marco Rubio’s arms-length description of the Israeli attack as a “unilateral action”, to Trump claiming on Friday morning that he was fully in the loop on the operation and that it came at the end of a 60-day ultimatum he had given Iran to “make a deal” on its nuclear programme. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago The Guardian view on Israel’s shock attack on Iran: confusing US signals add to the peril | Editorial

The recklessness of Benjamin Netanyahu’s government and the incoherence of Donald Trump’s deepen the crisis in the Middle EastUS presidents who thought they could easily restrain Benjamin Netanyahu have quickly learned their lesson. “Who’s the fucking superpower?” Bill Clinton reportedly exploded after his first meeting with the Israeli prime minister.Did Donald Trump make the same mistake? The state department quickly declared that the devastating overnight Israeli attack on Iran – which killed key military commanders and nuclear scientists as well as striking its missile capacity and a nuclear enrichment site – was unilateral. Mr Trump had reportedly urged Mr Netanyahu to hold off in a call on Monday, pending US talks with Iran over its nuclear programme due this weekend. The suspicion is that Israel feared that a deal might be reached and wanted to strike first. But Israeli officials have briefed that they had a secret green light from the US, with Mr Trump only claiming to oppos...

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2 h. ago The Guardian view on riots in Northern Ireland: racist violence does not express ‘legitimate grievance’ | Editorial

Politicians must analyse the forces behind mob unrest, but not in terms that make excuses for itA reputation for political violence is one reason Northern Ireland has historically attracted fewer immigrants than the rest of the UK. In that context, increasing diversity could be read as a measure of progress; a peace dividend after the Troubles. That isn’t how it has felt to families cowering in fear of racist mobs this week. The riots started in Ballymena, ostensibly triggered by the arrest of two boys, reported to be of Romanian origin, accused of sexually assaulting a teenage girl. A community vigil mutated into a racist rampage. Masked thugs targeted the local migrant population. When police came to quell the pogrom, officers were attacked with bricks, fireworks, petrol bombs. There was contagion. Windows were smashed and a fire started at a leisure centre in nearby Larne that had been used as a temporary refuge for those fleeing the Ballymena violence. There were outbreaks of di...

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2 h. ago Air India crash: one black box is found as Modi visits miracle sole survivor in hospital

Indian PM tours crash site and meets the only surviving passenger – a British national bound for Leicester

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2 h. ago Oil prices jump after Israel’s attack on Iran and it could lead to higher gas costs

Iran is one of the world’s major producers of oil and if a wider war escalates, it could slow the flow of its oil to its U.S. customers

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2 h. ago Putin's general declares 'WW3 has started' and demands ONE MILLION fresh troops

Major General Apti Alaudinov urged the Kremlin to carry out mass mobilisation of up to one million fresh troops following Israel's attack on Iran - as he claimed World War 3 is already underway

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3 h. ago Phone and passport confiscated in Egypt from Irish politician marching to Gaza

Paul Murphy was among a large group of people attempting to reach the Rafah crossing between Egypt and Gaza.

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3 h. ago Republicans back Israeli attack on Iran but some Democrats say it sabotages nuclear talks

Trump and GOP cheered the strikes, but others say Israeli PM deliberately harmed nuclear program negotiationsUS politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump and Republicans in Washington on Friday cheered Israel for carrying out long-threatened strikes on Iran, but several Democrats accused that country’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, of deliberately sabotaging talks to resolve the question of Tehran’s nuclear program peacefully.Iran has few friends within the American political establishment, while Israel retains widespread support in Congress, even as some Democrats publicly condemn its conduct in the war in Gaza. Republicans lined up behind the president in praising the attack, which seems certain to put an end to weeks of thus-far fruitless negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago A teenager was repeatedly stabbed with a knife and left bleeding near a college campus

The teenager suffered multiple puncture wounds and suffered a punctured lung and video of the attack was posted on soical media

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