35 h. ago Foreign troops deployed to Ukraine before any peace deal would be ‘legitimate targets’, Putin warns

Putin's comments came hours after European leaders pledged their commitment to a potential peacekeeping force

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42 h. ago Western troops in Ukraine would be ‘legitimate targets’, Putin says

Russian president’s threat follows French proposal for postwar support for Kyiv that would include presence of Nato countries’ forcesVladimir Putin has said any western troops placed in Ukraine would be “legitimate targets” for Russian strikes, upping the stakes as Kyiv’s allies scramble to come up with a convincing offer of postwar support to Ukraine.Speaking a day after the French president, Emmanuel Macron, announced still-vague plans for a package of support for Ukraine backed by 26 nations, Putin on Friday said any guarantees that involved boots on the ground would violate Moscow’s longstanding objections to Nato troops in Ukraine. Continue reading...

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48 h. ago Foreign troops in Ukraine would be ‘legitimate targets’ for Russia, Putin warns

Russian president insists any peace talks with Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy must be held in Moscow

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48 h. ago Putin warns he'll attack UK and other NATO troops if they're deployed to Ukraine

Vladimir Putin says Western troops would be considered a 'legitimate target' to Russia

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49 h. ago Putin says western troops in Ukraine would be ‘legitimate targets’ as European countries pledge security support – Europe live

Macron says 26 nations have offered security guarantees for Ukraine as Zelenskyy meets Slovakia’s Fico amid tension over Russian energy suppliesMacron says 26 countries ready to supply postwar military backing for UkraineHere is the full quote from the Kremlin’s spokesperson Dmitry Peskov, via Reuters.“I have no doubt that if the presidents consider it necessary, their meeting can be organised very quickly. Just as the meeting in Alaska was quickly organised,” Peskov told the Russian news outlet Argumenty i Fakty, referring to last month’s Trump-Putin summit. Continue reading...

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49 h. ago WWIII fears as vengeful Putin warns he'll 'destroy' Brit troops sent to Ukraine

The dictator sent his vile threats saying he would bring "destruction" of both British and other NATO forces sent to the nation he had waged an illegal war against, saying these troops would be "legitimate" targets

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49 h. ago Putin's war threat to the West: Russian leader vows to target any Western troops deployed to Ukraine after 'coalition of the willing' committed to sending soldiers in peace deal

The chilling threat came just a day after Kyiv 's allies said they had signed up to a plan that could see foreign soldiers stationed in Ukraine to guarantee any future peace deal.

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50 h. ago Putin says foreign troops deployed to Ukraine before any peace deal would be 'legitimate targets'

Russian President Vladimir Putin says that any foreign troops deployed to Ukraine before a peace agreement has been signed will be considered “legitimate targets” by Moscow's forces

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67 h. ago Mother and three children were among six people killed in 'catastrophic' house blaze after 'firework landed on bin as they celebrated Diwali', inquest told

Seema Ratra, 47, and her children Riyan Kishen, 11, Arohi Kishen, eight, and Shanaya Kishen, four, were killed when the fire tore through their West London home in November 2023.

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3 d. ago Moment furious mother confronts shopkeeper 'who sells vapes to underage children' after 'catching her son with the e

A fuming mother stormed into a shop and confronted the owner of a vape shop in Walsall - accusing them of selling vapes to her 11-year-old son and his classmates.

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3 d. ago Gogglebox legends the Siddiquis thrill fans with pics of rarely

The Siddiqui family thrilled fans on Tuesday as they shared a string of rare family snaps and confirmed their return to the Channel 4 show this week. 

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4 d. ago Dentist who killed wife with poisoned smoothies caught by fatal phone clue

A dentist who murdered his wife and mother of his six children by poisoning her pre-workout drinks gave his twisted game away with his internet search history

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8 d. ago TOM UTLEY: Why I keep telling my son that marrying the lovely mother of his children will make him, her (and me) happier

You may well say it's absolutely no business of mine whether or not our grown-up third son and the mother of his two children should choose to get married.

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1 week ago Dad had to tell kids 'mummy wasn't coming home' after taking the dogs out'

The man says he had to tell his children their mother wasn't coming home from hospital as part of a new campaign

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1 week ago Trump children set to lose a fortune from their late mother's £13.2m home after price cut

The New York City townhouse where Ivana Trump died has seen a series of price reductions after initially being listed for $26.5 million

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1 week ago National guard start carrying firearms in DC as Trump says Chicago may be next

Arming of some troops in US capital is latest escalation as president vows to target other cities led by Black DemocratsSome national guard units patrolling the US’s capital at the direction of Donald Trump have started carrying firearms, an escalation of the president’s military deployment that makes good on a directive issued late last week by his defense department.A defense department official who was not authorized to speak publicly said some units on certain missions in Washington DC would be armed – some with handguns and others with rifles. The spokesperson said that all units with firearms had been trained and were operating under strict rules for use of force. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Mother warns fellow parents against using common 'organic' spider repellent

Elessame, from the UK, said disaster struck when her son, two, got hold of the non-chemical liquid commonly used to keep spiders away.

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2 w. ago Trump targets Chicago and New York as Hegseth orders weapons for DC troops

President plots expansion of crime crackdown as Pentagon chief says troops patrolling DC streets will be armedDonald Trump has threatened to take his federal crackdown on crime and city cleanliness to New York and Chicago, as the defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, ordered that national guard troops patrolling the streets of Washington DC under federal control will now be armed.The US president talked to reporters in the Oval Office and said: “When ready, we will start in Chicago Chicago is a mess.” He added that then the administration “will help with New York”, amid the controversial and aggressive federal efforts to control leading Democratic-voting cities, each of which has a Black mayor. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Putin dusts off his delaying tactics playbook as Kremlin stalls Zelensky peace

Vladimir Putin is dusting off his stalling and delaying tactics playbook as peace talks with Ukraine falter and Russia continues to build up troops on the frontline and pound Ukrainian targets. 

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2 w. ago Family of New Zealand fugitive on the run for almost four years with his children plead for his return

In a New Zealand television interview, relatives spoke of their anguish since Tom Phillips disappeared with his three children in late 2021The family of a fugitive father who has been hiding for more than three years in New Zealand’s rugged wilderness with his three children has pleaded with the man to come home, in some of their first public comments since he vanished.Just before Christmas 2021, Tom Phillips fled into the Waikato wilderness with his children Ember, now 9, Maverick, 1o, and Jayda, 12, following a dispute with their mother. Phillips does not have legal custody of his children. Continue reading...

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