33 m. ago The Thursday Murder Club release date confirmed for Netflix's Richard Osman adaptation as first look images featuring Helen Mirren and Pierce Brosnan are revealed

The streaming giant has revealed that the film will launch exclusively on the platform on Thursday August 28.

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51 m. ago Husband and wife aged 91 and 88 found dead in house fire as two 15

The teenagers are under investigation over the deaths of Stan Rickman, 91, and Rona Rickman, 88, after they were found dead following the blaze at their home

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59 m. ago Boris Johnson warns Ukraine ‘gets nothing’ from Trump’s peace proposals

The former UK prime minister, who built the international coalition backing Ukraine, has demolished the US president’s peace proposals

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85 m. ago Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov claims US and Moscow moving in 'right direction' to end Ukraine war

US and Russia have been discussing a deal that would force Ukraine to hand over occupied land and give up its Nato ambitions

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86 m. ago Murderer who escaped Scots jail found in Edinburgh after manhunt

A murderer who escaped from a Scots prison has been found in Edinburgh city centre three days later.

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1 hour ago Steve Witkoff arrives in Moscow for further talks with Russia about Ukraine peace plan – Europe live

US peace envoy to meet Vladimir Putin to discuss Donald Trump’s peace plan for Ukraine ahead of US president’s 100 days in office next weekAnd the Interfax news agency has now reported that Steve Witkoff arrived in Moscow, where he is expected to meet Vladimir Putin.Reuters noted that Witkoff has emerged as Washington’s key interlocutor with Putin as Trump pushes for a deal to end the war in Ukraine, and has already held three long meetings with the Kremlin leader. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Trump snaps at journalist when quizzed about Russia’s latest attack on Ukraine

Donald Trump snapped at a journalist when asked why he was not putting more pressure on Vladimir Putin following Russia’s latest attack on Ukraine.

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1 hour ago ‘All options remain on the table’ for Ukraine support, minister says

Environment Secretary Steve Reed called for a ‘strong alliance of countries’ to help guarantee any peace deal will hold.

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1 hour ago Jill Dando murder revelation as new witness identifies notorious assassin

A van driver has told how he saw a man running near the scene of Jill Dando's murder - and now says he looks like the man convicted of the high-profile killing

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1 hour ago UK air defences 'overwhelmed by Russian missiles' in grim war game run after Putin's full

A simulation run in the wake of Vladimir Putin's full-scale invasion of Ukraine showed Britain could not prevent all strikes getting through.

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2 h. ago Putin names his most wanted Brits in new Kremlin list – see if you made the cut

Several British MPs and MPs have been placed on a new list of people Russian President Vladimir Putin hates, as he grows angry over how the country is perceived outside of his conclave

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2 h. ago Kyiv mayor says Ukraine will have to concede territory to achieve peace

Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko (pictured) has warned that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will have to 'give up territory' to Russia in order to achieve peace in Ukraine.

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2 h. ago Twisted nurse murdered daughter, 2, in ‘revenge’ for losing custody battle

Nurse Shilyrand Charigwati, 30, was jailed for life at Luton Crown Court after suffocating her two-year-old daughter Roselyn who she had lost custody of months previously

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2 h. ago Russia’s top diplomat Sergei Lavrov accuses Europe of ‘reviving Nazi views’ over Ukraine

Russia’s top diplomat Sergei Lavrov has accused Europe of “reviving Nazi views” over Ukraine.

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3 h. ago Drug trafficker who scalped woman can only pay back £1 of his criminal gains

Woodford was also charged with the murder of 31-year-old pilot Jason Osu, but slashed his throat midway through the trial and refused to answer questions when giving evidence.

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3 h. ago Friday the 13th and Murder, She Wrote star dies aged 63 after health battle

Actress Lar Park Lincoln has died at the age of 63 after a battle with breast cancer, after a glowing four-decade-long career that spanned TV and film

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4 h. ago From ammunition to ballistic missiles: how North Korea arms Russia in the Ukraine war

Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s claims about deadly Kyiv strike highlight Kremlin’s reliance on Kim regime’s soldiers, ammunition and missilesNorth Korea’s role in the war in Ukraine has come into sharp focus after the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said a Russian missile that killed 12 people in Kyiv had been supplied by the regime in Pyongyang.“According to preliminary information, the Russians used a ballistic missile manufactured in North Korea,” Zelenskyy said. “Our special services are verifying all the details. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Vatican readies for Pope Francis’s funeral as world leaders set to fly in to Rome

Tens of thousands of mourners have queued for hours to pay their last respects to pontiff, whose coffin will be closed on Friday eveningThe Vatican will make final preparations on Friday for Pope Francis’s funeral as the last of the huge crowds of mourners file through St Peter’s Basilica to view his open coffin.Many of the 50 heads of state and 10 monarchs attending Saturday’s ceremony in St Peter’s Square, who include US president Donald Trump and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy, are expected to arrive in Rome on Friday. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago ‘They excavated a nightclub!’: uncovering Black British history beyond London – podcast

From struggles over miscarriages of justice to groundbreaking music, Lanre Bakare looks at the places and events that shaped Black Britain in the Thatcher yearsWhen Guardian arts and culture correspondent Lanre Bakare was growing up, he learned the same Black British history as many of us did. It was a series of singular events: the docking of the Windrush in 1948, unrest in Notting Hill or Brixton, the murder of Stephen Lawrence. All important, but all firmly focused on the capital.Now Lanre has written a book about the Thatcher years, looking at the stories that are less often told: those that took place outside London, in Liverpool – with the oldest Black community in the UK – or in his home town of Bradford. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Sick murderer’s astonishing eight word confession before execution for 'twisted fantasy' killing

James Osgood was put to death on Thursday after he was found guilty of capital murder for the killing of Tracy Lynn Brown, in what one prosecutor said was one of the grisliest crimes he had ever seen

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