85 m. ago Noem says National Guard shooter was ‘radicalized’ on US soil

Noem says the Biden admin failed to vet Afghans living in U.S. as 200,000 see legal status thrown into question by Trump

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2 h. ago West Virginia high school remembers slain National Guard member as caring and willing to help

Mourners gathered at a small West Virginia high school have remembered a National Guard member fatally shot last week as a caring and positive person who wanted to help others

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4 h. ago The Guardian view on the inequality emergency: why a Nobel prize winner’s warning must be heeded | Editorial

Rising economic division is destabilising nations and eroding accountability. Joseph Stiglitz’s G20 blueprint offers a way toward global economic renewalWhen Swiss tycoons handed Donald Trump a gold bar and a Rolex watch – gifts that were followed by a cut in US tariffs – it was no diplomatic nicety. It was a reminder of how concentrated wealth seems to buy access and bend policy. It may, alarmingly, become the norm if the global “inequality emergency” continues. That’s the message of the most recent work by the Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz. The economist sees the yawning gap between rich and poor as a human-made crisis which is destroying politics, society and the planet. He’s not wrong.The problem is no longer confined to a few fragile states. It is a global harm, with 90% of the world’s population living under the World Bank’s definition of “high income inequality”. The US sits just below that threshold and is the most unequal country in the G7, followed by the UK. Prof Stiglit...

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5 h. ago Fallen National Guard member had wept after being assigned to DC in Trump’s crime crackdown but grew to enjoy city, ex says

Sarah Beckstrom cried when she was assigned Washington, D.C., but grew to like the city, her recent ex boyfriend said

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5 h. ago Zelensky teeters on the brink: Battle for survival for Ukrainian president after chief of staff's corruption raid and growing disquiet among his own party's MPs

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has spent nearly four years battling for the soul of his nation. 

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6 h. ago Kristi Noem claims suspect in national guard shooting was ‘radicalized’ in US

Homeland security secretary also blamed ‘activist’ judges for defying court order to halt deportation flightsKristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, claimed on Sunday that the suspect in the national guard shooting in Washington DC was “radicalized” in the US and blamed the Biden administration, though the suspect’s asylum was approved under Donald Trump.The shooting suspect, 29-year-old Rahmanullah Lakanwal, was granted asylum under the Trump administration in April 2025. He worked with CIA backed units in Afghanistan, coming to the US in September 2021 under an Operation Allies Welcome program. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Man arrested in Aberdeen in connection with shooting of teenager in England

‘Non-stop’ investigation into shooting of teenager involves Scotland’s national force

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6 h. ago Schools could close next year as largest teaching union ballots for strikes over pay

The Left-wing National Education Union (NEU) is in outrage after last week's Budget contained no big money pledges for schools.

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8 h. ago Hondurans vote amid Trump threat to cut aid if his preferred candidate loses

US president favours Nasry ‘Tito’ Asfura of rightwing National party, as polls show three candidates are neck-and-neckHondurans have begun voting in an election held amid threats by Donald Trump to cut aid to the country if his preferred candidate loses.Honduras could be the next country in Latin America, after Argentina and Bolivia, to swing right after years of leftwing rule. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago How 'smug' Zara McDermott has changed after propelling herself to 'A

Rumours of their romance shocked the nation earlier this year when Zara McDermott was first spotted enjoying a cosy date with Louis Tomlinson just a few months after her split from Sam Thompson. 

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8 h. ago Zelensky teeters on the brink: Battle for survival for Ukrainian president after chief of staff's corruption raid and growing disquiet among his own party's MPs

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has spent nearly four years battling for the soul of his nation. 

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10 h. ago 'World's loneliest man' found four years after dying as music in flat was still playing

Branislav Tešanović, dubbed 'the world’s loneliest man', shocked a whole nation when his body was found in his flat nearly four years after his death, lights still on and the radio still playing

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10 h. ago Lawless youths can still buy deadly machetes on social media in seconds – as UK’s knife crisis spirals out of control

FERAL youths can still buy terrifying machetes and Zombie knives online in just seconds - despite a nationwide ban. Despite Britain's knife epidemic spiralling out of control, kids can buy deadly weapons for use in horrifying confrontations on the internet for as little as £25. Zombie-style knives and certain types of machetes - such as...

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12 h. ago Nationwide clarifies £175 payment eligibility as two groups may not know they qualify

Nationwide Building Society is paying £175 to customers who switch to a new or existing current account, but some eligible people may not realise they can claim

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13 h. ago UK prison guard filmed playing FIFA with lag in his cell as colleague watches

A fun moment behind bars took a serious turn after a video of a prison officer battling a lag at FIFA was posted online with an illicit phone

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13 h. ago California shooting at children's birthday party leaves four dead and 14 injured

A shooter is on the loose after gunfire was opened at a banquet hall in the city of Stockton

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14 h. ago ‘In the presence of evil’: Manchester synagogue attack survivor on the day that shook British Jews

Exclusive: Shot as he barricaded the synagogue, Yoni Finlay describes the assault – and the climate that allowed it to happenIt was just after 6am and Yoni Finlay woke early with nerves. It was Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, and the 39-year-old Mancunian was due to sing the dawn prayer, Shacharis, before hundreds of worshippers later that morning.After practising his verse, Finlay buttoned up his white robes and headed to Heaton Park shul in north Manchester. He greeted familiar faces – exchanging a cheery hello with Bernard Agyemang, the security guard – then took a seat on the stage, the bimah, and said prayers. Continue reading...

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14 h. ago Many Brits are just discovering wild fact about the Scottish flag

Today (November 30) is Saint Andrew's Day, a national day of celebration in Scotland. And some people are only just realising a wild fact about the country's flag

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14 h. ago Gem of a village with cosy pubs, tearooms and unmatched views

Nestled near Peak District National Park, this charming Derbyshire village is bursting with character and offers the perfect pit stop after a day of hiking around Mam Tor

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15 h. ago Lessons not learned after Georgia Barter driven to suicide by abuse, says her mother

Family ‘saddened’ by minister’s response to London coroner’s concerns over police database accessGeorgia’s story: how a domestic abuse victim’s suicide was ruled an unlawful killing by her partnerThe family of a woman judged to have been unlawfully killed by her partner after she took her own life following years of domestic abuse has said “lessons have still not been learnt” after the government indicated it would not make changes to how officers use the police national database.An inquest earlier this year found that Georgia Barter, 32, experienced years of abuse at the hands of Thomas Bignell.• In the UK and Ireland, Samaritans can be contacted on freephone 116 123, or email jo@samaritans.org or jo@samaritans.ie. In the US, you can call or text the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988 or chat at 988lifeline.org. In Australia, the crisis support service Lifeline is 13 11 14. Other international helplines can be found at befrienders.org Continue reading...

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