63 h. ago North Korea’s new resort, fires in Crete, Diogo Jota tributes: photos of the day – Wednesday

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68 h. ago PM shoulders blame for welfare fiasco and says No 10 ‘didn’t get process right’

Keir Starmer says Downing Street should have engaged more with Labour MPs and repeats support for Rachel ReevesUK politics live – latest updatesKeir Starmer has admitted No 10 “didn’t get the process right” in handling the government’s controversial welfare bill and says he shoulders the blame.Looking to repair some of the damage done by Labour’s 11th hour climbdown on the central plank of its welfare changes, Starmer said the government would reflect on its mistakes. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Heads of State review – John Cena and Idris Elba sell fun throwback Amazon comedy

US president and UK prime minister team up for a well-modulated mix of action and comedy that deserved a theatrical releaseRather than give the world an escape, Heads of State, Amazon’s throwback buddy comedy, thrums the tension in US foreign relations. Suicide Squad veterans Idris Elba and John Cena are redeployed in this gun show from Nobody director Ilya Naishuller, respectively, as the UK prime minister and US president at loggerheads. President Derringer, barely six months in office, resents the PM for not doing more to help him get elected. Prime Minister Clarke, a six-year incumbent mired in an approval ratings slump, has already dismissed the president – a swaggering former action hero – as a Schwarzenegger knockoff. After a joint press conference goes sideways and spoils the announcement of a Nato-supported energy initiative, the pair are forced on an Air Force One ride to help repair the PR damage – but it gets worse when the plane is shot down.As it turns out, the Nato en...

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3 d. ago North Korea's 'concentration camp' revealed as new satellite images show grim reality

On Kim Jong-un's isolated land is the Jongori Detention Camp, where prisoners are killed by firing squad, and is housed in the most remote mountain region of the country

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3 d. ago North Korea to send up to 30,000 troops to bolster Russia’s forces, Ukraine says

North Korea is already helping Russia as Putin's forces struggle against determined Ukrainian resistance, and the dictatorship is now said to be about to triple its numbers

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3 d. ago North Koreans swim at huge new beach resort touted as boost for country’s tourism

The first group of Russian tourists to the Wonsan-Kalma resort will depart on July 7 for a eight-day trip

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4 d. ago Royal Navy warship sent to put pressure on North Korea amid rising tensions in region

HMS Spey has conducted operations in the Sea of Japan alongside the Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force

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4 d. ago Kim Jong Un cries mourning North Korean soldiers killed in Putin’s war against Ukraine

Kim Jong Un shed a tear during a public tribute to fallen North Korean soldiers who died whilst fighting alongside the Russian army in Ukraine.

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7 d. ago Ukraine war briefing: key eastern Ukrainian city under assault as Russia hails cooperation with North Korea

Russian troops surge toward Kostiantynivka; Moscow’s culture minister visits Pyongyang. What we know on day 1,222See all our Ukraine war coverageUkraine’s top commander said on Saturday his forces faced a new onslaught against a key city on the eastern front of its war against Russia, while Moscow said it was making progress in another sector farther south-west. Russian troops are focused on capturing all of the Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine and the city of Kostiantynivka has been a major target. Ukrainian forces have for months defended the city against fierce assaults.Top Ukrainian commander Oleksandr Syrskyi, writing on Telegram, said the area around Kostiantynivka was gripped by heavy fighting. “The enemy is surging towards Kostiantynivka, but apart from sustaining numerous losses, has achieved nothing,” Syrskyi said. “The aggressor is trying to break through our defences and advance along three operating sectors.”Russia’s defence ministry, in a report earlier in the day, sa...

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7 d. ago Astonishing moment North Korean missile launcher is destroyed by Ukraine drone

The footage released by Ukrainian military shows a projectile tearing through the 240mm calibre multiple rocket launcher (MLRS), known as the M1991, in the village of Novopavlivka.

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8 d. ago Inside North Korea's huge new coastal resort that rest of the world is banned from visiting

North Korea has completed the construction of a major new coastal resort, the Wonsan Kalma tourist area, but it is not currently open to international visitors

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8 d. ago Inside North Korea’s vast new beach resort as Kim Jong Un bets on tourism

The Wonsan-Kalma beach resort is North Korea's biggest tourist site. Russia said Thursday it will send its first group of tourists to the site in July

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8 d. ago David Beckham's surprise hospital surgery to repair damage of Man Utd and England career

The truth behind David Beckham's hospital operation has been laid bare and it goes all the way back to an injury suffered in the Manchester United and England icon's playing days - 22 years ago

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8 d. ago American gang arrested in South Korea for trying to send Bibles and rice to North Korea by sea

Six Americans have been detained in South Korea for attempting to send 1,600 plastic bottles filled with rice, US dollars bills and Bibles towards North Korea by sea, police said

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9 d. ago Kim Jong Un watches swimmers use waterslide as North Korea opens huge beach resort to boost tourism

The retreat, on North Korea’s east coast, can accommodate up to 20,000 visitors, according to state media

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9 d. ago Kim Jong Un watches tourists use waterslide as North Korea opens huge beach resort to boost tourism

The retreat, on North Korea’s east coast, can accommodate up to 20,000 visitors, according to state media

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9 d. ago Un, sea and sand! North Korean dictator launches nation's new beach resorts alongside daughter and rarely

The hermit kingdom completed construction on the massive tourist resort, which boasts colourful water slides, swimming pools, high-rise hotels and rows of sunbeds.

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9 d. ago Kim Jong Un opens new beach resort in North Korea in 'proud first step' towards tourism drive

The Wonsan-Kalma resort in North Korea has hotels and other accommodation for nearly 20,000 guests

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9 d. ago North Korea to open huge coastal resort in planned tourism boost

According to state media, the Wonsan-Kalma coastal tourist zone includes hotels and various other accommodations

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9 d. ago Kim Jong Un opens massive Wonsan beach resort as he bets on North Korea tourism boom

Leader says he will soon confirm major plan to develop more tourist hubs in reclusive country

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