11 h. ago Oxford Street pedestrianisation is going ahead after 'North Korean' levels of support, says Sadiq Khan

Two-thirds of responses to City Hall consultation backed mayor’s plans

Politics

21 h. ago Ukraine war briefing: Kyiv under Russian drone attack with apartment building hit

Stay off Russian gas even after peace, says EU energy chief, as ban is drafted; 6,000 casualties out of 10,000 North Koreans fighting against Ukraine. What we know on day 1,210 Continue reading...

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23 h. ago 999 NHS call handlers suffering mass burnout with 500,000 days lost to sickness

More than a quarter of NHS ambulance control room staff quitting their jobs over the past three years - with a lack of support over distressing calls partly to blame

Sport

35 h. ago North Korea suffered more than 6,000 casualties in Ukraine, UK intelligence says

North Korea’s total casualties amount to more than half of the approximately 11,000 DPRK troops initially deployed to Kursk, says UK

Politics

69 h. ago Protests across US as Trump’s military parade concludes; some rallies thwarted by violence and threats – live

Millions show up to thousands of anti-Trump demonstrations as Virginia and San Francisco report vehicles driving into crowdsMillions across US turn out for anti-Trump protestsTanks roll through Washington as Trump hosts paradeIt will be a parade fit for a king – which is precisely why critics worry what message it will send the rest of the world about the future of democracy in America.On Saturday, there will be tanks on the streets of the nation’s capital as Washington hosts a celebration of the US army’s 250th anniversary, which happens to coincide with Donald Trump’s 79th birthday.North Korea: military parades. China: military parades. Russia: military parades.These aren’t parades to celebrate a victory and it’s certainly not to celebrate the United States army’s birthday. This is a parade to aggrandise Donald Trump’s ego. No one who knows either Trump or his pattern of behavior would think for a minute this is anything else. Continue reading...

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2 d. ago Trump’s military parade under way amid mass protests across US; some rallies thwarted by violence and threats

Millions show up to thousands of anti-Trump demonstrations despite killings in Minnesota; Virginia and San Francisco report vehicles driving into crowdsFull report: Millions across US turn out for anti-Trump protestsTanks to roll through Washington as Trump hosts US military paradeIt will be a parade fit for a king – which is precisely why critics worry what message it will send the rest of the world about the future of democracy in America.On Saturday, there will be tanks on the streets of the nation’s capital as Washington hosts a celebration of the US army’s 250th anniversary, which happens to coincide with Donald Trump’s 79th birthday.North Korea: military parades. China: military parades. Russia: military parades.These aren’t parades to celebrate a victory and it’s certainly not to celebrate the United States army’s birthday. This is a parade to aggrandise Donald Trump’s ego. No one who knows either Trump or his pattern of behavior would think for a minute this is anything else...

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3 d. ago Minnesota police urge public to avoid ‘No Kings’ protest after Democratic lawmakers shot – live

Minnesota state patrol says ‘No Kings’ flyers were found in the shooting suspect’s vehicleDemocratic lawmaker killed in Minnesota in ‘politically motivated’ attacksIt will be a parade fit for a king – which is precisely why critics worry what message it will send the rest of the world about the future of democracy in America.On Saturday, there will be tanks on the streets of the nation’s capital as Washington hosts a celebration of the US army’s 250th anniversary, which happens to coincide with Donald Trump’s 79th birthday.North Korea: military parades. China: military parades. Russia: military parades.These aren’t parades to celebrate a victory and it’s certainly not to celebrate the United States army’s birthday. This is a parade to aggrandise Donald Trump’s ego. No one who knows either Trump or his pattern of behavior would think for a minute this is anything else. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Trump’s military parade taps an ancient tradition of power: from Mesopotamia to Maga

Critics see echoes of authoritarianism, a break from the US’s usual restraint on military displayTo Donald Trump, the inspiration is the pomp and pageantry of Bastille Day, France’s annual celebration of the 1789 revolution.For his critics, it is redolent of the authoritarian militarism proudly projected by autocracies like Russia, China and North Korea. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Moment caravan park boss issues 'veiled threat' to couple who suffered 'huge' loss after buying £125,000 holiday home on the site

This is the moment a caravan park sales manager issued what they believed to be a veiled threat to a couple who had suffered a 'huge' loss after purchasing a £125,000 deluxe static from a site. 

Economics

4 d. ago North Korea says it has repaired its damaged destroyer and launched it in the water

North Korea says it has repaired its damaged second destroyer and launched it in the waters

Events

7 d. ago Chinese man living illegally in US pleads guilty to smuggling weapons to North Korea

Authorities say illegal shipments included firearms, ammunition and military technology

Events

7 d. ago North Korea moves warship from botched launch to dockyard for repairs

Satellite imagery shows new destroyer at Rajin dockyard in country’s northeast

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8 d. ago Passenger trains between Russia and North Korea set to resume

The direct train service has been on hold since 2020

Politics

9 d. ago Pioneering device could help patients with Parkinson's, which affects 150,000 people in the UK, to walk again

Nearly 150,000 people in the UK suffer from Parkinson's disease, a degenerative condition that can cause tremors, muscle stiffness and slowness of movement as nerve cells in the brain die.

Science

1 week ago ‘Internal cause’ suspected after North Korea hit by major internet outage

Reclusive country’s entire internet infrastructure wasn’t showing up on monitoring systems for several hours before it started coming back slowly around midday

Events

1 week ago North Korea says it refloated capsized warship after botched launch

North Korea says ‘perfect restoration of destroyer will be completed without fail’ before end of month

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1 week ago North Korea says it has raised a capsized destroyer upright as it continues repair

North Korea says it righted a capsized destroyer and moored it at a pier in the northeastern port of Chongjin as it continues to repair a new warship leader Kim Jong Un has described as a significant asset for his nuclear-armed military

Politics

1 week ago North Korea's Kim says he'll 'unconditionally support' Russia's war against Ukraine

North Korea says that leader Kim Jong Un told a top Russian official that his country will “unconditionally support” Russia’s war against Ukraine

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1 week ago Lee Jae Myung vows ‘lasting peace’ with North Korea in inauguration speech after South Korea election victory

South Korea’s new president Lee Jae-Myung says he’ll pursue dialogue with North Korea while bolstering a trilateral partnership with the US and Japan

Politics

2 w. ago Terrifying North Korean phone that makes sure its owners stay in line by censoring their texts as they type

A phone secretly smuggled out of North Korea is revealing the shocking details of Kim Jong-Un's oppressive regime.

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