7 h. ago Grandad's war plea as he suffers horror injury from Russia bomb

The Mirror had exclusive access to where brave medics tend to the wounded in Zaporizhzhia, in south-east Ukraine, barely 25 miles from fighting with Russia.

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25 h. ago North Korean prisoners held by Ukraine had 'no idea' they would be fighting for Russia... and thought they were going on a training exercise

The two men held by Ukraine said they had 'no idea' that they would be 'participating in combat' supporting Russian troops, and believed they were heading on a training exercise.

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28 h. ago Hero Ukraine father pictured in iconic Mirror front page now fighting Russia

An iconic image showed Ukrainian father Ruslan Gladkiy saying goodbye to his son as his family left the country following the start of the Russian invasion in 2022

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36 h. ago Missing Australian member of Islamic State found alive in Syrian prison

Exclusive: Mustafa Hajj-Obeid, who left Australia in 2015, is being held in Panorama prison, a detention centre for accused IS members run by the SDFAn Australian member of Islamic State who was wounded in the extremist group’s final battle and whose fate was not publicly known has been discovered alive and in custody in a prison in north-eastern Syria.Mustafa Hajj-Obeid, 41, who is one of a cohort of accused IS members whose Australian citizenship was stripped and then restored in 2022 after a legal challenge, has been reported as missing for the past six years since the military defeat of IS. Continue reading...

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56 h. ago An expert trainer says these are the three best exercises for longevity, helping you ‘live better for longer’

A personal trainer tells Harry Bullmore how you can easily build a fit and functional body, improve your posture and enhance metabolic function

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58 h. ago Ukraine destroys North Korean ‘wonder weapon’ for first time in war with Russia

President Zelensky has said that Russia could send up to 3,000 more North Korean troops to the Kursk region

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59 h. ago ‘Not what I expected’: Russian soldiers sent to North Korea for medical care

Wonsan resorts offer troops time-off to recover, but some wonder if move is a pretence for military trainingAfter two years fighting for Russia on the frontlines in Ukraine, Aleksei returned to his home town of Vladivostok last summer to recover from a shrapnel wound to his leg.Looking to speed up his recovery and take a break from the city, he asked his military unit in Russia’s far east to see if he could secure a state-sponsored stay at a sanatorium – a health resort offering a mix of medical treatment and rest. Continue reading...

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60 h. ago North Korean soldier captured in Ukraine 'thought he was being sent to study abroad'

A North Korean solider captured by Ukraine has spilled his dreams of defecting to live in South Korea in a new interview. He's asked: 'If I apply for asylum, would they take me?'

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63 h. ago North Korean soldier captured by Ukraine makes first ever bombshell statement

The North Korean soldier said he did not know that he was going to be sent to attack Ukrainian soldiers and believed he would be going to Russia as an overseas student

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3 d. ago North Korean soldiers convinced they are fighting South Koreans in Ukraine

Two North Korean prisoners of war have revealed that the officers running their battalion told them that South Koreans were operating the drones used in the war against Ukraine

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3 d. ago Britain and European allies to give Ukraine BILLIONS more in aid amid Trump's vicious attacks

The UK will plough an extra £1.5billion into “keeping Ukraine in the fight” until a peace deal can be settled with Russia, after Donald Trump tore into Volodymyr Zelensky, branding him a "dictator"

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3 d. ago North Korean tourist attraction's TripAdvisor reviews are even bleaker thank you think

A woman has called a North Korea tourist spot as 'disappointing to come across' – in a scathing review she claimed to had stumbled across the site by 'accident' and was 'disgusted'

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3 d. ago Britain 'ready to send Typhoon fighter jets to police Ukraine's skies' if Russia agrees to end its brutal invasion in peace deal

Sir Keir Starmer is prepared to send UK troops to the war-torn country as part of efforts to enforce a possible ceasefire.

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5 d. ago Many weary Ukrainians long for an end to the war but now fear it will come on unfavorable terms

After nearly three years of living under constant threat of Russian airstrikes while their troops fight a grinding campaign against Russia’s invasion, many Ukrainians long for an end to the war

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5 d. ago 'Why should we invite them?': Lavrov ridicules European presence at Ukraine peace talks – video

Russia's foreign minister has dismissed the prospect of a place for Europe at talks between the US and Russia to end the fighting in Ukraine. Speaking at a press conference alongside his Serbian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov said: 'If they are going to weasel out some cunning ideas about freezing the conflict, while actually intending – as is their custom, nature and habit – to continue the war, then why should we invite them at all?'European leaders have been unnerved by the willingness of Donald Trump, the US president, to engage the Kremlin directly over Ukraine and have been attempting to find a place for themselves in the talksEurope live – latest updates Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Get fit for the bedroom: These 16 exercises will make you better at sex, reveals expert personal trainer

Sex is just another workout: it's a physical activity that raises your heart rate and blood pressure, engages your muscles and burns calories.

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6 d. ago ‘We live in constant fear’: Alawites in Syria’s Homs terrified of reprisals

Diverse city has grown tense since fall of Assad regime, as security forces target groups loyal to the former dictatorOutside the deserted Homs political security directorate building, a group of freshly recruited armed guards were engaged in a heated debate about justice. Sado Junaid, whose sister and brother-in-law were detained and tortured in the squat facility’s underground prison, sided with Mahmoud al-Bashar, who as they spoke sometimes held the black coil of wire and a black-and-white rod once used to beat him and other detainees.They clashed with another young recruit about whether they should be allowed to torture officers from the deposed regime of Bashar al-Assad before any accused of crimes face trial, or whether suspects should be immediately delivered to Syria’s nascent justice system. Continue reading...

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