3 h. ago Powerful moment Charlie Kirk's widow Erika holds hands with Usha Vance on his final journey on Air Force Two

Usha Vance held hands with Charlie Kirk's widow Erika in a heartfelt gesture as they deplaned Air Force Two, which carried the right-wing influencer's casket from Utah to Arizona.

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6 h. ago Vance arrives in Arizona with Charlie Kirk's casket aboard Air Force Two

Vice President JD Vance flew to Salt Lake City aboard Air Force Two to pick up Charlie Kirk's casket and transport it to his home state of Arizona

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8 h. ago Powerful moment J.D. Vance carries Charlie Kirk's coffin as mourning wife and family join him on final journey

Vice President JD Vance stood front and center as Charlie Kirk's coffin was loaded off a hearse in Salt Lake City on Thursday.

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13 h. ago Migrants arriving across the Channel now outnumber Britain's armed forces, shock new report claims

More than 182,000 people have reached England in small boats since 2018 - more than the total personnel in the British Army, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force

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39 h. ago Donald Trump says 'here we go' as Poland forced to shoot down Russian drones

Poland was forced to deploy air defences earlier today to destroy Russian drones in what's believed to be its first direct military confrontation with Putin's forces since the invasion of Ukraine

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41 h. ago Poland ‘closer to conflict than at any time since WW2’ as UK forces are asked to bolster Nato air defences – live

UK defence secretary says Russian drone incursion signals ‘new level of hostility against Europe’ Full report: Poland shoots down drones over its territory amid Russian attack on Ukraine, says militaryLubelskie region governor Krzysztof Komorski is leading an emergency meeting with the police this morning. In a post on X, he urged residents to follow the guidance from the relevant authorities.Prime minister Donald Tusk meanwhile said in his latest update that he is in “constant contact” with Nato secretary general Mark Rutte. Continue reading...

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41 h. ago Britain could send fighter jets to Poland in the wake of Russian drone incursion as Defence Secretary John Healey says Vladimir Putin is 'testing' the west

Defence Secretary John Healey said he has asked UK Armed Forces "to look at options to bolster Nato's air defence over Poland" after Russian drones were shot down over the eastern European country.

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41 h. ago UK issues warning to Putin as Poland drone attack raises risk of NATO war

Defence Secretary John Healey said he had ordered armed forces to look at ways of boosting NATO air defence over Poland after Russian drones were shot down

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43 h. ago Inside Israel's 'Summit of Fire' attack that stunned the world: How IDF strike on Hamas chiefs in the same building they celebrated October 7 massacre unfolded

The bold airstrike involved some 15 Israeli Air Force fighter jets dropping over 10 munitions on a residential building that had been identified as a regular meeting place for Hamas leadership.

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51 h. ago Poland shoots down Russian suicide drones that invaded its airspace: Dramatic escalation sees Nato nation's first clashes with Putin's forces since Ukraine war began

The nation was forced to scramble its air defenses in the early hours of Wednesday to take out the craft in what is said to be its first engagement since Ukraine war began.

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54 h. ago Ukraine war briefing: Russian drone alert in Poland before Belarus border closure

Warplanes scrambled after warning from Ukraine; Poland to seal border over Russian and Belarus’s ‘very aggressive’ Zapad war games. What we know on day 1,295Warplanes were scrambled early on Wednesday after Ukraine’s air force warned that Russian drones had entered Nato-member Poland’s airspace. “Polish and allied aircraft are operating in our airspace, while ground-based air defence and radar reconnaissance systems have been brought to the highest state of readiness,” Poland’s operational command said. The Ukrainian air force said drones were heading west and threatening the city of Zamosc in Poland. Ukrainian media reported that one was heading towards the western Polish city of Rzeszow, and said airports were being temporarily closed.Poland will close its border with Belarus on Thursday as a result of the “very aggressive” Zapad military exercises taking place in Belarus involving Russia, Donald Tusk has announced. The Polish prime minister said it was also a response to a growin...

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54 h. ago Fighter jets scrambled as Russian drones fly into Polish airspace

The warning from Ukraine'a air force comes hours after a Russian airstrike killed 24 elderly people who were collecting pensions in a village in eastern Ukraine

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55 h. ago Fighter jets are scrambled as Russian suicide drones enter Nato airspace over Poland: Commercial planes are diverted as Allies tackle threat

Earlier, the Ukrainian Air Force said on the Telegram messaging app that drones were heading west and threatening the city of Zamosc in Poland.

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3 d. ago Hegseth and Caine visit Puerto Rico as US steps up military operations in the Caribbean

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Air Force Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, have arrived in Puerto Rico as the U.S. steps up its military operations against drug cartels in the Caribbean

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3 d. ago Drunken lout who forced plane to turn back after proposing to an air stewardess then arguing with other passengers faces jail

Matthew Taylor, 30, pleaded guilty to being drunk when he boarded an Alicante-bound Jet2 flight which was packed with families and holidaymakers on August 18.

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5 d. ago Russia assaults Ukraine with over 800 drones and decoys, the largest such attack in the war

Russia has attacked Ukraine with 805 drones and decoys in the largest such attack since the full-scale invasion

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5 d. ago ‘My husband was sacked from Air Force after bosses found our sex tapes’

Military chiefs discovered that the Sergeant and err, his staff, featured in several raunchy clips with his wife – which is forbidden under US Air Force adultery rules

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5 d. ago BBC Breakfast's Naga Munchetty forced to announce tragic death news live on air

BBC Breakfast presenter Naga Munchetty was forced to announce some sad death news live on air during Saturday's edition of the show and left viewers heartbroken

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6 d. ago British man forces flight into emergency landing after ‘punching’ passenger in air rage incident

The man was reportedly found guilty of dangerous bodily harm and disturbing the peace

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7 d. ago Macron says 26 nations ready to provide postwar military backing to Ukraine

French president says allies would either deploy ‘reassurance force’ troops to Ukraine, or be present in the area on land, sea or in the airTwenty-six nations have pledged to provide postwar security guarantees to Ukraine, including an international force on land and sea and in the air, Emmanuel Macron said after a summit at which European leaders sought to pin down Donald Trump on the level of support he is willing to give Kyiv.“The day the conflict stops, the security guarantees will be deployed,” the French president told a press conference at the Élysée Palace in Paris, standing alongside Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Continue reading...

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