44 h. ago Pentagon is sending more than 1,100 extra troops to the southern border, report says

Latest deployment takes total close to 10,000 promised by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, despite criticism of escalation as needless waste of resources

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63 h. ago Putin amasses troops at border amid chilling Russia peace talk attack warning

Ukrainian intelligence warns Russia is preparing a major build-up or troops in readiness for a major pre-Summer attack in a bid to gain major new ground ahead of any ceasefire talks

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63 h. ago Putin masses troops at border amid chilling Russia peace talk attack warning

Ukrainian intelligence warns Russia is preparing a major build-up or troops in readiness for a major pre-Summer attack in a bid to gain major new ground ahead of any ceasefire talks

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63 h. ago Scientists warn Enhanced Games athletes of heart attack risks and having libidos ‘killed off’

Researchers hit out at organisers’ claims of athlete safetyPaper also points to ‘evidence of psychiatric conditions’Enhanced Games competitors run the risk of their libido being “killed off” as well as a greater chance of heart attacks and psychiatric issues by taking performance enhanced drugs, leading experts have warned.Prof Ian Broadley, whose research has been supported by the World Anti-Doping Agency, and his colleague Martin Chandler, a research fellow who specialises in PEDs, also told the Guardian that organisers’ claims that banned drugs can be made safer if taken under medical supervision are “incorrect and misleading”. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Finland ‘preparing for the worst’ as Russia expands military presence near border

Head of strategy of Finnish defence forces says they are monitoring Moscow’s manoeuvring ‘very closely’Finland has said it expects Russia to further build up troops along their shared border when the war in Ukraine ends, after reports that Moscow had strengthened its military bases near the Nato frontier.Maj Gen Sami Nurmi, the head of strategy of the Finnish defence forces, said the military is following Moscow’s manoeuvring “very closely” and that it was their job, as part of the Nato alliance, to “prepare for the worst”. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago European unity against Putin in peril if Trump moves to ease sanctions

EU’s hopes of US increasing pressure on Kremlin have been dashed, and Hungary could yet make situation worseEuropean leaders – who have promised to impose “massive” new sanctions on Russia after Vladimir Putin’s rejection of a ceasefire in Ukraine – face the prospect of having to introduce their planned expansion of economic restrictions on the Russian war economy without the United States.European hopes that Donald Trump might increase the pressure on the Kremlin were dashed after the US president’s two-hour inconclusive phone call with Putin on Monday. Trump did not follow through on previous threats to introduce “large-scale” sanctions on Russia if there was no ceasefire, but instead extolled the prospect of restarting trade with Moscow. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Marks and Spencer warns of £300MILLION profit hit and says cyber attack crisis will disrupt customers until July

Marks and Spencer has said disruption from a major cyber attack is expected to continue through to July and reduce operating profits by around £300million before action to offset the hit.

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4 d. ago M&S warns cyber attack disruption will last until July and hit profits by £300m

Marks and Spencer has said disruption from a major cyber attack is expected to continue through to July and reduce operating profits by around £300 million before action to offset the hit.

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4 d. ago M&S warns cyber attack disruption will last months and will wipe £300million off profits

Marks & Spencer says it has been managing a "highly sophisticated cyber incident", with staff working "around the clock with suppliers and partners to contain the incident and stabilise operations"

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4 d. ago Google issues warning to all 1.8b Gmail users over dangerous attack: 'Do not respond to messages'

Google is warning its nearly two billion Gmail users to immediately delete a concerning email that tries to look like it comes from Google itself .

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6 d. ago Video shows devastation wreaked by Russia’s ‘largest drone attack’

Footage shows the chilling aftermath of what Ukrainian officials are calling Russia’s largest drone attack since the start of the invasion in 2022.

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8 d. ago M&S shoppers who recently made online orders given new warning amid cyber attack

Marks and Spencer customers have been urged to be vigilant after the retail giant suffered a major security breach

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9 d. ago Keir Starmer warns Putin must 'pay the price' after shameful peace talk snub

Keir Starmer will meet around 40 leaders at the European Political Community summit in Tirana, Albania, today, where they will discuss ways to turn the screws on Putin's war machine

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9 d. ago Russia 'could attack a NATO state by 2027 if a ceasefire is agreed in Ukraine this year' as experts warn Europe 'cannot assume that they have years to prepare' for another war

Putin's commitment to forcing Russia's economy and industry onto a war footing means that Moscow could reconstitute its forces for a fresh conflict within two years

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9 d. ago Russia calls Zelensky a 'pathetic loser clown' as he arrives in Turkey and criticises Putin for sending 'dummy' peace talk delegation

Zelensky had slammed Moscow for sending a 'dummy' delegation to Turkey as he questioned whether 'they are capable of making any decisions themselves'.

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1 week ago How Putin could humiliate NATO and send 600,000 troops to attack alliance's northern flank in lightning offensive

Signs Moscow is sending troops and weapons to northwest Russia come following claims that Putin is gearing up for a lengthy conflict with the West.

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1 week ago Scotmid shopper spared jail over mashed potato attack on store worker

Peter Ferguson had been warned he could be jailed over the attack.

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1 week ago M&S customers warned as type of personal information stolen in cyber attack explained

M&S has been grappling with the fallout from a highly damaging cyber attack since Easter weekend and has now revealed that personal customer data had also been stolen by the hackers

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1 week ago Russia to cultivate 'much stronger presence' on NATO's flank as WW3 fears simmer

Experts suggest Russia's military presence will continue to challenge NATO on its eastern border - but there will be a key warning sign before a potential attack

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1 week ago 'Truth' behind Russian troops massing on another NATO border after shock surge

Experts suggest Russia's military presence will continue to challenge NATO on its eastern border - but there will be a key warning sign before a potential attack

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