3 d. ago Putin's 'Doomsday Radio' spews out weird coded messages as NATO leaders meet

Russia's 'Doomsday Radio' began broadcasting a series of cryptic messages as world leaders including Keir Starmer, Volodymyr Zelensky and Donald Trump met at a crucial NATO summit

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3 d. ago Trump will look at giving Ukraine more Patriot missiles as he calls on Putin to end war

President doesn’t rule out more defense aid for Kyiv and voices frustration with Russian leader at end of NATO summit

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3 d. ago Trump says he will look at giving Ukraine more Patriot missiles as he calls on Putin to end war

President doesn’t rule out more defense aid for Kyiv and voices frustration with Russian leader at end of NATO summit

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4 d. ago Zelensky blasts NATO members' 'slow' spending increase, warning Putin could attack within five years ahead of meeting with Trump at alliance summit

Volodymyr Zelensky warned that Vladimir Putin could attack a NATO country within the next five years, as he criticised the alliance for a slow spending ramp up. 

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4 d. ago Starmer to commit to spending 5% of GDP on defence by 2035 at Nato summit

The figure is in line with the demands of President Donald Trump, who has called for Nato allies to shoulder more of the burden of European defence.

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5 d. ago King Charles has surprise meeting with Zelensky who sends subtle Donald Trump dig

The King has met with the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky ahead of his meeting with Prime Minister Keir Starmer about the ongoing war in Ukraine, while also sending a sneaky message to Donald Trump

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5 d. ago Zelenskyy calls Russia, Iran and North Korea a ‘coalition of murderers’ during UK visit

Ukrainian president’s remark came on visit to discuss Moscow’s war and defence cooperation with Kier StarmerVolodymyr Zelenskyy has described Russia, Iran and North Korea as a “coalition of murderers” during a visit to London in which he held talks with Keir Starmer on defence cooperation and how to put further pressure on Moscow.Ukraine’s president arrived in the UK on Monday, hours after the Kremlin launched another big air raid on Kyiv. It involved 352 drones – half of them were Iranian-designed Shaheds - and North Korean ballistic missiles in what Zelenskyy called “a completely cynical strike”. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Putin hardliners call for Russia to 'take up arms' for Iran after US strikes

Vladimir Putin has been told Russia must send military support for Tehran following the US attacks on Iran nuclear sites overnight, with Russians urged to be ready for world war

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7 d. ago A tornado that swept through a rural town in North Dakota left at least 3 people dead

Three people are dead and a regional airport was heavily damaged after powerful winds, including a tornado, swept across the upper Midwest

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7 d. ago Why does this billionaire have 100 kids in 12 countries? | Arwa Mahdawi

Pavel Durov, founder of Telegram, plans to leave his money to all his offspring – conceived out of ‘civic duty’Pavel Durov is a Russian-born billionaire whose interests include doing half-naked photoshoots with baby goats and having lots and lots of (human) kids. The 40-year-old billionaire founder and CEO of the messaging app Telegram revealed last year– in a post on his own app – that while he isn’t married and prefers to live alone, he has over 100 biological children in 12 countries via sperm donation.Arwa Mahdawi is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

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1 week ago G7 leaders are paralysed by their fear of upsetting Donald Trump | Rafael Behr

Tyranny is contagious – and western governments’ reluctance to name the threat is helping it spreadThere is no founding charter or admissions process to the self-selecting group of “leading” economic powers that currently numbers seven. It was the G8 from 1997 to March 2014. Then Russia annexed Crimea and had its membership suspended, establishing the rule that participating nations should not seize their neighbours’ land.The White House used to condemn that sort of thing on the grounds that “it violates the principles upon which the international system is built”. These days, not so much. On Sunday, shortly after arriving for a G7 meeting in the Canadian resort of Kananaskis, Donald Trump told his host, the Canadian prime minister, Mark Carney, that Vladimir Putin’s expulsion from the club had been a “big mistake”.Rafael Behr is a Guardian columnistOne year of Labour, with Pippa Crerar, Rafael Behr and moreOn 9 July, join Pippa Crerar, Rafael Behr, Frances O’Grady and Salma Shah as...

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1 week ago Zelensky seeks help at G7 as Russian drone bombardment kills at least 15

‘We need support from allies and I'm here’ says Ukraine president at summit

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1 week ago Former operator of Notting Hill celebrity hotspot ordered to pay over £30,000 for rat and cockroach infestations

District Judge Clarke said: ‘This was probably one of the most egregious cases I have seen’

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1 week ago Operator of gossip forum Tattle Life unmasked after losing defamation case

Sebastian Bond named as publisher of site known as trolls’ paradise, which was ordered to pay out to couple in 2023The previously anonymous operator of an online gossip forum described as a trolls’ paradise has been unmasked after losing a defamation case.Sebastian Bond, also known as Bastian Durward, has been confirmed as the man behind Tattle Life after an Irish couple successfully sued the publisher, according to reports. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Deadly clashes over Morales candidacy deepen Bolivia crisis in election run

Six killed and hundreds injured in weeks of unrest, as supporters demand former president be allowed to runFatal clashes between police and supporters of former president Evo Morales have deepened Bolivia’s political and economic crisis, heightening tensions in the Andean country just two months before the presidential election.Six people have been killed and more than 300 injured in weeks of unrest. The dead include four police officers, one of whom was reportedly killed by dynamite which had been strapped to his body. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Fake fundraising pages sprout after floods ravage West Virginia, leaving at least six dead, including a 3

Rescue crews continue to search for the missing

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1 week ago Starmer and Zelensky will urge Trump to hit Russia with more sanctions at G7 summit over Putin's failure to agree peace deal to end brutal Ukraine war

The Prime Minister said targeting Moscow with further action would 'undoubtedly' form part of talks at the international summit this week unless the Kremlin engages in peace talks.

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2 w. ago Shop boss running illegal £1m tobacco operation ordered to pay £87k and sell BMW

The shop was described as a 'very busy and successful' cash-based business which was being run 'primarily for the purposes of selling illicit tobacco'

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2 w. ago All Brits feared dead onboard Air India Flight 171 after plane crash tragedy

The Brits feared dead after the Air India plane crash include an influencer couple, a family of three, and an award-winning hotel manager who was travelling with his wife and two children

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2 w. ago Former CIA director says Donald Trump’s plan for war in Ukraine is ‘naive and unsophisticated’

John Brennan says US president doesn’t have a strategy to secure peace in Ukraine

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