66 m. ago How Putin uses the USSR's victory in World War II to rally support for him and the war in Ukraine

Hardly any other country marks the end of World War II with the same fanfare and fervor as Russia, for which the victory over Nazi Germany 80 years ago remains a source of immense pride and a defining moment of history

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1 hour ago Woman fighting ovarian cancer had 10 organs removed after symptoms dismissed as IBS

Scots woman fighting ovarian cancer had 10 organs removed

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1 hour ago Glasgow war hero’s lost documents found inside desk nearly two decades after his death

The folder of wartime letters, maps, and photos inside a second-hand desk—revealing the forgotten story of a Glasgow soldier who fought in Italy and Tunisia during the Second World War.

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2 h. ago Erin Patterson trial live: medical staff ‘implored’ Victorian woman to stay at hospital after fateful mushroom lunch, court hears

Patterson has pleaded not guilty to charges of murder and attempted murder relating to a lunch she served at her Leongatha home in 2023. Follow live updatesWho are Erin Patterson and the other key figures in Australia’s mushroom murders trial?Erin Patterson’s lawyer Colin Mandy cross-examining Kylie AshtonMandy asks about the previous evidence from medical witnesses that Erin was present at the hospital for five minutes before she discharged herself.I said these could be symptoms of illness and we needed to do further investigation to ensure she was safe. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Erin Patterson trial live: witnesses continue giving evidence on day eight of mushroom cook’s murder trial

Australian woman has pleaded not guilty to charges of murder and attempted murder relating to a lunch she served at her Leongatha home in 2023. Follow live updatesWho are Erin Patterson and the other key figures in Australia’s mushroom murders trial?Foote reviewed Erin upon her return to hospital, the court hears.Under cross-examination, Foote agrees Erin complained of diarrhoea and abdominal pain and nausea. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Florida woman killed by alligator during canoe trip as husband desperately tried to save her

A woman canoeing with her husband has been killed by an alligator after they accidentally rowed over the animal. It then attacked her and is believed to have 'thrashed' around in the water

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4 h. ago 'He invited another woman to join our table': Read our shocking

Every week, FEMAIL asks two singletons to report back from their blind date. This time Cristina, 44, and Kamlesh, 52, recall their encounter and reveal if they clicked.

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4 h. ago Woman 'decapitated in axe attack' at Warsaw University: Polish man, 22, arrested over killing on campus

Police said on Wednesday they had arrested a 22-year-old Polish man after he allegedly killed one person with an axe at Warsaw University.

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5 h. ago The woman who's quietly been Sir David Attenborough's rock for three decades: How presenter's daughter Susan has filled the void left by her late mother

Since the death of his wife in 1997, the naturalist, who celebrates his 99th birthday this week with the release of a new film, has relied on his daughter Susan to be by his side at public occasions.

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5 h. ago Man accused of trying to abduct a child at Walmart released on bond after new video surfaces

Mahendra Patel, 57, said he asked a woman with two children to help him find Tylenol but she accused him of trying to kidnap her son

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5 h. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews The Repair Shop: VE Day Special on BBC1: For sheer emotional impact, VE Day special was Repair Shop's best yet

As eloquent as any oratory was the stunned silence on The Repair Shop : VE Day Special, as a man named Eddy was presented with a display case for his father's World War II medals.

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6 h. ago The 'Tartan Pimpernel' Scots Reverend who helped soldiers escape Nazi

Known as the 'Tartan Pimpernel', Dr Donald Caskie was born on the Isle of Islay in 1902

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7 h. ago NY Times reporter filed HR complaint because editor threatened to ‘kill’ him over story length

Sources told The Independent that Times staffers were ‘baffled’ that reporter Rob Copeland filed an HR complaint because it was obvious that editor Ellen Pollock was joking about the so-called ‘death threat’

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7 h. ago Desperate search for Edinburgh woman missing for two weeks as concern grows

Michaela Sharp has been missing since April 26.

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7 h. ago Horror as woman's body pulled from East London canal, Metropolitan Police confirm

Emergency service crews recovered her remains in the River Lee Navigation in Hackney

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7 h. ago Stalker mayor caught out after sending 'fixated' love letters to wrong woman

Mayor of Whitehaven, Cumbria, Graham Roberts, 72, sent six letters intended for Kate Blacklock, 26, over a period of two-and-a-half weeks last year proclaiming her as his 'dearest darling'

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8 h. ago Axe rampage at Warsaw University as woman killed and her body parts 'scattered' on campus

A 22-year-old man has been arrested after the horrific attack as local media reports a severed head has been recovered from the scene.

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8 h. ago A woman who called a Black child a slur has raised a backlash but also thousands of dollars

A video showing a Minnesota woman at a playground admitting to using a racist slur against a Black child has garnered millions of views

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8 h. ago Woman 'decapitated in axe attack' at Warsaw University: Polish man, 22, arrested over killing on campus

Police said on Wednesday they had arrested a 22-year-old Polish man after he allegedly killed one person with an axe at Warsaw University.

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8 h. ago The Repair Shop fans in tears as veteran shares 'devastating' story behind broken clock

The Repair Shop's Steve Fletcher and his son Fred were on hand to help a 101-year-old Royal Navy veteran to fix a very special clock during the VE Day special episode

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