21 h. ago Russia pays young Ukrainians to be unwitting suicide bombers in shadow war

Oleh, 19, was offered $1,000 for a paint attack on a police station – but the bag he was given contained a crude bombOleh found the job via a Telegram channel offering day work and side gigs. It sounded easy enough: he was to travel from his home in eastern Ukraine to the western city of Rivne, pick up a rucksack containing a paint canister and spray it outside the local police station.It would require nimble feet to flee the scene without being caught, but the money on offer – $1,000 – was good, fantastic even, for what amounted to a morning’s work for the 19-year-old. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Wannabe suicide bomber who plotted to blow up Heathrow passenger plane in 9/11

Adam Khatib, 39, from Walthamstow in east London, plotted with other Al Qaeda sympathisers to use liquid explosives hidden in bottles of Lucozade and Oasis.

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8 d. ago Priest describes moment suicide bomber entered Syria church before killing at least 22 worshippers

A priest has descried the moment a suicide bomber entered a church in Syria before detonating himself and killing at least 22 worshippers.

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8 d. ago Suicide bomber kills at least 22 in packed Syrian church near Damascus

Interior ministry says preliminary investigation points to Islamic State

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8 d. ago Suicide bomber 'kills 22 and injures 63' in attack on church full of worshipers in Syria

The bomber opened fire as people were praying inside Mar Elias Church, in the Dweila neighbourhood of Damascus, before detonating his explosive vest.

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8 d. ago Twenty dead and dozens injured as suicide bomber targets Syrian church

No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, but the Syrian Interior Ministry identified the perpetrator as a member of the Islamic State group.

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8 d. ago Suicide bomber 'kills 20 and injures 52' in attack on church full of worshipers in Syria

The bomber opened fire as people were praying inside Mar Elias Church, in the Dweila neighbourhood of Damascus, before detonating his vest.

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8 d. ago Syria suicide bomber 'kills at least 20' after detonating device in church full of worshippers

The suicide bombing in a church near Damascus, Syria has killed at least 20 people - a government minister said the attacker was a member of the Islamic State group

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8 d. ago Suicide bomber kills at least 13 in packed Syrian church near Damascus

State media says a suicide bomber in Syria has detonated himself inside a church filled with people

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8 d. ago Several killed as terrorist detonates suicide bomb inside packed church during mass

A suicide bomber detonated himself inside a church in Syria on Sunday, killing at least nine people and wounding 15, state media reported.

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9 d. ago Jean Charles de Menezes' killer apologises to family with desperate plea

The firearms officer, codenamed C2, killed the innocent Brazilian with six bullets after his colleague initially opened fire, after the pair had followed the 27-year-old electrician into Stockwell tube station wrongly believing he was a would-be suicide bomber

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1 week ago Consumer confidence up in June amid ‘dark shadow’ of inflation and war

GfK’s long-running Consumer Confidence Index rose two points but remains firmly in negative territory at minus 18.

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1 week ago The shadow war raging in DC over Iran pits Donald Trump vs. Tulsi Gabbard: ‘They’re kind of winging it any given hour’

Republicans overwhelmingly get behind Trump instead of Gabbard

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2 w. ago European foreign ministers meet in Rome to discuss defence and security plans – Europe live

Ministers to discuss Weimar+ model joined by Nato secretary general and EU foreign policy chief ahead of Nato summit later this monthZelenskyy also criticised Russia’s Putin for “willing to pay for their sick geopolitical fantasies” with the lives of over one million Russians killed in the war so far.“A million losses, and, still, they are doing everything to avoid ending this war. They even ignore the US and president Trump,” he said. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Arson gang hired to burn down warehouse linked to Ukraine did not get paid by Russia as the attack was not up to Wagner Group's 'standards', court hears

Russia refused to pay arsonists who carried out a £1million attack in the UK because the blaze wasn't up to the Wagner Group's 'standards', a court has heard.

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3 w. ago Tories at war as 'Lettuce' Liz Truss tears into shadow chancellor and says 'leaf it out'

Liz reacted furiously after Mel Stride said the Tory Party has to “put our hands up” to past mistakes - and says she didn't make an error when he tanked the economy

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