2 h. ago Russian attack on Zelensky's hometown kills 8 as British volunteers lucky to survive

Eight dead in overnight Kremlin missile onslaught - as UK and US humanitarian helpers narrowly escape death in direct hit on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's targeted home town

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6 h. ago Brits escape deadly Russian missile attack on Zelensky’s home town after US halts intelligence

UK Defence Secretary John Healey will meet Pete Hegseth in Washington on Thursday as efforts continue to bridge a transatlantic rift over Kyiv’s future security

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25 h. ago Starmer praises sacrifice of British troops in Afghanistan and Iraq in oblique rebuke to Vance

U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer has praised the “sacrifice” of British troops who were killed fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq

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26 h. ago Keir Starmer pays tribute to British troops killed in Iraq and Afghanistan after JD Vance 'insulted' their memories

Donald Trump’s deputy lashed out at a proposed Ukraine peace-keeping force led by the UK and France as ‘20,000 troops from some random country that has not fought a war in 30 or 40 years’

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27 h. ago Starmer pays tribute to British troops killed in Iraq and Afghanistan after JD Vance 'insulted' their memories

Donald Trump’s deputy lashed out at a proposed Ukraine peace-keeping force led by the UK and France as ‘20,000 troops from some random country that has not fought a war in 30 or 40 years’

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37 h. ago Ukraine war briefing: Deadly Odesa drone attack cuts power, water and heating for second day

Woman aged 77 died of shrapnel wounds; Zelenskyy offers minerals deal signature and peace plan. What we know on day 1,106A Russian drone attack late on Tuesday killed one person and caused power, water and heating cuts in Odesa for the second day running, said the regional governor, Oleh Kiper. A 77-year-old woman died of shrapnel wounds on the outskirts of the city, he said, and drone strikes damaged critical infrastructure, leaving neighbourhoods without services.Kiper said fragments from downed drones had damaged private houses and started fires in outlying city districts. A missile strike had destroyed an empty sanatorium near the town of Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, south of Odesa, he added.East of the capital, Kyiv, drones targeted a multi-storey apartment building near the town of Boryspil, smashing windows and triggering a fire in a business. Local officials reported no casualties.Zelenskyy has proposed a peace plan to end the war, saying he is willing to work “constructively” und...

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48 h. ago Man dies after penis enlargement procedure goes horribly wrong

A Russian man paid the ultimate price for a larger manhood with the drug injected into his member killing him a reaction that British surgeons say could affect any man considering the op.

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61 h. ago Ukraine war briefing: Trump suspends military aid to Ukraine after Starmer says keep help flowing

Oil pipeline burns in Russia after Ukrainian drone attack; deadly Russian strike on Ukrainian military training ground. What we know on day 1,105 Continue reading...

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61 h. ago Ukraine war briefing: Starmer urges west to keep aid flowing as US announces suspension

Oil pipeline burns in Russia after Ukrainian drone attack; deadly Russian strike on Ukrainian military training ground. What we know on day 1,105 Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Woke British university tells students not to say 'a piece of cake' or 'kill two birds with one stone' as they're TOO BRITISH

Undergraduates at Cardiff University have also been warned to avoid using the word 'crazy' as it is a 'derogatory' term for mental health, as well as 'sexist' idioms such as 'man up' or 'like a girl'.

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5 d. ago Crowded Ukrainian hospital is blown up in Russian kamikaze drone attack

A Ukrainian hospital has been hit by a Russian kamikaze drone strike just hours after Volodymyr Zelensky was banished from the White House following a row with US President Donald Trump. 

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5 d. ago IRA member who killed British soldier in Hyde Park bombing is ordered to pay his victim's daughter £836,000 in damages

Sarah Jane Young was four when she heard the explosion near the Knightsbridge barracks in central London which killed her father, 19-year-old Lance Corporal Jeffrey Young.

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6 d. ago Divers struggle in rough currents moments before tourist swept into deadly shark attack

Underwater footage shows scuba divers in the Philippines battling with strong undercurrents moments before two tourists were swept away, with one later killed in a shark attack.

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8 d. ago Police officer accused of killing estranged British wife and her partner hosted BBQ for her family on day of her funeral in France

Relatives of mother-of-three Alison Erb attended the event at the couple's family home, unaware that husband Olivier, 50, was the chief suspect in the double murder case.

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8 d. ago British climber killed in avalanche while scaling frozen waterfall in Norway

The man and a friend had attempted The Gausta Marathon, a frozen waterfall slope close to Rjukan

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8 d. ago British climber is killed by avalanche while climbing frozen waterfall in Norway

The man, who has not been identified, died while scaling one of the three frozen Gaustatoppfossen waterfalls on the Gaustatoppen mountain in Telemark, in the southeast of Norway, on Friday.

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8 d. ago British climber killed in horror avalanche while scaling frozen waterfall with friend

His body was recovered yesterday and his pal - a man in his 30s - was airlifted to hospital by helicopter but his injuries were not believed to be life threatening

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8 d. ago SIR KEIR STARMER: Putin's aggression threatens us at home. Our national security must now become a whole society effort

It is only seven years since Putin's chemical attack in Salisbury. Russian ships menace our waters.Planes intrude in our airspace. Hackers attack the NHS. We cannot hide from this threat.

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8 d. ago Ukraine war briefing: One dead and children injured in Russian attack on Kramatorsk

Tentative talks between US and Russia on Ukraine’s future have begun - but the reality for Ukrainians is still daily missile and drone attacks from Putin’s forces

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1 week ago Marseille Russian consulate explosion: Three Molotov cocktails thrown in attack branded ‘terrorism’ by Moscow

Projectiles thrown at consulate building on third anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine - it is not yet clear if the incident is linked

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