37 h. ago Students were raped after being forced to live in complex alongside 125 refugees to 'aid integration': Terrified Dutch youngsters 'were subjected to years of sex assaults and violence'

Terrified Dutch students made to live side-by-side with 125 refugees to aid their 'integration' were subjected to years of sexual assault and violence, an investigation has reported.

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41 h. ago Iran protests live: US deploys more forces to Middle East as Trump envoy tells UN ‘all options on table’

Iran accuses US of 'direct involvement in steering unrest to violence'

Politics

48 h. ago Rights groups hail acquittal after seven years of aid workers prosecuted during Greece refugee crisis

Lesbos court clears aid workers of people smuggling, a move Human Rights Watch called a vindication of their lifesaving activities at seaTwo dozen aid workers, who had faced up to 20 years in prison if found guilty of smuggling migrants into Greece, have been acquitted by a court on Lesbos.The verdict was met with cheers, tears and cries of jubilation as the presiding judge announced the words that would end a seven-year legal ordeal for the humanitarians. All 24 had engaged in rescue work on the Aegean island at the height of the refugee crisis. Continue reading...

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52 h. ago Love Island LIVE: All Stars fight kicks off with Maya Jama forced to step in

There's a huge amount of kissing but also a brutal bust-up. Ah, Love Island, we've missed you.

Politics

62 h. ago BBC Morning Live interrupted seconds into show as hosts forced to apologise

The presenters were forced to jump in and apologise.

Politics

4 d. ago BBC snooker host Hazel Irvine forced to issue apology live on air at The Masters

BBC presenter Hazel Irvine was live on air at the Masters when she made an error in her historical figures and had to issue an apology to a certain snooker icon

Society

5 d. ago Iran crisis live: Trump ‘unafraid’ to use ‘lethal force’ on Iran but wants diplomacy to be ‘first option’, says White House

Airstrikes would be ‘one of the many options on the table’ says press secretary Karoline Leavitt as Iranian regime seeks to downplay protests‘The streets are full of blood’: Iranian protests gather momentum as regime cracks downIranian student killed during protests was shot in head ‘from close range’Analysis: Unpredictable Trump weighs up Iranian pleas for help against calls for restraintPeople in Iran: share your views on the current situationIran’s foreign ministry spokesperson, Esmaeil Baghaei, has said communication lines with the US remain open, as the Trump administration continues to weigh the option of military strikes.“This channel of communication between our foreign minister (Abbas Araghchi) and the special envoy of the president of the United States is open,” Baghaei said, in apparent reference to Steve Witkoff.Always opposes interference in other countries’ internal affairs, maintains that the sovereignty and security of all countries should be fully protected under in...

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5 d. ago How Iran’s protest movement has gained increasing momentum – a visual guide

Demonstrations initially focused on economic issues but as they have grown and become political the regime has responded with deadly forceIran crisis live – latest updatesA protest movement in Iran that started as a small demonstration by shopkeepers in Tehran over a weakening currency has exploded into the largest nationwide uprising in years against the country’s theocratic leaders.Fearing a threat to its decades-old grip on the country, the government has responded with deadly force. Rights groups have reported that hundreds of people have been killed by security forces and the state-backed Basij militia. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Popstar reveals her boyfriend is banned from America forcing them to live apart

Chart-topping star Zara Larsson has launched into a political rant as she revealed she's forced to spend months apart form her boyfriend who's banned from the US

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8 d. ago Pupil 'fired fake gun in playground' while teachers were striking at primary school over 'assaults and violence'

Staff at Ravensfield Primary School in Greater Manchester staged a walkout on Tuesday January 6 and Wednesday January 7.

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8 d. ago TV reporter blasted by Storm Goretti struggles to stay upright during broadcast

A reporter was forced to cling to a rail during a live TV broadcast as fierce winds from Storm Goretti battered the UK.

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9 d. ago M62 traffic LIVE as lorry fire forces motorway to shut completely

Motorists are advised to avoid the area

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9 d. ago Teachers strike at two Greater Manchester primary schools over ‘culture of violence’

NASUWT members at Ravensfield and Lily Lane schools say nine-day stoppage follows ‘almost daily’ attacks by pupilsTeachers at two primary schools in Greater Manchester say they have been driven to strike because of “almost daily” attacks by pupils, leaving parents bewildered by the industrial action.Members of the NASUWT teaching union at Ravensfield and Lily Lane primary schools are taking nine days of strike action, from this week until 22 January, because of what the union called “a culture of violence” involving an increasing number of assaults by pupils against staff and other children. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Tensions flare as Russian lawmaker accuses US of PIRACY after Trump's forces seize two ships in daring raids: Live updates

US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth claimed that the 'blockade' of sanctioned Venezuelan oil remains in 'full effect' after the US secured a Russian-flagged oil tanker in European waters.

Politics

1 week ago Marinera ship tracker live: US forces board Venezuela oil tanker with British military support as Trump risks Putin anger

US military confirms second Venezuela-linked vessel intercepted in international waters

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1 week ago UK and France agree to deploy forces to Ukraine in the event of a peace deal – Europe live

Starmer and Macron ‘sign declaration of intent’ following Paris meeting Their statement also says they “will not stop defending” the UN Charter principles, “including sovereignty, territorial integrity and the inviolability of borders”.Nato has made clear that the Arctic region is a priority and European allies are stepping up.” Continue reading...

Economics

1 week ago Coronation Street star 'gutted' as they're forced to pull out of live TV appearance

Sherrie Hewson was forced to withdraw from Vanessa Feltz's Channel 5 show on Monday after being struck by a winter illness

Politics

1 week ago Morning Live star halts show filming after wife calls to announce she’s gone into labour

MORNING Live star Xand Van Tulleken was forced to halt recording his show and rush to hospital after his wife went into labour. The BBC star was given the shock news while he was co-hosting one of the broadcaster's popular podcasts, when he received an unexpected call from his heavily pregnant wife. The 47-year-old who...

Culture

1 week ago Live Greater Manchester snow updates as Met Office weather warning in force and UK trains disrupted

The first snowfall of 2026 comes ahead of schools going back

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1 week ago Greater Manchester snow LIVE: Met Office weather warning in force and UK trains disrupted on snowy conditions

The first snowfall of 2026 comes ahead of schools going back

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