28 m. ago Budapest Pride should be held in closed venue for ‘child protection’, says government official

Viktor Orbán’s chief of staff says event this year should be taken off streetsHungary’s Budapest Pride should be held in a “closed venue” this year rather than on a city centre avenue as in previous years, the prime minister Viktor Orbán’s chief of staff has said, citing child protection.The plan, announced on Wednesday, appeared to be part of Orbán’s restrictions on the activities of the LGBTQ+ community as the nationalist leader prepares for elections in 2026 in which his right-wing Fidesz party faces an unprecedented challenge from a new opponent. Continue reading...

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66 m. ago Indoor ski centre fined £100,000 over schoolboy’s toboggan crash death

Louis Watkiss, 12, died after he was in a toboggan crash at a SnowDome birthday party in September 2021.

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66 m. ago Divers stumble across ghost navy ship wreckage as it emerges from depths of ocean

This is the moment divers accidentally stumble across a ghostly navy ship wreckage as it emerges from the depths of ocean.

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69 m. ago Nitrogen gas is banned in Louisiana to euthanize dogs. The state plans to use it to kill a death row inmate next month

‘This is a state that hasn't executed anybody in 15 years, and suddenly there’s this rush to kill,’ Jessie Hoffman’s attorney told The Independent

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76 m. ago EU reveals plans to hit climate goals by helping dirty industries clean up

European Commission recommits to 90% emissions cut by 2040, and will support steel and cement in transitionThe EU executive has insisted it will stay the course on its climate goals, while setting out plans to help Europe’s most polluting industries reach the green transition and watering down environmental reporting demands on companies.Publishing its “clean industrial deal” on Wednesday, the European Commission said it had a plan to help polluting industries, such as steel and cement, make the switch to the net zero emissions future, as well as boosting clean tech companies, such as firms making electric vehicle charging points. Continue reading...

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77 m. ago Geordie Shore star Marnie Simpson reveals gender of third child in emotional post

Geordie Shore star Marnie Simpson has announced the gender of her third child in an video, less than a week after announcing she and husband Casey Johnson are expanding their brood

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81 m. ago Hailey Bieber fan reveals what REALLY happened in 'frosty' viral exchange

Kristal Terrell took to TikTok on Tuesday to reveal that she was the fan in the video and that someone had deliberately cut a snippet in order to create a false narrative about Justin Bieber's wife.

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99 m. ago Shoppers rave about M&S' £3 beauty essential you'll need to 'run' to get hands on

A beauty fan has shared a video of her shopping trip in her local Marks & Spencer store, revealing the "amazing" £3 hair care she picked up after being recommended it

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1 hour ago Russia accuses UK and France of ‘heating up’ Ukraine war amid defence push

The accusation comes as the Prime Minister flies to the US to meet Donald Trump after promising a dramatic increase in defence spending.

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2 h. ago MIP London Panel Takes Optimistic Stance on AI, Citing ‘Shogun’ Success and ‘Brutalist’ Concerns

MIP London Panel Takes Optimistic Stance on AI, Citing ‘Shogun’ Success and ‘Brutalist’ Concerns  Hollywood Reporter

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2 h. ago Donald Trump faces backlash from his OWN supporters over AI video of future Gaza

The US president shared an AI video to his Truth Social social media platform showing the possible "Gaza Riviera" future his administration has previously teased for Palestine

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2 h. ago BBC confirm Ncuti Gatwa WILL return for new Doctor Who series after fears for show's future

The BBC has confirmed that the second series of the rebooted Doctor Who will air in April, after recent rumours that the show may be put on hold following the success of the first series.

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2 h. ago Zelensky says he's ready to sign mineral deal with Trump and hails it as 'a big success'

'I would like to have this visit very much,' Zelensky told reporters on Wednesday.

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2 h. ago Survivors reveal full horror of prison inferno where more than 100 women inmates were raped and burned alive when male convicts staged breakout: 'They let us die like animals'

Survivors say children began to die in the inferno when responding DRC police began firing tear gas into the women's wing, leaving them with 'almost no way to breathe'.

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2 h. ago Trump posts bizarre AI video of Gaza vision as beach resort featuring golden statues and bearded belly dancers

President Donald Trump shared a bizarre AI video depicting a future vision of Gaza as a beach resort to his Truth Social account on Tuesday, 26 February.

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2 h. ago BP pivots back to oil and gas after ‘misplaced’ faith in green energy

Chief executive says group was too optimistic over shift to renewables

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2 h. ago Bezos directs Washington Post opinion pages to promote ‘personal liberties and free markets’

Amazon executive and newspaper owner says in letter that ‘viewpoints opposing those pillars will be left to be published by others’US politics live – latest updatesJeff Bezos, the self-proclaimed “hands-off” owner of the Washington Post, emailed staffers this morning about a change he’s applying to the paper’s opinion section.“I’m writing to let you know about a change coming to our opinion pages. We are going to be writing every day in support and defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets,” Bezos said. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Made In Chelsea’s Tiffany Watson reveals gender of second child in sweet video alongside son Jude

Made In Chelsea star Tiffany Watson has revealed the gender of her second second child with her footballer husband Cameron McGeehan, to join their son Jude, 20 months

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3 h. ago Donald Trump continues to sign waves of executive orders. Here’s how that works, legally.

President is expected to issue swaths of more executive orders as his administration takes shape

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3 h. ago Donald and Melania Trump's romance – and reason she 'turned him down' at first

A TikTok video has recently emerged online revealing how President Donald Trump and his wife, Melania Trump, first met. It was all down to being in the right place at the right time

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