2 h. ago Europe’s powerful tool against Russia? Seizing its frozen assets

If European leaders want to truly support Ukraine they must seize the moment by seizing $220bn in assetsIt is now clear that Donald Trump’s administration will betray Ukraine in its fight to resist Russian aggression. Trump himself is either a victim of disinformation or he is a willing participant in an effort to deceive Americans about the causes and consequences of the war.Trump’s lies include claiming that Ukraine is equally to blame for the war; that Volodymyr Zelenskyy doesn’t “have the cards” to end the conflict on favourable terms; and that Ukraine could not have defended itself without US help. Yet the whole world knows that Russia launched an unprovoked invasion, and we all remember the initial weeks, when Ukrainians valiantly defended an 1,800-mile frontline against a supposedly superior army, long before deliveries of western artillery, armoured vehicles and air defence systems arrived. Continue reading...

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14 h. ago Teen arrested 800 miles from home after parents found dead in Wisconsin

Cops found a gruesome scene at a Wisconisin home, with one of the victims’ faces’ ‘blackened from decomposition with dried blood on the floor around her’

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47 h. ago 1980s rock guitarist and wife arrested as teen girl steals his phone to call for help

WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: Marc Piovanetti, who played guitar in various successful 1980s thrash metal band, has been charged with the sexual assault of a minor

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47 h. ago Heavy metal guitarist and wife arrested as teen girl steals his phone to call for help

WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: Marc Piovanetti, who played guitar in various successful 1980s thrash metal band, has been charged with the sexual assault of a minor

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3 d. ago Canning Town: Six people arrested after teen, 17, is stabbed

Canning Town: Six people arrested after teen, 17, is stabbed  BBC

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5 d. ago Teen arrested and charged over 'assault' of boy, 14, in Fife

The victim did not require any medical treatment.

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9 d. ago Proposed $19,000,000,000,000 tunnel could get you from London to New York in 54 minutes

A proposed Transatlantic Tunnel could take passengers from London to New York in under an hour, travelling at speeds of over 3,000 miles per hour (4,800 kmph).

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1 week ago Teen boy arrested as Scots high school put into lockdown over incident

Cops confirmed a 15-year-old has been arrested in connection.

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1 week ago Trump singled me out for ruining women’s sport. This is my response to him | Austin Killips

The president talks about trans athletes ‘invading’ women’s sports, while doing nothing at all to elevate, fund or support women athletesEarlier this month, Donald Trump singled me out. In fact, I was the first example he gave of someone ruining women’s sport.“Last year”, he said while announcing his Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports executive order, “a male cyclist posing as a woman competed in the 800-mile Arizona Trail Race – a very big deal in cycling – and obliterated the women’s course record by nearly five and a half hours.” Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Teen fighting for life after cardiac arrest during terrifying botched robbery

Blake Speirs, 13, is currently fighting for his life in hospital.

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