3 h. ago Hegseth orders new strike that kills 4 on alleged drug boat amid ‘double tap’ controversy

Attack comes just hours after Admiral Frank ‘Mitch’ Bradley briefed concerned lawmakers about the September ‘double tap’ strike

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4 h. ago When I got HIV at 21, I was determined my love life wouldn't end. So how do men react when I tell them? ELLIE HARRISON

Eyes seemed to be following me around the student bar. They weren't looks of sexual interest - like any 21-year-old dressed up for a big night out. No, this was different.

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4 h. ago Man who visited every country in the world by 28 reveals horrifying experience in North Korea

Adventurer Henrik Jeppesen, 37, managed to visit every country in the world by the age of 27. But there's one isolated nation he's terrified to return to thanks to a near-brush with prison time.

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4 h. ago Supreme court allows Texas to use new congressional map favoring Republicans in 2026 elections – US politics live

Ruling will impact elections as soon as the March primariesUS supreme court approves redrawn Texas congressional mapsAmong the beneficiaries of Donald Trump’s pardons and commutations, there is a group that legal experts and political scientists see as some of the clearest evidence of how such actions undermine the rule of law: those who were released from prison and again arrested for different alleged crimes.During his first term, Trump issued 237 acts of clemency – including to someone who was a predatory lender and drug smuggler and to another who ran a Ponzi scheme. Since taking office again, Trump has issued more than 1,600, most for people involved in the January 6 attack on Congress. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Several people arrested in New Orleans amid ICE ‘siege’: ‘It’s racial profiling’

Communities remain terrified as Trump administration’s crackdown on another Democratic-led city enters day twoDozens of people have been detained across the New Orleans area as the Trump administration’s latest sweeping federal immigration crackdown in a Democratic-led city entered its second day.The city’s immigrant communities remain terrified and traumatized, advocates said, with many in hiding as people have been arrested in public spaces including parking lots outside Home Depots and Lowe’s hardware stores, at bus stops, shopping malls and in residential areas around the city. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Ashes 2025 live score: Root and Archer to take attack to Aussies when England resume on day two

Root’s first hundred in Australia helped England to 325-9 and he’ll try to add to that lead today

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8 h. ago Experts urge release of boat strike video as US admiral denies ‘kill them all’ order

Democrat Jim Himes calls footage ‘one of the most troubling scenes’ he’s observed in public serviceAnalysis: Killing of survivors sparks outrage – but entire US ‘drug boat’ war is legally shakyTop Democratic and Republican lawmakers in Congress on Thursday said that the defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, had not ordered the military to kill surviving members of a a deadly attack on a boat alleged to be carrying drugs in the Caribbean, but differed over whether the double strike was appropriate.The allegation that Hegseth ordered the killing of survivors sparked bipartisan concern in Washington that he or others involved may have committed a war crime. On Thursday, US navy admiral Frank Bradley, who commanded the attack, and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Dan Caine, appeared before the House and Senate’s armed services and intelligence committees for a closed briefing in which they showed video and discussed the attack with lawmakers. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Suspect arrested and named in case of pipe bombs planted on eve of January 6

Bombs were placed near Republican and Democratic party HQs in Washington night before US Capitol attackUS authorities on Thursday made an arrest in connection with pipe bombs that were planted outside the headquarters of both the Democratic and Republican parties in Washington DC on the eve of 6 January 2021.Explosive devices were placed at night and then, on the afternoon of 6 January, the US Capitol attack occurred, when a mob of Donald Trump’s supporters stormed Congress in an effort to prevent the certification of Joe Biden’s win in the 2020 presidential election. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Yaya Toure reignites feud with 'snake' Pep Guardiola in incredible rant

Manchester City favourite Yaya Toure has launched a fresh attack on Pep Guardiola, who coached the iconic Ivory Coast midfielder both at The Etihad and at Barcelona

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10 h. ago TikTok prankster with 31,000 followers launches 'wild animal' attack on man in shop

Gavin Davies, 38, who has 31,000 followers on TikTok, had been drinking after being released from prison and getting engaged

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10 h. ago Devil dog broke into neighbor's home and ripped toddler's teeth out, distraught family said

The little boy's father said his son also received a fractured left orbital bone, lacerations in his inner eyelid, a laceration on his right eyebrow, a laceration on his right cheek and a bite on the neck.

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10 h. ago US lawmakers call for inquiry into second US military strike on alleged Caribbean drug boat

Democratic representative Jim Himes, who saw footage of attack, called it ‘one of the most troubling scenes’ he’s observed in public serviceAnalysis: Killing of survivors sparks outrage – but entire US ‘drug boat’ war is legally shakyA Democratic congressman described an unedited video of an extrajudicial military strike that killed two survivors in the Caribbean as “one of the most troubling scenes” he’s seen in public service, as human rights advocates and policy experts are lining up to demand the video’s public release.Congressman Jim Himes, the ranking member of the House intelligence committee, made the remarks on Thursday after viewing footage in a classified briefing of the 2 September follow-up attack that killed two men clinging to wreckage off the coast of Venezuela. His assessment came as experts called the operation murder under international law. Continue reading...

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10 h. ago Driver accused of mowing down five pedestrians in Christmas Day carnage on Shaftesbury Avenue 'tried to kill gay couple in a homophobic attack', court hears

Anthony Gilheaney, 30, is accused of ploughing his car into pedestrians in the early hours of December 25, 2024 - killing 25-year-old Aidan Chapman and seriously injuring four others.

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11 h. ago TikTok prankster launched biting attack like 'wild animal' after getting engaged

Gavin Davies, 38, barged into a shop in Merthyr Tydfil without his top on and began smashing up the store before attacking a shopper who said he behaved like a 'monster'

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11 h. ago Paedo teacher facing lifetime ban from classroom after sleeping with students

Rebecca Joynes became pregnant by another teenage student, initiating a sexual relationship with him when he was also 15.

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11 h. ago I never thought I'd be living with strangers in a shared house at 47. These are the financial mistakes I made that all women MUST avoid if they want to own a home before 50, by Traitors star ASH BIBI

Endlessly scrolling through profiles, I feel my heart sink. This one has no photo, the next guy admits he's terrified of germs and a third insists on bringing his girlfriend. It's one red flag after another.

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12 h. ago The last hostage held in Gaza died fighting to save a kibbutz

An Israeli police officer killed during the Oct. 7, 2023, attack that triggered the country's war with Hamas is the last hostage whose remains are still in Gaza

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12 h. ago Moment pickup truck smashes into car as terrified residents flee

'It's lucky nobody was injured - it was like a terrorist attack'

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12 h. ago Lawmakers will hear from Navy admiral who ordered attack that killed boat strike survivors

The Navy admiral who reportedly issued orders to fire upon survivors of an attack on an alleged drug boat is on Capitol Hill for a classified briefing with top lawmakers

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13 h. ago Killer who beat shopper to death in 'random attack' outside Sainsbury's is facing years behind bars as he admits manslaughter

Demiesh Williams, 29, was arrested following a savage attack on Andrew Clark, 43, outside the supermarket in Beckenham, south London, on March 16.

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