31 m. ago Trump selling American citizenship through $5m gold cards to ‘very nice’ Russian oligarchs: Live

President unveils latest money-making scheme as reward for foreign investors who create U.S. jobs

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39 m. ago What caused Donald Trump's hand bruise? Doctors explain theories amid health speculation

The White House insisted the bruise was due to US President shaking lots of hands

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44 m. ago France: Where rapists can attack one victim or hundreds but still face the same time in prison

Former surgeon Joel Le Scouarnec is accused of raping or sexually abusing 299 victims in France’s trial of its kind

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44 m. ago Levi Colwill: Southampton win raises Chelsea’s confidence after tough patch

Colwill was on target in the 4-0 victory.

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50 m. ago Elizabeth line strikes cancelled as deal reached raising drivers' salary to £75,000

Aslef had already postponed first two walkouts that were planned for Thursday and Saturday

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52 m. ago St Mirren under no pressure to win at Tynecastle, says boss Stephen Robinson

The Buddies got the better of Rangers just four days ago but the Northern Irishman admits that win in Govan shouldn't raise expectations from this evening's trip to the capital.

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59 m. ago The US is destroying climate progress. Here’s a strategy to win over the right | Erin Burns

It’s time to rethink how climate action succeeds. The key is to acknowledge that it’s never the sole force driving political decisionsWe are witnessing the most devastating climate disasters on record: wildfires ravaging Los Angeles, deadly floods in North Carolina, and global temperature records shattered month after month. We have officially surpassed 1.5C of warming, a critical threshold scientists have long warned against. At the same time, the US is scaling back policies, freezing critical programs and shifting priorities away from climate action.But now isn’t the time to give up on climate action. Instead, it is high time to rethink how it succeeds. Continue reading...

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59 m. ago Trump’s ‘Gulf of America’ debacle is no joke – this is how authoritarians get started

The move has disturbing historical precedents, and retaliation against the Associated Press signals more restrictions to comeLast week, the Associated Press sued White House officials for violating its free press rights by punishing the organization for defying Donald Trump’s executive order to refer to the Gulf of Mexico as the “Gulf of America”. Unfortunately, on Monday, a federal judge refused to immediately strike down the White House’s retaliatory treatment of the AP. But the case is far from over.Granting access to the White House on the suppressive conditions set by the Trump administration is a blow to the first amendment and the free press. If the retaliation against the AP is allowed to stand, more restrictions on the press are certain to follow, creating Kremlin-like conditions that will affect all Americans who might question, or be suspected of questioning, the Trump party line. Continue reading...

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59 m. ago Starmer’s cuts are a huge mistake – foreign aid is an investment, not an expense | Halima Begum

At the height of the cold war, the west advanced its soft power through aid and development spending. If we cut that now, who will fill the vacuum?Halima Begum is the chief executive of Oxfam GBThe savagely deep cuts that Keir Starmer has announced to the international aid budget make a mockery of the pledge his party made to the British people in its manifesto. Then, it promised to restore development spending at the level of 0.7% of gross national income “as soon as fiscal circumstances allow”. On Tuesday the prime minister stood in front of parliament and announced that he will cut it from 0.5% to 0.3% of GDP. In the same manifesto, Labour made a commitment to “rebuild Britain’s reputation on international development with a new approach based on genuine respect and partnership with the global south”. This week, the government turned its back on it.Of course, I understand the argument that defence spending has to be increased, but cutting our aid budget still further when governm...

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64 m. ago Trump's luxury Gaza resort vision with God statue of himself as he wears see

Posted to Donald Trump's Truth Social account, the video laid out the president's new plans for the proposed takeover of Gaza in an AI video that features him as a God and Elon Musk eating a lot

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66 m. ago Trump’s Gaza video is a cruel, delusional spectacle that whitewashes war and suffering

The video, complete with golden Trump statues, luxury yachts, and even an AI-generated Elon Musk gorging on fondue, grotesquely trivialises the suffering of both Israelis and Palestinians

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70 m. ago Could your cold really be 'winter hay fever'? Pharmacists claim cases are soaring

Unlike the hay fever many experience in the spring and summer months, which is an allergic reaction to pollen, winter hay fever is triggered by allergens inside your own home.

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70 m. ago Thousands line streets to farewell Shiri Bibas and her young sons, killed in Gaza

Mourners held orange balloons and signs that read ‘forgive us’

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73 m. ago Trump posts bizarre AI video of Gaza vision as beach resort featuring golden statutes 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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77 m. ago First symptoms of mystery illness that killed 50 people within hours revealed

The World Health Organization says the outbreak began in the town of Boloko after three children ate a bat

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78 m. ago Donald Trump posts weird AI video of his 'Gaza Riviera' vision sparking outrage even among MAGA fans on Truth Social

The bizarre video has been condemned as ‘horrible’ and ‘wrong’ by Trump’s own supporters on his Truth Social platform

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92 m. ago BP to raise oil and gas spending to $10bn a year in pivot away from green goals

Firm confirms plans to scale back green energy efforts and ‘fundamentally reset’ strategyBusiness live – latest updatesBP will abandon its green ambitions by increasing its oil and gas investment to $10bn a year as part of a fundamental reset of the troubled company’s strategy.The company has confirmed that it will scrap its plan to cut its fossil fuel production and will instead grow production to 2.3m–2.5m barrels of oil a day by the end of the decade. Continue reading...

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96 m. ago Ukraine’s rare earth minerals deal: What are the details and why does Trump want them?

More than 50 per cent of Ukraine’s critical rare earth mineral resources are in regions illegally annexed by Vladimir Putin and partially occupied by his forces

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1 hour ago BBC Breakfast fans emotional as Rob Burrow's wife details final hours and heartbreaking promise

Lindsey Burrow appeared on BBC Breakfast on Wednesday to discuss her new memoir, which documents her husband's battle with MND.

Sport

1 hour ago A nation weeps: Thousands of Israelis line the streets for the funeral procession of hostages Shiri Bibas and her young sons after they were returned from Gaza

Thousands of mourners, carrying flags and orange balloons, gathered Wednesday for the funeral procession of Shiri Bibas and her sons, who were killed in Gaza captivity

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