10 h. ago Hamas insists 'all factions reject' plans for Tony Blair to run Gaza despite agreeing to Trump

Donald Trump had proposed a transitional 'Board of Peace' headed up by himself and former prime minister Sir Tony Blair to oversee an interim governing authority in Gaza.

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12 h. ago ‘Massive’ Russian attack on Ukraine capital triggers blackouts and sets high

Powerful blasts reported in Kyiv as missiles and drones target energy infrastructure, injuring nineThe Ukrainian capital was plunged into darkness early on Friday by what the air force called a “massive attack”, as Russia pummelled Kyiv’s infrastructure, cutting off water and energy supplies and triggering a fire in a high-rise apartment building.Kyiv’s mayor said Russian forces had targeted “critical infrastructure” and nine people had been injured, with five of them taken to hospital. Vitali Klitschko also said power cuts and disruptions to the water supply had hit districts on the east bank of the Dnipro River that runs through the city. Continue reading...

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21 h. ago Troops will miss paychecks next week without action on the government shutdown

The federal government shutdown is raising anxiety levels among service members and their families because those in uniform are working without pay

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30 h. ago Ryanair flight to Scotland forced to divert after emergency incident declared

A RYANAIR flight heading to Scotland was forced to divert following a mid-air emergency. The Edinburgh-bound aircraft took off from Lanzarote Airport just after 11am on October 7. Flight FR5594 was making its way to the Scottish capital before being diverted to Portugal. It landed at Porto Francisco de Sa Carneiro Airport just before 12.45pm....

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32 h. ago Scottish town people love is located near some of 'most scenic walks in UK'

A Scottish town that's full of history has been celebrated as a gorgeous place to visit. As well as being pretty, it offers some of the most scenic walks in the UK, according to visitors

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35 h. ago Area 51 after 'mystery crash' sparks FBI probe into 'tampering' near top secret site

The FBI has joined an investigation by the U.S. Air Force over a crash near classified Area 51 after officials say someone tampered with the site

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41 h. ago EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: How does Tony Blair manage to pay staff $100million in a year?

Tony Blair - named on President Donald Trump 's Board of Peace to run post-war Gaza - isn't remotely coy about the fact his eponymous institute is awash with cash

Economics

46 h. ago Strictly It Takes Two chaos as Fleur East forced to apologise for star swearing on air

Strictly Come Dancing's spin off show It Takes Two came to a halt on Wednesday evening as Fleur East was forced to apologise for professional dancer Alexis Warr swearing live on air

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46 h. ago Mystery over strange crash near Area 51 deepens as FBI opens investigation

The Air Force has unleashed a mystery near Area 51 after revealing that an unidentified aircraft crashed near the base and the site may have been tampered with.

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51 h. ago Charming town with a 'friendly feel' just 14 miles from the Welsh border

If you find yourself in south Shropshire, be sure to visit Ludlow, a charming market town with a rich history and plenty of things to see and do

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51 h. ago Why Tony Blair just can’t kick the habit of imperial interference in the Middle East | Oliver Eagleton

The Blair-Trump fantasy for postwar Gaza shows the former PM still thinks that free enterprise can solve all the world’s ills“There are two types of politician,” Tony Blair observed in 2012. “Reality creators and reality managers.” While postwar politics was generally a matter of steady management, he claimed, the emerging order called for more creativity, “both in the economy and foreign policy”. Only a particular type of visionary leader was fit for the task.More than a decade later, Blair has now joined forces with the pre-eminent reality-creator, Donald Trump, to draft a hallucinatory 20-point plan for Gaza. It aims to turn the devastated Strip into what seems to resemble a colonial protectorate: cleansed of armed conflict, buzzing with development projects and a “special economic zone” through which foreign capital can flow, and overseen by an international “board of peace” with Trump himself as chair. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Why Trump’s speech to US military top brass was such a disaster | Sidney Blumenthal

The president of the United States seemingly does not understand what the military is forNo dictator or would-be dictator on day one has ever assembled before him in one room the entire senior officer corps of his armed forces in order to have them belittled as failures and humiliated for their slovenly personal appearance, while degrading whole classes serving in the army, navy and air force degraded as inferior and unworthy. No dictator has ever pleaded for generals and admirals to applaud his remarks, followed by deafening silence.Donald Trump is used to entering to the din of a mob jazzed up with YMCA. “I’ve never walked into a room so silent before,” Trump said when he addressed the country’s highest-ranking military leaders at the Marine Corps Base Quantico on Tuesday. “Don’t laugh. Don’t know if you’re allowed to do that.” He was trying to force some tittering, an old lounge act gag to rouse a dead audience. “You know what? Just have a good time.” The comedian who felt his ro...

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7 d. ago Drone sighting shuts major European airport as thousands stranded

Passengers at Munich airport were left stranded after air traffic control was forced to suspend operations

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7 d. ago India downed five Pakistani jets in May conflict, says air force chief

In a first, India mentions the class of Pakistan jets downed in the near-war conflict in May

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7 d. ago Munich airport reopens after halting flights because of drone sightings

Travel disrupted for thousands on eve of national holiday in latest drone incident to hit European aviationMunich airport has reopened after drone sightings over the facility on Thursday evening forced air traffic control to suspend operations, leading to the cancellation of 17 flights and disrupting travel for nearly 3,000 passengers in the German city on the eve of a national holiday.A further 15 arriving flights were diverted to Stuttgart, Nuremberg, Vienna and Frankfurt, the airport said in a statement, marking the latest drone disruption to European aviation after sightings temporarily shut airports last week in Denmark and Norway. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Trump threatens mass layoffs and cuts to Democrat projects as another day of government shutdown passes: Live updates

Day two of the government shutdown draws to a close as federal jobs and projects are put in jeopardy

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7 d. ago Munich drone sightings force airport to cancel flights in latest Europe disruption

The German airport was forced to suspend operations, in the latest drone disruption to European aviationDrone sightings over Munich airport on Thursday evening forced air traffic control to suspend operations, leading to the cancellation of 17 flights and disrupting travel for nearly 3,000 passengers in the German city.Another 15 arriving flights were diverted to Stuttgart, Nuremberg, Vienna and Frankfurt, the airport said in a statement, marking the latest drone disruption to European aviation after sightings temporarily shut airports in Denmark and Norway last week. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh, makes history with second visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Sophie, 60, spent four days in the country during a secret high-security trip to 'shine a light' on the 'weaponisation of rape' and war-related sexual violence.

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8 d. ago Do you know about shitposting? It’s cheap humour, rage bait – and now, it seems, US government policy | Robert Topinka

Donald Trump’s White House reveals a new ‘portrait’ of Joe Biden – and in his world, if you don’t laugh, the joke’s on youOn 24 September, a White House communications adviser posted a video on X of a new presidential Walk of Fame, captioned: “Wait for it”, with a pen and eyes emoji. The video pans over a succession of presidential portraits to reveal – in place of Joe Biden’s portrait – a framed photograph of an autopen signing his name. The sight-gag references the Maga conspiracy theory that, unbeknownst to “Sleepy Joe”, unscrupulous aides used the autopen to sign pardons in his name. The post delighted supporters and outraged critics, which only further delighted supporters.And that was precisely the point. This combination of cheap humour and rage bait is the province of the shitpost, a genre of low-effort social media content designed to amuse insiders and annoy outsiders. Like so much of internet culture, shitposting was pioneered on the message board 4chan – but Donald Trump...

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8 d. ago BBC Breakfast's Naga Munchetty pays emotional tribute to Dame Jane Goodall

BBC Breakfast presenter Naga Munchetty was forced to share some heartbreaking news live on air following the death of a British zoologist

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