9 h. ago 'Spineless Starmer is turning UK into a military pygmy': Farage blasts PM as Iran's leader in exile pleads for British support and top brass warn of £28bn funding crisis

The Reform UK leader said it was 'terrifying' that the UK faced a £28 billion shortfall in defence funding.

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40 h. ago Trump 'destroying world order' with recent actions European leaders warn

The German President said the US has gone 'far beyond' what is acceptable as critics accuse Trump of breaking international law

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45 h. ago Donald Trump torn apart for 'destroying world order' as European leaders give warning

German president Frank-Walter Steinmeier claimed Donald Trump had gone 'far beyond' what was acceptable and warned of weaker nations being preyed on if world politics turns into a 'den of robbers'

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65 h. ago Trump feared Maduro plot would be 'Jimmy Carter disaster' and 'destroy administration'

The US president admitted he worried the operation might mirror the Carter administration's failed attepmt to rescue 52 American hostages being held in Iran in April, 1980

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4 d. ago European leaders warn Trump Greenland ‘belongs to its people’ after president’s threats

‘Greenland belongs to its people,’ said European leaders after Trump threats to annex territory

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6 d. ago ‘Even turbulent ’70s were easier than today,’ warn business leaders as high street crisis bites

EVEN the 1970s were a better time to do business than today, bosses have warned. A poll by the Jobs Foundation found more entrepreneurs than not thought the period of industrial strife five decades ago was marginally better than the 2020s. Some 78 per cent of family business owners are pessimistic about the economy in...

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7 d. ago Donald Trump has just received the nuclear codes to destroy Sadiq Khan's record. Revenge is sweet

Donald Trump has just received the nuclear codes to destroy Sadiq Khan's record. Revenge is sweet - Lee Cohen  GB News

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2 w. ago Israeli foreign minister urges Jews to ‘come home’ after Bondi Beach massacre

Israeli leaders warn of rising antisemitism abroad following attack that killed 15 at Hanukkah event in Sydney

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2 w. ago Hearts v Rangers, European action and Afcon begins – matchday live

⚽ Discussion, news and buildup to all Sunday’s action⚽ Live scores | Tables | Saturday’s reports | Mail us hereThere’s some interesting debate raging below the line about the tempestuous meeting between Tottenham and Liverpool last night, where Xavi Simons and Cristian Romero were sent off but Micky van de Ven, whose challenge ended Alexander Isak’s involvement was not.Thomas Frank was certainly of the view that Simons sending off was unjust. “I don’t like those types of red card because I think the game is gone if that’s a red card,” he told the BBC soon after the game finished. “I don’t think it’s a reckless tackle. I don’t think it’s exceptional force. We have the referee’s call and that was a yellow, so that’s why I don’t think that’s a red.” Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Resident doctors in England begin five days of strike action

NHS leaders warn ‘more patients are likely to feel the impact of this round of strikes than the previous two’Resident doctors in England have begun five days of strike action after rejecting the government’s latest offer to resolve the long-running dispute over pay and jobs.The British Medical Association (BMA), and the health secretary, Wes Streeting, met on Tuesday in a final attempt to reach an agreement, but failed to do so. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Russian refineries go up in flames as Europe faces chilling WW3 alert

Ukraine's drones turned Russian refineries into fireballs for a second night running as leaders warn that Europe may be edging closer to the horrors of a third world war

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4 w. ago Montauban vs Ospreys LIVE: Score updates from European Challenge Cup

The Ospreys are back in European action with a trip to France in the European Challenge Cup

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4 w. ago Business 'battered and betrayed' by botched business rates reforms

Rachel Reeves is facing a mounting backlash over her botched business rates reforms as industry leaders warn crippling taxes are 'killing high street firms'.

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4 w. ago Cardiff, Dragons, Ospreys and Scarlets team news as European ties continue

All four of the Welsh sides are back in European action this weekend

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last month Donald Trump wants a Europe in chaos – a sure sign for Britain to shore up its democracy | Polly Toynbee

With the US threatening to support ‘patriotic’ parties here, we need better defences, starting with tough new rules about political donationsThe new threat is so dizzyingly bizarre that Europe, and especially Britain, is slow to believe it. The US declares itself our enemy. Europe emerges as its main adversary in the US national security strategy. Russia is its friend, not us. Everything that looked solid since the second world war is turned upside down; the land of the free becomes the destroyer of democratic values. Appeasement fails.He may ramble, but Donald Trump speaks plainly. He means what he says, and he hates everything European. Except its emerging “patriotic” parties, which he wants to support. His strategy warns of “civilizational erasure”, claiming Europe will soon “become majority non-European” and parroting the racist conspiracy known as the great replacement theory. Describing Europeans as “weak”, “decaying” and “destroying their countries”, with “real stupid” leader...

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