2 h. ago Trump wants to talk directly to Maduro as military’s top officer arrives in Caribbean

Trump’s call for talks between the US and Venezuela comes as his administration allegedly planned to drop leaflets encouraging the usurpation of Maduro on the South American petrostate’s capital

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13 h. ago ‘Cuban spies would execute tyrant Maduro if he fled Venezuela’, US officials believe as Trump set to talk to dictator

VENEZUELAN president Nicolas Maduro could be executed by Cuban spies if he leaves the country. Meanwhile, Donald Trump has said he is ready to speak to the dictator personally - despite just designating him the head of a terror organisation. It's no secret that America wants Maduro out and a new regime installed, even if...

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3 d. ago Rare weather phenomenon that led to ‘Beast from the East’ returning to UK this winter after Arctic freeze

The Met Office announced that ‘winter has arrived early across the UK’ in its latest forecast

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3 d. ago Teenage girl arrested after woman in her 50s found dead inside Swindon home

Wiltshire Police were called to a residential property in Moredon at around 7pm on Friday, November 21. Upon arrival officers discovered a woman in her 50s not breathing

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4 d. ago Tears and solemnity at Cheney funeral – but no memorial for those killed in Iraq

Great and good pay tribute in Washington but honouring of former vice-president was an exercise in omissionYou suspected that Maga had not conquered the Washington national cathedral when Bill Kristol was spotted at a men’s urinal conversing with Chris Wallace. You knew it for sure when James Carville, Anthony Fauci and Rachel Maddow were seen sitting close to one another in the nave.The funeral of the 46th US vice-president, Dick Cheney, who died earlier this month aged 84, was a throwback to a less raucous and rancorous time. Ex-presidents and vice-presidents, Democratic and Republican, made small talk, but Donald Trump, who spent Thursday crying treason and calling for Democrats to be put to death, and his deputy JD Vance were not invited. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Trump's officials arrive in Ukraine in bid to force Zelensky into accepting peace deal "heavily tilted towards Russia" that will see them hand land to Putin and cut back their military'

The 28-point proposal, which would require Ukraine to cede the remainder of the Donbas region to Moscow and cut the size of its military by half, is likely to be viewed as surrender in Kyiv.

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8 d. ago POLL OF THE DAY: Should officials confiscate refugees' valuables upon arrival in Britain?

Shabana Mahmood is expected to announce how she will toughen up the asylum system today - but faces a backbench outcry over the sweeping changes.

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8 d. ago Parents who complained about school on WhatsApp 'paid £20,000 after arrest'

Parents Rosalind Levine and Maxie Allen were each paid £10,000 each after six police officers arrived at their home following complaints from a primary school about messages shared on WhatsApp

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8 d. ago Pressure is on PM to talk Donald Trump out of his $5billion legal threat to the BBC as looming bill 'will hit taxpayers'

Keir Starmer was due to hold a crunch phone call with the US President as the fallout intensifies over the corporation twice broadcasting doctored footage of his speech before the Capitol riots.

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9 d. ago Keir Starmer facing calls to 'stand up for Britain' after Trump vows to sue BBC for up to $5billion in taxpayers' money

The BBC has apologised but declined to pay Trump damages, setting the scene for a high-profile legal showdown. Trump said he planned to call Sir Keir this weekend and talk to him about the issue.

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1 week ago Masked Israeli settlers set fire to vehicles in attack on occupied West Bank

Dozens of masked Israeli settlers attacked two Palestinian villages in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday (11 November) and set fire to vehicles and property before clashing with Israeli soldiers who arrived to intervene, according to officials.

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2 w. ago Freed drug mule gran Lindsay Sandiford faces being locked up in UK despite Bali nightmare

The Foreign Office has refused to say what will happen to Sandiford when she arrives in the UK tomorrow - but an Indonesian official said: “In England, she will remain in prison.”

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2 w. ago Trump urges Republicans to talk about affordability after Democrats sweep elections saying they ‘lie about it’: Live updates

Democrats won major races Tuesday while campaigning on lowering the cost of living

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2 w. ago The moment HGV driver makes startling admission to police at scene of M6 crash

When police officers arrived on the scene of a the serious crash, the driver made a frank admission

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2 w. ago US government heads to longest shutdown as Trump resists calls to talk

President under pressure to end stand-off that has put food supplies to millions of Americans at risk

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3 w. ago How the European convention on human rights became a battleground between the centre and the right | Daniel Trilling

For 20 years, populists have been blaming the ECHR for endangering Britain by offering basic protections to immigrantsIn the latest series of Blue Lights, the BBC drama about police officers in Belfast, there’s a scene where a constable insists on staying with a mentally ill man until a nurse arrives. “This is an article two issue,” the officer tells his colleague – by which he means that under article two of the European convention on human rights (ECHR), incorporated into UK law by the 1998 Human Rights Act, the state has a duty to protect life. It is an uncontroversial example of how the ECHR, which turns 75 this week, has found its way into everyday life across the UK.In Westminster, withdrawal from the ECHR has become a new rallying cry for the right, which claims it is the solution to unauthorised migration. In early October, Kemi Badenoch’s Conservatives said they want to take the UK out of the convention if they win the next election. Last week, MPs voted down a largely symb...

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3 w. ago NHS fears ‘worst flu epidemic in 10 years’ as cases already ‘three times higher’ than last year

BRITAIN could be hit by the worst flu epidemic in a decade, new figures suggest. NHS officals have warned the winter virus has arrived a month earlier than usual, with cases already three times higher than this time last year. It comes as Japan battles a severe flu epidemic of its own, with around 100 schools forced...

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3 w. ago Epping sex offender Hadush Kebatu deported to Ethiopia, Home Office confirms

Kebatu, who was wrongly freed from Essex prison, was put on a flight to Ethiopia and arrived on WednesdayA convicted child sex offender who arrived in the UK in a small boat and was mistakenly released from prison has been deported, the Home Office says.Hadush Kebatu arrived in Ethiopia in the early hours after being removed from the UK on a flight with no right to return, a statement said. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg met with Pam Bondi to find out how to talk to Trump ahead of FTC trial: report

Tech boss sought out attorney general for advice on best to speak to president, new book claims

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3 w. ago I moved to Leith three months ago, but it didn't feel official until the house guests arrived

We’ve bitten the bullet and hosted a couple of sleepovers

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