14 h. ago Trump’s apparent change of heart on Russia ‘welcome’, says senior minister

The US president turned his criticism towards Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Saturday after meeting with Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky.

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22 h. ago Ukraine war briefing: Suspect held in Moscow car bombing of general, Russia claims

Russian security service alleges Ukrainian agent Ignat Kuzin rigged car with homemade explosives; Trump meets Zelenskyy and expresses doubt that Putin wants a ceasefire. What we know on day 1,159Russia’s FSB secret service said on Saturday that it had detained a man it suspects of killing a senior general with a car bomb outside Moscow. Russia has accused Kyiv of being behind the blast on Friday, which killed Gen Yaroslav Moskalik. The FSB alleged a Ukrainian agent it named as Ignat Kuzin rigged a Volkswagen Golf in the city of Balashikha with a homemade explosive device from a Ukrainian secret service stash in the Moscow area and that the bomb was then detonated remotely from Ukraine. A video released by the FSB showed a man identified as Kuzin, and what was said to be his arrest taking place on a forest road. Kyiv has not commented on the blast, which bore the hallmarks of previous attacks on military figures and high-profile backers of the Kremlin’s offensive.Donald Trump has sai...

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36 h. ago Pope Francis wanted to ‘build bridges, not walls’, cardinal tells funeral in apparent swipe at Trump

Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re reminds millions that pope accused US president of not being Christian

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37 h. ago Pope Francis funeral live: Cardinal says pontiff aimed to ‘build bridges, not walls’ in apparent Trump rebuke

Huge crowds have gathered near St Peter’s Square as major world leaders watch the solemn funeral service

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54 h. ago Unite 'poised to retreat' over Birmingham bin strike despite no new pay offer on the table...so what's REALLY behind the union's change of heart?

Sharon Graham, general secretary of Unite, declared this week that a deal with the city council 'could be in touching distance', in a marked change of tone after seven weeks of strikes.

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59 h. ago A Russian general was killed by a car bomb just outside Moscow

Russia’s top criminal investigation agency said that a senior Russian military officer was killed by a car bomb on Friday

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60 h. ago ‘Very problematic’: US apparel bosses say Trump’s tariffs will hurt Americans

The president aims to boost US manufacturing, but insiders warn tariffs will increase costs and destroy businessesAcross the US, many executives leading apparel and textiles businesses are scratching their heads.Tariffs of 145% on goods from China, and tariffs of 10% on goods from much of the rest of the world, have been billed by the White House as a once-in-a-generation efffort to boost domestic manufacturing. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago China confirms its plans to build a nuclear plant on the MOON to power the research station it's 'dreaming up' with Russia

China is considering building a nuclear plant on the moon to power the International Lunar Research Station (ILRS) it is planning with Russia, a presentation by a senior official

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1 week ago The ‘game changer’ heart failure treatment trialled in the UK that cuts deaths by two

St George’s Hospital in Tooting, London, and Morriston Hospital in Swansea, Wales, became the first two hospitals in the UK to treat patients with the innovative method

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1 week ago The ‘game changer’ heart failure treatment trialled in the UK that cuts deaths by two thirds

St George’s Hospital in Tooting, London, and Morriston Hospital in Swansea, Wales, became the first two hospitals in the UK to treat patients with the innovative method

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1 week ago ‘West as we knew it no longer exists,’ warns Von der Leyen – Europe live

Wide-ranging interview addresses how Trump presidency has upended certainties over EU-US relationsUkraine’s parliament voted to extend martial law until 6 August, a senior lawmaker said, as Russia’s full-scale invasion of the country continues.Reuters reported that an overwhelming majority of 357 deputies supported the extension, which allows the country to continue mobilizing troops and suspends the election cycle. Continue reading...

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1 week ago The one change that could slash your risk of heart rhythm problems

A new study has found that the risk of atrial fibrillation was slashed by almost half

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1 week ago The simple change that could slash your risk of heart rhythm problems

A new study has found that the risk of atrial fibrillation was slashed by almost half among participants who walked the fastest

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1 week ago Republican supporters of Ukraine put pressure on Trump after missile strikes

Lawmakers use Kremlin’s deadly attacks as latest evidence to convince president he must increase pressure on PutinRepublican supporters of Ukraine are using the Kremlin’s deadly missile strikes as their latest evidence to convince Donald Trump that he must increase pressure on Vladimir Putin if he wants to reach a ceasefire deal.Pro-Ukraine lawmakers and aides in the Republican party have carefully navigated Trump’s apparent affinity for Putin and avoided direct intervention in their efforts to shift his support toward Kyiv. But following the Russian strikes during Palm Sunday celebrations in the city of Sumy, advisers and allies have been highly vocal in condemning the attack using language meant to resonate with the US president’s conservative, religious base. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Celebrity Big Brother 2025 star 'vowed never to do show' but later changed mind

Actress and comedian Donna Preston reportedly didn't want to do Celebrity Big Brother initially, her friends claim, but it's said she later had a change of heart

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2 w. ago Senior Labour minister who previously called for monarchy to be scrapped announces change of heart

Lisa Nandy has publicly reversed her stance on the monarchy after previously voicing her desire to vote to abolish the institution.

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2 w. ago LS Lowry painting sold to Guardian literary editor for £10 could fetch £1m

Rare early work Going to the Mill is to be auctioned after remaining in the Wallace family since 1926When LS Lowry sold one of his earliest paintings to the literary editor of the Manchester Guardian in 1926, he had an immediate change of heart.Arthur Wallace had edited a supplement for the Guardian to accompany a civic week organised by Manchester city council in October 1926, and featured three paintings by the then struggling artist. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Tim Spector says one small diet change could slash risk of heart disease by 14 per cent

The nutrition expert says just one simple change to your diet could reduce your risk of dying early

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2 w. ago Why Ruben Amorim has changed his mind on Manchester United midfielder Casemiro

Casemiro is back in favour at Man Utd after a long spell in the wilderness and Ruben Amorim has explained his change of heart.

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3 w. ago Trump’s third term trial balloon: how extremist ideas become mainstream

The president has been testing the waters by suggesting he could run again, a familiar playbook of the Maga movement – and a distraction tactic It is noon on 20 January 2029. In the biting cold of Washington, thousands of people are gathered on the National Mall to witness the swearing in of a new US president or, more accurately, an old US president: Donald Trump, aged 82, starting his third term in office.The scene is the realm of fantasy or, for millions of Americans, the stuff of nightmares. But in Trump’s own mind it is apparently not so far-fetched at all. Last weekend he told an interviewer that he is “not joking” about another run and there are “methods” to circumvent the constitution, which limits presidents to two terms. Continue reading...

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