9 m. ago Donald Trump issues new warning to Hamas to move quickly on hostage release or 'bets are off' over peace deal

President Donald Trump warned Hamas to 'move quickly' and release the hostages or else 'all bets will be off' amid efforts to broker a peace deal to end the violence in Gaza.

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45 m. ago ‘People are dying’: Belarusians warn Lukashenko’s crackdown is far from over

Those recently freed from jail say authoritarian leader is using political prisoners as bargaining chips to ease sanctionsAs the bus crossed into Lithuania, Mikola Dziadok, newly freed after five punishing years behind bars in Belarus, shouted: “God bless America.”It was an unlikely cry from a committed anarchist and journalist who had spent almost half of his adult life behind bars for defying Alexander Lukashenko’s regime. Continue reading...

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95 m. ago Democratic AG hopeful will still run for office despite comparing opponent to Hitler and saying he should be shot

Jay Jones admitted that his text messages were ‘abhorrent’ and apologized, but said Virginians deserved a leader who would ‘accept when they’ve made mistakes’

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1 hour ago Mel Stride issues warning to Tory leadership plotters on eve of conference

Shadow chancellor Sir Mel Stride has spoken to The Independent ahead of the Tory conference in Manchester

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1 hour ago How the Supreme Court’s shadow docket is shaping American life

Each time Trump faces a challenge to his attempts to expand his executive authority, he runs to the Supreme Court’s shadow docket and his conservative majority complies, Ariana Baio reports

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2 h. ago Impressive Russell holds off Verstappen to grab F1 Singapore GP pole

Rejuvenated Mercedes driver takes top spot by 0.182secTitle leader Oscar Piastri in third, Lando Norris fifthGeorge Russell claimed pole position for the Singapore Grand Prix, putting in a magnificent lap between the walls of the Marina Bay street circuit for Mercedes under the floodlights. Red Bull’s Max Verstappen took second but was not close to Russell’s time.In the championship fight Oscar Piastri had the advantage with third while his title rival Lando Norris – 25 points behind his McLaren teammate – managed only fifth. Kimi Antonelli was impressive to take fourth for Mercedes, while Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc were in sixth and seventh for Ferrari. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Abrego Garcia wins request for hearing on whether smuggling charges are illegally 'vindictive'

A federal judge has concluded that the Department of Justice’s prosecution of Kilmar Abrego Garcia on human smuggling charges could amount to illegal retaliation

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2 h. ago Strictly Come Dancing's week one leaderboard in full ahead of second live show

As Strictly Come Dancing gathers pace the leaderboard from last week shows which couple poses the most threat ahead of the second week of live shows

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2 h. ago ‘People are really dying’: Belarusians warn Lukashenko’s crackdown is far from over

Those recently freed from jail say authoritarian leader is using political prisoners as bargaining chips to ease sanctionsAs the bus crossed into Lithuania, Mikola Dziadok, newly freed after five punishing years behind bars in Belarus, shouted: “God bless America.”It was an unlikely cry from a committed anarchist and journalist who had spent almost half of his adult life behind bars for defying Alexander Lukashenko’s regime. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Badenoch is unknown to UK public and not trusted by voters, top pollster says

Sir John Curtice says the Conservative leader managed to make no impression on much of the public

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3 h. ago Chelsea v Liverpool live: Ekitike injury latest as Premier League leaders look to avoid third straight defeat

Liverpool have lost back-to-back games under Arne Slot while Chelsea were stunned by Brighton last weekend

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3 h. ago Kemi Badenoch says we cannot fight antisemitism 'with nice words' as she visits scene of synagogue terror attack

The Tory leader visited Crumpsall today in the wake of the Heaton Park synagogue attack

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3 h. ago ‘Dozens’ of airstrikes on Gaza despite Trump’s call for Israel to stop bombing immediately

Palestinian officials accuse Israel of continuing to strike and shell Gaza City and other areas of the Strip

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4 h. ago Kim Kardashian channels mum Kris as she debuts stunning new hair after transformation

Former Keeping Up With The Kardashians star Kim Kardashian has debuted a head-turning new look, which had a striking resemblance to her mum Kris Jenner, at Paris Fashion Week

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4 h. ago What is ECHR as Tories threaten to leave if they win election

The Tory leader announced she would withdraw the UK from the international treaty if it won the next election, prompting a furious response from human rights group.

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4 h. ago MIKEY SMITH: 10 unhinged Donald Trump moments as museum boss fired for refusing King Charles gift demand

Trump wanted to give the King a very special artefact, owned by the US government, during his state visit. A museum director who refused the request was fired this week. Also, Trump's branded Gaza deal, Kristi Noem's bathroom breaks and more

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4 h. ago Starmer hit with major blow as tech firm backs out of digital ID card scheme

Mosley, grandson of notorious fascist leader Oswald Mosley, said the Labour manifesto for last year's general election did not mention the scheme set out last month and warned it was undemocratic

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4 h. ago Trump is reviving large sales of coal from public lands. Will anyone want it?

U.S. officials in coming days are set to hold the government’s biggest coal sales in more than a decade

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4 h. ago Legal setbacks mount for Trump’s birthright order before likely Supreme Court review

Now it's five federal courts that have rejected President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to end automatic citizenship for the children of people who are in the United States illegally or temporarily

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5 h. ago Every American should read this judge’s stirring rebuke to Trump | Austin Sarat

The court’s opinion in a case on immigrants’ right to free speech is a powerful lesson in civics Democracy requires that we do more than look out for our own interests and defend our own rights. Ever since the birth of this nation, its citizens and leaders have echoed Benjamin Franklin’s admonition that “we must all hang together, or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately.”In Donald Trump’s America, hanging separately seems to be the order of the day. This seems especially true when it comes to his treatment of this country’s millions of non-citizen residents. Continue reading...

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