68 m. ago 'It was one of the most shocking incidents I've seen in 28 years... even gangsters have codes of conducts'

Gunman Kieran Morgan was directed to target several addresses by Zaki Shazad, including a busy burger bar and the house of a young family

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99 m. ago China approves world’s biggest amphibious plane for mass production

AG600 Kunlong was developed as part of drive to modernise Chinese military

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1 hour ago Chinese fighter jet in near miss with Japanese military plane as Pacific tensions rise

J-15 fighter jet took off from Chinese aircraft carrier off Japanese coast and came within 45 metres of Japanese Self-Defence Force aircraftJapan has voiced “serious concern” over a near miss involving one of its military planes and a Chinese fighter jet in the Pacific, where recent manoeuvres by Chinese aircraft carrier groups have raised tensions across the region.The Chinese aircraft took off from a moving aircraft carrier, the Shandong, and reportedly flew within 45 metres of a Japanese Self-Defence Force (SDF) patrol plane shortly afterwards. On Thursday, Japan’s chief cabinet secretary, Yoshimasa Hayashi, urged Beijing to prevent a repeat of the incident, which took place at the weekend. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago My unexpected Pride icon: Fast & Furious is my favourite camp classic

Any film where cast members talk about chosen family and Dwayne ‘the Rock’ Johnson busts a cast off his broken arm by flexing his biceps has a place in the gay canonI am a 42-year-old lesbian who can’t drive. And, since I’m baring all, I will add that I loathe people who drive extremely fast in obnoxiously large cars. Which, unfortunately, seems to be every third person in the US. In short, I’d wager I’m probably not the target audience for the Fast & Furious films.I’m sure I don’t need to explain the blockbuster franchise to you: the first instalment came out in 2001 and the series has generated billions. But if you are somehow unfamiliar with them, the basic premise is that a ragtag team of misfits and street racers travel around the world, driving cars fast and furiously, beating up baddies. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Greta Thunberg projects the 'image of a heroine' and proudly 'mocks her critics'

Greta Thunberg was deported by Israel on Tuesday, one day after the Gaza-bound ship she was on was dramatically seized by the Israeli military in "international waters"

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2 h. ago Trump's military parade is a US outlier in peacetime but parades and reviews have a long history

The military parade commemorating the U.S. Army’s 250th anniversary and coinciding with Donald Trump’s 79th birthday will be a new spectacle for many Americans

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4 h. ago Man Utd transfer news: Viktor Gyokeres to strike over move as come

Manchester United's summer transfer plans are now fully focused on signing a striker, with Viktor Gyokeres their top target, though Sporting Lisbon are reluctant to sell

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5 h. ago Beach Boys' Brian Wilson's torture at the hands of his rotten father and the deep turmoil before his death

'It was hard to feel happy and light when there were sad things in my head,' Wilson wrote in his 2016 autobiography I Am Brian Wilson. 'It was hard to feel free when I was tied down.

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7 h. ago Troops begin detaining immigrants in national defense zone at border in escalation of military role

U.S. troops have begun directly detaining immigrants accused of trespassing on a recently designated national defense zone along the southern U.S. border

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8 h. ago Fort Bragg soldiers behind Trump during speech were screened for loyalty and appearance, report says: ‘No fat soldiers’

Crowd of soldiers booed and cheered at Trump’s partisan speech, breaking the military’s tradition and regulations around remaining non-political

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8 h. ago Trumps says 'US soldiers will chase you down, crush you' while showing military in new video

In a menacing video posted to social media, US President Donald Trump has warned all of America's "ememies" that US soldiers will "chase" them down and "crush" them

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9 h. ago No new trials for Michigan school shooter's parents despite violation by prosecutors, judge rules

A judge has turned down requests for new trials by the parents of a Michigan school shooter

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9 h. ago Celtic target Swede, Rangers set Igamane price as suitors revealed, Hearts eye Nigerian

Latest transfers rumours around Scottish football

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9 h. ago Military plane spotted over flying over Greater Manchester towns

The aircraft was spotted over the city

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9 h. ago Diddy trial chaos as prosecutors try to eject juror over 'serious' ethics breach

Sean 'Diddy' Combs is back in court as his sex-trafficking and racketeering trial continues on Wednesday in New York federal court.

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11 h. ago Karoline Leavitt gets fiery as she’s pressed on Trump’s military response to Los Angeles protests

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt got into a heated back and forth with reporters on Wednesday as she held her first briefing since President Donald Trump’ federalized the National Guard in California and sent active-duty Marines to join them in cracking down on protests and unrest over immigration roundups in Los Angeles.

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11 h. ago The dangerous new strategy used by people traffickers to outwit French police and smuggle boat loads of Channel migrants into the UK

EU border agency Frontex said in an official updated that traffickers were adapting their methods in an attempt to boost the number of successful crossings.

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12 h. ago Regional carrier Silver Airways says it's shutting down operations

Regional carrier Silver Airways has announced it's shutting down operations after a failed attempt at restructuring through bankruptcy, leaving some passengers stranded at airports in Florida, the Bahamas and the Caribbean

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12 h. ago The Guardian view on Trump and deportation protests: the king of confected emergencies | Editorial

Strongmen love inventing or exploiting crises to justify extreme measures and extended power. The US is taking another step towards authoritarianismDonald Trump will celebrate his birthday with a North Korean-style military parade costing tens of millions of dollars this weekend. He has gratefully accepted the early gift of the demonstrations, which have spread across the country, with more scheduled for Saturday. The president’s immigration crackdown spurred overwhelmingly peaceful protests in Los Angeles. Ordering in troops, over the governor’s head, then inflamed the situation and allowed the agent of chaos to portray himself as its nemesis once more.Mr Trump has diverted attention from his rift with Elon Musk, the stalling of his “big, beautiful” tax and spending bill, the court-ordered return of the wrongly deported Kilmar Ábrego García and the impending impact of tariffs. But underlying the manufactured crisis is a deeper agenda: reigniting fear of undocumented migrants, deleg...

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12 h. ago The Beach Boys' Brian Wilson's marriage to 'saviour' who freed him from psychiatrist

Brian Wilson's wife Melinda Ledbetter shared a marriage full of ups and downs after they first met in 1986 and eventually tied the knot in 1995, with her passing one year before him

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