76 m. ago UK considers taxing pensioners to claw back winter fuel payment

Plans are being looked at following Starmer’s policy U-turn this week, say officials

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2 h. ago Russia launches one of biggest drone attacks on Kyiv since start of war

Attack occurs hours after Russia and Ukraine begin prisoner exchange in deal seen as first step towards ceasefireRussia has launched a large-scale drone and missile attack on Kyiv, injuring 15 people in one of the biggest assaults on the Ukrainian capital since the beginning of the war more than three years ago.The attack came in waves, with Russia launching 14 ballistic missiles and 250 drones in the early hours of Saturday, although Ukrainian forces shot down six missiles and stopped most of the drones before they reached Kyiv. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Chilling moment hooded woman, 39, is arrested after 18 were stabbed in Hamburg: 'I heard everyone start screaming' says eye witness

Police confirmed they had arrested a 39-year-old German female suspect in connection with the stabbing spree at Hamburg Central Station on Friday afternoon.

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4 h. ago Couple renovating their £175k Victorian home made VERY eerie discovery that made them 'jump'

Millie Molloy, 24, and Brad Worth, 23, from Plymouth, bought what they thought was an ordinary two-bedroom Victorian property in July 2023 but what they found left them shocked.

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5 h. ago Winter Fuel Payment: Who is eligible and how much is the benefit worth?

The Prime Minister has announced plans to widen eligibility for the winter fuel payment, which was previously available to all UK residents above the state pension age of 66

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8 h. ago Voices: After the winter fuel decision, Labour is now openly at war with itself

Far from defusing the growing unrest within his party, the prime minister’s U-turn has emboldened backbenchers to demand even more sweeteners, says Andrew Grice

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11 h. ago Ukraine war briefing: Multiple injuries as Russia attacks Kyiv with drones and missiles

Explosions heard across capital and fires ignited while Russia and Ukraine begin largest prisoner swap of war. What we know on day 1,186See all our Ukraine war coverage Kyiv came under heavy drone and missile attack by Russian forces overnight into Saturday, triggering fires and injuring at least eight people, the Ukrainian capital’s mayor said. Explosions and machine-gun fire were heard throughout the city and many Kyiv residents took shelter in underground subway stations. Debris fell in at least four districts, said the Kyiv military administration, with six people requiring medical care. Pictures posted online showed smoke billowing from the top of one block of flats and flames leaping from part of another as emergency crews trained water on it.Russia and Ukraine on Friday began a major, complicated exchange of military prisoners of war and civilians, write Peter Beaumont and Pjotr Sauer. Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukraine’s president, said the first phase brought home 390 Ukrainians,...

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11 h. ago Police arrest innocent man at brother's funeral mistaking him for suspect in unsolved 1995 murder

A funeral descended into chaos after police sifted through the crowd of mourning family members before arresting an innocent man they believed was the prime suspect in a murder case

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11 h. ago Labour Party under growing pressure to ditch its winter fuel payments policy after nearly 80 per cent of voters say it needs to change

The findings will pile pressure on Sir Keir Starmer to climb down over the cuts to the payments, worth up to £300 a year for vulnerable pensioners.

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13 h. ago Is the inquest into the Bondi Junction murders further stigmatising schizophrenia?

Sandy Jeffs, first diagnosed in 1976, says ‘I just don’t know how we’re going to come back from this’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWhen Sandy Jeffs was diagnosed with schizophrenia in 1976, “it was an absolute death sentence because schizophrenia and recovery weren’t spoken of in the same sentence back in those days”.“To have your future taken away from you like that, at 23 years of age, was just awful,” she says, “and I bought into the pessimism of my diagnosis because that’s what I was told by all those clinicians.”Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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17 h. ago Glam influencer punched in face but says cops acted like 'it wasn’t a big deal'

In an Instagram post featuring footage of the New York ordeal, the influencer accused the police of downplaying her terrifying situation and said she had to beg them to arrest the suspect

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17 h. ago Mystery over disappearance of DC terror suspect's 'girlfriend' weeks before fatal attack

The pro-Palestinian gunman who shot and killed two young Israeli diplomats in Washington DC lived a cosy life with a 'girlfriend' in a modest apartment in Chicago

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19 h. ago Several people injured in knife attack at German train station

A suspect has been arrested, police said

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19 h. ago Stabbing rampage at Hamburg station leaves several people injured

The suspect has been arrested

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20 h. ago Washington DC shooting latest: Elias Rodriguez charged with first

Victims named as Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgram while suspect identified as Elias Rodriguez

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20 h. ago Louisiana jail sees a murder suspect scale the fence and escape

Tra’Von Johnson, 19, was arrested for a 2022 home invasion that left a father dead and his child injured

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20 h. ago Suspect in arson at Pennsylvania governor's official residence to seek delay in next court hearing

A man accused of trying to burn down Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s official residence is seeking to delay his next court appearance because he's receiving mental health treatment

Politics

21 h. ago Hundreds of Ukrainian and Russian soldiers and civilians released in biggest prisoner swap of war

Russia and Ukraine had each agreed after two hours of peace talks in Istanbul last week to swap 1,000 prisoners

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21 h. ago Tourist caught by Rome police with 30kg marble artefact on electric scooter ‘for souvenir’

The suspect reportedly told police that he wanted the 30kg marble artefact as a souvenir from his holiday to Italy

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21 h. ago Antiques Roadshow guest can't stop grinning as he learns whopping value of 'rust bucket' bike bought from clearance shop and suspected was fake

During a previous episode of the BBC show, expert Adam Schoon was presented with a late 19th century child's bicycle.

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