5 h. ago Trump plans a military 'quarantine' of Venezuela's oil to strong

Marco Rubio promised the US would use a blockade on sanctioned oil tankers rather than exert direct control on Venezuela post-Maduro.

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36 h. ago Senegal vs Sudan LIVE: AFCON result, latest updates and reaction after Pape Gueye inspires comeback

Lions of Teranga start Africa Cup of Nations knockout campaign on the right foot

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38 h. ago West Lothian digital experts warn some businesses are woefully underprepared for PSTN switch off

In January 2027, BT Openreach will shut down the Public Switch Telephone Network (PSTN), the technology behind analogue landline phones.

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39 h. ago Senegal vs Sudan LIVE: AFCON latest score, match stream and goal updates

Lions of Teranga kick off Africa Cup of Nations knockout campaign

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40 h. ago Senegal vs Sudan LIVE: AFCON match stream, latest team news, lineups, TV, prediction

Lions of Teranga kick off Africa Cup of Nations knockout campaign

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41 h. ago Epstein disclosures raise key question: why wasn’t he stopped earlier?

New documents reveal numerous missed opportunities as experts and victims condemn US authorities’ failuresOver the course of two decades, Jeffrey Epstein repeatedly appeared on law enforcement’s radar for sexual misconduct involving teen girls and young women. And over this same period of time, Epstein avoided serious and meaningful punishment for his crimes.The US justice department’s recent disclosure of long-secret investigative files related to Epstein has once again raised the question of why he wasn’t interdicted sooner, despite numerous reports of misconduct. The issue has been the subject of many conspiracy theories, often focusing on the idea that Epstein – who lived at the center of a network of powerful people – enjoyed some form of protection. Continue reading...

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46 h. ago UK's biggest mobile network to 'shut down' as customers handed urgent warning

Thousands of customers will lose their ability to use the internet, after one of the biggest mobile networks in the country announced it would be shutting down its operations

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57 h. ago Inside Jamie ‘Iceman’ Stevenson’s plot to flood Scots town with dodgy street valium as EncroChat messages exposed 

JAMIE ‘Iceman’ Stevenson ordered a notorious dealer to flood the  streets with ‘blue plague’ pills from his Breaking Bad-style drugs factory — as he used a top-secret chat network to run a  multi-million-pound narcotics empire. An investigation by The Scottish Sun has revealed how Scotland’s No1 gangster urged Lee Docherty to take delivery of 500,000...

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60 h. ago ‘Suspension of entry into the US’, paparazzi – and wine: three other reasons George Clooney moved to France

A UK government warning that Amal Clooney risks US sanctions over her role in the issuing of an arrest warrant for the Israeli prime minister is key among reasons the couple have sought French citizenshipThe exodus from Hollywood to shores not presided over by Donald Trump has been busy and loud. Ellen DeGeneres, Robin Wright and Courtney Love moved to England; Rosie O’Donnell opted for Ireland; Eva Longoria, Spain. Other Trump critics, including Richard Gere, Lena Dunham and Ryan Gosling, have upped sticks without citing the re-election as a motivating factor.In the case of Clooney, however, there has appeared little doubt that his decision to gain French citizenship was primarily because of Trump, whose re-election he energetically campaigned against. Yet amid the heat and headlines generated by the pair’s war of words, some of the actor’s reasons for relocating may have flown under the radar. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago The Traitors star Hugo Lodge is a 'big time' barrister who has represented murderers and drug

The Traitors star Hugo Lodge is a 'big time' barrister who has represented murderers and drug-smugglers and has even written a book about financial sanctions

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3 d. ago Jacinda Ardern steps in to rescue project saving mothers during childbirth in wake of Trump’s aid cuts

Aid workers describe the move by New Zealand’s former prime minister as ‘a moment of believing that there was going to be light at the end of the tunnel’

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4 d. ago Trump's travel ban on seven new countries comes into effect as 2026 begins

Immigrants and nonimmigrants from Burkina Faso, Laos, Mali, Niger, Sierra Leone, South Sudan and Syria will all be denied entry into the US as part of new Border Patrol Guidance.

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4 d. ago EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: I lost sleep over brutal job cuts, says ITV boss Carolyn

The network is making a reported 220 staff redundant and halving the long-running Lorraine show to 30 minutes and broadcasting it and Loose Women for only 30 weeks a year.

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4 d. ago US sanctions four traders it says are shipping Venezuelan oil

Decision marks Washington’s latest move to increase pressure on Maduro regime in Caracas

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4 d. ago US imposes sanctions on 4 Venezuelan oil firms and 4 more tankers in Maduro crackdown

The U.S. has imposed sanctions on four firms in Venezuela's oil sector and designated four additional oil tankers as blocked property

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4 d. ago Afcon roundup: Côte d’Ivoire pip Cameroon with dramatic win over Gabon

Holders come from two goals down to win 3-2Burkina Faso beat Sudan as both sides progressCôte d’Ivoire came from two goals down to beat already eliminated Gabon 3-2 in Group F at the Africa Cup of Nations on Wednesday as the teenager Bazoumana Touré’s headed winner in added time in Marrakech handed them top spot in the pool.The Ivorians finished on seven points from their three games, ahead of Cameroon on goal difference after the latter beat third-placed Mozambique. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Bari Weiss makes pointed dig at new French citizen George Clooney after he slammed her CBS News takeover: ‘Bonjour!’

Hollywood star railed against Weiss for ‘dismantling’ CBS News since her arrival this fall while blasting news network for capitulating to Donald Trump

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4 d. ago Edinburgh firms hit out at 'crippling' impact of power outages

Firms in tourist hotspot say network issues date back years

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4 d. ago Democracy in retreat amid growing global conflict and aid cuts, warns David Miliband

David Miliband tells the World of Trouble podcast with Sam Kiley that there currently 59 significant conflicts going on around the world, including Sudan, DRC, Gaza, Ethiopia and Myanmar

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5 d. ago George Clooney says CBS and ABC should have told Trump to ‘go f*** yourself’ rather than settle lawsuits

The Oscar-winner also torched Bari Weiss, saying that CBS News editor-in-chief was ‘dismantling’ the network

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