2 h. ago Defrost car windscreen in seconds with button many drivers don't know about

As UK temperatures plunge and frozen windscreens become a daily battle, motoring experts reveal how to defrost your windscreen

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4 h. ago How politically motivated waffle and SNP inertia blight efforts to boost Scotland's economy

There are plenty of ways to boost the economy, but SNP won’t want to rock the boat before the Scottish Parliament election

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8 h. ago I went to a nature spa with bubbly hot tub and sauna in the middle of Welsh woodlands

It boasts a wood-fired sauna, bubbly hot tub, cold plunge, and a cosy lodge lounge

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8 h. ago Photos show relatives waiting outside prisons as Venezuela frees a handful of detainees

Relatives of jailed opposition figures, activists and journalists waited outside Venezuelan prisons as the government began releasing a small number of detainees nearly a week after former President Nicolás Maduro was captured by U.S. forces.

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10 h. ago Friends in Tehran tell me they've never seen anything like it, writes DAVID PATRIKARAKOS. This revolt is momentous. Yet from Starmer and the BBC, near silence...

The videos do not stop. They come in waves, minute after minute. Iranians marching, in their hundreds, then thousands, then tens of thousands. Streets choked with people.

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11 h. ago Dispute erupts over who will represent former Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro in court

A lawyer squabble over who gets to represent former Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro in his New York drug case has erupted, with an ex-Justice Department official asking a judge to let Maduro settle the dispute

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12 h. ago DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Labour is 'the party of business'? What a sick joke!

Unemployment is at a five-year high and inflation is expected to be the worst of any G7 country this year. A new British Chamber of Commerce survey shows business confidence plunging.

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13 h. ago Donald Trump gives real reason he wants to own Greenland as he ramps up threats

Speaking at an event with oil companies hoping to be involved in Trump's raid of Venezuelan resources, the US President said: "We are going to do something on Greenland whether they like it or not."

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14 h. ago Trump says major oil companies will invest $100B in Venezuela and promises them government security assistance

The U.S. government is attempting to take control of the Venezuelan oil industry

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15 h. ago Extra security on bus route after boys plunge from the top deck

TravelSafe officers have been stationed on the 950 service

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16 h. ago The Guardian view on Iran’s protests: old tactics of repression face new pressures | Editorial

A brutal regime has failed to safeguard either the country’s physical security or basic living standards. But Donald Trump’s threats to intervene won’t help civiliansThe internet blackout across Iran is meant to prevent protests from spreading, and observers from witnessing the crackdown on them. But it’s also emblematic of the deep uncertainty surrounding this unrest and the response of a regime under growing pressure.Rocketing inflation and a tanking currency sparked the protests in late December. They have since broadened and spread. Videos showed thousands marching in Tehran on Thursday night and people setting fire to vehicles and state-owned buildings.Do you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a response of up to 300 words by email to be considered for publication in our letters section, please click here. Continue reading...

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17 h. ago From Caracas to Minneapolis, the threat is the same – an American president ruling like a global emperor | Jonathan Freedland

Trump’s admission that he recognises no constraint outside his own morality was a horrifying moment of truth. It should galvanise all those who oppose himFor a serial liar, Donald Trump can be bracingly honest. We’ve known about the mendacity for years – consider the 30,573 documented falsehoods from the president’s first term, culminating in the big lie, his claim to have won the 2020 election – but the examples of bracing candour are fresher. This week both began and ended with the US president speaking the shocking truth.At a press conference to celebrate his capture of the Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro, Trump announced that from now on the US would “run” that country, before moving in the very next breath to Venezuela’s oil. There was no pious talk of democracy, scant mention even of the drug trafficking that earlier served as a pretext for military action. Instead, Trump said out loud what had once been a slogan on leftist placards in protest at past US interventions, admi...

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17 h. ago Venezuela opposition leader to offer Trump her peace prize as a Fox host greases desperate lobbying campaign

Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado might have found the key to swaying the US to place her in Venezuelan leadership: handing over her Nobel Peace Prize to Donald Trump.

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18 h. ago Venezuelan currency plunges as economy choked by US blockade

Bolívar has fallen nearly 20% on black market, after US capture of President Maduro

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18 h. ago Trump says major oil companies will invest $100B in Venezuela ahead of White House meeting

The U.S. government is attempting to take control of the Venezuelan oil industry

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18 h. ago US military forces seize fifth tanker in effort to control Venezuelan oil

Pre-dawn assault on the Olina oil tanker was carried out by US marines and navy sailors in the Caribbean near TrinidadUS politics live – latest updatesThe US early on Friday boarded another oil tanker, the US military said, as part of efforts to target sanctions-busting vessels traveling to and from Venezuela.US forces were seen in video footage that officials posted online landing on the ship’s deck as the vessel named Olina was seized in the Caribbean near Trinidad. It is the fifth interdiction of such ships in recent weeks, separately from the series of previous US operations since the start of the fall to strike suspected drug boats off the coast of Venezuela. Continue reading...

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19 h. ago US seizes fifth tanker as military stalks the ocean for Venezuelan oil

The latest seizure comes hours before Trump is set to meet with top oil executives

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19 h. ago Germany braces for more heavy snowfall as Storm Goretti hits northern Europe

France and Germany battered by strong winds and plunging temperatures, as schools closed and travel disruptedGermany is expecting heavy snowfalls of up to 20cm after record winds of more than 210kph left almost 400,000 homes in France without electricity, as Storm Goretti battered north-western Europe.No major or widespread damage to property was reported in France on Friday but one man was seriously hurt after slipping from his roof while trying to replace fallen tiles and 27 others suffered minor injuries, several requiring hospital treatment. Continue reading...

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19 h. ago Why boosting production of Venezuela's 'very dense, very sloppy' oil could harm the environment

Environmental experts warn that U.S. plans under President Donald Trump to restart and control Venezuelan oil exports could intensify pollution, greenhouse gas emissions and ecological damage in a country already burdened by decades of oil-related degradation

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20 h. ago US in process of seizing fifth tanker in effort to control Venezuelan oil

The Olina, seized in the Caribbean, was falsely flying the flag of Timor Leste, according to a public shipping databaseUS politics live – latest updatesThe US is in the process of seizing the Olina tanker in the Caribbean near Trinidad in the fifth such interdiction of ships in recent weeks as part of Washington’s efforts to control Venezuelan oil exports, two US officials said on Friday.The Olina, according to public shipping database Equasis, was falsely flying the flag of the tiny south-east Asian nation of Timor Leste. The vessel had previously sailed from Venezuela and had returned to the region, said an industry source with direct knowledge of the matter. Continue reading...

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