21 h. ago One last push before Germany goes to the polls: Final poll predicts large gains for far

A little more than a month after a general election was called following a vote of no confidence against chancellor Olaf Scholz, Germans will have their chance to vote tomorrow.

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57 h. ago King George VI and the Queen Mother narrowly escaped death in the bombing of Buckingham Palace during the Blitz

On September 13, 1940, a German pilot had been given a simple order: to destroy Buckingham Palace and kill the King and Queen. Should he succeed, it would be a triumph for Adolf Hitler.

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68 h. ago Paedophile jailed for abusing three boys hasn't been deported after claiming he would be at risk of harm in Sri Lanka as he's gay

The convicted paedophile, named only as 'PG', molested three teenage boys - with the youngest victim just 13 - and received a jail term in 2012 when he was branded 'a danger to the community'.

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3 d. ago Major change to James Bond as technology giant takes creative control of 007 movies

Amazon will take creative control of the James Bond franchise under a new joint venture with longtime rights holders Michael Wilson and Barbara Broccoli. 

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3 d. ago Women's rights campaigner threatened with legal action by Wes Streeting over protest posters ridiculing the NHS over 'female prostate screening' and 'male smear tests'

Activist Kellie-Jay Keen told MailOnline she would defy calls by the Government to take down promotional material she produced, after getting a letter this week.

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3 d. ago Women's rights campaigner threatened with legal action by Wes Streeting over protest leaflet ridiculing the NHS over 'female prostate screening' and 'male smear tests'

Activist Kellie-Jay Keen told MailOnline she would defy calls by the Government to take down promotional material she shared online, after getting a letter this week.

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3 d. ago Animal rights campaigner wins ruling allowing him near a facility where dogs are bred for medical research

John Curtin, 62, was originally found to have trespassed and got in the way of vehicles entering or leaving the facility at the MBR Acres site in Wyton, Cambridgeshire.

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3 d. ago Jailing an asylum seeker, 39, who sexually assaulted a teenager after driving around looking for vulnerable drunk women could breach his human rights, court hears

Hassan Abou Hayleh attacked the 19-year-old girl when he found her sitting alone on a kerb as she waited for her father to give her a lift home.

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3 d. ago Third of small businesses plan to cut staff amid fears that Angela Rayner's overhaul of workers' rights will 'wreak havoc' on 'a fragile' UK economy, industry leaders warn

The Deputy Prime Minister's plan includes expanding the grounds for unfair dismissal and could hit businesses with higher sick pay costs.

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5 d. ago The truth about the vicious rumours that Brigitte Macron was born a man: PAUL BRACCHI reveals the real story of French First Lady's controversial background

Could anyone, least of all Brigitte herself, have imagined that a family photograph would be used in a smear campaign by the far-Right, who falsely claimed she was born a man?

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5 d. ago ‘The lurch to the right scares me’: could the left surprise in German election?

Amid Elon Musk’s meddling on behalf of the AfD, the Linke is gaining strong support from women and young votersAs the world’s richest person meddles at will on behalf of the far right in the German election campaign, a leftist party calling for taxing billionaires out of existence has risen from the ashes in the race’s final stretch.The far-left Linke, successor to the East German communists who built the Berlin Wall and just months ago on life support after an internal schism, has had a surprise resurgence before the 23 February poll. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Wes Streeting says campaign to prove baby killer Lucy Letby's innocence is 'not the right thing to do'

Wes Streeting has said he will believe the neonatal nurse's conviction for killing and attempting to kill babies is fair unless a court decides otherwise.

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6 d. ago Waitrose orders suppliers to kill its king prawns humanely in victory for animal rights campaigners

The current method used to slaughter prawns has been deemed inhumane by campaigners who have said that many die of suffocation.

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6 d. ago Streeting says ‘waging a campaign’ on Lucy Letby’s innocence is ‘not right’

Letby lost two bids last year to challenge her convictions at the Court of Appeal.

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