18 h. ago Emergency workers search for survivors after aerial attack on Kharkiv kills 3

Emergency crews battled flames and searched for survivors after a massive Russian drone and missile strike hit the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv on Saturday (7 June), killing at least three people.

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40 h. ago Warning for Challenge Cup fans as trains to Wembley hit by strikes

Rugby league fans heading to Wembley for Saturday's Challenge Cup final are bracing for travel disruptions as Hull Trains drivers strike over the dismissal of a colleague.

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4 d. ago Israel attacks Syrian targets after projectiles launched toward its territory

Israel’s defence minister says he holds Syrian president Ahmed al-Sharaa responsible for the two projectile launchesIsrael hit southern Syria with a series of strikes overnight from Tuesday into Wednesday, saying it had targeted weapons belonging to Syrian authorities after the launch of projectiles towards its territoryIsrael launched the two attacks after reporting projectiles had been fired from Syria on Tuesday. It was not immediately clear who was responsible for the two projectiles. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Ukraine delegation arrives in Istanbul for talks with Russian officials following drone attack in Siberia – Russia

Second round of peace talks follows Kyiv drone attack on Russian air bases A Ukrainian delegation has arrived in Istanbul for talks with Russian officials with a meeting planned for Monday afternoon, the spokesperson for Ukraine’s foreign ministry said.The two sides are set to hold their second round of direct peace talks since 2022, but are still far apart on how to end the war amid an increase in fighting.Ukraine said on Sunday it had destroyed Russian bombers worth billions of dollars as far away as Siberia, in its longest-range assault of the war. In a spectacular claim, Ukraine said it had damaged $7bn worth of Russian aircraft parked at four airbases thousands of kilometres (miles) away, with unverified video footage showing aircraft engulfed in flames and black smoke. A source in the Ukrainian security services (SBU) said the strikes hit 41 planes that were used to “bomb Ukrainian villages”.Several Russian and Ukrainian media outlets reported that Ukraine had carried out the ...

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6 d. ago Putin humiliated as 40 doomsday nuclear planes blasted – watch them get destroyed

Vladimir Putin's military has suffered a second major blow in the space of a day after two major Russian airfields for his nuclear strike warplanes were reportedly hit in a bold attack by Ukraine

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7 d. ago Arsenal transfer news: Viktor Gyokeres transfer blow as title winners join race

Viktor Gyokeres has been linked with a move to the Premier League this summer with interest from Arsenal - but the Gunners' hopes of landing the striker have taken a hit

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8 d. ago Man United have obvious route to seal £40m Victor Osimhen transfer

The latest Manchester United transfer news as the club have been hit with a blow in their search for a striker in the summer transfer window.

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1 week ago Michail Antonio's horror crash injuries in full as £260k Ferrari left in 'absolute mess'

The West Ham striker said he came 'close to dying' when his car hit a tree in December last year

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1 week ago Strike action threat for Edinburgh and Glasgow airports this summer as pay offers rejected

Hundreds of workers at Edinburgh and Glasgow airports have rejected separate pay offers.

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1 week ago Macron says Trump realises Putin has ‘lied’ about Ukraine as Kyiv hit by record drone strike – Russia

French president says he hopes US president’s anger at Moscow will ‘translate into action’ Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov has held his regular media briefing with journalists. When asked for reaction to Donald Trump’s criticism of Vladimir Putin (see post at 08.41) by the BBC’s Russia editor Steve Rosenberg, Peskov thanked the US for its role in trying to bring an end to the war through its mediation efforts, which have so far faltered, but suggested Russian strikes against Ukraine are being launched for security and self-defence. He said in the conference call with reporters:It’s a very important achievement. Of course, at the same time this is a very important moment which is connected to an emotional overload of everyone involved and emotional reactions.We carefully monitor all the reactions. However, President Putin takes those decisions which are necessary for the security of our country.Only a sense of total impunity can allow Russia to carry out such strikes and continue ...

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1 week ago At least 13 dead, including three children, after Putin launches latest deadly strikes on Ukraine 

Russia was also hit hard with Ukrainian strikes, leading to the Kremlin's air defences shooting in panic - but missing - an Airbus A320-251N packed with its own tourists from Turkish resort Bodrum.

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2 w. ago Summer holidays in Mallorca, Menorca and Ibiza face huge disruption as mass strikes to hit hotels

Mass walkouts by hotel staff threaten holidays in British tourist hotspots in Spain

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2 w. ago West warns Iran not to hit back as Israel launches revenge strikes

UK and US among nations seeking to keep Middle East from all-out war in wake of Israeli airstrikes on military targets with Tehran saying it is ‘obligated’ to respond

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2 w. ago Huge hotel strike set to hit Brits' favourite holiday islands over peak summer season

Hotel workers say they want to cause as much disruption to tourists as possible for maximum impact. Workers will down tools on June 6th on several days in July, unless a deal is struck.

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2 w. ago Terrified passengers scream during flight from hell as plane is hit by severe turbulence and hail storm and then has its nose smashed by a bird strike

Dramatic footage shows terrified passengers screaming as a plane suffers damage to its nose following severe turbulence and a bird strike.

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3 w. ago Moment Gaza residents flee as Israeli airstrike hits house caught on video

Footage captured the moment an Israeli strike hit a building in Jabaliya, in the Gaza Strip, on Thursday, 15 May.

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3 w. ago Strike on Gaza hospital kills 28 as Israel claims it hit 'Hamas command centre'

Gaza's Civil Defence teams scrambled through the rubble at the European Hospital in Khan Younis, pulling casualties, including children, from the wreckage - in a blast that killed at least 28

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3 w. ago Israel hits Gaza hospitals in deadly strikes after pause to allow release of Edan Alexander

The strikes reportedly killed at least 18 people and came after Benjamin Netanyahu announced the military would enter the strip ‘with full force’Israeli strikes on hospitals in Gaza on Tuesday reportedly killed at least 18 people, after a brief pause in fighting which saw the release of 21-year-old Israeli-American Edan Alexander, who had been in Hamas captivity since the 7 October 2023 attack.The strikes hit the European Hospital complex near Khan Younis and left large craters gouged into the ground and cracks in the courtyard outside the European Hospital complex, images from the AFP news agency show. A damaged bus was lodged in a hole in the road. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Chelsea: Nicolas Jackson's moment of madness leaves Enzo Maresca with a big problem

Blues’ hopes of Champions League qualification hit by losing striker for the rest of the season after red card in Newcastle defeat

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4 w. ago Kashmir crisis live: Pakistan and India accuse each other of striking military bases in major escalation

‘Multiple locations’ in India being targeted in retaliatory attacks, says state-run media, after Pakistan says three air bases attacked by Indian missilesFull report: Pakistan says it has hit back after India strikes military basesWho is Asim Munir, the army chief leading Pakistan’s military amid the crisis with India?The general once fell foul of Imran Khan, but since taking the top spot has been quietly amassing power over the government and supreme court, as our profile here says.Yet even now that the country is out of the clutches of martial law, it is still widely understood that the most powerful man in Pakistan is not the head of the government but instead the chief of the army.Since Gen Munir took over as Pakistan’s army chief more than two years ago, he has been accused of quietly consolidating greater power without even having to topple the country’s civilian rulers. As he kept himself largely out of the limelight, he consolidated an iron grip over the army’s ranks and ben...

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