29 m. ago Trump promises 'very strong action' against Iran as he reveals new red line

The president previously warned Tehran that he would take military action if it harmed protesters. Since then, at least 2,000 demonstrators have been killed.

Politics

49 m. ago Trump promises 'very strong action' if Iran 'crosses red line' and executes protester

At least 2,000 people have been killed during anti-government protests in Iran, and Donald Trump has spoken out against the regime's handling of demonstrators in the country

Politics

71 m. ago Renfrewshire nature reserve to receive almost £20,000 to enhance visitor zone as councillors agree award

RSPB Lochwinnoch will land windfall from villages investment fund for installation of wooden gazebo and other improvements.

Economics

2 h. ago Protesters 'hit by ICE with tear gas and pepper balls' in latest confrontation

Fury erupted in Minneapolis as President Trump’s ICE agents, backed by over 2,400 Homeland Security officers and 1,000 more on the way, clashed with outraged locals

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4 h. ago Influencer known as ‘Sunshine’ dies after undergoing surgery, family says

Esther Thomas had over 600,000 social media followers across her platforms

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4 h. ago Remains of twin sisters who died in Aberdeen brought home in backpacks as family couldn’t afford coffins

The brother of Hungarian twins Henrietta and Eliza Huszti has revealed their family could not afford the £45,000 cost of bringing their bodies home from Scotland.

Society

4 h. ago Iranians dying on the streets want democracy – not another Shah

An estimated 3,000 Iranian protesters have been killed by the regime in Tehran as it tries to cling on to power

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4 h. ago More than 5,000 pubs face brutal business rates hike after property tax values DOUBLE

The head of the Valuation Office Agency told MPs that 13 per cent of pubs - a total of 5,100 - have been hit with a 100 per cent rise in their so-called 'rateable value'.

Economics

4 h. ago East coast could soon get rolling blackouts during summer because data centers have pushed electric grid to the limit

PJM, which services nearly 70 million Americans, could be forced to trigger blackouts during periods of high demand

Politics

5 h. ago Over 11,000 visits in first year of pioneering safer drug consumption room

Team behind centre say visits ‘exceed’ expectations

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5 h. ago BTP arrest man in connection to over £250,000 graffiti damage to railway – London

BTP arrest man in connection to over £250,000 graffiti damage to railway – London  British Transport Police

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5 h. ago Police find cannabis farm and then make further discovery in attic

More than 230 plants were found at a property in Cathays during a police raid

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5 h. ago Drivers ordered to pay £6,000 and left with criminal records in London council's Blue Badge crackdown

Seven Blue Badge cheats have been hauled into court by Croydon Council with 20 more prosecutions scheduled

Economics

5 h. ago 'We're in a state nobody can imagine': residents describe devastating rainstorm in Gaza – video

A rainstorm swept across the Gaza Strip, flooding hundreds of tents and collapsing homes sheltering families displaced by two years of war. At least six people have been killed, local health officials said. Three months since a ceasefire halted major combat, Israeli forces have ordered the near-total depopulation of nearly two-thirds of Gaza. More than 2 million people have been forced into a narrow strip near the coast, with most living in makeshift tents or damaged buildings Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Joseph Beuys review – the grotesque bathtub containing all the horrors of modern history

Thaddaeus Ropac Gallery, LondonThere’s no escape from the torments of the past in this show, which celebrates the German artist at his most Wagnerian, enchanting and sickening you simultaneouslyBorn in 1921, Joseph Beuys was the “perfect” age to fight for Hitler and he did, with the wounds to prove it. The Andy Warhol portraits that complement this exhibition, without actually being part of it, brutally catch his gaunt, ravaged face in the glare of a photo flash under the hat he wore to hide burns sustained in a plane crash while serving in the Luftwaffe. The most haunting portrait turns Beuys into a spectral negative image, all darkness and shadow, his eyes wounded, guilty, lost. This was in the 1970s when Beuys was a charismatic one-man artistic revolution, inspiring young Germans to plant trees, lecturing about flows of ecological and human energy – and, in breathtaking performances, speaking to a dead hare or spending a week locked in a cage with a coyote.All that remains today ...

Events

5 h. ago Donald Trump pledges 'help is on its way' as Iran death toll rises to at least 2,000

Witnesses have been able to describe scenes inside the country for the first time in days

Politics

5 h. ago Everything you need to know about the Iran protests as Trump says 'help is on the way'

The protests are now on their seventeenth day with the current death toll during the regime’s crackdown said to stand at 2,000 with over 10,000 arrested

Politics

6 h. ago Russian shadow fleet oil tanker drops anchor three miles off coast of Scotland days after it was seized in US commando

The Marinera was spotted off Burghead near Lossiemouth on the Moray coast.

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6 h. ago ‘Russian’ shadow tanker seized by US forces escorted to Scots coast after daring raid that risked major Putin clash

The tanker seized in the North Atlantic last week by the US military has been taken to the Moray Firth in Northern Scotland. The ship was towed by three UK tugs followed by a US coastguard ship. The Marinera, a Venezuelan-linked vessel previously known as Bella-1, was captured on Wednesday by US forces as it...

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6 h. ago Electric Mercedes with massive range takes coveted European Car of the Year award

A £45,000 electric Mercedes-Benz that can cover almost 500 miles between charges has picked up the first major car award of the year.

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