20 h. ago Woman held hostage in coffin for EIGHT days with threat of electrocution

Stephanie Slater was kidnapped and held hostage in a coffin-style box for eight days after she was duped into meeting with a 'potential buyer' for a home she was trying to sell

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38 h. ago Iran’s supreme leader sets stage for harsher crackdown as protest movement swells

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei calls protesters ‘vandals’ and ‘saboteurs’ and blames the US for instigating the unrestIran’s supreme leader has vowed that authorities will “not back down” in the face of a rapidly growing protest movement, setting the stage for an intensified violent crackdown on the second day of a nationwide internet shutdown.Protests have raged in cities and towns across the country in recent days, posing a threat to the authority of the regime, which has been significantly weakened since the last large protest movement in the country in 2022. Another round of demonstrations was called for Friday night. Continue reading...

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38 h. ago Iran’s supreme leader vows authorities ‘will not back down’ in face of growing protest movement

Protests have taken place in all 31 Iranian provinces as Ayatollah Ali Khamenei blames US for unrestIran’s supreme leader has vowed that authorities will “not back down” in the face of a rapidly growing protest movement, fuelling fears of an intensifying crackdown on the second day of a nationwide internet shutdown.Protests have taken place in all 31 Iranian provinces in recent days, posing a threat to the authority of the regime, which has been significantly weakened since the last large protest movement in the country in 2022. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago 'I was on EasyJet plane with dead Brit woman, they held head up as she sat in seat'

Other passengers on the flight were concerned about the woman's condition as she was seen with people apparently 'holding up her head' after she was placed into her seat

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3 w. ago Putin mouthpiece lists capital cities Russia 'will destroy' in direct WW3 threat

Putin ally Vladimir Solovyov issued a new threat to the West just days after saying a nuclear strike on Britain was 'inevitable' following the death of paratrooper George Hooley

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3 w. ago She has stage four cancer. Her husband is a federal worker. Will she survive the Trump administration?

Michaela’s husband is away 14 hours a day amid Trump’s ban on remote work, the threat of layoffs is ever-present and their health premiums are set to multiplyMichaela felt a sharp pain shoot from her hip while she bent over to water some plants in early May 2025. Then she fell over and couldn’t get back up.Her husband called an ambulance and she spent the night in a hospital, where, at 57, she found out she had a mass on her spine. It was metastatic breast cancer. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Woman held at the border for 12 HOURS without food or water in 'horror' Russian holiday

Travel to Russia is not advised by the Foreign Office at the moment - but one traveller shared her 'horror' experience to the country, and discouraged others from visiting too.

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3 w. ago Boy, 15, arrested after woman ‘sexually assaulted while knife held to her neck by gang wearing balaclavas’

COPS have made an arrest after a gang wearing balaclavas reportedly held a knife to a woman's neck before she was sexually assaulted. A 15-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of attempt rape and is currently in police custody. The victim was walking between Old Run View and West Grange Road in Leeds, just...

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3 w. ago Ukraine war briefing: Britain’s spy chief to warn of Russia’s ‘expansionist threat’ as Berlin talks enter second day

MI6 chief to deliver remarks on Monday warning ‘chaos is a feature not a bug in the Russian approach’; European leaders to join day two of talks in Berlin. What we know on day 1,391The head of Britain’s foreign spy service, known as MI6, will warn that Russia poses an “aggressive, expansionist, and revisionist” threat, in her first speech since taking office. Blaise Metreweli took over from Richard Moore in October, becoming the first female chief of MI6. “[Vladimir] Putin should be in no doubt, our support is enduring. The pressure we apply on Ukraine’s behalf will be sustained,” Metreweli will say on Monday, according to advance extracts of her remarks. “The export of chaos is a feature not a bug in the Russian approach to international engagement, and we should be ready for this to continue until Putin is forced to change his calculus,” she said, according to the extract.Separately, Richard Knighton, head of Britain’s armed forces, will also call in a separate speech on Monday fo...

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3 w. ago World War III inches closer as Putin upscales 'unstoppable' nuclear

Russia is poised to upscale its threat to the West by deploying within days its new 'unstoppable' nuclear-capable Oreshnik missile complex in Belarus from where it could hit London 'in eight minutes'.

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4 w. ago Scots warned of possible danger to life as up to FIVE INCHES of rain set to fall within hours

SCOTS have been warned of a possible danger to life as up to five inches of rain is set to lash parts of the country within hours. An amber warning for rain comes into force from midnight on Sunday until 11.59pm the same day, with fast-flowing or deep floodwater posing a serious threat. The Met...

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