25 m. ago Merz says he ‘deplores deeply’ UK’s decision to leave EU after signing UK

UK PM and German chancellor answered media questions after signing first treaty between two countries since second world warWhile Rushanara Ali is answering the urgent question in the Commons, Keir Starmer is speaking at the event where he is announcing a “civil society covenant”.There is a live feed here.Why does this government think a 16-year-old can vote but not be allowed to buy a lottery ticket or an alcoholic drink, marry or go to war, or even stand in the elections they’re voting? It isn’t the government’s position on the age of maturity just hopelessly confused? Continue reading...

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93 m. ago Starmer says coalition of willing plan for peacekeeping force for Ukraine includes troops on ground – UK politics live

UK PM and German chancellor answered media questions after signing first treaty between two countries since second world warWhile Rushanara Ali is answering the urgent question in the Commons, Keir Starmer is speaking at the event where he is announcing a “civil society covenant”.There is a live feed here.Why does this government think a 16-year-old can vote but not be allowed to buy a lottery ticket or an alcoholic drink, marry or go to war, or even stand in the elections they’re voting? It isn’t the government’s position on the age of maturity just hopelessly confused? Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Keir Starmer says deal with Germany on tackling Channel boat gangs is 'clear sign we mean business' as he hosts Chancellor Merz (but crackdown was already announced last year)

Keir Starmer said the countries were sending a 'clear sign we mean business' as he and Friedrich Merz signed the first bilateral treaty since the Second World War.

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1 hour ago Superman director speaks out about debate over whether film is about the war in Palestine

Superman director James Gunn has now weighed in on the debate on social media, which sees fan drawing parallels between the blockbuster and the Israel war on Palestine

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2 h. ago Israeli military blows up Catholic Church in Gaza, killing two and wounding priest who was close friend to Pope Francis

The shelling of the Holy Family Catholic Church in Gaza also damaged the church compound, where hundreds of Palestinians have been sheltering from the war.

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3 h. ago Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi posts sweet tribute to Princess Beatrice on their fifth wedding anniversary

Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi hailed his wife Princess Beatrice as an 'incredible partner, the most beautiful and amazing wife' in a gushing Instagram post marking their fifth wedding anniversary.

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3 h. ago Israeli tank blows up Catholic Church in Gaza, killing two and wounding priest who was close friend to Pope Francis

The shelling of the Holy Family Catholic Church in Gaza also damaged the church compound, where hundreds of Palestinians have been sheltering from the war.

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3 h. ago Starmer defends lowering voting age to 16, saying people old enough to pay tax should have a say – UK politics live

Plan to give 16 and 17-year-olds vote across UK means nearly 1.5 million more people will be to have say at general electionWhile Rushanara Ali is answering the urgent question in the Commons, Keir Starmer is speaking at the event where he is announcing a “civil society covenant”.There is a live feed here.Why does this government think a 16-year-old can vote but not be allowed to buy a lottery ticket or an alcoholic drink, marry or go to war, or even stand in the elections they’re voting? It isn’t the government’s position on the age of maturity just hopelessly confused? Continue reading...

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3 h. ago World's oldest map shows secrets from 3,000 years ago with Babylon at centre

The Babylonian map is known as the Imago Mundi and holds the title of the oldest known map in the world as it shows the world as the ancient Babylonians knew it

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3 h. ago Trump ‘to visit Pakistan before India’ after Islamabad backs him for Nobel Peace Prize

Trump has routinely taken credit for brokering a ceasefire between India and Pakistan, a claim that has been rejected by New Delhi

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4 h. ago “This ‘us vs them’ mentality is exaggerated online”: London’s cycling chief says reckless, law

“This ‘us vs them’ mentality is exaggerated online”: London’s cycling chief says reckless, law-breaking cyclists and drivers are fuelling a toxic culture war  Road.cc

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4 h. ago Keir Starmer hails German deal to help smash Channel boat gangs as he meets Chancellor Merz in No10 (but crackdown was already announced last year)

Keir Starmer and Friedrich Merz have signed the first bilateral treaty between the countries since the Second World War.

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4 h. ago ‘Preparation is our only option’: sirens wail as Taiwan simulates China attack in city streets

As annual drills become increasingly significant, this year’s puts Taipei civilians in urban warfare situationsUsually people in Taipei walk quite slowly. Notoriously so. But at 1.27pm on Thursday some were almost sprinting through the busy shopping district of Ximen. They knew they had three minutes to get where they needed to be without being stuck in the nearest underground bunker for the half an hour.At 1.30pm exactly, deafening sirens wailed across the city, and a text hit every mobile phone warning that “the enemy has launched a missile attack toward northern Taiwan”. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago I had an ache in my shoulder and it got so bad I couldn't even raise my arm. I was diagnosed with this little

Feeling a dull ache in the centre of her left shoulder, Emma Mapp thought she had simply tweaked a muscle while working out at the gym.

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5 h. ago US rivers are full of dumped tires. The ‘River Cowboy’ won’t stand for it

Tires take decades to decompose, and millions are improperly dumped every year. An intrepid group sets out to clear Kentucky’s ‘conveyor belt of trash’In the 1980s, Russ Miller and his wife moved to a far edge of eastern Kentucky’s Red River Gorge, where they built a homestead on a ridge hugged by three sides of the river. It’s the kind of place you can only get to with a hand-drawn map. A place so remote that the farther and farther you drive to get to it, the more unsure you are that you are in the right place.They would spend leisurely afternoons drifting the river in inner tubes, until they started noticing what floated alongside them: heaps of discarded junk. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago US waterways are full of dumped tires. The ‘River Cowboy’ won’t stand for it

Tires take decades to decompose, and millions are improperly dumped every year. An intrepid group sets out to clear Kentucky’s ‘conveyor belt of trash’In the 1980s, Russ Miller and his wife moved to a far edge of eastern Kentucky’s Red River Gorge, where they built a homestead on a ridge hugged by three sides of the river. It’s the kind of place you can only get to with a hand-drawn map. A place so remote that the farther and farther you drive to get to it, the more unsure you are that you are in the right place.They would spend leisurely afternoons drifting the river in inner tubes, until they started noticing what floated alongside them: heaps of discarded junk. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Putin ally suggests launching 'preventative strikes' against the West for practically waging 'full

'What is happening today is a proxy war, but in essence it is a full-scale war, sanctions packages, loud statements about the militarisation of Europe,' Medvedev said in his latest tirade

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6 h. ago Trump rejected more Iran strikes after minimal damage to nuclear sites in first wave, new report says

President Trump was reportedly presented with plans to target three more Iranian nuclear bases

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6 h. ago Syrian forces withdraw from Sweida after days of clashes with Druze fighters

President Ahmed al-Sharaa says move avoids dragging country ‘into a new, broader war’ after Israel attacks DamascusSyrian government forces have withdrawn from the Druze-majority province of Sweida, ending four days of clashes between the army and local Druze fighters.In a speech on Thursday, the Syrian president said Druze groups would be left to govern security affairs in the southern province, in what he described as a choice to avoid war. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Hugo Ekitike makes Liverpool and Newcastle choice in Alexander Isak transfer war

Hugo Ekitike has made his choice between Liverpool and Newcastle as the two clubs battle over the Eintracht Frankfurt striker's signature amid the Alexander Isak transfer war

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