Take a good, hard look at the world and what do you see? It certainly feels unpredictable. Old friends are unreliable, and the rules no longer seem to apply. For many, the global neighbourhood is getting distinctly scary. But don’t take my word for it. Listen to the head of UK intelligence agency, MI6. “The […]
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A glove appearing to match those worn by a masked person seen outside the home of the missing mother of US TV host Savannah Guthrie has been found two miles away. The glove, which contains DNA samples, was found in a field near the side of the road and has been sent off for testing.
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Team GB will leave the 2026 Olympic Winter Games as history makers after securing two titles on the same day for the first time. Having never won two gold medals on a single day of any previous Winter Games, Britain finished top of the podium in mixed team snowboarding – their first-ever gold on snow
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Two men and a woman have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a man in his 20s was stabbed to death in a south London retail park. Police were called to reports of a stabbing in Hesterman Way, Croydon, at around 1.15am on Sunday. Metropolitan Police officers and the London Ambulance Service found three
“Bloody shambles”, a senior minister sighs. “Real question marks over his judgement.” “Still a shitshow”, another texts simply, adding: “Terminal inability to make decisions”. Those blunt verdicts frame Sir Keir Starmer’s march into recess: a leader who has steadied himself enough to stave off immediate crisis, but whose authority and judgement are still being openly
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The old, rules-based order that evolved from the ashes of the Second World War no longer exists – at least that is the verdict of Germany’s chancellor, and the evidence is clear to see. The United States signalled at a major security conference in Munich over the weekend that it is ready to go it
Benjamin Netanyahu has condemned an “extreme minority” after two female IDF soldiers were rescued from riots in an ultra-Orthodox Israeli city. Video footage from Bnei Brak, just east of Tel Aviv, shows the two soldiers being hurried away by police as thousands of ultra-Orthodox men run after them. In a post on X, the Israeli
Former Liverpool and Bournemouth winger Jordon Ibe will appear in court next month, charged with actual bodily harm. The Metropolitan Police said the 30-year-old was arrested at London Luton Airport last month in connection with an alleged assault on Sunday 14 December last year. Ibe, of Chislehurst, Southeast London, was arrested at the airport and
A man has died after being pulled from a flooded brook following a police chase. Police had been chasing a stolen caravan in Oakerthorpe, Derbyshire, in the early hours of Saturday. Two men in the vehicle towing the caravan rammed into the police cars before coming to a stop and fleeing on foot. One man
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Vladimir Putin’s Kremlin “has had possession” of the deadly frog toxin that was found in the body of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, the UK’s foreign secretary has said. Yvette Cooper also confirmed that the poison – found in the skin of Ecuadorian dart frogs – can also be manufactured in the laboratory and hinted