Two drones heading towards Jordan and Bahrain have been shot down by RAF Typhoon jets during defensive air sorties in the Gulf, the defence secretary said. John Healey has been updating MPs with new details on UK operations in the Middle East, including deployments to the region and evacuations of British nationals. Iran war latest: […]
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Earth experienced its fifth-warmest February on record last month – with temperatures at 1.49C above pre-industrial levels, scientists have said. The month was marked by “extreme rainfall and widespread flooding in Western Europe and the third-lowest sea ice extent in the Arctic”, the Copernicus Climate Change Service said on Tuesday. Experts say climate change was
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A Syrian man has been charged with murder as a crime against humanity in a first prosecution of its kind in the UK. The Metropolitan Police said the 58-year-old was accused of three counts of murder as a crime against humanity, three counts of torture and one charge of conduct ancillary to murder in connection
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X has been questioned by MPs over “the most appalling and offensive” AI posts about the Hillsborough disaster. Over the weekend, Grok, X’s AI tool, was found to be falsely blaming Liverpool fans for the 1989 disaster, which led to the deaths of 97 fans, and using derogatory language about the city. A Sky News
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Students in England will be able to take a new qualification known as V-levels from 2027, under major reforms designed to give teenagers more flexibility in how they study after GCSEs. The courses will sit alongside A-levels and T-levels, creating a third pathway for 16 to 19-year-olds in the post-16 education system. The first subjects
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Taxpayers could pay towards the costs of Ian Huntley’s cremation or funeral, unless his family makes alternative arrangements. The 52-year-old double murderer died in hospital on Saturday after allegedly being attacked by an unknown inmate at HMP Frankland. Huntley, who killed 10-year-olds Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman in Soham, Cambridgeshire, in 2002, had been in
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Two men in a lorry containing more than £40,000 worth of stolen tyres have been jailed after a “dangerous pursuit” involving police from three different forces. Dean Higgins, 35, of Winrose Avenue, Leeds, and Connor Barnett, 21, of Quarry Way, Leeds, “showed recklessness” to put other road users at risk in a pursuit which also
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The government is trying to find a solution to banning depictions of step-incest in online pornography amid warnings of a “significant rebellion” from female MPs. Ministers have been accused of “losing the plot” after promising to ban depictions of incest in online porn but not step-incest. Politics Live: Reeves ready to support release of oil
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British teenager Sky Brown has become the new skateboarding world champion, after previously claiming the title aged 14. The 17-year-old, who celebrated her win in Brazil with her father, former skateboarder Stewart Brown, said: “This feels huge and I’m so thankful.” But, she added, referring to the conflict in the Middle East: “There are bigger
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Gerry Adams was “directly responsible for and complicit” in the decisions made by the Provisional IRA to detonate bombs on the British mainland, the High Court has heard. Three men are bringing legal action against the former Sinn Fein president and are seeking £1 in damages. John Clark, a victim of the 1973 Old Bailey bombing in
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