The news spread like wildfire and within minutes, the streets of Beirut were gripped with panic. We saw residents stuffing themselves into cars – or trying to leave on foot with whatever they could carry on their back. Iran war latest – follow live updates The Israeli military had issued an evacuation order on four […]
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Fifteen activists suspected of planning a mass shoplifting campaign have been arrested, after the group reputedly targeted The Ritz and the Crown Jewels with previous stunts. Police said the group, called Take Back Power, was planning to steal from supermarkets and redistribute the goods. But officers said they arrested them when they gathered for “non-violent
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“The art of leadership is saying no, not yes. It is very easy to say yes.” Reportedly relayed to the Mail on Sunday while he was leader of the opposition in 1994, many will now wonder why Tony Blair did not rely on his own words when deciding whether to join the US in the
Twice, the air raid sirens sounded around RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus on Thursday afternoon. We were rushed inside as soldiers lay on the floor in body armour. It was over quickly. The British defence secretary, visiting the base at the time, was taken into “a windowless room” just before he was due to dial into
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A teenage boy has been seriously injured in a stabbing at a school in Nottingham. Police said officers were called to Nottingham University Academy of Science and Technology (NUAST) in Dunkirk Road at around 1.30pm on Thursday. The 15-year-old was taken to Queen’s Medical Centre with serious injuries. Another 15-year-old boy was arrested at the
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Kristi Noem has been sacked as Donald Trump’s homeland security secretary after what a source in the administration described as the “culmination of her many unfortunate leadership failures”. Mr Trump put out a social media post announcing she was being replaced by a senator from Oklahoma. He said Ms Noem would be moving to a
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UK average diesel costs have hit a 16-month high, less than a week after war gripped the Middle East and sent oil costs rocketing. Global energy prices have been the main financial market focus since Tehran launched attacks against Gulf nations in retaliation for the US-Israeli strikes on its country, disrupting production and deliveries of
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A woman who smuggled an arsenal of “terrifying weapons” and £500,000 worth of heroin into Britain in her Peugeot has been jailed for nine years. Kasha Sanderson was stopped on 24 February last year after arriving in Dover on a ferry from Calais in her Irish-registered Peugeot 3008. Questioned about what she had been doing
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Defence secretary John Healey has twice declined to rule out Britain joining strikes on Iran, when asked by Sky News. He also said he’d had the option of deploying HMS Dragon to the Mediterranean for weeks. Interviewed at RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus, the minister was asked by Sky’s Europe correspondent Ali Bunkall if he could
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Leaking details from a National Security Council (NSC) meeting is “utterly dysfunctional and destructive”, Harriet Harman has said. While there are often briefings out of cabinet and Parliamentary Labour Party meetings, revealing details of top-secret talks held by the NSC “should be a red line”, the former deputy Labour leader said. Her comments on Sky’s
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