Heavy bombardment and airstrikes reported in devastated north while clashes also seen in south as tens of thousands flee Rafah Thousands protest in Israel amid anger at Netanyahu over hostages held in Gaza Fierce battles were under way across much of the devastated north of Gaza on Sunday, with heavy […]
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Russian president says successor to Shoigu, who has been defence minister for years, will be Andrei Belousov, an economist Vladimir Putin has removed his longtime ally Sergei Shoigu as defence minister in the most significant reshuffle to the military command since Russian troops invaded Ukraine more than two years ago. […]
Exclusive: Matt Wrack describes ex-Tory’s views as ‘disgraceful’ after she blamed deaths on striking firefighters Keir Starmer is under fresh pressure over the former Tory MP Natalie Elphicke’s defection to Labour after the president of the Trades Union Congress said her vocal support for anti-strike laws should be “incompatible” with […]
Tory sources allege that Dover MP Natalie Elphicke crossed the floor because she was not given a post running housing policy Tory defector Natalie Elphicke stormed out of the party and joined Labour because she was “bitter” about being denied a ministerial job in charge of housing policy, senior Conservative […]
Request made week before sentencing of David DePape, who in 2022 broke into ex-US House speaker Nancy Pelosi’s home Federal prosecutors have asked a judge to give David DePape a 40-year prison sentence for breaking in to former US House speaker Nancy Pelosi’s home in 2022 in an attempt to […]
Top temperatures expected, but heavy rain to follow with weather warnings in place for week ahead Britain will experience its hottest temperatures of the year on Sunday – before thunderstorms and heavy rain bring an end to the sunny conditions that the country has enjoyed over the past few days. […]
Leaflet instructs Palestinians to leave southern Gaza city as Benjamin Netanyahu shuns pressure from Joe Biden More than a hundred thousand Palestinians fled Rafah, Gaza’s southernmost city, on Saturday, after Israeli warnings to evacuate before an imminent military assault that will open a bloody new phase of the seven-month-long conflict. […]
Nemo has won the 68th song contest with The Code, after a fraught competition overshadowed by protests over Israel’s inclusion and a shock exit Eurovision 2024: Switzerland’s Nemo wins 68th song contest with The Code – as it happened Switzerland has won the 68th Eurovision song contest, bringing to an […]
Competing rallies are on the streets, Netherlands’ entrant is under investigation and others complain music is being overshadowed The official motto of the 68th edition of Eurovision is “united by music”, but as the continent’s beglittered and sequined masses descended on the Swedish city of Malmö for Saturday’s grand final, […]
Aurora borealis sightings further south than usual from Ireland and Britain to Czech Republic and Germany as solar storm hits Earth’s atmosphere The aurora borealis has lit up the night sky with rare sightings across the UK, Europe and the northern hemisphere. The northern lights were spotted in Whitley Bay […]