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Prepare for the worst
A GLOBAL glitch in the internet – found by AI but accidentally leaked online – has led to millions of attempted hacks. Government services, businesses and private users are all at risk of the PHP flaw, tech experts say. In the UK, 32 government...
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DRILL, ANDY, DRILL!
ANDY BURNHAM is facing a storm for allowing drilling at the controversial Jackdaw gas field in the North Sea – a move praised by Donald Trump. The US president – who coined the slogan ‘Drill, Baby, Drill’ during his 2024 election win – posted: ‘Great...
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Hancock and bull
SHAMED former health secretary Matt Hancock’s boast that a ‘protective ring’ had been thrown around care homes in the Covid crisis has been exposed as a sham in a damning new report. Baroness Hallett said his ‘unfounded’ claim did ‘not accurately...
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THE FRENCH CORRECTION
FRENCH towns and cities have been told to declare curfews in a bid to end days of rioting and looting – after ministers admitted police ‘lost control’. Despite weeks of rising violence across the country sparked by student protests, interior minister...
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Harry and Meghan’s (not) royal walkabout
THE Duchess of Sussex declared ‘it’s great to be back’ as she and Prince Harry were cheered on their first joint engagement since returning to the UK. The couple, who moved back here in August after quitting the US, greeted well-wishers in Nottingham...
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Russell Brand ‘a sex predator’
RUSSELL BRAND was a ‘ruthless, calculated, manipulative sexual predator’ who told a friend he aimed to sleep with 5,000 women, his rape trial has heard. They were ‘a goal and an obsession’ for the star, whose ‘strong desire’ for sex ‘was...
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Toxic water spills surge
A TOXIC spill pollutes our waterways every 90mins – with firms on course for the highest number in a decade as new rules force them to declare all incidents. The 3,419 discharges in the first seven months of 2026 were more than all of last year under...
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‘We’d be ready to fight tonight’
NATO’S most senior military commander has told Vladimir Putin the West is ready to fight and win a war with Russia – right now. Gen Alexus Grynkewich warned him the defensive bloc – which includes the UK – would destroy ‘anything and everything’ used...
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‘Russia role in Brexit’
ANDY BURNHAM has said there is ‘clear’ evidence Russia interfered in the Brexit vote. He said he had asked if the Kremlin had meddled in the 2016 referendum when he entered No.10 in July and was given the ‘clear answer that yes, there was’. It is...
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‘Not 100% faithful’
A SAILOR has appeared in court accused of being a traitor – by allegedly plotting to pass British secrets to Russia. Able seaman Teddy Young, a specialist in warfare intelligence, allegedly abused his high-level security clearance to access defence...
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Safe as houses
KEMI BADENOCH has vowed to abolish inheritance tax on family homes if the Conservatives regain power. The Tory leader will also let couples leave an additional £1million tax-free to their children if she becomes PM. She said the next election will be...
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ASOS hacker hadatavhaveobreached, oc
ASOS customers’ data may have been accessed by hackers who sent app users a threatening notification, the online shopping platform has warned. ‘Basic personal information’ like names and contact details may have been accessed, but Asos does not...
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Predators stalking our Unis
A SHOCK report estimates 27,000 women starting university this autumn could be a victim of a sex attack by the end of their degree. One in eight could endure rape or similar offences by the time they graduate, analysis by victim support charity Enough...
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Mum’s the word
2026 KEMI BADENOCH will be like a ‘ nononsense mum’ who will make the Conservatives the ‘common sense’ party if voted into No.10, she has vowed. She labelled PM Andy Burnham ‘the cheesy uncle who does all the dad jokes’. And Reform leader Nigel Farage...
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Get out of jail free day
INMATES laugh and cheer as they walk free from jail early – to free up space in overcrowded prisons. About 700 were released yesterday – the first wave of 4,500 criminals who will be set free over the next year. Under the controversial government...
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We got him!
THIS is the battered face of a hero passenger who stormed the cockpit to subdue a co-pilot who had stabbed the captain and put the jet into a nosedive. The plane plummeted 17,000ft in two minutes as passengers and crew tackled the knifeman. One...
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Andy’s rallying cry
ANDY BURNHAM shed tears as he vowed to make Britain ‘better’ and ‘unstoppable’. The PM pledged to end a ‘decade of division’ and put the country on a ‘new path’ where people have ‘belief’ and ‘hope’ in Britain again. Paying tribute to his father,...
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Something VERY odd is going on
THE probe into an alleged plot to bomb an RAF base took an extraordinary turn last night as five men arrested on suspicion of terror offences were released on police bail. It was also claimed that material found in the suspects’ three vans was ‘not a...
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Let’s be Apping you
A SUSPECTED terror plot to bomb an RAF base used to launch attacks on Iran was foiled by a village WhatsApp group, it emerged last night. After five men were arrested, Donald Trump said US and UK intelligence chiefs had been tracking the suspects ‘for...
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Now pay through the nose
BRITAIN’S first retail facial recognition system has launched in a coffee shop – but ‘pay with a glance’ endangers civil liberties and risks unleashing fraud on a dangerous new level, say campaigners. Customers tap ‘pay with smile’ at a terminal, then...
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Wolf of Essex caged
A SLICK scam artist dubbed The Wolf of Essex after Leonardo DiCaprio’s The Wolf of Wall Street movie conman has been jailed for a £1.3million ponzi scheme that left victims’ lives in ruins. James Gillingham, 38, hired fake brokers to pressure people...
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Knifed for saying no
A TEENAGE boy followed a girl who refused to go out with him for months then stabbed her ten times – in a crime detectives likened to harrowing TV drama series Adolescence. The 14-year-old had become obsessed with his 13-year-old schoolmate, a court...
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Air traffic out of control
BRITAIN’S air traffic control system is in crisis again after thousands were grounded by a computer glitch for the second time in just two weeks. Furious airline chiefs demanded the government fires National Air Traffic Services (Nats) chief Martin...
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I back Team Harry AND Wills
EARL Spencer has denied siding with Prince Harry against brother William – as his royal book sparked yet another day of crisis for the royal family. The Prince of Wales is said to be furious – but has stayed silent – over Swan Song: Diana, My Sister,...
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Diana’s great champion who stepped up for her sons
back now, I suspect the prince’s first reaction must have been to think more how this event might free him to marry the woman he loved, rather than appreciating the loss of one he did not.’ But he also sounded ‘strangely matter-of-fact, given the...
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‘Putney pusher’ suspect dead
A WEALTHY banker suspected of being the mystery Putney Pusher – a jogger who shoved a woman into the path of a double-decker bus – has been found dead at home. Decorated ex-Scots Guards captain Nicholas Brandram, 44, also faced drugs charges over...
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70 Up star dies days after his final update
AS A shy six-year-old, Nick Hitchon told film makers he would ‘like to find out all about the moon and all that’. Viewers of the landmark 7 Up TV series watched him grow from a farmer’s son into a nuclear fusion expert and university professor. And...
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On your marks, get dressed, go! Am
Asyia Iftikhar BRITISH sprinter Amy Hunt told Sydney Sweeney ‘this is what women in sport look like’ in a post-race interview following the appearance by the American actress in a controversial advert. The promotion for a sports betting site features...
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Labour threat to Reform’s £72m windfall
REFORM UK could be forced to return part of £72million donated by two crypto-billionaires, the government has insisted – days after it rejected a bid to cap donations at £100,000 a year. Labour MPs are said to be furious they were refused a vote on an...
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25 years
TWENTY-FIVE years ago today the world watched in awestruck horror as 9/11 unfolded – the terror attack on America killed 2,977 people and changed all our lives. Its images and memories will never fade. Two hijacked jets crashing into the World Trade...
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Ready for departure?
BRITAIN’S air traffic control chief must be fired after hundreds of flights were grounded for a second day after a huge IT glitch, airline chiefs have said. Martin Rolfe (inset) was in charge in 2023 for a similar meltdown, when a garbled flight plan...
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Backlash as UK accuses Israel
BRITAIN is facing furious reprisals from Israel and its allies after the government accused it of ‘rampant terrorism’ and ‘ethnic cleansing’ of Palestinians as it announced a series of sanctions. Ed Miliband told MPs its occupation of the West Bank –...
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Port in a storm
A NIGHT of bitter protests in Portsmouth as 140 migrants from a mega-dinghy were brought ashore has stoked fears of a new small boats crisis with landings spreading along the south coast. Police were injured and vehicles damaged as up to 500 activists...
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I was Reform attack victim
THE protester dragged from Reform UK’s annual conference says she suffered bruising and pulled hair while being ‘assaulted’ – and condemned party leaders who mocked the attack for ‘celebrating violence against women’. Sally – who asked for her real...
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Hot as El
FEARSOME weather phenomenon El Niño could last until next February – making next summer even hotter than this year’s record-breaker. The complex atmospheric system – caused by warm water in the Pacific – changes weather patterns worldwide. While some...
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Sad pathetic creeps.co.uk
SECRETLY shot videos of women and girls walking in shorts or leggings are being uploaded to a website where perverted users pay to watch them. With titles such as Sunny Day Shopper and Spanish brunette, it boasts it has some 400 clips of unknowing...
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Historic battle
ANDY BURNHAM has been accused of dragging Britain back to the 1970s in a spiky first Commons clash with Tory leader Kemi Badenoch. The prime minister – making his despatch box debut after ousting Keir Starmer during parliament’s summer recess –...
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Dad’s gift of life
A FATHER has saved his six-year-old son’s life – by donating part of his liver and bowel in one of the world’s rarest transplant operations. Harry Jackson was born with bowel abnormalities. Later a life-threatening complication cut off blood to the...
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Hotel migrant numbers halved
THE number of asylum seekers being housed in hotels has halved in a year to 16,021 – the lowest since 2022. Official figures show a 50% fall from 32,041 in June 2025 – during a summer when street protests at the controversial policy turned violent...
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Tourists vanish in deadly surge
HUNDREDS of people are missing – including 33 Britons aged 13 to 65 – after a vast wall of water and mud wiped out towns and villages in Nepal killing at least 95. CCTV showed people running for their lives as flash floods roared through built-up...
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Switching to vapes better than puffing
VAPING is a ‘ viable option’ for people who want to stop smoking, a major review has found. Although e-cigs are ‘unlikely to be completely risk-free’, they are still less harmful than traditional cigarettes, it suggested. It also found smokers were...
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Time to halt the hellrides
SOCIAL media firms have been ordered to remove videos posted by joyriders driving at crazy speeds – and to help stop the deadly craze in future. Seven people died – including two traffic cops – in a 4am high-speed horror smash on Saturday. At least...
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‘Joyride’ five & cops killed in 4am crash
THESE are the faces of five youngsters who died in a suspected high-speed joyride – and the two brave police officers killed in the horrifying smash. PC Matthew Blades, 38, and PC Tom Clough, 37, died as a VW Passat speeding on the wrong side of a...
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Luke Alsford
ANDY BURNHAM has said Britain will continue to ‘support Ukraine 100%’ – defying threats of revenge after UK-made drones were used in huge strikes on Russia. Vladimir Putin’s officials accused Britain of ‘opting to escalate the Ukraine crisis’, adding:...
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That doesn’t sound much like peace, Mr President!
DONALD TRUMP launched yet another extraordinary foul-mouthed rant – threatening to ‘bomb the s***’ out of ally Oman to save his Iran peace deal. The country says it is close to doing a deal with Tehran to allow its oil tankers through the Strait of...
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Water cheek!
CAMPAIGNERS have hit out after plans to allow water companies to put up prices during droughts were backed by the government. ‘Surge pricing’ may be allowed in summer in a bid to drive down consumption when water is scarce. It would mean all...
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Record 2.5m trips to A&E
HEATWAVES have seen A&E departments endure their busiest time ever – with a record 2.5million patients attending last month. And more than 3,000 people a day had to be cared for in hospital corridors or makeshift areas for the second month in a row,...
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Sun-believable! Brits enjoy best eclipse for a generation
WELL, that was Sun-thing special! Millions looked to the sky last night as the Sun and Moon aligned for the best eclipse over the UK since 1999. At its peak, 90% of the Sun was blocked out. The next time it occurs will be in 2081 and the next total...
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The Black Wednesday shopping scramble!
FORGET Black Friday, today is Black Wednesday... and a scramble by skygazers to buy specs to safely watch tonight’s solar eclipse has proved a money-making bonanza for shops. Cashing in on the rare celestial event, retailers up and down the country...
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It never rains ...but it pours
EXTREME weather is putting lives in danger at home and abroad... a red health alert could be issued as Britain bakes in 36C heat, while in China 1million people have been ordered to flee a typhoon. With parts of the UK enduring their fifth heatwave of...
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Andy wants a cancel culture
ANDY BURNHAM begins travelling the length and breadth of the country today to listen to people’s concerns about the cost of living crisis and come up with ‘everyday fixes’ for rising bills. One money-saving pledge the PM will accelerate is tackling...
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Sitting room only at pubs?
PUBS will be dragged back to Covid times if they’re forced to swap ‘vertical drinking’ for table service, an ex-adviser to the PM warns. Venues should ‘discourage’ punters from standing by putting chairs in bars, suggests Westminster Council. It also...
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My lad’s still serving time after phone theft in 2005
A MUM whose son has spent 14 years in prison after stealing a phone in 2005 has begged Andy Burnham to free him instead of convicted killers. Shaun Lloyd, 38, was jailed for two years nine months for robbery in 2006. At the time he was made subject of...
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Jailed just last year... but my son’s killer already set for freedom
THE mother of a murdered teenager has been informed – less than a year after his killers were jailed – that one of them is already being considered for early release. Heartbroken Jodian Taylor’s son Daejaun Campbell begged a passer-by ‘don’t let me...
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Fraud crashed into police 31 times to fake brake fail
A NURSE says she was forced to pay £13,000 to fix her own roof after a rogue builder pulled it down. Sakhile Zimbwa (pictured), 59, paid £4,000 upfront for a £10,000 roof replacement in Sheffield. When the builder asked for the final £6,000 with work...
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Tanks for nothing!
CROOKS have driven off with nearly £200,000 worth of fuel from forecourts every day since the start of the Iran oil crisis, shock analysis shows. Offending has soared by 20% since the war started in February. At the same time prices at the pump have...
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Cruel summer
HUNDREDS of people were evacuated after a huge wildfire close to a nuclear power station – as tinderbox-dry Britain suffers in the deadly heat. Holidaymakers and locals were led from the Suffolk beauty spot of Dunwich Heath as flames engulfed...
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Future looking droughtful for baking Britain
DROUGHT has been officially declared across more than half of the country – with millions warned this is ‘the new normal’ by a government minister. It is the third drought in just five years, and with only two days to go, this month may also become...
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£4k if you let your children learn a trade
FAMILIES on benefits will get up to £4,500 extra a year – so they don’t lose out if their teen takes up an apprenticeship. The new bursary to stop young people turning down learning a skill was revealed after Andy Burnham promised to reduce the number...
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Horror beyond belief at rogue funeral parlour
A FUNERAL director left 31 bodies – including a stillborn baby’s – to rot on an ‘almost industrial scale’ in a parlour that became a horror scene, a court heard. Robert Bush, 48, took money for cremations but did not do them, then handed families the...
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Fly and dry
THOUSANDS of families endured a grim start to their summer holidays – as Gatwick airport lost all running water. There were queues for toilets, which could not be flushed, while others were locked after becoming blocked following a power failure at a...
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Ahead on pints
ANDY BURNHAM is toasting a historic start to his premiership after unveiling another spending splurge – becoming the first leader in a decade to start with a positive opinion from voters. The prime minster said pubs, clubs and some music venues in...
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Andy Tap!
TRAVELLERS should be able to tap in anywhere on the country’s transport system and enjoy journeys with a single pricing and ticket system, Andy Burnham has told Metro. The new prime minister outlined his vision for a nationally integrated public...
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Ann ‘struck on head 21 times with hammer’
POLITICIAN Ann Widdecombe was battered to death with 21 blows from a hammer in a ferocious two-minute attack, a court has heard. Joshua Kerry, 28, pulled up outside the 78-year-old Reform UK spokeswoman’s remote Dartmoor home in his car as she ate...
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Seventh heaven?
BRITAIN’S seventh prime minister in a decade has promised his ten-year plan will make the country work better – with an end to rough sleeping his first job. Andy Burnham entered No.10 just before 1pm, following a meeting with King Charles, who had...
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Welcome home ...there’ve been a few changes
ENGLAND’S footballers have flown home after their seven-week World Cup campaign – as a new leader enters No.10 following the country’s own roller-coaster political ride. The players touched down in Birmingham hours after beating France 6-4 in a surreal...
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It’s getting very Messi
ENGLAND’S heartbreaking World Cup exit sparked a messy political battle – after Argentina players paraded a flag on the pitch declaring the Falkland Islands are theirs. Following a 2-1 semi-final win inspired by talisman Lionel Messi, the stars – some...
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A-list cast rise to epic challenge in a cinema classic for the ages
/ CERT 15 / 173 MINS CHRISTOPHER NOLAN’S The Odyssey is a watershed moment for filmmaking, re-introducing this legendary story to mass audience. Make no bones about it, it’s a monumental achievement, from quite possibly the only modern director with...
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Don’t jinx it, Keir!
ENGLAND fans are imploring Keir Starmer NOT to fly out for Sunday’s World Cup final for his last act as prime minister – in case he jinxes our bid for a first win in 60 years. The Labour leader – whose own goals led from a landslide election victory to...
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Noora Mykkanen
TERRORISM detectives are now investigating the killing of former MP Ann Widdecombe – a day after police insisted it was not politically motivated. The Conservative minister turned Reform UK spokeswoman, 78, was found in a pool of blood at her isolated...
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Widdecombe killing ‘not political’
POLICE hunting the killer of veteran former MP Anne Widdecombe insist her murder was not politically motivated, after arresting a second man. The 28-year-old – described as a white British national – was held in Rotherham on Saturday, 270 miles from...
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Nige vote’s a two-fox race
NIGEL FARAGE could be outfoxed in his cunning plan to win a by-election for his own seat – by two FOXES standing against him. Major parties have refused to take part in the poll set for August 13 – triggered as the Reform UK leader quit amid...
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Trump tears peace hopes into pieces
DONALD TRUMP called Iran’s leaders ‘scum’ as he promised a new blitz on the country in an astonishing rant in which he also declared war on... Spain! At a Nato summit in Turkey the US president reignited his feud with allies who opposed his plan to...
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Jiggery-pokery! Pres mocked by Belgium for red card ruse
TRIUMPHANT Belgium trolled Donald Trump after their 4-1 mauling of the US – by copying his awkward dance moves. He had intervened to get American striker Folarin Balogun’s one-match ban for a red card overturned so he could play in their last-16...
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