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Vladimir Putin says Russia is ready if Europe wants to fight a war. Speaking after an investment forum in Moscow, he claimed European countries do not have a peaceful agenda and are taking the side of war, adding that their demands from the conflict in Ukraine are unacceptable to Russia. He repeated that Russia is not planning to go to war with Europe, saying he has made that point many […]

Two military personnel have been shot near the White House in Washington DC. Police confirmed a suspect has been taken into custody and the area secured. The White House was placed into lockdown while US President Donald Trump was in Florida. Mr Trump posted on his Truth Social platform saying the two National Guard members had been critically wounded. He added that the "animal" who shot them is also severely […]

A fifteen-year-old boy has been arrested after a sixteen-year-old was shot on a busy stretch of London Road in Sheffield shortly before twenty past five on Monday evening. The area was crowded with rush hour traffic when the attack took place. The victim was taken to hospital and remains in a life-threatening condition. South Yorkshire Police say the teenager who has been detained is being held on suspicion of conspiracy […]

Police have appealed for information after a man was charged with murdering two women and raping a third. Simon Levy has been charged with murdering 53 year old Carmenza Valencia Trujillo from Colombia, who died on the Aylesbury Estate in south east London on 17 March. A police investigation began after a post mortem examination was unable to determine her cause of death. Levy, of Beaufoy Road in Tottenham, was […]

Former prime minister Lord Cameron has revealed he has been treated for prostate cancer. The former Tory leader, who was prime minister from 2010 to 2016 and foreign secretary until last year’s general election, went public in an interview with The Times. The 59-year-old joins Olympic cycling champion Sir Chris Hoy, former Sky News presenter Dermot Murnaghan, and ex-PM Rishi Sunak in campaigning for improved diagnosis and treatment. He has […]

Donald Trump has addressed reporters at the White House alongside New York mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, speaking about the 28-point peace plan for Ukraine. Asked if he had discussed it with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Trump said: "We have a plan. It's horrible, what's happening. It's a war that should have never happened." He added: "We think we have a way of getting peace. He's going to have to approve it." When […]

The UK’s response to the pandemic has been judged a repeated case of too little, too late, according to the COVID 19 Inquiry. Its chair, Baroness Heather Hallett, said tens of thousands of lives could have been saved, including around twenty three thousand in England alone, had mandatory lockdowns been introduced earlier. In her summary she acknowledged ministers across all four governments were often forced to choose between bad options, […]

Nvidia has eased fears of a slowdown in the global AI boom after posting another set of stronger than expected results. The company reported revenue of fifty seven billion dollars in the three months to October, beating both Wall Street forecasts and its own guidance. Executives described it as an outstanding quarter, with revenue up sixty two percent on the same period last year. Nvidia also exceeded profit expectations, reporting […]

Scotland are heading to the men’s World Cup for the first time since nineteen ninety eight after a dramatic four two victory over Denmark at Hampden Park. Scott McTominay set the tone with a spectacular bicycle kick inside three minutes, giving the hosts a lead they carried into the break. Denmark responded when Rasmus Hojlund levelled just before the hour, shortly before Rasmus Kristensen was sent off. Lawrence Shankland restored […]