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• A warning over lack of submarines: Our defences are now 'stretched' in the North Atlantic, admits Navy chief

  08-12-2025 01:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A chronic shortage of Royal Navy submarines risks letting Vladimir Putin dominate the North Atlantic, the First Sea Lord has admitted.
  
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• Trump snaps at reporter as she grills president on affordability: 'Don't be so dramatic'

  09-12-2025 17:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  President Donald Trump slammed a reporter when pressed on rising healthcare costs that are set to skyrocket at year's end if Congress does not act soon.
  
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• Glen Johnson says Liverpool star has been ‘getting away with murder’ under Arne Slot this season

  09-12-2025 17:04 via metro.co.uk
  Arne Slot is under heaps of pressure at Liverpool (Picture: Getty)Former Liverpool defender Glen Johnson believes that one key player in Arne Slot’s side has been ‘getting away with murder’ so far this season.A 3-3 draw with Leeds United at the weekend continued what has been a torturous start to the season for Liverpool.Just two wins from their last ten Premier League games has the Reds in tenth place and their title defence already in tatters before the turn of the year.What
  
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• Emily in Paris star released from custody in Japan after drug smuggling allegations

  09-12-2025 17:04 via metro.co.uk
  Jeremy O’Harris was held in Japan (Picture: Chris Chew/UPI/Shutterstock)Jeremy O. Harris has been released from custody in Japan after being held on drug smuggling allegations.The 36-year-old star, known for his work as a playwright on Slave Play and as an actor in shows like Emily In Paris, was taken into custody last month after being stopped at Naha Airport.In a statement released earlier this month, an Okinawa Regional Customs spokesperson said that a customs officer had allegedly fou
  
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• The Mavericks singer Raul Malo dies aged 60 after diagnosis

  09-12-2025 17:03 via metro.co.uk
  Raul Malo has died aged 60 after a cancer diagnosis last year (Picture: Rick Kern/Getty Images)Raul Malo, lead singer and guitarist of The Mavericks, has died at the age of 60, the band has announced in a statement.
  Malo announced a colon cancer diagnosis in summer 2024, and his representatives have confirmed this was his cause of death.
  ‘It’s with the deepest grief we share the passing of our friend, bandmate and brother Raul Malo on December 8th, 2025 at the age of 60,’ the
  
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• Lauren Boebert used thousands of dollars of campaign contributions to visit Kid Rock in Texas, official records show

  09-12-2025 17:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Congresswoman Lauren Boebert is under fire after using campaign contributions for a Texas rodeo trip to see her rumored boyfriend, Kid Rock.
  
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• Tense moment Linda Reynolds slams Brittany Higgins, David Sharaz, Lisa Wilkinson and Labor amid legal battle

  09-12-2025 17:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In an interview on Tuesday night, Reynolds said she will see out her legal battle 'to the bitter end' after putting two mortgages on her house and going 'millions' of dollars into debt to fund it.
  
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• Struggling on what to get your young boy this Christmas? We’ve got the perfect gift guide and it’s parent-approved

  09-12-2025 17:00 via metro.co.uk
  There’s still time to get something that will make his face light up this December 25. (Picture: Metro/Getty)
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  We don’t know about you, but finding the best Christmas gift for boys, of any age, can be difficult, especially if you want to opt for a gift that bucks the status quo of blue clothing, toy cars and footballs.&nbs
  
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• Ministers FINALLY name chair for national grooming gangs inquiry... but victims warn Labour peer will run 'tick box exercise'

  09-12-2025 16:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Former children's commissioner Baroness Longfield has been announced as the head of the probe by Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood.
  
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• Gorgeous $5m waterfront homes in ritzy Newport Beach set to be TORN DOWN after abandoned oil well came back to life underneath them

  09-12-2025 16:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The century-old oil rig has been an issue for months, causing evacuations and the red tagging of multiple homes on the Balboa Peninsula
  
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• New Brexit headache for Keir Starmer as 13 Labour MPs break ranks to back the creation of a new EU-UK customs union

  09-12-2025 16:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The stunt by the Lib Dems will now go to another debate and vote after their support - and that of the Deputy Speaker - allowed it to pass by a single vote.
  
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• Scammer's haunting final post about wife before they were 'tortured and buried in cement'

  09-12-2025 16:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The final post from a billionaire and his wife now has an eerily haunting meaning after the pair were found brutally murdered side by side in a desert hell-hole
  
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• Australia has banned social media for under-16s – should the UK follow?

  09-12-2025 16:50 via metro.co.uk
  From now on, social media sites and apps in Australia will be legally required to block under-16s from accessing their services (Picture: Getty Images)At 1pm UK time today, the world’s first law banning young people from accessing social media came into effect.British teens and preteens may be relieved that it was happening on the opposite side of the world, as the clocks passed midnight in the Australian capital of Canberra.From today, a precise list of social media sites – Snapcha
  
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• Kemi Badenoch urges 'common sense' after No 10 backs calls for people to wear face masks in public amid 'tidal wave' of superflu cases

  09-12-2025 16:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Calls for the return of face masks caused a political row today after an NHS leader said Britons experiencing flu or cold symptoms should wear one in public places.
  
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• BREAKING: Brit girl, 7, and dozens of tourists injured in horror Thailand train crash

  09-12-2025 16:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A seven-year-old British girl among dozens of others were injured in a horrific train crash in Thailand - this is a breaking story
  
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• Scientists spot the largest-known rotating structure in the cosmos

  09-12-2025 16:45 via metro.co.uk
  Researchers have discovered something extraordinary – a huge thread of galaxies, gas and dark matter, that are twisting around as though they are caught up in a slow-motion cosmic tornado and it could reveal how the MilkyWay was formed. The thread-like assembly, makes up a filament in the macrostructure of the universe called the cosmic web and sits around 140 million light-years from Earth. It was observed by scientists primarily using the MeerKAT radio telescope located in South Africa,
  
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• Manchester United hero urges club to axe Harry Maguire: ‘Move on!’

  09-12-2025 16:45 via metro.co.uk
  Should this be Harry Maguire’s last season at Manchester United (Picture: Getty Images)Harry Maguire is coming to the end of his Manchester United contract and former Red Devils star Paul Parker has urged the club not to offer him a new one.The centre-back has been at Old Trafford since his £80m move from Leicester City in 2019, making 255 appearances for the club.His initial six-year contract was due to expire over the summer but Manchester United triggered a 12-month extension.The
  
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• Afghan migrant, 28, charged with raping two girls, 14, in a Bolton flat had been granted indefinite leave to remain in the UK with his family

  09-12-2025 16:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sultani Bakatash, 28, was arrested in the early hours of Sunday following a report of rape. He will appear at Manchester and Salford Magistrates' Court at 9.45am on Tuesday.
  
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• Chef hired by King Charles shares brutally honest assessment of Meghan Markle's meal

  09-12-2025 16:40 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A chef who has cooked for King Charles and Queen Camilla has shared his brutally honest views on a Meghan Markle spaghetti dish from her Netflix series With Love, Meghan
  
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• 'She was in her favorite pajamas... I've never seen so much blood': Son shares 77-year-old mom's horrific final moments after she was stabbed by carjacker at $800,000 home in upscale Atlanta suburb

  09-12-2025 16:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Eleanor Bowles, 77, was slain in the garage of her $800,000 Buckhead residence, located within a gated community, in December 2022. Her son, Michael Bowles, found her corpse.
  
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• England flu hotspots mapped: See areas worst hit by 'mutant strain'

  09-12-2025 16:36 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Flu cases are surging across England with people being urged to go back to wearing face masks if have symptoms – and below a map highlights the worst affected hospitals in the country
  
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• Catholic church hits back at Donald Trump’s ICE raids with nativity scene

  09-12-2025 16:28 via metro.co.uk
  It comes after ICE raids across cities in America have increased (Picture: Reuters)A Catholic church nativity scene on the outskirts of Boston is sparking discourse after church leaders left out Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus.In the place of the trio, a sign reading ‘ICE WAS HERE’ sits surrounded by wisemen, camels, livestock and shepherds, keeping watch over an empty manger.Boston is the latest city facing an onslaught of ICE raids, arresting what they call ‘illegal criminal ali
  
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• British spy 'Stakeknife' committed 'grotesque, serious crime' including torture and murder with MI5's knowledge, damning report reveals

  09-12-2025 16:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Long described as the Army's 'golden egg', the agent, codenamed 'Stakeknife', was directly linked to at least 13 murders in his role in the IRA's 'nutting squad'.
  
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• Rio Ferdinand warns £45million star not to ‘waste career’ at Manchester United

  09-12-2025 16:20 via metro.co.uk
  Rio Ferdinand fears there is no way back for Kobbie Mainoo at Manchester United (Picture: Getty)Rio Ferdinand fears Manchester United outcast Kobbie Mainoo is wasting his career at the club and has urged the midfielder to leave during the January transfer window.
  After he capped a stunning breakthrough season by playing a major role in England’s march to the final of Euro 2024, the gifted midfielder look set for a long and prosperous Old Trafford career.Erik ten Hag’s departure and
  
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• Epstein files unsealed by judge in stunning reversal after Congress passed landmark bill

  09-12-2025 16:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A federal judge unsealed all investigative files relating to the sex trafficking case against Jeffrey Epstein's longtime mistress Ghislaine Maxwell.
  
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• Tory 'war on workers' as Kemi Badenoch says minimum wage shouldn't go any higher

  09-12-2025 16:17 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Tory leader Kemi Badenoch's comments come just weeks after Chancellor Rachel Reeves confirmed pay hikes for around 2.6million workers at her Budget from April 2026
  
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• Tense moment Linda Reynolds takes a swipe at Brittany Higgins, David Sharaz, Lisa Wilkinson and Labor amid legal row

  09-12-2025 16:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In an interview on Tuesday night, Reynolds said she will see out her legal battle 'to the bitter end' after putting two mortgages on her house and going 'millions' of dollars into debt to fund it.
  
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• Haunting cause of death revealed for Colorado woman, 20, whose car was found submerged in canal after dropping her father off at bus stop

  09-12-2025 16:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  After a multi-day search police discovered Kaylee Russell's body in an overturned car submerged in a canal.
  
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• Family lose everything after freak fire destroys their home just weeks before Christmas

  09-12-2025 16:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Devastated Lauren Wilson, 27, had presents for her four children destroyed in the blaze at their flat in Muirhouse, Edinburgh, on December 5.
  
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• Inside Gaza's terror tunnels: NATALIE LISBONA enters Hamas labyrinth and witnesses unbearable hell Israeli hostages were subjected to during two years of rape, torture and execution

  09-12-2025 16:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Crawling on all fours into the tunnel's entrance, I hesitate for a minute before I shuffle deeper into the darkness that leads to one of Hamas's largest underground networks.
  
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