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• Air strikes defend US-trained Syrians

  03-08-2015 22:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  US air power has been used for the first time to defend US-trained rebel fighters in Syria, the Pentagon confirms.
  
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• British woman Isabel Rose jailed in Hong Kong after accusing banker of raping her

  22-07-2026 20:04 via metro.co.uk
  
  Isabel Rose was sent to the Tai Lam Correctional Institution, Hong Kong’s oldest maximum security women’s prison. (Picture: Instagram/@iamisabelrosee)A Londoner will spend her next six years in a notorious Hong Kong jail after she was found guilty of making up a rape accusation and trying to blackmail a banker.Isabel Rose, 26, from Hackney, east London, was found guilty of blackmail and perverting the course of public justice on Wednesday in a Hong Kong court.Her six-year sente
  
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• European airport chaos as Brits are caught up in hours-long queues spilling into carparks as summer getaway is hit by EU border check changes

  22-07-2026 19:38 via dailymail.com
  
  Airports across Europe have been hit with massive queues, with some travel hubs seeing long lines snaking out their front entrances. 
  
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• Husband stabbed Marvelous Mrs Maisel set designer to death, then left their baby son with body and went to park to hang himself, as it's revealed his brother is also a murderer

  22-07-2026 19:32 via dailymail.com
  
  Mary Kate Golding, 34, was found dead with a knife lodged at her back in her family's basement apartment in Astoria shortly after midnight Tuesday.
  
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• Fury as 'mindless' influencer dumps bathtub at top of Brecon Beacons after world record attempt

  22-07-2026 19:31 via dailymail.com
  
  Tom Christopher, 35, carried the tub up Pen Y Fan- the highest peak in South Wales-  in an attempt to break the record for the 'world's highest bath'.
  
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• Successful female realtor is named surprise suspect in 2012 cold case murder of woman stabbed more than 100 times after shadowy figure was seen approaching her apartment

  22-07-2026 19:30 via dailymail.com
  
  The breakthrough comes more than a decade after 32-year-old Irasema Chavez was found brutally slain inside her Texas apartment in January 2012 with more than 100 stab wounds.
  
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• Homeless man who killed pensioner in Remembrance Day knife rampage was 'very unwell'

  22-07-2026 19:29 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Musse Ali, 68, stabbed pensioner Hilkiah McLeggan to death and attacked two other people during a frenzied attack outside an East London market on Remembrance Sunday
  
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• Trump issues chilling red-line threat as Iran opens new front and oil prices go haywire

  22-07-2026 19:28 via dailymail.com
  
  The President laid down the ultimatum on Wednesday as oil prices spiked to their highest level in more than a month.
  
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• 'People think I'm crazy when I eat my Doc Martens, but there's a delicious secret'

  22-07-2026 19:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Move over Mary Berry! Self-taught baker Karen Geraghty turned her passion into a booming business, crafting hyper-realistic edible cakes shaped like Doc Martens and Jimmy Choos
  
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• Tough-talking mayor tells locals to stop whining after they made spate of complaints about design of new drivers' license

  22-07-2026 19:21 via dailymail.com
  
  Nearly 6,000 people signed a petition opposing the muted new ID, but Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi insisted officials would not back down.
  
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• As many as 100 Channel migrants arrive today on vessels branded 'Burnham's boats', piling pressure on new PM to set out immigration plans

  22-07-2026 19:19 via dailymail.com
  
  In a busy day for crossings which saw the first arrivals under new Prime Minister Andy Burnham, sources said as many as 100 migrants successfully crossed the Channel.
  
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• Ousted Venezuelan strongman Nicolas Maduro smiles and waves in court as he and his wife face drug trafficking charges...as lawyer reveals they'll claim 'immunity'

  22-07-2026 19:18 via dailymail.com
  
  Nicolas Maduro, 63, and his wife, Cilia Flores, 69, appeared before a judge at the federal court in Manhattan on Wednesday in their drug trafficking case.
  
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• Gym issues groveling apology to Sikh man after ordering him to leave because of kirpan knife he carries as part of his beliefs

  22-07-2026 19:12 via dailymail.com
  
  The Sikh recorded himself getting kicked out of the gym and posted the video on TikTok, where it has been going viral. Although the gym apologized, many people believe it was originally in the right.
  
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• Moment 'selfish' thrill-seekers base jump from viewing deck of 518ft Blackpool Tower after opening window in front of families

  22-07-2026 19:10 via dailymail.com
  
  Filming it for social media clout, the three men claimed they were 'window inspectors' as they leapt out in the direction of Blackpool Promenade after unlocking a window.
  
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• Labour MPs' cloying praise for exiting Starmer could almost convince you they ditched him for being too popular - and that Burnham played no part in his overthrow: PETER HITCHENS

  22-07-2026 19:09 via dailymail.com
  
  Tributes for Sir Keir came from seemingly all quarters, including Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar, who called on Keir Starmer to resign in February over the Mandelson scandal.
  
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• Heir's to 13! Daredevil Prince George leaps between rocks, frolics on the beach in sunglasses alongside Prince Louis and waves at the camera in fun-filled footage shared by William and Kate to mark him becoming a teenager

  22-07-2026 19:06 via dailymail.com
  
  Prince George climbed rocks, played cricket and frolicked around the beach alongside Prince Louis in a new video released today to celebrate the royal becoming a teenager.
  
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• Michelin-starred celebrity chef faces jail for sprinkling dessert with ANTS

  22-07-2026 18:56 via dailymail.com
  
  A Michelin-starred celebrity chef is facing up to a year in prison after he was accused of sprinkling ants on desserts. 
  
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• Meccha Chameleon outsells Star Fox in June chart as Xbox console sales rise

  22-07-2026 18:56 via metro.co.uk
  
  A Meccha hit (lemorion_1224)UFC 6 and Meccha Chameleon are the best-selling games of the month, as Xbox Series X/S sales jump by 86%.After selling 15 million copies, indie hit Meccha Chameleon has made a significant splash on the US sales charts for June. As shared by by Circana’s Mat Piscatella, the indie hide-and-seek ‘friendslop’ hit, developed by lemorion_1224, debuted as the second best-selling game of the month based on dollar sales. It was only outsold by another n
  
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• Convicted killer accused of murdering two friends sent text saying he felt 'absolutely bloodthirsty' and 'real hostile' on the day first victim went missing, court hears

  22-07-2026 18:55 via dailymail.com
  
  James Desborough, 40, is accused of murdering friends Daniel Coleman, 43, and Claudio Aquilino, 57, near his remote Cornish woodland cabin last year.
  
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• Mikel Arteta told to sign ‘frightening’ World Cup star for Arsenal after Morgan Rogers blow

  22-07-2026 18:54 via metro.co.uk
  
  Arsenal are in the market for attacking reinforcements (Picture: Getty)Troy Deeney has urged Arsenal to consider a move for Norway winger Antonio Nusa after Chelsea completed a £117million deal for Morgan Rogers.Mikel Arteta had made Rogers his number-one target for the summer transfer window as he looked to strengthen his options in forward areas.However, the Gunners were gazumped by London rivals Chelsea, who have paid the record transfer fee for an English player to bring Rogers to Sta
  
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• Trump lawyers in uproar as judge rules they must hand his financial records to BBC in defamation case

  22-07-2026 18:49 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The judge said that, in order to show the 'reputational and financial injury' to Trump from the 2024 Panorama documentary, his legal team must hand over financial records to the BBC's lawyers
  
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• British Airways jet carrying 180 passengers at 170mph comes within feet of smashing into illegally-flown drone near Windsor Castle

  22-07-2026 18:49 via dailymail.com
  
  The near miss took place as the jet - flying from Florence in Italy - was at 1,300ft and coming in to land at Heathrow Airport in May when a pilot spotted the small blue drone.
  
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• I interviewed Andy Burnham – and noticed a crucial difference with Keir Starmer

  22-07-2026 18:44 via metro.co.uk
  
  The new Prime Minister seemed far more at ease (Picture: AP Photo)It’s already quite disconcerting to think that Keir Starmer was still Prime Minister when this week began.His disappearance from the headlines has been brutally swift, making way for a replacement in Andy Burnham is keen to make as much noise as possible in his first week.The last we saw of Starmer, he was sipping a pint outside the Grafton pub in Kentish Town.As senior political reporter for Metro, I met Starmer a few time
  
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• Spain World Cup winner Ferran Torres has mural vandalised within 24 hours in Barcelona

  22-07-2026 18:40 via metro.co.uk
  
  Street artist TVBoy unveiled a mural dedicated to Spain’s World Cup winner Ferran Torres (ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock)A mural dedicated to Spain’s World Cup winner Ferran Torres has been vandalised within 24 hours in Barcelona.Torres, who plays for Barcelona, scored Spain’s winning goal in extra time on Sunday to seal a 1-0 victory over Argentina in the World Cup final.Italian street artist TVBoy travelled to Barcelona this week to paint the mural of Torres kissing the World
  
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• Donald Trump threatens to blow up 'bridge or power plant' every time Iran hits ship

  22-07-2026 18:37 via mirror.co.uk
  
  US President Donald Trump has thrashed out plans for Iran ground invasion as he warned Tehran he will blow up a bridge or a power depot every time they hit a ship in the Strait of Hormuz
  
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• Baby dies trapped in car seat after dad left car running to go back inside house to get something he'd forgotten and vehicle caught fire, cops say

  22-07-2026 18:37 via dailymail.com
  
  Officers and fire crews were called to an address outside Tumwater, Washington, on Tuesday afternoon to reports of a car engulfed in flames with a child still inside.
  
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• Woman, 70, charged after British mother Karen Carter stabbed to death returning from French village wine tasting

  22-07-2026 18:32 via metro.co.uk
  
  Paying tribute to her, one friend described Karen as ‘a strong businesswoman who had an air of authority about her’, while another said she ‘didn’t have any enemies’ (Picture: Handout)A pensioner has been charged with the murder of Karen Carter who was found stabbed to death after a wine tasting.Karen Carter, 65, was stabbed repeatedly after she returned home in the idyllic Dordogne village of Trémolat, east of Bordeaux, in April last year.The mum-of-fo
  
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• Vile conversations between police officers about if they’d have sex with suspects caught on body cam

  22-07-2026 18:26 via metro.co.uk
  
  To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a webbrowser thatsupports HTML5 video Up Next Previous Page Next PagePolice officers have been recorded apparently discussing if they would have sex with suspects and dragging them ‘down the stairs’.Unsuspecting officers at Norfolk Constabulary can be heard debating whether a protestor they arrested is ‘hot’ and laughing about another suspect who was ‘pushed’ to the ground.The shocking audi
  
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• Donald Trump keeps threatening to commit war crimes as he rapidly unravels over Iran

  22-07-2026 18:24 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Trump's Middle East adventure was brought into focus in the most acute way, as he travelled to Dover Air Force Base for the dignified transfer of three troops killed in his deepening quagmire - here's what you need to know
  
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• Woman 'love rival', 70, is charged over killing of Brit expat Karen Carter at her French Dordogne village home

  22-07-2026 18:23 via dailymail.com
  
  A 70-year-old woman has been charged over the killing of British expat Karen Carter, who was found stabbed to death at her French home over a year ago. 
  
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