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Israel and Iran have traded tit-for-tat strikes, in defiance of Donald Trump, for the first time since their fragile ceasefire was agreed in April.The Israeli Air Force today confirmed hitting military targets in western and central Iran, in response to Iranian missile attacks on its own air bases. ...

Colombian mercenary troops trained in the United Arab Emirates participated in atrocities committed by the rebel Rapid Support Forces during the ongoing Sudanese civil war, according to a recent report from nonprofit Human Rights Watch.What happened?The report alleges th...
Emma Webber, whose son Barnaby was killed in the 2023 attacks by schizophrenic Valdo Calocane in Nottingham, addresses reporters at the end of a 14-week public inquiry into the stabbings. “Every single agency failed” but “accountability starts today”, she said.
Only 31% of women consider themselves to be more of a “leader” than a “follower”, compared with 41% of men, according to a YouGov poll of 5,753 UK adults. Conversely, 32% of male respondents saw themselves as followers, while 45% of the women polled identified with that label.

“Thirty years of hurt never stopped me dreaming,” England fans sang in 1996. Another 30 years later, Three Lions supporters finally “have grounds to dream” of World Cup victory, said The Telegraph. But not all football analysts believe the picture is so rosy for Thomas Tuchel’s men.Gnawing hopeThere...
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