Iran fires 500 missiles as U.S. and Israel intensify strikes on day 5 of war
Strikes have hit nuclear-related facilities in Tehran, while Iran has launched hundreds of missiles and drones.
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‘We are just getting started:’ Hegseth boasts of ‘incredible’ results of US war with Iran after four days
‘They are toast and they know it,’ Hegseth said of Iran
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Iran live updates: Israel ramps up strikes, vows to target new leader
IDF airstrikes targeted "dozens" of sites connected to internal security forces.
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Family comforted murder accused after Natalie McNally's death
Natalie McNally was 15 weeks pregnant when she died at her home in Lurgan in December 2022.
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Partner of Labour MP arrested on suspicion of spying for China, BBC told
He is one of three unnamed men who the Met Police suspect of assisting Chinese intelligence services in the UK.
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How the US-UK 'special relationship' may be impacted after Starmer drew Trump's anger over Iran
Opposition politicians accused U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer of weakening Britain’s “special relationship” with the United States by differing from U.S. President Donald Trump over Iran and drawing his ire. Trump on Tuesday called Britain “uncooperative” and slammed Starmer as “not Winston Churchill” after Starmer initially rebuffed a U.S. request to use U.K. bases for attacks on Iran.
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How the US-UK 'special relationship' may be impacted after Starmer drew Trump's anger over Iran
Opposition politicians accused U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer of weakening Britain’s “special relationship” with the United States by differing from U.S. President Donald Trump over Iran and drawing his ire. Trump on Tuesday called Britain “uncooperative” and slammed Starmer as “not Winston Churchill” after Starmer initially rebuffed a U.S. request to use U.K. bases for attacks on Iran.
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Iran war breaks UN Charter, strike on school shocking, UN probe says
By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA, March 4 (Reuters) - An independent United Nations probe investigating rights violations in Iran condemned on Wednesday attacks by Israel and the United States on Iran as
2 min readReuters
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Exclusive-US carried out strike on Iranian warship off Sri Lanka coast, officials say
WASHINGTON, March 4 (Reuters) - The U. military carried out a strike that sank an Iranian warship off Sri Lanka's coast and triggered a rescue for dozens of Iranian sailors by Sri Lanka's navy, three U.
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US submarine sunk Iranian warship in Indian Ocean with torpedo, defence secretary says
Earlier, the Sri Lankan navy said around 140 people were missing after an Iranian ship sank near the island. US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is giving a news conference at the Pentagon now - watch live on this page.
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NATO downs Iranian missile headed for Turkey as Mideast war escalates
Israel launches major strikes in Tehran and Lebanon as NATO ally Turkey is targeted by Iran for the first time during the five-day war.
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Crackdown on pushy boat tour touts extended
A special order stopping aggressive ticket selling at the Devon harbour will stay in place.
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Council agrees maximum tax hike in budget
Cumberland Council says difficult decisions were made because demand is rising faster than funding.
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Khamenei's son Mojtaba is alive and favoured to succeed him, Iranian sources say
By Parisa Hafezi and Pesha Magid DUBAI/JERUSALEM, March 4 (Reuters) - Mojtaba Khamenei, the powerful son of Iran's slain Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, is alive and favoured to emerge as his father's
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Three men connected to Police Federation arrested on suspicion of fraud
The City of London Police's corruption unit says it has carried out a "significant investigation" into alleged fraud.
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Shopping centre to be demolished for city revamp
St John's Shopping Centre in Preston is "pretty tired" and "outdated", planning officers say.
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Drone strike hits Iranian Kurdish opposition group in Iraq, wounding two
A drone strike on an Iranian Kurdish opposition group’s base in Iraq’s Kurdistan wounded two fighters. This attack highlights ongoing tensions between Iran and militant groups in the region.
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Iran claims 'complete control' of strait: latest in the Mideast war
Iran claimed total control of the key energy transit Strait of Hormuz Wednesday, the war's fifth day, as Israel hit Iran with fresh strikes and advanced into Lebanon against Tehran-backed Hezbollah militants.- Israel orders Lebanon evacuations - The Israeli army said it had begun strikes in southern Lebanon after ordering people living south of Lebanon's Litani river to evacuate, as the military expanded its campaign against Iran-backed Hezbollah militants.
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Jon Karl Calls Out Trump Admin Over Emergency Hotline — That Tells Americans ‘Do Not Rely’ on Them for Evac Help
Jon Karl called out the Trump administration's hotline for Americans in the MidEast over a message that told them "Please do not rely on the US government..."
4 min readMediaite
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Watching ICE Agents? You Could Lose Your Global Entry.
Two people claim they were punished for acts of protest, and an internal government memo suggests they may not be the last.
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Some Gulf countries are already fighting against Iran, IDF says
Foreign reports have indicated that the Saudis, the UAE, Qatar, and possibly others may already have attacked Iran or have expressed interest in doing so. The IDF said on Wednesday that some Gulf countries are already in the fight against Iran.
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In Pakistan, then Iran, Chinese air defense looks like a paper tiger
China's air defense system has failed in Pakistan, Venezuela and Iran. Now military analysts are questioning China's own domestic defenses.
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‘It’s not acceptable’: Will a small town be left $7.8m on the hook for the World Cup?
At a meeting of the board that governs the World Cup stadium in Foxborough, promises were made if not accepted
9 min readThe Guardian
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Emergency sickle cell help extended after campaign
An additional £1m has been invested to keep an emergency care unit going at the Royal London Hospital.
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Qatar denies Tucker Carlson claim that ‘Mossad agents’ were arrested in Gulf bombing plot
Carlson made the claim in a widely shared Tucker Carlson Network segment titled “BREAKING: Mossad Agents Arrested in Planned Bombing Operation,” calling the alleged arrests an unreported “fact. ” Qatar’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Majed Al-Ansari said this week that Doha has “no information” about alleged Israeli intelligence cells operating in the country, after US media personality Tucker Carlson asserted that Qatari and Saudi authorities had arrested “Mossad agents” (Israel’s foreign intel
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Trump administration waging illegal war on Iran, experts say
Administration offers shifting explanations as it acts without congressional approval or legal premise
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Man who raped teenager and assaulted three-year-old jailed
A court heard that the attacks took place in Inverness and a Highland village.
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First government flight for UK nationals due to leave Middle East
Some British nationals are being invited to board the flight from the capital of Oman later on Wednesday.
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Key takeaways from Texas primaries, as Talarico beats Crockett in Democratic race
Contests in the southern state are signalling which way the Republicans and Democrats are heading.
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Why are the US and Israel framing the ongoing conflict as a religious war?
US troops reportedly told the war in Iran is intended to bring about biblical end times, Armageddon.
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Iran war intensifies, Khamenei son emerges; Talarico wins Texas primary
Watch now: Israel expands strikes across Iran as Tehran prepares to choose a new supreme leader. And Talarico scores Texas primary win.
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Top Vatican cardinal calls US-Israeli strikes 'truly alarming'
By Joshua McElwee VATICAN CITY, March 4 (Reuters) - The Vatican's top diplomat warned on Wednesday that the ongoing U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran undermine international law and said nations do not
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Nigerian doctors suspended over death of Adichie's son
The author's 21-month-old son died in January after complications during medical procedures at a private hospital in Lagos.
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Oxford Street to ban traffic by 'end of summer'
Work can start straight away to pedestrianise part of the shopping street, the mayor of London says.
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Israeli military orders immediate evacuations in southern Lebanon as strikes on Beirut intensify
Israel's military ordered on Wednesday residents of dozens of border villages in southern Lebanon to evacuate “immediately” as airstrikes on suburbs of Beirut intensified and Hezbollah claimed more attacks. Lebanon was dragged early Monday into the war in the Middle East, which erupted following U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran, when the Iranian-backed Hezbollah group fired rockets and drones into northern Israel, triggering Israeli retaliatory airstrikes on different parts of the country that killed more than 50 people and wounded about 300.
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Axed lollipop patrol to be saved and relocated
Dorset Council says it is in talks to move the school crossing patrol to a different location.
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Glass deposit plan 'could push up prices for consumer'
Wales is the only UK nation planning to include glass in a deposit return scheme from October 2027.
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South Africa's long-serving former defence minister and former Robben Island prisoner dies
Mosiuoa Lekota was imprisoned with former South African President Nelson Mandela on Robben Island.
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Nepal election 2026: Who are the contenders and what’s at stake?
Nepal is set to vote on Thursday in pivotal election that comes months after historic protests toppled the government.
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Chinese Communist Party elder Song Ping dies aged 109
BEIJING, March 4 - Chinese Communist Party elder and the longest-lived member of the elite Politburo Standing Committee, Song Ping, died on Wednesday at the age of 109, the official Xinhua news agency
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Hungary foreign minister hopes Russia will free two ethnic Hungarian prisoners of war during talks
BUDAPEST, March 4 (Reuters) - Hungary's Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Wednesday that he hopes two ethnic Hungarian prisoners of war will be freed by Russia during his talks in Moscow, where
2 min read - World
Why did US and Israel attack Iran and how long could the war last?
Iran continues retaliatory strikes against Israel and across the Gulf, as US and Israeli attacks on Iran enter a fifth day.
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Trump defends war with Iran as conflict widens
Israel sent troops into Lebanon as the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran widened, and some of Iran's Gulf neighbors warned that Iran's retaliatory fire could draw them into the spreading conflict.
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Tennessee lawmakers weigh a dozen new Republican anti-LGBTQ+ bills
Advocates warn that the proposals targeting employment protections, health care, marriage equality, and Pride displays could reshape life for LGBTQ+ Tennesseans.
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US Air Force Names Location For A New Innovative (And Expensive) Facility
The U.S. Air Force has licensed 16 acres of land for a facility that aims to nurture future generations of STEM talent. Here's where it's located.
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Trial date set for security guard stabbing suspect
Rory Wilson appears at Aylesbury Crown Court via video link from prison.
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A Russian-flagged tanker erupts in a massive fire and sinks off Libya
A Russian-flagged tanker carrying liquefied natural gas exploded and erupted in flames before sinking in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Libya, authorities in the North African country said Wednesday. The tanker was under Western sanctions, suspected to be part of Russia’s shadow fleet of energy tankers trying to bypass sanctions imposed on Moscow over its war in Ukraine. According to the Libyan Maritime Authority, there was a “sudden explosions, followed by a massive fire” on the Arctic Metagaz on Tuesday while the LNG carrier was about 240 kilometers (150 miles) off the coast of the Libyan city of Sirte.
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A Russian-flagged tanker erupts in a massive fire and sinks off Libya
A Russian-flagged tanker carrying liquefied natural gas exploded and erupted in flames before sinking in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Libya, authorities in the North African country said Wednesday. The tanker was under Western sanctions, suspected to be part of Russia’s shadow fleet of energy tankers trying to bypass sanctions imposed on Moscow over its war in Ukraine. According to the Libyan Maritime Authority, there was a “sudden explosions, followed by a massive fire” on the Arctic Metagaz on Tuesday while the LNG carrier was about 240 kilometers (150 miles) off the coast of the Libyan city of Sirte.
Associated Press1 min read - World
Driver killed in three-vehicle crash in Hindhead
A woman also sustained life-threatening injuries in the crash, while four men were seriously hurt.
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Travel agent's fears as thousands stranded in Middle East
Linda Hill Miller, who owns a travel agency in West Kilbride, said the situation is "worrying".
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James Talarico defeats fellow LGBTQ+ ally Jasmine Crockett in Texas Democratic primary
The Austin lawmaker advances to November's election as a pro-LGBTQ+ equality Democrat.
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