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Three wins on the bounce in the Premier League 😍

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former Tory chief whip Simon Hart on the party’s current leader

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"In Norway,Tesla saw a 38% sales slump,in France sales dropped 63%, & Spain 75%. Tesla sales dropped 13% across whole European Union last year & expected to fall further...Tesla registered only 1,277 new cars in Germany in January, a year-on-year drop of 59.5%” yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/world/i...

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Europe's politicians are openly discussing how they could tackle the threat of nuclear attack without American help, in a dramatic sign of the deep crisis engulfing the transatlantic alliance under Donald Trump.

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Research today from Cancer Research UK suggests cancer death rates are 60% higher for people living in the most deprived areas of the UK compared with those in more affluent areas

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Right out of Putin's playbook

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Sad News 😢 Rick Buckler, drummer of The Jam, dies aged 69 after short illness. Rest in Peace Rick #thejam #rickbuckler #drummerlegend #riprickbuckler

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A Trump shill on Newsnight claims there are more people in prison in UK jails for freedom of speech violations than in Putin’s Russia. These people are radicalised, insane, plain stupid or some combination of all three.

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In this new world, if you're not around the table, you're on the menu. If China, Russia, US are allowed to decide Europe's future, our future won't be ours. European leaders...lead! on.ft.com/3CQFzlI

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🧪🏺 What did mummies smell like? A new study analysed the odours of ancient Egyptian mummies, detecting woody, spicy, and sweet scents. Using chemistry & sensory panels, researchers linked smells to embalming materials & even pesticides. 🔗 doi.org/10.1021/jacs... #SciComm #Archaeology

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A Telegraph journalist does not accept that judges make decisions according to the law, rather than the imbecilic whims of uninformed newspaper proprietors.

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JUST IN: The inspector general of USAID was fired a day after his office released a report critical of Trump's efforts to dismantle the agency.

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REPORTER: Some people say this is ethnic cleansing TRUMP: We're moving them to a beautiful location where they have new homes, where they can live safely, where they will have doctors and medical and all of those things

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Trump on Gaza: "We're gonna have it. And we're gonna keep it ... nobody is gonna question it ... we'll have lots of good things built there, including hotels."

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In this ancient Assyrian letter, astronomers complain that they can’t do their jobs or teach astronomy “because of the ilku-duty”, a type of taxation in the form of labour. “we cannot keep the watch of the king, and the pupils do not learn the scribal craft” cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts/33...

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Richard Gere, "We have a bully and a thug who is President of the United States"

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LISTEN: Judge Coughenour condemns Trump’s assault on birthright citizenship. It is “apparent that to our president, the rule of law is but an impediment to his policy goals. The rule of law is, according to him, something to navigate around or simply ignore…for political or personal gain.” Part 1:

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Completely bonkers Very dangerous

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The Tories placed our armed forces at risk. Body armour was supposed to be replaced in 2023, but they delayed that by 4 years. Now microcracks have been discovered in the amour, resulting in an urgent recall of 120,000 pieces and the replacement timetable being accelerated.

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Beijing announces retaliatory tariffs of 10-15% on certain US imports, as Donald Trump’s levies on China come into effect - follow live

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CNN reporting that DOGE personnel attempted to access security systems and classified information at USAID, threatened to call US Marshals to intervene on their behalf. USAID security officials now on leave after standing their ground.

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To: Criterion Capital Ltd Save The Prince Charles Cinema… I've just signed this petition. Will you add your name and share too? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...

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Watch: all six of those Harrison Ford ads in series. Features the Star Wars, Indiana Jones and Blade Runner star being grouchy and knocking back Glenmorangie in the Highlands. According to Stuart Heritage it’s “the best thing he’s done for years”. www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ja... 📽️ ⬇️

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If you feel spending 2.5% or even 3% of the UK’s GDP on defence to be unaffordable, consider the price of falling victim to aggression. This year Ukraine will be committing 26.3% of its economy to the war

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“Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agency, sources say” www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...

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