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Kemi Badenoch’s defence-spending plan, Wales school stabbing and Sánchez protests dominate
The Tories unveil a plan to raise defence spending to 3% by 2030 funded by welfare cuts, a Pembrokeshire teacher is stabbed by a pupil, and thousands protest against Sánchez in Spain; plus food-stockpiling warnings, Premier League’s return and Gloria Steinem’s final interview.
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Defence Spending Standoff: UK Opposition Demands 3% Military Boost as Government Cuts Troops
Kemi Badenoch has set out how a Conservative government would fund a rise in defence spending to 3% of GDP by 2030, proposing to reintroduce the two-child benefit cap and cut disability benefits to pay for it. The Tory leader warned that Britain could be at war with Russia within four years and accused Prime…
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Missing in action! Army is ordered to suspend training exercises to help save £30million as ‘600 troops stood down’ amid pressure on PM to increase defence spending
The Army has suspended large-scale training exercises in an effort to save £30 million, after Chancellor John Healey abandoned Labour’s pledge to raise defence spending to 3 per cent of GDP by 2030. A memo to commanders halted training for units of 90 or more troops for the rest of the financial year, cancelling a…
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Bunnie Xo Recalls Needing IVs & ‘Eating Baby Food to Get by’ After Jelly Roll Split: ‘My Heart Was Shattered’
Bunnie Xo has spoken candidly about the toll her divorce from country singer Jelly Roll took on her health, revealing on the Today show’s Open Book With Jenna podcast that she needed intravenous drips and could only manage to eat baby food in the aftermath of the split. The podcaster addressed perceptions that she had…
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Popular diet slashes liver fat by 67% while reversing prediabetes in some people
A small clinical trial has found that a ketogenic diet may offer greater benefits for liver health and blood sugar control than other popular weight-loss diets, even when weight loss itself is similar. Published in the journal Cell Metabolism, the study compared low-carb keto, Mediterranean and low-fat plant-based diets in adults with obesity, prediabetes and…
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Finland drills civil defence against simulated Russian strikes
Finland has staged the largest civil defence exercise seen in Europe since the Second World War, involving more than 2,000 volunteers, students and conscripts in the city of Kuopio. The drill simulated cyberattacks disrupting power and water supplies alongside the threat of missile strikes from Russia, testing how authorities and ordinary citizens would respond to…
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Disney Dreamlight Valley festival adds challenging flower-bed puzzle
The final stage of Disney Dreamlight Valley’s Parks Floating Festival event has now opened, introducing what developers and players consider the most difficult puzzles in the event so far. The centrepiece of this new content is Flower Garden Restoration Puzzle #5, which continues the festival’s pattern of testing players’ observation skills by providing only a…
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How to solve Flower Garden Restoration Puzzle #5 in Disney Dreamlight Valley Parks Floating Festival event
Disney Dreamlight Valley’s Parks Floating Festival event has entered its final stage, introducing the Flower Garden Restoration Puzzle #5, one of the most challenging tasks in the event. Players are given only a small image as a clue and must work out for themselves what materials are required, making the puzzle notably harder to complete…
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‘The Runner’ Review: Gal Gadot Is a Mother on a Rescue Mission in an Energetic but Uninspired Amazon Thriller
Variety’s review of “The Runner” finds Kevin Macdonald’s new Prime Video thriller energetic but derivative, offering little beyond a familiar premise of a parent racing against time to save an endangered child. Gal Gadot stars as Maia Marten, a London-based lawyer and single mother whose son is abducted by an anonymous, phone-hacking villain (voiced by…
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Timothy Olyphant’s 10/10 Horror Series Still Deserves a Second Chance
This piece argues that Netflix’s zombie horror-comedy Santa Clarita Diet, which starred Drew Barrymore and Timothy Olyphant and ran for three seasons before its 2019 cancellation, deserves to be revived seven years after its original 2017 debut. The article contends the show struck a rare balance of horror and comedy, subverting typical zombie conventions, and…