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Trump visibly deflated after reporter’s stinging comeback to claim he’s ‘one of the greatest presidents ever’
Donald Trump appeared momentarily wrong-footed during an interview with Punchbowl News after a reporter pushed back on his claim to be “one of the greatest presidents ever.” The exchange arose when Trump was asked how he would handle a Democrat-controlled Congress that might pursue investigations or a second impeachment attempt if the party retook the…
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Moment ‘passengers run across tarmac in desperate bid to catch flight’ before they are escorted away
A Daily Mail video report shows a group of passengers sprinting across an airport tarmac in an apparent last-minute attempt to reach their aircraft before airport staff intervened and escorted them away. The clip has drawn attention online as a striking example of the lengths some travellers will go to avoid missing a flight, though…
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Solar eclipse to occur next week. Here is what to know
A solar eclipse will take place on Wednesday 12 August 2026, with totality visible from Iceland, Greenland, northern Russia, and parts of Spain and Portugal, while a partial eclipse will be seen across northern regions of the United States, from Alaska to North Carolina. The event is notable partly because it marks the first time…
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President Trump receives big cheers from spectators during LIV Golf event at his New Jersey club
President Trump attended a LIV Golf event at his Trump National Golf Club Bedminster in New Jersey, where he was greeted with enthusiastic cheers from spectators. It was the third time the Saudi-backed LIV Golf tour has staged an event at one of the president’s golf properties, underlining the close ties between his businesses and…
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Hundreds arrested over French wildfires, but who is to blame?
France has suffered its worst wildfire damage since the Second World War this year, with more than 300,000 acres burned, prompting a wave of arrests as authorities try to establish blame. Although climate change and rising temperatures are seen as key underlying drivers, official records suggest nine in ten French wildfires are started by humans,…
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Fifa rallies behind Infantino as severance payment questions grow
Fifa has issued a statement rallying behind president Gianni Infantino as scrutiny grew over a severance payment made by Uefa to a female employee during his tenure as the governing body’s general secretary. Rather than addressing the specifics of the payment, Fifa characterised the media coverage and criticism as part of a deliberate campaign to…
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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor due to receive royal ceremonial funeral despite downfall under plans blasted by Epstein victims as ’embarrassment to the Crown’
Buckingham Palace is reportedly planning to give Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor a royal ceremonial funeral when he dies, despite his fall from public life over his association with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The plans have drawn sharp criticism from Epstein’s victims, who argue that granting him such an honour would be an insult to those he…
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Revealed: Mandarin who runs No10 North lives in £2.2million townhouse in trendy Islington, commutes by train to Manchester and stays in luxury hotel with 23rd floor bar and a pool
A senior civil servant who heads No10 North, the Prime Minister’s office outpost in Manchester, has been revealed to live in a £2.2 million townhouse in Islington, north London, rather than being based near the northern hub they oversee. The disclosure highlights the arrangements of Whitehall officials tasked with running government functions outside London, and…
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Sheffield cash-and-gold seizure, Harvey Nichols sale and Guimaraes’ record £75m Arsenal move
Todd Blanche is confirmed as US attorney general and a Mount Vernon police chief is charged over a getaway, while AI weather forecasting, Swiss shelters, Para-rowing gold and Phoebe Bridgers also feature.