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Kim meets families of North Korea soldiers killed fighting for Russia against Ukraine Danai Nesta Kupemba BBC News North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong Un, has met the families of soldiers killed fighting for Russia against Ukraine and expressed his “deep condolences”, state media says. In a special ceremony held on Friday Kim was seen comforting
Read MoreGetty Images Parubiy was a former secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defence Council The former speaker of the Ukrainian parliament Andriy Parubiy has been shot dead in Lviv, Ukrainian authorities have said. Police received reports of the shooting in the Frankivsk district of Lviv, western Ukraine, at around midday local time (09:00 GMT) on
Read MoreSteven McKenzie BBC Scotland News The MacLean brothers The Scottish brothers reached Cairns, Australia, in 139 days, five hours and 52 minutes Three brothers from Edinburgh have claimed a new record for rowing non-stop and unsupported across the Pacific Ocean after almost 140 days at sea. Jamie, Ewan and Lachlan MacLean endured violent tropical storms
Read MoreFri Aug 29, 2025 – 12:11 pm EDT (LifeSiteNews) — The Danish government forced contraceptives onto the population of Greenland for decades, an investigation revealed. In the 1960s and ’70s, thousands of Inuit women and girls were fitted with intra-uterine devices (IUDs) by Danish doctors as part of a government program to prevent them from
Read MoreEditor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more of his videos. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for The Daily Signal. We’re hearing a lot about Europe in the news, primarily because of the Ukraine-Russian war and
Read MoreFri Aug 29, 2025 – 9:31 am EDT (LifeSiteNews) — Recent polling showed that the ruling liberal-globalist Labour Party in Britain would lose over 340 seats in a general election. That moment may not be far off, as the U.K. economy is steered to the brink of bankruptcy by a political establishment whose direction of
Read MoreThe £350,000-a-year boss of Ed Miliband’s GB Energy has admitted that hardly anyone knows what the quango is or why it exists. The Telegraph has the story. Dan McGrail, GB Energy’s £350,000-a-year Chief Executive, told energy executives at a dinner: “The most popular question that I get asked is, ‘So what is GB Energy?’” According
Read MoreLiverpool’s second bid for Alexander Isak has been inevitable since the Newcastle striker dropped his now infamous “broken promises” statement 10 days ago. With three days to go until the transfer window shuts, we are still waiting for the Premier League champions’ improved second offer after their original £110m bid was rejected on 1 August.
Read MoreMallory Moench BBC News and Jonathan Beale Defence correspondent No Israeli government delegation will be invited to a global defence exhibition in London next month because of the Gaza war, the UK has said. “The Israeli government’s decision to further escalate its military operation in Gaza is wrong,” a UK government spokesperson said. “As a
Read MoreWhat we’re working on as Gaza declared ‘dangerous combat zone’ published at 10:39 British Summer Time Joshua Cheetham BBC Verify journalist We’re sourcing and analysing satellite imagery of the area around Gaza City which the Israel Defense Forces has declared a “dangerous combat zone” and suspended daily ceasefires for the distribution of aid. Imagery we’ve
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