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In a few weird moments, Trump revealed more than he intended in the Oval Office
The president again seemed confused and low-energy, and his ad-libbed insults aimed at the Democrats were only semi-coherent. Meanwhile, the group gathered around him grinned and grinned in a way that didn’t exactly reassure, writes Holly Baxter
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Two Latvian men arrested on suspicion of trespass offences at RAF base
The pair, aged 36 and 32, were arrested after appearing to break into at RAF Molesworth on Wednesday 7 October
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The Latest: News organizations banned from White House are back in court
Attorneys for three news organizations banished from the White House by the Trump administration were back in court
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Experts in Baku urge action as missing persons surge worldwide
Around 280,000 people are registered as missing in Ukraine alone, with 10,000 new cases added each month, part of a 70% global rise since 2019. Forensic experts meeting in Baku said the obstacle was not forensic capacity but governmental reluctance.
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Trump White House in ‘panic mode’ over top advisers hired by pro-Putin government
While Trump is ‘livid’ over his party’s doomed prospects in midterms, some of his top allies are maintaining relationships with Russian-linked leaders
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Ukrainian drones hit Russia's Yandex data centers housing two top supercomputers — major outage follows retaliatory strike
Many domestic services went down after the drone attack.
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Energy theft rising as cost of electricity soars
Bills could soon approach record levels again, forecasters have warned
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Andy Burnham to monitor suspected Russian plague case ‘closely’
Plague is no longer found in the UK but occurs in several countries in Africa, Asia and the Americas
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Russia's public health watchdog denies a second infection in suspected pneumonic plague case
Russia’s public health watchdog has denied that a lab worker who died in Siberia had spread infection to another person as global concerns swirled about suspected pneumonic plague
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Trump makes late Nobel Prize pitch: ‘Not bragging ... but I settled eight wars’
Trump repeats claim that he has ended more than a half dozen conflicts while his administration has so far proved itself unable to reach a lasting ceasefire with Iran
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Rescuers pull bodies from rubble as Ukraine's death toll rises to 22 from a Russian missile strike
Rescuers are searching through the rubble of a residential building hit by a Russian missile in Pryluky, Ukraine
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Why new recycling bins simply won’t be big enough
Our letter writer expresses concern over York's new recycling bins
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Ukraine grapples with a shortage of troops at the front after over 4 years of war
A shortage of combat-ready troops has plagued Ukraine ever since Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022
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Russian strike on buses kills 33, say officials, as deadly attacks on Ukraine surge
Ukraine accused Russia of targeting the crowded bus in the frontline city to kill as many civilians as possible.
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US probes EU carbon border tax over potential trade barriers
The EU's carbon border tax was designed to prevent companies from shifting production abroad to countries with weaker environmental rules — but the US says it amounts to a discriminatory trade rule. #EuropeNews
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UK welcome to rejoin EU ‘anytime’, French minister says as Burnham visits Berlin
The prime minister’s trip comes amid an intelligence scandal that has rocked Germany
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Rescuers pull bodies from rubble as Ukraine's death toll rises to 22 from a Russian missile strike
Rescuers are searching through the rubble of a residential building hit by a Russian missile in Pryluky, Ukraine
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South Korea to recall its ambassador to Ukraine over North Korean POW dispute
South Korea says it will recall its ambassador to Ukraine, stepping up its protest of Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s recent revelation of a supposedly secret transfer of two North Korean prisoners of war to South Korea
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South Korea threatens legal action if fuel shipments to Russia found to have broken law
Responding to a Guardian report that revealed thousands of tonnes of fuel was transported to Russia, Seoul said it was investigating the cases
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French high school protests continue despite PM’s promise of action – Europe live
Demonstrators have rejected a promise by Sébastien Lecornu to present a plan to fix the country’s education system by the end of the month
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UK households are being urged to stock up on nine items. Here’s what to buy
Wes Streeting is urging the public to prepare for extreme weather, cyber attacks, and war
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Covid, Brexit and Liz Truss mini-budget led to lasting decline in mental health, study finds
Researchers found five events, including Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, caused serious damage to mental wellbeing across UK
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Ukraine war live: Russia’s largest search engine targeted in major data centre strike
Death toll from Wednesday’s massive Russian strikes on Ukraine rises to 25, including children sleeping in their beds
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500 UK supermarkets are offering discounted petrol this October. Here’s how to claim
Fuel analysis by the RAC showed that diesel has risen to a record of 200.01p a litre
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Russian attack on two buses kills 30 near Ukraine frontline
Authorities say 18 people also wounded after incident in Kramatorsk in country’s ‘fortess belt’
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EU sends envoy to Beijing as rising exports from China raise economic anxiety
The European Union is bracing for a confrontation with China as a trade deficit exceeding $1 billion a day heightens anxiety over potential job losses and pushes the bloc’s political leaders to take a more aggressive approach toward its second-largest trading partner
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Ukraine war live: Kremlin responds to France testing upgraded nuclear weapon
President Macron says test was ‘sent loud and clear for wherever it must be received’
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Russian would-be fugitive receives labour camp sentence
A 68-year-old Russian man who swam across the Nemunas River from Russia's Kaliningrad exclave into neighbouring Lithuania in an attempt to seek asylum has been sentenced to six years in a strict-regime penal colony in Russia for "publicly justifying terrorism." #EuropeNews
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Multiple protesters interrupt Trump as he speaks at Paxton rally in Texas – US politics live
The interruptions seemed to momentarily derail the president, who baselessly claims protesters are ‘paid’ and repeats lie about James Talarico
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Trump says he’s ‘going to find out’ if bioweapon behind plague death in Russia
The US president said he plans to call Vladimir Putin later in the day and noted it is Putin’s birthday
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Burnham and Merz to hold security talks in Berlin
Downing Street said deeper co-operation in the face of rising hybrid threats from Russia would be high on the agenda during Burnham's first official visit to Germany.
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Rubio in Greece digs into past to tout Trump’s ‘America first’ approach
In the shadow of the Parthenon, the secretary of state gave a selective reading of history as he urged Europe to ‘awaken from its slumber’
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WHO says it does not have ‘full picture’ from Russia following suspected plague death
‘Transparent information sharing’ from Moscow is required to conduct full risk assessment, UN agency says
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Russia dismisses transparency calls amid reports of second plague case
Rospotrebnadzor said nearly 5,000 tests found no dangerous pathogens and saw "no epidemic risk," while the Kremlin called most media reporting "false" and said it had no knowledge of a US demarche formally requesting additional information.
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Bulgaria's president blames Russia's war in Ukraine for worsening security environment in Black Sea
Bulgaria’s president says that Russia’s war against Ukraine has led to a significant deterioration of the security environment in the Black Sea region
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Plague lab worker’s mother accuses Russian officials of ‘letting her daughter die’
Svetlana Shipilova questioned the narrative pushed by officials regarding her daughter’s death and accused them of neglect
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In a few weird moments, Trump revealed more than he intended in the Oval Office
The president again seemed confused and low-energy, and his ad-libbed insults aimed at the Democrats were only semi-coherent. Meanwhile, the group gathered around him grinned and grinned in a way that didn’t exactly reassure, writes Holly Baxter
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Video. Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond this October 7th, 2026 - latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel.
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EU drops sponsorship of disinformation conference at Trump officials’ request
Lithuania and Canada were also pressured to withdraw, and days before #Disinfo2026, logos were wiped off website
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Russia keeps a tight lid on suspected case of pneumonic plague as global concerns mount
Russian authorities are keeping a tight lid on information about last week’s suspicious death of a lab worker in Siberia that has been surrounded by secrecy and claims that it could have been caused by pneumonic plague
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The plague never went away. Cases are reported in parts of Africa and the US nearly every year
The plague, a rare bacterial infection known for its deadly impact in 14th-century Europe, still exists today
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Italian town and community near Paris could be twinned with County Durham
A town in northern Italy and a community near Paris could be twinned with Durham and Bishop Auckland under plans due to go before councillors.
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What we know about Russian plague death after Trump pushes Putin for answers
Local media said nearly 200 people have been quarantined and several hospitals closed after the death of Darya Shipilova
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Trump makes late Nobel Prize pitch: ‘Not bragging ... but I settled eight wars’
Trump repeats claim that he has ended more than a half dozen conflicts while his administration has so far proved itself unable to reach a lasting ceasefire with Iran
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German court orders detention of former intelligence chief after spying arrest
August Hanning, 80, appears before judge after being accused of treason and espionage on behalf of foreign state
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Court orders German ex-spy chief kept in jail following treason arrest
A court Wednesday ordered ex-German spy chief August Hanning to remain in jail after his arrest on suspicion of espionage and treason, along with a former deputy who allegedly supplied him with secret files.
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Here’s how to get discounted fuel at more than 500 supermarkets this October
Fuel analysis by the RAC showed that diesel has risen to a record of 200.01p a litre
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Shell expects refineries to almost double the profit from every barrel of fuel made
Record prices caused by global shortages amid shutdown of war-damaged refineries in Middle East and Russia
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Russia asks Vietnam for planes as seized Western fleet falls apart
Moscow proposed wet-leasing Vietnamese aircraft, crews and maintenance, but any transfer would involve Airbus or Boeing jets, exposing Vietnamese carriers to secondary sanctions. Nearly a fifth of Russia's largest airlines' planes are already grounded, double the normal downtime rate.
