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Hegseth directs 20% cut to top military leadership positions

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has directed the active duty military to shed 20% of its four-star general officers as the Trump administration keep pushing the services to streamline their top leadership positions

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Hero bus driver manages to save passengers while suffering fatal heart attack behind the wheel

Authorities said the selfless actions of Ruize Bell, 63, may have saved the lives of his passengers and prevented ‘an even greater tragedy’

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Government’s migration visa crackdown blocks thousands of care workers

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M&S hackers tricked IT help desk workers to access company systems, says report

The cyberattack by hackers from the Scattered Spider network saw M&S lose millions of pounds

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Actress Sheila Hancock says we should thank veterans by making ‘a better world’

Dame Sheila, who was evacuated as a child during the Second World War, is due to appear at the VE day concert on Thursday.

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Queen says her father was ‘lucky’ despite being shot in the face during war

The Queen told Mr Cracknell that her father ‘never’ talked to her about the war after he returned home

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Huge Darmoor wildfire destroys 12,500 acres as firefighters battle for 24 hours

It comes after the UK saw the warmest start to May on record

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Alcatraz, Sith lords and movie tariffs: Trump’s ravings get louder as his approval rating goes lower

ANALYSIS: Between posting about Star Wars, suggesting reopening Alcatraz and imposing tariffs on movies, the president is looking increasingly desperate, writes Eric Garcia

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Trump’s crypto dinner, where plates cost $1.5m, draws ethics concerns as president could make millions from meme coin

Despite having his own memecoin and being involved with a crypto company, Trump has signed executive order pushing the US to use crypto more

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Zhao Xintong becomes the most complicated world champion in snooker history

Zhao Xintong 18-12 Mark Williams: Zhao demolished three-time winner Williams to become China’s first world champion but his complex past means that accomplishment comes with questions

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These simple steps can fight puffy ‘panda eyes’

Dark under-eye circles can ruin photos. But, are they a sign of something more serious?

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Detained Tufts student seeking transfer says asthma attacks worsened in custody

A Turkish Tufts University student says her asthma attacks continue to worsen since being detained in March

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Novelist Percival Everett and playwright Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins among Pulitzer winners in the arts

Percival Everett’s novel “James,” his radical re-imagining of “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” from the perspective of the enslaved title character, has won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction

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Met Gala co-chair LeBron James and Sarah Jessica Parker among surprising names set to miss ceremony

Other stars missing tonight’s event include Brooklyn Beckham and Jennifer Lopez

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Man charged in Georgia slaying cited by White House amid immigration crackdown pleads not guilty

The man charged in a slaying in suburban Atlanta that the Trump administration highlighted in support of its tough immigration stance has pleaded not guilty to murder, rape and other charges

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Army pausing helicopter flights near Washington airport after close calls

The Army is pausing flights near a Washington airport after two commercial planes had to abort landings last week because of an Army Black Hawk helicopter that was flying to the Pentagon

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Trump passes the buck on image of him as the Pope and falsely claims all Catholics loved it

The president said that those that were offended by the image couldn’t ‘take a joke’ and that his wife – First Lady Melania Trump – thought the image was ‘cute’

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Met Gala 2025 tickets sell for eye-watering sum — How much it costs to attend

The theme of tonight’s event is ‘Superfine: Tailoring Black Style’

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Prince Louis lives up to billing as funniest royal

The youngster was once again not phased by being on the national stage at a major event.

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Trump announced Alcatraz reopening just hours after ‘Escape from Alcatraz’ aired on a South Florida PBS station

The 1979 film starring Clint Eastwood about the daring 1962 escape attempt aired on the local PBS channel just six hours before the president made his demand that the prison be reopened

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Gary Lineker reveals terror of son George’s ‘awful’ leukaemia battle

‘He wasn’t given much of a chance,’ ex-footballer said

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From P to Brother Love: The stories behind all of Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ name changes

Court document lists the hip-hop mogul’s aliases

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Trump meets with American ballerina who was held in Russian prison for 15 months

Ksenia Karelina was arrested in Russia last year after she donated to a charity that sends aid to Ukraine

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Bachelor Nation fan favorite denies rumors of joining Bachelor in Paradise

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What to know about flight delays and cancellations at Newark airport

Flight delays and cancellations are causing more chaos at Newark Liberty International Airport outside New York City

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