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Army officer reveals how obsession with WMD led to Iraq blunder
BRITISH officials were under so much pressure to find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq that they embarrassed their US colleagues by insisting that medical chemicals were deadly weapons of war. Lieutenant Colonel David Reynolds, of the Parachute Regiment, was in Afghanistan in 2002 helping the hunt for Osama Bin Laden when he...
Dallas shooting: Police give all clear after security scare
Dallas police have given the all clear, hours after security levels were raised at their headquarters in the city. They said they had received an anonymous threat, two days after the killing of five police officers. A nearby parking lot was searched for a "suspicious person" but no-one was found. SWAT officers were...
Nigel Farage backs Andrea Leadsom for leader and slams ‘cold’ May
NIGEL Farage has endorsed Andrea Leadsom to become Tory leader, saying she has the "guts" to take on Brussels. He also slated frontrunner Theresa May as “cold” and lacking courage. This comes as pressure group Leave.EU, owned by Ukip donor Arron Banks, backed Mrs Leadsom to take over at Number 10. The...
US police shootings: Protests spread with dozens of arrests
Protests continue to spread across US cities against the killing of black men by police, following recent deaths in Minnesota and Louisiana. Roads were blocked and missiles thrown in Minnesota, while armed New Black Panther Party members confronted police in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Dozens of arrests have been made but the...
Simple, fruity and attractive: The best cheap wines
OUR expert picks brilliant bottles that are easy on the palate and the wallet. One of the best pieces of news in the world of wine is that cheap bottles have never been so good. Twenty years back, cheap wine was hard to swallow, and a trawl through the bottom shelves of the supermarket could yield some horror bottles. But times...
The X Factor 2016: Rylan unites with Nicole Scherzinger and Matt Edmondson on first day
THE X FACTOR'S most controversial round has been filming in London today with new Xtra Factor double-act Rylan Clark-Neal and Matt Edmondson in attendance. The pair, who have a vast difference in height, replace Melvin Odoom and Rochelle Humes as the hosts of ITV2's spin-off programme and were hard at work for the Six...
Australia PM Turnbull’s conservatives win tight election
Australia's Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has declared victory for his conservative coalition in last week's closely fought general election. His comments came after opposition Labor Leader Bill Shorten conceded defeat and congratulated him. Votes are still being counted, but the Liberal-National coalition is expected...
John Prescott: Ex-deputy PM says Iraq War was illegal
John Prescott, who was deputy prime minister when Britain went to war with Iraq in 2003, says the invasion by UK and US forces was "illegal". Writing in the Sunday Mirror, he said he would live with the "catastrophic decision" for the rest of his life. Lord Prescott said he now agreed "with great...
Екатерина Варнава тайно вышла замуж. Вы будете удивлены, когда узнаете, кто он
Как пишет издание, бракосочетание пары состоялось совсем недавно, в атмосфере строжайшей секретности. О торжественном событии в жизни Варнавы сообщила ее подруга и коллега...
Мать Жанны Фриске раскрыла еще одну ужасную тайну их семьи
Спустя год после смерти певицы Жанны Фриске, ее мать решила раскрыть еще одну тайну их семьи, еще одной трагической смерти — ее брате-близнеце. Как оказалось, мама Жанны, Ольга...
Two dead as Typhoon Nepartak strikes Taiwan
Severe rain and wind brought by super Typhoon Nepartak killed at least three people and injured more than 140 in Taiwan, authorities say. The storm made landfall in the southeastern county of Taitung at 5.50am (0750 AEST) on Friday. One unidentified man died after being swept off a beach in the eastern county of Hualien late...
Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh bans child marriage
Gambia's President Yahya Jammeh has told lawmakers to introduce legislation to ban child marriage. Mr Jammeh said anyone marrying a girl aged below 18 would be jailed for up to 20 years. Speaking at the Eid-ul-Fitr celebrations at the end of Ramadan, he said parents and imams who perform the ceremonies would also face...