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Vietnam 'is secretly preparing for a second invasion by US'
03/02/26 01:02
Vietnam's military secretly drafted plans for a potential conflict with the United States, according to a leaked document released by a human rights group. The classified assessment, compiled by Vietnam's Ministry of Defence in August 2024 and titled 'The 2nd US Invasion plan,' was made public on Tuesday by Project88. It reveals that Hanoi's defence establishment was privately preparing for a possible 'war of aggression' even as the two countries upgraded their relationship to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership in 2023....read
Prosecutors raid social media platform X's French offices amid probe
03/02/26 12:55The operation, which involves Europol, is part of an investigation opened in January 2025 into a range of alleged offences, including spreading child pornography and deepfakes.
Moment skier dressed as Chewbacca is brutally beaten and stamped on in mass brawl over snowball attack at top French mountain resort
03/02/26 12:12Footage of the bizarre attack was shared on social media by tourist Matthew Mooney, who was staying at the Val Thorens ski resort in the French Alps over the weekend.
Moment selfie-taking tourists cheat death when they are hit by monster wave while standing on rocks during ferocious storm on Spanish holiday island
03/02/26 11:10Footage captured near the Faro de Sardina del Norte, in Gran Canaria, showed a group of tourists standing on a rocky ledge as waves crashed ahead of them.Prosecutors raid social media platform X's French offices as part of investigation into deepfakes and child porn, with Elon Musk summoned for interview
03/02/26 10:38The operation, which involves Europol, is part of an investigation opened in January 2025 into a range of alleged offences, including spreading child pornography and deepfakes.
Son of Norway's crown princess denies four rape charges as trial gets underway - days after Epstein files revealed his mother had a close friendship with billionaire sex offender
03/02/26 08:16Marius Borg Hoiby, Crown Princess Mette-Marit's 29-year-old son from a relationship before her marriage to Crown Prince Haakon, is facing 38 charges, some dating back to 2018.
Jeffrey Epstein asked a woman to buy a Snow White costume three weeks before 'former Barclays chief exec emailed him about the Disney character'
02/02/26 04:59The exchange emerged as part of the tranche of files that the US Department of Justice published on Friday, including 180,000 images and 2,000 videos.
How much Melania's documentary made in US and Canada
02/02/26 02:34The £40m Brett Ratner-directed film, which follows Melania in the 20 days leading up to Trump's second inauguration, was backed by Amazon MGM Studios, and heavily promoted worldwide.
Elephant picks up tourist with its trunk before trampling him to death in front of his wife at Thai campsite in third killing by same rogue animal
02/02/26 02:08The Thai tourist, 65, had been taking a morning stroll with his wife in central Thailand 's Khao Yai National Park when he was killed by the wild bull elephant named Phlai Oyewan.Liberal media round on Melania documentary in one-star review pile-on - but the film smashes box office numbers
02/02/26 11:46The £40m Brett Ratner-directed film, which follows Melania in the 20 days leading up to Trump's second inauguration, was backed by Amazon MGM Studios, and heavily promoted worldwide.
Man, 24, sparks evacuation at French hospital after doctors find 8ins-long live WW1 artillery shell in his rectum
02/02/26 09:29The unnamed 24-year-old rushed to the Rangueil Accident and Emergency unit in Toulouse, in the south west of the country, late on Saturday night (stock image).
Buddhist monks are 'caught with stash of porn, sex toys, penis pump and an escort list' in police raid at Thai temple
02/02/26 09:01Footage of the raid shows officers combing through the bedrooms, where they found £2,070 in cash, a pistol, a penis enlargement pump, a prostitute list, and a DVD player with a porn disc still loaded inside.
Four British holidaymakers die after being struck down with deadly stomach bugs at five-star resorts in Cape Verde
01/02/26 04:44Elena Walsh, 64, from Birmingham, Mark Ashley, 55, of Bedfordshire, Karen Pooley, 64, from Gloucestershire, and a 56-year-old man all died last year after contracting severe gastric illnesses.
Eight revellers are rushed to hospital with breathing difficulties after nightclub pepper-spray attack in Germany
01/02/26 02:05Police were called to the scene amid reports that dozens of people were struggling to breathe after an individual sprayed the chemical on the dancefloor at around 1am.
Tuxedo-clad Trump issues latest threat to Iran on Air Force One by claiming 'big powerful ships' are on their way - as supreme leader warns of regional war
01/02/26 08:06Donald Trump said the US has already dispatched a number of military vessels towards Iranian waters - a move the Islamic Republic's supreme leader warned could trigger a regional war.
Polar bears are getting FATTER despite shrinking ice, research finds
30/01/26 12:04The Barents Sea has lost its ice faster than other areas with polar bears as temperatures have risen there more than in other Arctic regions, according the journal Scientific Reports.
Brit who was left paralysed at 21 after breaking his neck on holiday reveals what it's like to have Elon Musk's brain chip
29/01/26 11:02Sebastian Gomez-Pena, a former medical student who was left paralysed from the neck down after a devastating accident two years ago, is taking part in the first UK clinical trial of the Neuralink device,
Teenage victim of Swiss bar inferno wakes from coma weeks on from blaze that killed 40 - and says she can't escape the nightmares
29/01/26 09:14Roze, 18, was working at the Le Constellation nightclub in Crans-Montana on the night of the tragedy and suffered severe burns to her face, hands, and foot.
Man, 71, dies after being struck by car as it ploughed into shop in Northern Ireland
28/01/26 11:10Gerard Rafferty, 71, passed away following the collision in Coalisland on Wednesday.
Ukrainian drones wipe out $1billion worth of military aircraft
28/01/26 07:25Dramatic footage showed drones successfully striking the planes across five different military bases, although Ukraine has not indicated exactly when the attack took place.
Taxi drivers among five arrested as part of a people smuggling sting by the NCA
28/01/26 06:53Surveillance teams from the National Crime Agency (NCA) watched as taxis drove down from London to a location near Whitstable, Kent earlier this week.
Ukrainian drones wipe out $1billion worth of military aircraft in daring strikes inside Russia following Operation Spiderweb
28/01/26 04:41Dramatic footage showed drones successfully striking the planes across five different military bases, although Ukraine has not indicated exactly when the attack took place.
Soldiers' tears for the final Israeli hostage to come home: IDF troops weep as the remains of their comrade are identified in Gaza
27/01/26 07:24The video, published on Tuesday, shows medical teams working alongside IDF soldiers as they examined the body, cross-checking details alongside the identification data they held.
One of the last remaining World War Two Chindits dies aged 104: Charity pays tribute to hero veteran
27/01/26 01:39Charlie Richards, who was 104, spoke of surviving a 'living hell' during the conflict, when he was among the elite troops sent deep behind enemy lines in the jungles of Burma.
The Kray twins like you've never seen them before: Holiday photos of notorious East End gangster brothers Ronnie and Reggie go on sale
27/01/26 12:11The photos show Reggie and twin brother Ronnie enjoying the sunny weather at the Essex holiday park where they were known to have a caravan.
Five women dead and seven rushed to hospital after explosion tears through building in Greece
26/01/26 09:01The injured, including a firefighter, were taken to the hospital after the blast at the Violanta biscuit plant near the city of Trikala, about 200 miles north of Athens.
Three pro-Palestine protesters are charged over 'intifada' chants after Met Police vowed crackdown in wake of Bondi beach attack
26/01/26 07:11The force said its investigation took into account the 'intifada' chant but also other chanting heard during the protest, and the charges reflect 'the totality of the alleged offending on that evening'.
Cold War nuclear bunker topples off cliff and into the sea as it finally falls victim to erosion
24/01/26 04:43The dramatic collapse comes amid warnings that the area has some of the fastest eroding coastline in the UK, according to the Environment Agency.
Three are arrested outside Crowborough barracks as protestors block vehicle leaving army camp housing asylum seekers
24/01/26 03:33About 27 men have been housed at the camp, where the Home Officeplans to accommodate up to 500 men as it bids to end the use of asylum hotels.
Deadly bat-borne virus with no cure is spreading in India with 'epidemic potential' as new cases emerge
24/01/26 03:12The bat-borne Nipah virus has been identified in West Bengal, close to Kolkata, India's third-most populous city, prompting urgent contact tracing and quarantines. (stock images)
The sultan of sexploitation: How Russ Meyer's movies full of well-endowed women and camp mayhem developed cult following despite critics declaring them 'as funny as a burning orphanage'
24/01/26 02:25In an era when Hollywood still clung to prudish codes, Meyer charged in like a wrecking ball, building a cult film empire on bare flesh, bad behaviour, and a gleeful disregard for good taste.
Liam Gallagher confirms he has bought Tony Adams' £4.2m Cotswolds mansion as he tells his new neighbours: 'I come in peace'
24/01/26 01:02The Oasis singer, 53, took to X on Saturday to inform his 3.7million followers of the news and share a funny message to residents of his new home, near Cirencester.
KLM and Air France suspend flights to Middle East as Iran warns Trump any US attack will mean 'all-out war'
24/01/26 10:34The comment from Iran came as Washington moved an aircraft carrier strike group and other military assets into the region, fuelling fears of a major escalation.
Zelensky says Ukraine peace talks were 'constructive' - as Putin blasts Kyiv with massive strikes
24/01/26 09:04'All parties agreed to report to their capitals on each aspect of the negotiations and to coordinate further steps with their leaders,' The Ukrainian President wrote on Telegram.
Brit tourist, 25, dies after being hit with a chair during mass bar brawl on Cape Verde holiday
23/01/26 03:51Dean Taylor, 25, died en route to Dr. Ramiro Figueira Hospital on January 7 after an 'altercation' in the tourist hotspot Santa Maria on the island of Sal.
'Maverick' Macron is back! French president reprises his £575 Top Gun sunglasses to meet foreign dignitaries (after he boosted the firm's shares by 28%!)
23/01/26 01:47Memes, comments, and speculation over Macron's appearance flooded social media, with countless references to the 1986 movie Top Gun starring Tom Cruise as LT Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell.
Assassins disguised as police officers storm football pitch in Ecuador before executing three gang rivals
23/01/26 11:01The distressing clip showed nine men playing a game of football when five hitmen dressed as cops emerged onto the pitch at around 9:30pm on January 7.
Trump says 'maybe we should have put NATO to the test' and invoked Article 5 'to protect our southern border from invasion of illegal migrants' after sparking fury with Afghanistan comments
23/01/26 10:01The comment came hours after the US President told Fox News that UK and NATO troops stayed 'a little off the front lines' during the war in Afghanistan.
Keir Starmer condemns Donald Trump for 'diminishing' Britain's war dead as transatlantic rift deepens after Kemi Badenoch joins veteran fury at Afghanistan comments
23/01/26 08:24The US president was accused of taking a cheap shot at his country's allies when he told Fox News on Thursday that he was 'not sure' NATO would be there for America 'if we ever needed them'.
Greenland residents mocked for blasting America's fentanyl epidemic as Trump plans to buy their home
22/01/26 06:57Greenlanders took to social media to share their depiction of 'American culture,' and now Americans have hit back with their own mockery as Trump continues talks about buying the country.
Trump's Board of Peace logo bears resemblance to United Nations emblem
22/01/26 05:45During a signing ceremony in Davos, on Thursday, the US President launched the new board - a body for resolving international conflicts with a $1billion price tag for permanent membership.That's UN-canny: Trump's golden Board of Peace logo bears striking resemblance to United Nations emblem
22/01/26 03:37During a signing ceremony in Davos, on Thursday, the US President launched the new board - a body for resolving international conflicts with a $1billion price tag for permanent membership.
Two bodies recovered after landslide struck popular campsite in New Zealand - as search continues for up to nine tourists, including children, and details emerge about how one Aussie narrowly survived
22/01/26 01:18The latest word from authorities in New Zealand suggests up to nine people could be missing in landslides as the search effort goes on overnight.
Spain is hit with a THIRD train crash as commuter service slams into a crane leaving several injured days after disaster left dozens dead
22/01/26 11:57Spanish rail operator Adif said that traffic on that line was interrupted due to 'the intrusion into the infrastructure gauge by a crane not belonging to the railway operation', without providing further detail.
Monster wave sweeps man away to his death in flood-hit Greece while coffins tumble down cliff face after landslide hits Italian cemetery as storms lash Europe
22/01/26 10:38In San Mauro Marchesato, Crotone, around 20 coffins ended up piling into a ravine after heavy rains destroyed part of the town's old cemetery.
At least two dead in New Zealand landslides as video shows moment caravans are smashed at popular campsite where multiple children are missing
22/01/26 08:44Two people were left dead in a separate slide, which hit a house in the community of Welcome Bay, also on New Zealand's North Island at 4.50am.
Greenlanders mock 'American culture'
21/01/26 05:18Inunnguaq Christian Poulsen, from Greenland's capital, Nuuk, posted the clip to his TikTokchannel, which saw him and a woman demonstrating the so-called 'fentanyl fold' in the snow.Greenlanders mock 'American culture' by posing as fentanyl addicts in savage videos as fury grows over Trump's bid to take the territory
21/01/26 04:05Inunnguaq Christian Poulsen, from Greenland's capital, Nuuk, posted the clip to his TikTokchannel, which saw him and a woman demonstrating the so-called 'fentanyl fold' in the snow.
Syrian monster Bashar al Assad's uncle dubbed 'The Butcher of Hama' for overseeing bloodbath crackdown dies aged 88 after fleeing to Dubai
21/01/26 12:47The former army officer - branded the 'butcher of Hama' for his role in crushing an Islamist uprising in 1982 - died on Tuesday in the UAE, according to sources with knowledge of his passing.
Tourist helicopter vanishes over Japanese volcano with wreckage 'spotted inside crater'
21/01/26 10:17The helicopter had been carrying three passengers on Tuesday when it took off from the Aso Cuddly Dominion zoo in Aso City at 10.52am local time for a ten-minute tour.
Report: Canada's military plots response in event of US invasion
20/01/26 07:45The Globe and Mail revealed that Canada's military has developed a response to an American takeover, after the US president resumed musing online about taking over his northern neighbour.
Chernobyl power plant loses external power supply, IAEA warns
20/01/26 06:22The International Atomic Energy Agency Director General, Rafael Grossi, reported this morning that several Ukrainian power substations had been affected by large-scale military activity.Canada's military plots 'insurgency-style' tactics with 'hit-and-run' ambushes to fight back against US forces in the event of an invasion
20/01/26 04:46The Globe and Mail revealed that Canada's military has developed a response to an American takeover, after the US president resumed musing online about taking over his northern neighbour.
Macron warns 'we're shifting to a world without rules'
20/01/26 02:26Macron's World Economic Forum address comes after Trump published messages showing Macron's confusion over Greenland and his proposal to hold a G7 meeting in Paris.Shades-wearing Macron hits back at 'bully' Trump and warns 'we're shifting to a world without rules' where 'international law is trampled underfoot and the only law that matters is that of the strongest'
20/01/26 01:47The French President's World Economic Forum address came after Trump published private texts from Macron pleading with him over his plans for Greenland.Chernobyl power plant LOSES external power supply after Russian attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure, IAEA warns
20/01/26 12:34The International Atomic Energy Agency Director General, Rafael Grossi, reported this morning that several Ukrainian power substations had been affected by large-scale military activity.
China's population shrinks for the fourth straight year with birth-rates plunging to record low - as regime pays price for one-child policy
20/01/26 10:21Official figures revealed that the world's second-most populous nation shrank in 2025, with the total population to 1.404billion - around three million fewer people than the year before.
'Owner of Swiss nightclub FILMED waitress unwittingly spark deadly inferno - but was one of the first to escape'
20/01/26 09:22In a clip taken from Le Constellation in Crans-Montana, a woman can be seen in the foreground holding a champagne bottle topped with a lit sparkler in one hand and a phone in the other.
CCTV shows moment Louvre heist thieves smash into display cases and snatch £76m of jewellery as they ransack the museum
18/01/26 04:51The minute-long security camera clip, shared on French TV news show Sept à Huit, captured two burglars each breaking into the glass cases before brazenly seizing their loot.
Heartbreak as two-year-old boy dies after developing 'flu-like symptoms' from rare illness
18/01/26 04:16Hudson Martin, from Knowle, collapsed while playing at home on January 8, just weeks before his third birthday.
Eight skiers killed as three avalanches strike in the space of just four hours in Austria
18/01/26 02:29A female skier was fatally buried by an avalanche in the Bad Hofgastein area in western Austria, at an altitude of about 7,200ft, around 12:30pm Saturday.
Firefighter and five civilians killed as huge fire sweeps through shopping mall in Karachi
18/01/26 12:31Emergency services rushed to the Gul Plaza in Karachi shortly after 10pm local time on Saturday following reports of the blaze, police and rescue officials said.
The populist football pundit on the verge of leading Portugal: Nation goes to the polls with an anti-immigrant ex-trainee priest the frontrunner to become its next president
18/01/26 11:31With no candidate expected to secure more than 50 per cent of the vote, the contest is almost certain to head for a second-round run-off on February 8 - for the first time since 1986.
Iran 'killed 16,500 protesters and injured more than 300,000' in brutal crackdown, report claims - as regime accused of 'genocide under cover of digital darkness'
18/01/26 09:51The findings contradict the first public admission by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who yesterday acknowledged that 'several thousands' had died since the demonstrations erupted.
Swiss inferno waitress 'complained she was made to work relentlessly by nightclub owners, was mentally and physically exhausted and on the verge of going public about her "exploitation" before the tragedy'
16/01/26 08:31Cyane Panine, 24, died in the fire at Le Constellation bar after she was filmed holding two champagne bottles fitted with sparklers as she sat on a colleague's shoulders.
Explosions rock Utrecht, with buildings damaged and multiple people injured
15/01/26 03:38A major fire has since broken out following the blasts on Visscherssteeg in Utrecht's city centre at around 3.30pm, prompting an emergency response from the local fire and ambulance services.
Poland warns of 'disaster' if NATO nations turn on each other
15/01/26 01:24Poland's Prime Minister said that his country would not send soldiers to Greenland, making clear that any aggression between NATO allies would shatter global security.'The end of the world as we know it': Poland warns of 'disaster' if NATO nations turn on each other over Trump's bid to claim Greenland as Danish troops arrive in the region
15/01/26 12:30Poland's Prime Minister said that his country would not send soldiers to Greenland, making clear that any aggression between NATO allies would shatter global security.
Waitress blamed for starting Swiss inferno 'was made to wear crash helmet which stopped her from seeing sparklers' by female nightclub owner 'she had fallen out with'
15/01/26 12:22Cyane Panine, 24, was filmed wearing the crash helmet from Dom Perignon, the Champagne brand, as she was lifted onto the shoulders of Mateo Lesguer, 23, the in-house DJ.
Ten Brits are banned from France for trying to stop migrants reaching the UK
14/01/26 12:23On Tuesday, following reports that members of the 'Raise the Colours' movement had conducted anti-migrant actions in France, 'territorial bans were issued against ten British nationals'.
Iranian protesters were lured into 'killing zones' by undercover security forces then massacred in ambushes, demonstrator reveals
14/01/26 10:55As the regime continues its crackdown on anti-government riots, demonstrators in Iran say undercover agents have now infiltrated protest group.
Dozens of people killed when crane collapses onto train carrying tourists in Thailand
14/01/26 08:02The locomotive was taking around 195 locals and tourists from the capital, Bangkok, to Nakhon Ratchasima province when the construction equipment plunged onto the tracks.
South Korea's ex-president faces possible execution
13/01/26 05:24Yoon's criminal trial for insurrection, abuse of power, and other offences linked to the 2024 declaration drew to a close on January 13 after 12 hours of proceedings.South Korea's ex-president faces possible execution as prosecutors demand death penalty for his declaration of martial law
13/01/26 02:54Yoon's criminal trial for insurrection, abuse of power, and other offences linked to the 2024 declaration drew to a close on January 13 after 12 hours of proceedings.
Trump takes aim at Europe with edited image of him eyeing Greenland
13/01/26 12:22The official White House page took to Instagramon Monday night to upload an edited image of what was originally the US President looking out at the construction site of his future ballroom.
Moment freak 'meteo tsunami' engulfs beach leaving one dead and dozens injured during scramble to escape '30ft wave surge' in Argentina
13/01/26 11:22In a dramatic clip filmed on Monday in Santa Clara del Mar, rapid surges of water can be seen sweeping across a packed beach as people scramble out of the water to seek safety on the sand.
Trump trolls Europe with image of him gazing out at Greenland through White House windows - after warning US will take the territory 'one way or the other'
13/01/26 09:11The official White House page took to Instagramon Monday night to upload an edited image of what was originally the US President looking out at the construction site of his future ballroom.
Prince Harry's alleged ex arrested in Spain
12/01/26 03:37Catherine Ommanney, 53, was held on Sunday afternoon on suspicion of fraud after a hotel manager reported her to police in the morning.
Horrified ski resort workers find dead tourist in a gondola when it arrives at mountain summit in France
12/01/26 03:23A 53-year-old man was believed to have suffered a cardiac arrest after boarding the lift at the Val Cenis ski resort in Savoie (stock), alone.
Report: 34 Swiss inferno victims died after staircase 'fell apart'
12/01/26 12:44Horrific new details of the basement inferno in Le Constellation, in the ski resort of Crans Montana, were released on Monday, as its owner, 49-year-old Jacques Moretti, prepared to appear in court.
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