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The head of the Royal Navy has warned the government to "step up" and fund defence or risk losing the UK's superiority in the Atlantic to Russia.

With more than a thousand troops being killed or wounded every day, there's no sign that Donald Trump's push to end Russia's war in Ukraine is reducing the battles on the ground.

A "striking" new design for UK trains has been revealed by the transport secretary - but you may well think it looks familiar.

The day after Sir Keir Starmer said he wanted Angela Rayner back in the cabinet, she showed Labour MPs what they've been missing.

Victims of maternity failings say they're "disappointed" with the findings of an interim report which they fear will have "no teeth" to make changes. 

Rapper Ghetts has pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving in a hit-and-run crash.

Paramount has launched a $108.4bn (£81bn) hostile bid for Warner Bros, challenging Netflix, which had reached a $72bn (£54bn) takeover deal with the company.

British drama Adolescence has seen its lead stars all nominated for Golden Globe awards.

The nominees for next year's Golden Globes have been announced, ahead of a star-studded ceremony due in January.

Former Radio 1 DJ Tim Westwood has pleaded not guilty to four counts of rape, nine counts of indecent assault and two counts of sexual assault.

The head of the Royal Navy has warned the government to "step up" and fund defence or risk losing the UK's superiority in the Atlantic to Russia.

With more than a thousand troops being killed or wounded every day, there's no sign that Donald Trump's push to end Russia's war in Ukraine is reducing the battles on the ground.

Two teenage asylum seekers from Afghanistan face possible deportation after being detained for abducting and raping a 15-year-old girl.

A "striking" new design for UK trains has been revealed by the transport secretary - but you may well think it looks familiar.

The day after Sir Keir Starmer said he wanted Angela Rayner back in the cabinet, she showed Labour MPs what they've been missing.

Europe must "ramp up" pressure on Russia "to bring an end to this barbaric war", a Downing Street spokesperson said after Sir Keir Starmer chaired a meeting with the Coalition of the Willing.

With more than a thousand troops being killed or wounded every day, there's no sign that Donald Trump's push to end Russia's war in Ukraine is reducing the battles on the ground.

A powerful earthquake struck off northern Japan, injuring 33 people and unleashing a tsunami.

The Israeli government has been accused of intimidation, harassment and a "blatant disregard" of its obligations by the United Nations after Israeli officials raided a UN building in Jerusalem.

Greek farmers angered by delayed subsidy payments have shut down the international airport on Crete and clashed with riot police.

The day after Sir Keir Starmer said he wanted Angela Rayner back in the cabinet, she showed Labour MPs what they've been missing.

With more than a thousand troops being killed or wounded every day, there's no sign that Donald Trump's push to end Russia's war in Ukraine is reducing the battles on the ground.

The Sandie Peggie case has been such a high-profile story because it gets to the heart of the debate about trans rights versus women's rights, which has been so fraught in recent years - especially in Scotland.

A "striking" new design for UK trains has been revealed by the transport secretary - but you may well think it looks familiar.

A UN committee has called on the government not to ratify its treaty on the future of the Chagos Islands - warning it will "perpetuate longstanding violations of the Chagossian people's rights".

A Fabergé pendant has been recovered - after police spent six days closely monitoring the man accused of swallowing it.

An earthquake alert preparing people to "drop, cover, hold on" buzzed on phones in the US on Thursday - but turned out to be completely false.

A raccoon has gotten as drunk as a skunk.

It's a debate that's torn families apart for years - with selection boxes thrown in rage, and stony silences around the dinner table.

"Christmas is saved" after a large search operation for a runaway reindeer found the animal on a beach in Merseyside, emergency services have said.

Patients with a previously untreatable form of blood cancer are now living disease-free after a world-first gene therapy.

A new strain of mpox has been discovered by scientists in England.

A groundbreaking trial for a prostate cancer treatment has been launched in the UK, with the hope of reducing the side effects.

Elon Musk's social media platform X, formerly Twitter, has been fined €120m (£105m) by the EU after it found rule breaches had left users vulnerable to scams and manipulation.

Australia will introduce one of the world's toughest social media policies for children next week, with a ban that comes into effect on Wednesday.

The day after Sir Keir Starmer said he wanted Angela Rayner back in the cabinet, she showed Labour MPs what they've been missing.

Europe must "ramp up" pressure on Russia "to bring an end to this barbaric war", a Downing Street spokesperson said after Sir Keir Starmer chaired a meeting with the Coalition of the Willing.

With more than a thousand troops being killed or wounded every day, there's no sign that Donald Trump's push to end Russia's war in Ukraine is reducing the battles on the ground.

Piers Morgan, the broadcaster and journalist, is raising tens of millions of dollars of funding from heavyweight investors as he seeks to turn Uncensored, his YouTube-based venture, into a broad-based global media business.

A nurse who complained about sharing a changing room with a transgender doctor has won part of her employment tribunal against NHS Fife, although several claims were dismissed.