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Denmark ramps up troop deployment to Greenland as Europe threatens US with retaliatory tariffs

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Prince Harry says Daily Mail publisher ‘tracked my every move, thought or feeling’

<p>On Saturday, Trump called for the ‘Complete and Total purchase of Greenland’, adding that the United States ‘has been trying to do this transaction for over 150 years’</p>

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Trump’s obsession with Greenland is a victory for no one but Putin

<p>With his trusty Staffordshire Bull Terrier ‘Spike’, the dog bedecked in a Union Jack waistcoat, Rosindell hardly conveyed an image the inclusive Tory party wanted to send</p>

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Why the latest right-wing Tory MP to defect to Reform is a new low for Farage

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Broken rail track identified as possible cause of collision that killed 39 in Spain

<p>The author (at right) in a gaggle with President Donald Trump aboard Air Force One on May 4, 2025 returning to the White House after spending the weekend in Florida</p>

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<p>Lumo’s new route via the WCML will operate diesel engines between Stirling and London</p>

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‘All-electric’ Lumo forced to operate diesel trains on new service

<p>A child of two first cousins carries a 6 per cent chance of inheriting a recessive disorder, compared to 3 per cent for the general population</p>

NHS guidance suggested ‘potential benefit’ of marriage between cousins

<p>Having an insufferable boss, like Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep) in ‘The Devil Wears Prada’, can prompt someone to rage quit</p>

Hate your job? Why you shouldn’t ‘rage quit’ this January

<p>Trump has developed a close friendship –some would say unhealthily so – relationship with head of Fifa Gianni Infantino</p>

Could a US World Cup boycott over Trump’s Greenland threat work?

<p>A financial crisis could be triggered by the announcement aliens exist </p>

Bank of England ‘must plan for a financial crisis triggered by aliens’

<p>The incident took place at Hunningley Primary School, Barnsley</p>

Primary school teacher banned after dragging pupil across floor

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Donald Trump accused of 'snoozing on the job again' in the Oval Office

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