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The IndependentJames O’Brien praised for ‘brutal’ Nigel Farage comments moments after LBC interview
‘What a handover,’ one listener said
- HuffPost UK
Putin's 'Well-Established' Ambition To Be Derailed By 1 – Rather Obvious – Problem, UK Says
The Russian president's long-held plans could be "hampered" by his ongoing land grab in Ukraine.
- OK! Magazine
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle issue statement as they wade into USA election
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have waded into the upcoming US presidential election with a new statement - despite working royals usually refraining from commenting on politics
- Manchester Evening News
Government issues update amid fears pensioners could lose free bus travel after Winter Fuel cuts
Concerns have been raised over continued commitments to free bus travel for over 60s.
- Business Insider
One of Russia's longtime allies says Putin's NATO rival is now a threat to his country
Armenia's prime minister said the CSTO, seen as Putin's NATO, "creates threats" for his country's future existence, after it pulled away from it.
- Manchester Evening News
State pensioners over 70 could be eligible for lesser known benefit worth over £700 a month
People over the age of 70 could be missing hundreds every month from benefits and discounts they are fully entitled to, with one benefit worth over £700 a month alone
- The Independent
Trump asked New Yorkers ‘what have you got to lose’ by voting for him. The answers came thick and fast
‘With crime at record levels, with terrorists and criminals pouring in, and with inflation eating your hearts out, vote for Donald Trump,’ Republican nominee pleads
- HuffPost
‘Time To Put Gramps To Bed’: Trump’s Bizarre ‘Seafront’ Claim Leads To Blunt Fact-Check
Critics fired back at the former president after his latest false claim about the climate.
- HuffPost
Ex-GOP Official Hits Donald Trump With A Cold, Harsh Truth On CNN
Geoff Duncan talked about the "epitome of stupidity" when it came to Trump-devoted Republicans.
- The Telegraph
Starmer rewrites the rules to pay Sue Gray more than PM earns
Sir Keir Starmer changed the rules to pay Sue Gray more than the Prime Minister as critics branded her “the only pensioner better off under Labour”.
- The Telegraph
Winter fuel cut ‘no longer necessary’ as Reeves handed £10bn boost
Rachel Reeves has been urged to restore winter fuel payments for millions of pensioners after the Bank of England handed the Chancellor a fiscal boost worth up to £10bn.
- The Telegraph
This is a coup for Mossad that opens a window for war
On Tuesday, thousands of Hezbollah’s pagers exploded. On Wednesday, it was the terrorist group’s walkie-talkies that were detonating in the hands of its fighters.
- The Independent
Trump claims audience ‘went crazy’ for him at his debate with Harris – but there was no audience
The former president often claims his crowd sizes are huge – even wildly asserting he drew in a bigger crowd than Martin Luther King Jr during the March on Washington – but this time, he appeared to go even further by claiming there was one at all
- HuffPost
George Clooney Makes Donald Trump An Offer In Taunting Clapback: ‘I Will If He Does’
“That’s a trade-off I’d do,” the actor responded to the former president’s months-old demand.
- The Northern Echo
DWP reveals another Winter Fuel Payment change for those on Universal Credit
The DWP has now updated its Winter Fuel Payments guidance, with a big change for those on Universal Credit, Pension Credit and more
- CNN
Melania Trump says she stands ‘proudly behind my nude modeling work’
Former first lady Melania Trump posted a new video on social media Wednesday defending her previous nude modeling work as she promoted her new book.
- HuffPost
Kerstin Emhoff Expertly Claps Back At Sarah Huckabee Sanders' Kamala Harris Dig
The former White House press secretary took a jab at the vice president for not having biological children.
- The Telegraph
The secrets of Mossad’s fearsome reputation – revealed by ex-Israeli intelligence officers
The exploding pagers and walkie-talkies in Lebanon is a story of spycraft so terrifying and improbable that no movie would dare commit it to screen.
- The Telegraph
Rayner’s towns and villages building blitz branded ‘perverse’
Angela Rayner is wrong to target towns and villages in her quest to build 1.5m extra houses, an influential think tank has said.
- Sky video
Keir Starmer trying to justify free gifts is making things worse, says Baroness Harriet Harman
Sir Keir Starmer should stop trying to "justify" accepting free gifts as it is "making things worse", former Labour MP Harriet Harman has said.