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BBC Director Tim Davie and CEO Deborah Turness Quit Following Trump Documentary Turmoil
The abrupt moves followed controversy over claims that a documentary had been edited to suggest that President Trump had encouraged the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
Published: November 9, 2025, 8:01 pm
As Aquifers Dry Up, Tehran Rations Water and Calls for Rain Prayers
Facing Iran’s worst drought in 60 years, the country’s president warned that the capital might need to be evacuated, and some locals promoted cloud-theft conspiracy theories.
Published: November 9, 2025, 7:40 pm
Spain’s True-Crime Capital Is Fed Up
A decades-old killing in a tiny village in a northern mountain town has turned the village into a destination for true-crime enthusiasts, creating a headache for remaining residents.
Published: November 9, 2025, 5:01 am
Russian Bombardment Causes Large Outages in Ukraine’s Big Cities
The attack by Russian missiles and drones targeted the capital, Kyiv, and the large cities of Dnipro and Kharkiv, as well as several smaller municipalities.
Published: November 9, 2025, 4:22 am
In Cozying Up to Trump, Leaders Hedge Their Reliance on Moscow and Beijing
President Trump has made it easier for countries that are close to Russia and China to build ties with the United States. Those countries are embracing the opportunity.
Published: November 8, 2025, 3:46 pm
4 Arrested Over Disruption of Israeli Orchestra’s Concert
Several audience members shouted or lit flares as the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra performed in Paris. After the concert, the ensemble received 10 minutes of applause and played the Israeli national anthem.
Published: November 8, 2025, 7:04 am
Fatos Nano, Albanian Leader in Era of Chaos and Transition, Dies at 73
A political survivor during his country’s shift from brutal communist regime to flawed democracy, he served three stints as prime minister.
Published: November 8, 2025, 1:14 pm
Trump Signals Openness to Exempting Hungary from Russian Oil Sanctions
Despite a chummy relationship, new U.S. penalties on Russian energy were likely to be a sticking point as President Trump and Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary met.
Published: November 8, 2025, 2:55 am
Tony Harrison, Poet of the Working Class, Is Dead at 88
In Britain, he sought to be “free not to have to puff some prince’s wedding / free to say up yours to Tony Blair.”
Published: November 9, 2025, 4:25 am
Saracens star could be pitched straight in to face mighty All Blacks on Saturday, despite not playing this season
The Saracens star hasn't played at all for his club this campaign. But he is still under consideration to come straight back in from the cold and start England's acid autumn test with the All Blacks.
Published: November 9, 2025, 8:43 pm
Close, but never close enough: Scots are once again left to rue the lack of a killer instinct on the big occasion
There is no clear-cut dictionary definition of the word 'clutch' in the sporting sense, but just about everybody knows what it means.
Published: November 9, 2025, 4:52 pm
SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: The key lesson Fiji taught England ahead of their tough All Blacks test - and why Steve Borthwick should switch up his backline after a missed opportunity
SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: England have now won nine consecutive Tests so my glass is undoubtedly half full at the very least when it comes to analysing Steve Borthwick's side.
Published: November 9, 2025, 12:38 am
Scotland 17 New Zealand 25: Deja Blue as Scots are forced to wait for win over All Blacks
Close but no cigar. It has now become a recurring theme of Scotland's most recent efforts to finally beat New New Zealand. Painfully so.
Published: November 8, 2025, 10:21 pm
As the dark, cold nights close in... is street lighting to blame for our winter blues?
Research found people with depression during the winter months were more likely to live in areas flooded with artificial outdoor lighting than places where the nights are darker.
Published: November 9, 2025, 12:43 am
It's an outrage that Labour is allowing the IRA to rewrite history with its murderers as martyrs while demonising the heroes of the SAS, says ROBERT HARDMAN
There was to be no mercy. The three duty policemen were to be blown to pieces at their desks by a digger carrying a 400lb bomb and if any of them attempted to escape, they were to be shot dead.
Published: November 8, 2025, 2:41 pm
Labour hands IRA new propaganda coup and leaves SAS heroes in fear of prosecution 38 years after ridding us of eight terrorists
Twenty-four soldiers are facing prosecution after the Government caved into Republicans over the possibility of a new inquest and inquiry into the 1987 IRA attack in Loughgall.
Published: November 8, 2025, 2:19 am
DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Stop this cruel war against our veterans
To Labour's eternal shame, they've opened up a new front in the witch-hunt against British troops who served bravely in Northern Ireland.
Published: November 8, 2025, 12:34 am