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Rare pictures inside North Korea show streets decked out with Putin posters
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China's £591m submarine armed to the teeth with nukes surfaces near Taiwan
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The bizarre cooking oil fuel fraud driven by green energy net zero targets
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Terrifying prediction reveals when WW3 could break out and kill 'over 15 million people'
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BBC weather expert delivers verdict on 29C UK heatwave - two things need to happen
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EU set to humiliate Keir Starmer by snubbing Labour's plans to reverse Brexit
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Reform to exploit Labour chaos in Wales as support for Keir Starmer collapses
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'Spineless' BBC blasted by viewers after Gary Lineker flouts rules yet again
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Kim Jong-un sends Russia millions of artillery shells for Ukraine war ahead of Putin visit
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30 million drivers in England face eye-watering fines after DVLA hands over their details
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'Soft touch' Britain becoming crime capital as foreign gangs 'fly in and out' to shoplift
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Meloni leads Europe against Russia as Italian PM sends 'powerful' ultimatum to Putin
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Sir John Curtice issues warning to Keir Starmer as Labour drops in latest polls
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Putin's propagandist calls on Russia to blow up Kyiv dam and flood Ukrainian capital
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