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Opinion: Where does Iran go now?
The Salt Lake Tribune - Utah
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Donald Trump’s bombing of Iran’s nuclear facilities is a once-in-a-generation event that could transform the Middle East, U.S. foreign policy, the effort to stop the proliferation of nuclear weapons and potentially the global order. While its full...
Article 5: How NATO's collective defence clause works - and the one time it has been invoked
Smooth Radio
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25 June 2025, 08:15 | Updated: 25 June 2025, 10:41 President Donald Trump's visit to the NATO summit on Wednesday is being closely watched for one big reason: will he commit America to Article 5? Your browser doesn't recognise available video...
Horror of the Korean War revealed by 'forgotten' British veterans 75 years on: Bridges made from corpses, troops fighting without guns and Chinese soldiers blowing themselves up
Daily Mail
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June 25, 2025
Ken Keld is sitting in the lounge of his immaculate one-bed bungalow outside Scarborough, North Yorkshire. Aged 91, he is a gentle and softly spoken Yorkshireman who still walks a mile a day. Given his warmth, it is hard to place him into the...
Veterans 'moved' by first glimpse of LGBT memorial
BBC
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Zoe ApplegateBBC News, Norfolk Debbie TubbyBBC Look East ShareSave The sculpture is due to be unveiled in August at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire Armed forces veterans say they feel "very moved" by their first glimpses of a UK...
We’ve never had a Middle East war like this. Many will regret ‘going all the way’
The Sydney Morning Herald
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June 25, 2025
For all of these reasons, I’m convinced that some very big internal debates are coming – if the wars really stop. For autocratic movements like Hamas or countries like Iran, history teaches us that internally driven regime change happens only...
The World’s Oldest Tennis Courts
Pilot Guides
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June 23, 2025
he world’s oldest tennis courts are primarily associated with the game of real tennis, which is the precursor to modern lawn tennis and was played in England, Scotland and France. Tennis was probably introduced in the 13th century. Tennis comes...
The Stuart Kings of Scotland – A Long and Violent History
Pilot Guides
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June 23, 2025
The House of Stewart (or ‘Stuart’ as it later became) was established by Robert II of Scotland during the late 14th century and the Stuart rule spanned from 1371 to 1714. Initially rulers of Scotland only, the dynasty also went on to inherit the...
Iran crisis is putting our special relationship to the test
The Times
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Sir Keir Starmer is being left in the dark by President Trump SIMON DAWSON/NO 10 DOWNING STREET Speaking in Kananaskis, Alberta, last Tuesday, Sir Keir Starmer offered his thoughts on Donald Trump’s intentions towards Iran. “There is nothing the...
'Read all about it'- Inside popular Ballymena newsagent's 45 years behind the counter
Belfast Live
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June 24, 2025
Back when Eugene Diamond first started out in business, Margaret Thatcher was in power and Northern Ireland was a very different place. Now at the age of 67, ill-health is forcing the owner of Diamonds Newsagents to put his beloved business up for...
‘War Thunder’ continues to live up to its reputation for OPSEC violations
Task & Purpose
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June 24, 2025
Attention “War Thunder” video gamers: Why do you do this to me? For the past few weeks, the news cycle has — to borrow a term from “Spaceballs” — gone to plaid, and now someone has yet again posted restricted information about military hardware on...
CSRD brings dog control services in-house after Commissionaires BC discontinues contract
Castanet
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Photo: Luc Rempel The CSRD has announced they will be bringing dog control services in-house The Columbia Shuswap Regional District has announced it will be moving dog control operations in-house for electoral areas C, D, F and G. According to a...
Well-known NI newsagent puts shop up for sale: 'I'm sorry about the way it's going to end'
Belfast Telegraph
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June 24, 2025
Eugene Diamond has been running Diamonds Newsagents for four and a half decades, and said that now the business and premises would be sold. In a post on X, he announced: “Due to ongoing health problems, I’m going to put my business including...
You can only make peace with yourself
Lethbridge Herald
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June 24, 2025
By Lethbridge Herald on June 24, 2025. Al Beeber Lethbridge Herald I occasionally while socializing hear people my age or older talk about the so-called “good old days,” when the world wasn’t consumed by conflict, and political powder kegs in one...
US tells Latin America to choose a side in Iran conflict
Buenos Aires Times
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June 24, 2025
Countries in Latin America and the Caribbean must choose "which side they are going to be on" in the conflict with Iran, a US State Department official said Monday. Speaking on the eve of an Organisation of American States (OAS) General Assembly,...
Nessun Dorma podcast: a 1980s and 1990s football odyssey
The Guardian
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June 24, 2025
The European Championships of 1980 and 2000 were only 20 years apart. They also belonged, both literally and figuratively, to different millennia. Euro 80 was a violent mess of negativity, apathy and hooliganism, Euro 2000 a joyous, sunkissed...
WW3 map shows the safest countries to flee to in the event of a nuclear war as world tensions rise
Irish Star
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June 24, 2025
As the specter of another World War looms large, people worldwide are pondering potential safe havens should Russia escalate from nuclear warfare threats to actual missile launches. This comes in the wake of Iran and trading missile strikes as the...
North Yorkshire firm shows commitment to armed forces
The Press
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The Armed Forces Covenant is a promise by the nation ensuring that those who serve or have served in the Armed Forces, and their families, are treated fairly. It focuses on helping members of the Armed Forces community have the same access to...
Chewing gum to be removed from some streets of BCP
Daily Echo
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This is thanks to funding from the Chewing Gum Task Force. BCP Council is one of 52 councils across the country to have received a grant from the task force, now in its fourth year. The funds are to help clean gum off pavements. The grants provide...
Flag to fly for Armed Forces Day celebrations in Staffordshire
Express & Star
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June 23, 2025
Leading the nation’s commemorations is the National Memorial Arboretum in Alrewas, Staffordshire who will be marking the event with a special remembrance service and a host of fun family activities across two days. Vice-Chairman of Staffordshire...
Missing Jamie Watson from Hull LIVE search updates as latest sighting confirmed
Yorkshire Live
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June 23, 2025
A Hull family is launching a search party for a missing dad tomorrow (Tuesday, June 24). Jamie Watson, 28, left a house in Halliwell Close on Tuesday, June 17 shortly after 12pm to collect a mental health prescription on a green bike. He was seen...