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Virginia Giuffre’s family celebrates after Prince Andrew drops royal titles over alleged Epstein ties

The family of Prince Andrew's late sexual abuse accuser, Virginia Giuffre, is celebrating the royal relinquishing his remaining titles amid continued fallout over his ties to the late sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein.
“This is not just a victory for her, but for every single survivor of the horrific crimes perpetrated by [Jeffrey] Epstein and his co-conspirators”, family members told The New York Post in a statement.
The family has called for Andrew, who has denied all wrongdoing, including Giuffre’s allegations, to lose his title of prince next.
Earlier Friday, in a statement released by Buckingham Palace, Andrew said a decision had been reached in discussion with the King to relinquish his remaining titles, including the Duke of York, as “the continued accusations about me distract from the work of His Majesty and the royal family”.
Giuffre, who died by suicide earlier this year, was one of the first people to publicly call for charges against Epstein and has been an outspoken adv..

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Red Cross retrieves body of dead hostage in Gaza, Israel says

Red Cross retrieves body of dead hostage in Gaza, Israel says 34 minutes agoShareSaveShareSaveReutersA Red Cross vehicle in Gaza City. Photo: 15 October 2025Israel's military says a coffin of a deceased hostage has been transferred to the Red Cross in the southern Gaza Strip and is now “on the way to IDF [Israel Defense Forces] troops” in the territory.
Posting on X, the IDF urged the public to “act with sensitivity and wait for the official identification, which will first be provided to the families”.
It stressed that Hamas was required to “return all the deceased hostages” in accordance with a Gaza ceasefire agreement.
This follows an earlier Hamas statement that it would hand over the body of an Israeli hostage on Friday.
Hamas this week returned the bodies of nine of the 28 dead hostages in Gaza, and freed all 20 living hostages.
There has been fury in Israel that Hamas has not returned all the bodies in line with last week's ceasefire deal – though the US has downplayed..

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Georgia baby found in trash bag after father’s false kidnapping claim

Atlanta police say they found the body of Nnakai Pratt, a six-month-old boy wrapped in a trash bag, dead from blunt force trauma to the head. His father initially claimed the baby was kidnapped during an armed robbery.
Both parents were denied bail on Friday and remained in jail after they were charged in the death of their son.
Antonio Pearce, the baby’s father, told Clayton County police on Sunday that Nnakai was taken while sitting in his car seat by two armed men who also stole $6,500 in cash and 3 pounds of marijuana.
The kidnapping was alleged to have happened in an apartment that Pearce said he was using as a stash house in Riverdale, about 11 miles south of Atlanta.
open image in galleryNnakai's body was found in the backyard of a house on Tuesday (MattGush via iStock)But late Tuesday, police found Nnakai's body in the backyard of a house, just on the other side of a fence from the apartment complex.
Clayton County Detective Chieyenne Reynolds told reporters Friday t..

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Can Putin’s ‘Flying Kremlin’ travel through EU airspace to Budapest?

Can Putin's 'Flying Kremlin' travel through EU airspace to Budapest?4 hours agoShareSavePaul KirbyEurope digital editorShareSaveGAVRIIL GRIGOROV/POOL/AFPPutin flew to Alaska in his specially modified Il-96 plane in AugustThe summit has not been set in stone, but if Russia's Vladimir Putin does go to Budapest to meet US President Trump in the next two weeks, he would need to clear a few hurdles first.
When Putin travelled to Alaska for his Anchorage summit in August, the US granted special permission for the presidential plane – a modified Ilyushin Il-96 airliner dubbed the “Flying Kremlin” that has four engines and is bristling with defence systems.
Russian planes are banned from US airspace, and from EU airspace too. So if Putin does fly to Budapest he would need special dispensation if he decided to fly over an EU member state.
It is perfectly possible, but landlocked Hungary is not the easiest destination to get to for a Russian president who rarely sets foot abr..

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Head of US command overseeing Trump ‘drug boat’ strikes steps down after expressing concern with the attacks: report

Admiral Alvin Holsey, the head of the U.S. Southern Command overseeing strikes on what the Trump administration claims are Venezuelan drug boats, has stepped down after expressing concern with the attacks, according to a new report.
Over the past few weeks, Special Operations forces have launched hits on at least five boats off the Venezuelan coast in the Caribbean Sea that the White House claims were transporting drugs. A total of 27 people have been killed in the strikes.
Just this week, Trump announced a boat strike that killed six suspected drug traffickers.
“The strike was conducted in International Waters, and six male narcoterrorists aboard the vessel were killed in the strike. No U.S. Forces were harmed. Thank you for your attention to this matter!!!!!!” Trump wrote on Truth Social Tuesday.
Two days later, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Holsey’s early retirement from the Navy. Holsey assumed the commander role just this past November after serving as the deputy com..

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Ex-Trump adviser turned critic John Bolton indicted in classified documents case

A federal grand jury has indicted Donald Trump’s former national security adviser-turned-prominent critic John Bolton, marking yet another criminal prosecution of the president’s perceived political enemies.
The 18-count indictment alleges Bolton illegally sent hundreds of pages of classified national defense information to people believed to his immediate family, including information from foreign intelligence and details about covert actions from the U.S. government, among other documents labeled “top secret.”
Bolton — whose home in Bethesda, Maryland, was raided by the FBI in August — is accused of sending “diary-like entries” to people identified only as “individuals 1 and 2” — who are believed to be his wife and daughter — that he transcribed from hand-written notes containing classified material, the document says.
The 26-page document also accuses Bolton of printing out and storing sensitive material at his home.
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Trump says he will meet Putin in Hungary for Ukraine talks after ‘very productive’ call

Trump says he will meet Putin in Hungary for Ukraine talks after 'very productive' call1 hour agoShareSaveSean SeddonShareSaveReutersPutin and Trump met in person at a US base in Alaska in August 2025US President Donald Trump says “great progress” was made during a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday, with the pair agreeing to face-to-face talks in Hungary.
He said the call, the first with Putin since mid-August, was “very productive”, adding that teams from Washington and Moscow will meet next week.
Trump did not confirm a date for his meeting with Putin in Budapest. The Kremlin said work on the summit would begin “immediately” after the “extremely frank and trustful” call.
The talks came a day before Ukraine's President Zelensky was to visit the White House, and with Trump weighing whether to arm Ukraine with Tomahawk missiles capable of striking deep into Russia.
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Netanyahu ‘determined’ to pressure Hamas to find remaining dead hostages

Netanyahu 'determined' to pressure Hamas to find remaining dead hostages4 hours agoShareSaveSean SeddonShareSaveEPABenjamin Netanyahu addressed a memorial ceremony at the Mount Herzl cemetery in JerusalemIsrael's prime minister has told a memorial for victims of the Hamas-led attack on 7 October 2023 that he is “determined” to secure the return of the dead hostages still in Gaza, and that the country will continue to fight terrorism with “full force”.
Benjamin Netanyahu made the comments hours after Hamas returned the bodies of two more hostages but said it was not able to access the remaining 19.
There has been fury in Israel that Hamas has not returned all the bodies in line with last week's Gaza ceasefire deal, though the US has downplayed the suggestion it amounts to a breach.
Also on Thursday, Donald Trump signalled he was willing to see fighting resume if Hamas “continues to kill people”.
Writing on his Truth Social platform, the US president said “we will hav..

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Ticked off: MAGA fume as Trump’s watches fail to deliver on the price tag

Some of Donald Trump’s MAGA faithful are ticked off with his watch company after a number of buyers complained of delivery issues.
Reviews of the presidential time-pieces sit at an average of 2.7 stars out of 5, according to TrustPilot, with many customers leaving Trump-like reviews blasting the operation as a “scam.” Out of all the reviews, 62 percent were negative, with 58 percent giving just a one-star rating.
Commercials for Trump’s “Fight, Fight, Fight” watch collection are now running regularly on the Newsmax channel, with prices ranging from $499 to $799, and even higher for custom made designs. Styles include “Fight Fight Fight Malachite,” the “Mugshot Suit Collectible,” and the “First Lady Mini” in “hot pink,” according to the official website.
While the site provides estimated shipping on all products, which are supposedly made to order, it says that arrival times are not guaranteed.
Despite this, many reviews seen by The Independent – whose authenticity could not be verifie..