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Britain’s Prince Andrew will stop using his Duke of York title after facing fresh questions over his friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.Andrew, King Charles III’s younger brother, said in a statement issued via Buckingham Palace that he would “no longer use my title or the honours which have been conferred upon me.”The decision was taken “in discussion with The King, and my immediate and wider family,” he said, after concluding that “the continued accusations about me distract from the work of His Majesty and the Royal Family.”As I have said previously, I vigorously deny the accusations against me,”…

Rachel Reeves has said she “can’t leave welfare untouched” this parliament, with the Treasury understood to be considering axing up to £1bn in tax breaks for a scheme providing cars for disabled people.The chancellor set out her thinking on welfare before next month’s budget in an interview, having previously said she would need to make cuts and raise taxes.“We can’t leave welfare untouched,” she told Channel 4 News when asked about changes to the benefit system. “We can’t get to the end of this parliamentary session and I’ve basically done nothing … We have to do reform in the right…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Kremlin has suggested that Russia and the United States build a “Putin-Trump” rail tunnel under the Bering Strait to link the two nations, according to a proposal from one of President Vladimir Putin’s top investment officials.Kirill Dmitriev, Putin’s investment envoy and head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), outlined the idea Thursday, Reuters reported. ‘ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE’: B-2 BOMBER, F-35 ESCORT SET STAGE FOR TRUMP-PUTIN TALKS IN ALASKA Graphic of the proposed project, after a Kremlin envoy suggested the United States should build a “Putin-Trump” rail tunnel under the Bering Strait to…

Indian Railways Good News: Those who travel in Indian Railways and especially in the AC coaches, are aware that the blanket provided by the public transporter is not very comfortable. Also, it doesn’t come with a cover and the passengers get two white sheets, one of which is used to spread on the berth and the other is used as a base/top of the blanket. Indian Railways passengers have been urging the public transporter to provide a comfortable blanket cover for long journeys – not only to maintain hygiene but also to enhance comfort.  If you’ve ever taken a train…

WASHINGTON — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is set to meet with President Donald Trump at the White House on Friday, with long-range Tomahawk missiles and the trajectory of the war with Russia on the agenda as Kyiv intensifies its push for U.S. military aid.The sit-down follows Trump’s phone call Thursday with Russian President Vladimir Putin, during which Moscow warned that a U.S. decision to provide long-range Tomahawks to Kyiv would sharply escalate tensions. The missiles, which could be used to strike deep into Russia, would signal a “qualitatively new stage of escalation,” the Kremlin said.Follow along for live updatesTrump has…

Almost 2,000 civil servants at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office face the risk of redundancy, with the biggest union for government workers vowing to fight the cuts.The PCS union, which has about 200,000 members, said it had been told that 1,885 jobs at the second highest level, known as delegated grades, were “at risk”, in addition to redundancy notices that have already been issued to some senior civil servants.The union linked the cuts to the government’s decision to reduce the foreign aid budget and accused the department of failing to follow civil service protocol by putting a number on…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The top Democrat in the House of Representatives attacked White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt with a slew of insults on Friday.House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., accused Republican officials of unjustly going after Democrats amid a controversy over a swastika flag found in a House GOP lawmaker’s office this week, though the lawmaker denied he or his staff played any role. Jeffries made the comments during a press conference with reporters on day 17 of the ongoing government shutdown.”You’ve got Karoline Leavitt, who’s sick. She’s out of control. And I’m not…

New Delhi: India’s gold reserves, held by the RBI as part of the country’s foreign exchange reserves, have surpassed the $100 billion mark for the first time ever on the back of a sharp rise in the price of the precious metal and increased purchases by the central bank.  The gold component in India’s forex reserves increased by $3.595 billion to $102.365 billion in the week ended October 10, RBI data released on Friday showed. However, overall foreign exchange reserves declined $2.18 billion to $697.784 billion as the RBI released dollars to prop up the rupee. Gold’s share in India’s…

TOKYO — A record number of people have been killed by bears in Japan this year, according to figures from the environment ministry, as the animals cross paths with humans more often.At least seven people have died since April, the start of the government calendar year, which is the highest figure since records began in 2006.The figures do not include a suspected bear attack involving a 60-year-old hot spring worker who went missing on Thursday after he went to clean an outdoor bath. Investigators found human blood and what appeared to be bear fur at the scene of the suspected…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! House Republicans in battleground districts appear to be closing ranks as GOP leaders dig in on their government shutdown strategy, while the fiscal standoff shows no signs of slowing. Eight House GOP lawmakers whose seats are being targeted by Democrats in 2026 spoke with Fox News Digital this week. And while some shared individual concerns, they were largely united in agreeing with Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., that Republicans should not renegotiate their federal funding proposal — and were confident that Americans are behind them.”The more people understand the math inside of the Senate,…