Trump holds his birthday military parade amid huge 'No Kings& protests across the US

The grand military parade that US president Donald Trump wanted for years barrelled down Constitution Avenue in Washington on Saturday with tanks, troops and a 21-gun salute, playing out against nationwide protests by those who decried him as a dictator and would-be king.

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Bloomsday: Never-before-seen music for key love song in James Joyce&s ‘Ulysses& recovered from Titanic wreckage

Today is Bloomsday & and an exclusive picture released to the Irish ­Independent echoes the main theme of James Joyce&s Ulysses, acclaimed as the greatest ­novel of the 20th century.

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Relatives of Air India crash victims provide DNA samples as they wait to receive remains

Authorities have started handing over remains of the victims of one of India&s worst aviation disasters, days after the Air India flight crashed and killed at least 270 people, officials said yesterday.

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UK fears enemies could ‘dim sun& and weaponise weather

UK ministers are preparing for a scenario where a hostile foreign power could weaponise sun-­dimming technology.

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With US preparing to leave the stage, fighting Russia is now Europe&s problem

So it&s official: Washington is pulling the plug on military aid to Ukraine. At Congressional hearings last week US secretary of defence Pete Hegseth confirmed the Trump administration has a &very different view& of the war in Ukraine to that of Joe Biden&s - and insisted that a &negotiated peaceful settlement is in the best interest of both parties and our nation&s interests&.

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At least eight Palestinians shot dead at food distribution point in Gaza

At least eight Palestinians were killed and dozens more wounded yesterday in a shooting near Israeli and US-supported food-distribution points in the Gaza Strip, according to health officials.

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