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‘Nonsense’: Tory & Labour bash each other over secret spending plans, social media users tired of whole circus The UK’s biggest political parties are locked in a war of words over each other’s spending plans - despite both refusing to reveal the details of their own budget projections to the public. Chancellor of the Exchequer Sajid Javid claimed analysis carried out by his Conservative party showed that if Labour got into government, they would embark on a £1.2 trillion public spending spree. He has refused, however, to reveal his own spending plans if the Tories are returned to government in the December 12 election. Labour’s John McDonnell swiftly dismissed the alleged spending projection as “fake news” - but his party has similarly repeatedl...

8 killed in car bomb explosion in Turkish-controlled northeast Syrian town A small truck exploded outside a bakery in the Syrian village of Suluk, located southeast of the town of Tel Abyad on Sunday, according to the Turkish military and local emergency workers. The blast is said to have killed at least eight people, but it remains unclear whether or not they were civilians. The Turkish military was quick to blame Kurdish-led militias for the attack. Ankara launched a military invasion into northeastern Syria in early October, targeting Kurdish-led militias that it believes to be “terrorists.” Following two separate deals with the US and Russia, Turkey agreed to halt the operation, while the Kurds were obliged to withdraw deeper into Syria’s territory from the Turkish border....

ISIS defeated in key Afghan province – acting interior minister Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) terrorist group has been defeated in the Afghan eastern province of Nangarhar, Afghanistan’s acting interior minister, Massoud Andarabi, told reporters in the provincial capital of Jalalabad. “Their centers were destroyed,” the official said. Nangarhar, which borders Pakistan, was considered one of the terrorist group’s strongholds where it established a sizeable presence since first arriving in Afghanistan in 2015. Islamic State will soon face total defeat, Andarabi said, adding that “some of their smaller groups are surrendering; other small groups will be eliminated in other provinces.”The US forces in Afghanistan have so far declined to comment on the acting minister’s stateme...

‘Photoshopping your back muscles’: Novak Djokovic trolls semi-naked tennis ace Karen Khachanov Serbian tennis ace Novak Djokovic has mocked his Russian counterpart Karen Khachanov, leaving a humorous comment under an Instagram photo of him proudly displaying his back muscles. The 23-year-old Russian shared a photo from his Maldives vacation of him posing semi-naked in a swimming pool with his back to the camera and showing off his perfectly-built muscular body. READ MORE: ATP Tour Finals: Meet the elite eight players set for the big end-of-year tennis shootout in London (VIDEO) “Just chilling and nothing more,” Khachanov captioned the snap, which didn’t go unnoticed by tennis icon Djokovic. The 16-time Grand Slam winner left a comment on Khachanov’s...