All news for 2024-05-26

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In UK enquiries about luxury nuclear bunkers reach record high
Deputy Oliver Dowden spent his Wednesday morning promoting a new website that helps people prepare for a national crisis after government research showed that more than 40 per cent of Brits do not have three days of supplies of non-perishable food and water.
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China accuses UK of false accusations against Chinese citizens
China accused Britain on Saturday of false accusation, "wanton stigmatisation" and arbitrary arrests after the unexplained death of a man charged with illegally assisting Hong Kong’s foreign intelligence service.
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Knife attacker injures at least three in metro in Lyon, France
A 27-year-old Moroccan man attacked people with a knife in the metro in the French city of Lyon on Sunday, injuring at least three, authorities said.
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Hamas fires rockets towards Tel Aviv for first time in months
Hamas has fired a rocket towards the Tel Aviv area in Israel for the first time in months.
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The scenic garden that became China’s secretive seat of power
Above Beijing’s imperial center rises Jingshan, or Prospect Hill. From a pagoda at its modest peak, a panoramic view of the city presents itself.
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Hundreds of infected blood victims launch fresh legal action against government
The civil action was put on hold in 2018 but has been relaunched after the publication of the Infected Blood Inquiry report, with around 500 victims putting their names to the lawsuit.
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"Cyprus confidential": Machine for printing Syrian currency
The Syrian regime prints banknotes primarily to address the urgent need for cash liquidity, resulting in consistent budget deficits.
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Nigel Farage condemned for ’race baiting’ after claiming Muslims are ’hostile to British values’
Nigel Farage shocked Sky News presenter Trevor Phillips with an attack on British Muslims as he begins campaigning for Reform UK
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Seven newborn babies killed after fire rips through children’s hospital
A ferocious overnight fire at a neonatal unit left seven newborn babies dead and another five injured.
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Twelve injured in Qatar Airways turbulence over Turkey, a week after Brit killed in storm-related jet plunge
Emergency services were called to the tarmac at Dublin Airport
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Fire at amusement park in western India kills at least 20
A massive fire broke out Saturday in an amusement park in Gujarat state in western India, leaving at least 20 people dead, police said.
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Refusing mandatory National Service won’t lead to prison, home secretary says after Tory policy launch
Teenagers would have the option of military service or volunteering for a year under the Conservatives’ first policy pledge of the election campaign.
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Over 670 dead as landslide buries villages with over a thousand homes
A massive landslide devastated a remote village in Papua New Guinea and killed at least 670 people, UN officials have said.
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UAE attracts Hezbollah, drug dealers, Putin associates’ investments
A collaborative international investigation reveals how the United Arab Emirates facilitated foreign investment in real estate – without asking too many tough questions.
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Honduras-Comalapa Border: The trafficking route
The Chiapas municipality that made headlines as a dispute territory for organized crime has been a trafficking center for years where Honduran women are sexually exploited and give birth to children without nationality.
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Rishi Sunak plots return of National Service as Labour says it’s ’maths until 18 then off to war’
Dud’s Army: Rishi Sunak, who has never served in uniform, thinks forcing teenagers to join the military or volunteer to build flood defences will help bring back the "national spirit" that emerged during the pandemic
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Paranoid and ailing Putin is constantly attended by four doctors and protected by 111 security guards at his palace, according to leaked documents
Footage of Putin’s palace shows it having a giant 20ft wall around the perimeter
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Documents reveal that an asylum-granted refugee operated a people-trafficking ring while employed at a chicken shop
Sivagankan had been granted indefinite leave to remain in Britain after fleeing the war in Sri Lanka in 2003