All news for 2024-06-06

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Microsoft, OpenAI and Nvidia investigated over monopoly laws
US regulators open inquiry into AI firms over antitrust laws that oversee fair competition
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Grain stealing quotas: The Russian scheme to export Ukraine’s crops and the hidden ties to Putin’s Palace
Agricultural products from the occupied territories can be exported at a reduced price with the permission of the Russian administration.
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Prince Harry given green light to appeal High Court ruling on police protection
Prince Harry has been given the green light to appeal a High Court ruling dismissing his challenge to the level of police protection he receives in the UK.
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WWII veteran dies on the way to the D-Day anniversary in France
A World War II veteran has tragically died just hours before attending an event to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day.
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Body found in search for missing two-year-old boy who fell into river three months ago
A body has been pulled out of a river months after two-year-old Xielo Maruziva fell into the River Soar in Leicestershire.
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX successfully launches and lands most powerful rocket ever made
Elon Musk’s SpaceX has launched and seemingly safely landed the most powerful and largest rocket ever made.
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Sickening road rage attack sees motorist hit victim over the head with a rock
A brawl broke out between two drivers after a rear ending incident in Coventry and saw one motorist hit over the head with a rock and another ram into the side of the other’s car.
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Final player to be cut from England Euro 2024 squad by Gareth Southgate named
England manager Gareth Southgate needs to confirm his squad to UEFA by 11pm on Friday night, but he seems to have nailed down his decision on his final 26-man travelling party
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Cause of death revealed for two-year-old Bronson Battersby found dead next to father’s body
Two-year-old Bronson Battersby was found dead alongside his father Kenneth in Skegness, Lincolnshire, on January 9. An inquest has been held into the tragedy
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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle snubbed from King Charles’ birthday for second year in a row
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry won’t be returning to the UK later this month for King Charles’ birthday as the Duke and Duchess of Sussex haven’t been invited
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Putin vows revenge against UK for ’direct involvement in Ukraine war’
Vladimir Putin has accused the UK of directly interfering in his war against Ukraine – and vowed revenge.
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A pen pal in Moscow: Moldovan Chief of General Staff passed secret information to his GRU handlers
The Insider has accessed Telegram correspondence between former Chief of the Moldovan General Staff Igor Gorgan and his GRU handler, Russian Colonel Alexei Makarov.
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Prince William subtly suggests that the Royal Family ’needs more involvement from its members’
The Duke of Cambridge hosted a garden party in the rain at Buckingham Palace last month, where a number of younger, ’sidelined’ royal members were in attendance
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Tories accept another £5 million from company linked to donor involved in racism controversy with Diane Abbott
The Tories accepted £5million in January from The Phoenix Partnership, the Leeds-based firm owned by Frank Hester, who allegedly said Diane Abbott should be shot
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Russian-Ukrainian ’terrorist’ arrested in Paris for detonating ’Mother of Satan’ bomb near airport hotel
It comes just days after French authorities foiled an ’islamist-inspired’ Olympics terror plot
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Huge fire tears through east London flats, causing roof collapse
People could be heard shouting ‘get out’ as a fire tore through a block of flats next to a primary school in Hackney this evening.