All news for 2024-06-11

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Fire at one of world’s most famous palaces sparks wild conspiracy theory
One of the top tourist attractions in France has been evacuated during a fire, just weeks before the start of the Paris Olympics.
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Irish MEP Clare Daly loses seat
Controversial MEP will not be returning to Brussels after she was eliminated on 17th count in Dublin constituency.
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Nigel Farage pelted with rubbish on open-top bus
Nigel Farage has been pelted with rubbish while riding an open top bus in South Yorkshire.
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US banana giant ordered to pay $38 million to families of Colombian men killed by death squads
Landmark verdict against Chiquita marks first time major US company held liable for funding human rights abuses abroad
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Washington teen shot dead by security guard while returning replica gun to store
Off-duty officer reportedly shot 17-year-old Hazrat Ali Rohani, mistaking his airsoft gun for a real firearm
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Animal rights activists paste Wallace and Gromit image over king’s portrait
Two Animal Rising supporters cover monarch’s face with Wallace character in protest against RSPCA-assured farms
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Iceland issues license to the country’s last whaling company to hunt 128 fin whales
Conservationists criticise ‘disappointing’ and ‘dangerous’ move to allow harpooning of fin whales after curbs last year
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Revealed: drug cartels exploiting migrant children as foot soldiers in Europe’s booming cocaine trade
Guardian investigation shows white powder trail linking hundreds of vulnerable African minors with ruthless gangs
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Hunter Biden found guilty on all three charges in federal gun case
Verdict comes after week-long trial in Biden family home town of Wilmington, Delaware
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Millionaire investment banker ‘punches woman in face during Pride event’
A millionaire investment banker was captured on video allegedly punching a woman in the face during a Pride event in New York.
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Dramatic moment Israeli soldiers storm Hamas building to rescue hostages
This is the dramatic moment three hostages were rescued in Gaza more than eight months after being kidnapped from the Nova Music Festival in Israel.
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Putin’s £40,000,000 fighter jet crashes after ‘technical malfunction’
Two people have died after a Soviet-style strike fighter crashed in the mountains of southern Russia.
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Man arrested after 11-year-old boy dies in ’TikTok challenge’ mishap
Two adults have been questioned by police after an 11-year-old boy died while taking part in a ‘TikTok challenge gone wrong’.
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Deals that helped tycoon Steinmetz combat bribery fallout
Beny Steinmetz’s company obtained iron ore deposits worth billions thanks to bribes paid to the wife of a West African president.
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Jamaican man living in UK for 38 years must wait another 10 years to apply for citizenship
Dennis Henry, 61, granted leave to remain after almost four decades of struggling to secure his immigration status
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Beefeater owner threatened with legal action over plan for 1,500 job cuts
Union claims Whitbread, which also owns Premier Inn, has not consulted properly with restaurant staff
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General Election 2024: hopes for interest rate cut suffer further setback
The final set of employment figures before polling day show wages continuing to grow at way more than double the rate of inflation, which is a double-edged sword for Rishi Sunak’s government.
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Police investigate sex abuse allegations at Earl Spencer’s Maidwell Hall boarding school
Earl Spencer, the younger brother of Princess Diana, said earlier this year that he was sexually abused as a child and detailed how he suffered at the hands of a female member of staff when he was at Maidwell Hall boarding school.