All news for 2024-07-03

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Emma Raducanu defeats Elise Mertens to reach the Grand Slam third round for the first time since her US Open victory
The British superstar is set to play with Andy Murray later this week
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A man has been charged in connection with an attack on the Danish prime minister
Suspect to plead not guilty after Mette Frederiksen assaulted in a Copenhagen square last month
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Starmer says Britain will not rejoin the EU in his lifetime
Labour leader also says he cannot foresee circumstances where UK would re-enter single market or customs union
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A man jailed for his involvement in the deaths of 39 people in a lorry is set to be deported
A Romanian man jailed over the deaths of 39 people in a lorry trailer is to be deported without paying a penny to his victims’ families.
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A Kazakh tycoon denies involvement in a Greek forest fire, which authorities are currently investigating
Kazakh tycoon Daniyar Abulgazin has said he and the guests aboard a yacht he chartered in Greece had no role in starting a forest fire on the island of Hydra, adding that authorities questioned them before they flew out of the country.
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Spanish and Portuguese police have busted a fraud network that targeted the elderly
Spanish and Portuguese authorities arrested 54 suspected members of a network that used a cunning mix of fraudulent phone calls and social engineering to swindle nearly 100 elderly people, depriving them of some 2.5 million euros (US$2.68 million), Europol said on Tuesday.
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In the US, 193 people have been charged over $2.75 billion in fraudulent health care claims
The U.S. charged four people in connection with an alleged scheme, which now involves 193 defendants, to defraud federal health care programs of more than US$2.75 billion through the submission of fake opioid prescriptions.
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A terminally ill man who relies on oxygen has been told by the DWP to attend work appointments
Martin Sawyer can only walk to the end of the bed before he starts to feel breathless after being diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) six months ago
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Rishi Sunak fearful of losing his seat, - The Guardian
PM would become first sitting British leader to be voted out of his constituency if his fears are realised
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‘Spy cops’ filed reports on Diane Abbott’s anti-racism campaigning, inquiry told
Black MP Bernie Grant also spied on, with secret Met reports claiming he made ‘inflammatory’ speeches
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A flight made an emergency landing because the in-flight meals had been spoiled
A Delta Airlines flight has made an emergency landing at New York’s JFK airport after ‘contamination’ fears.
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Britain’s Armed Forces are no longer credible amid cuts to record-low, warns ex-defence chief Lord Dannatt
He said allies expect the UK to field 35,000 soldiers in a division of three brigades
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There are delays in postal votes arriving in affected areas, causing concern over their timely delivery
Fears are mounting that voters across the country risk being shut out of casting their ballots due to hold-ups with postal votes ahead of the General Election on Thursday
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A Tory Minister has suggested that he may not vote for his party after Boris Johnson was brought out
Just moments after Rishi Sunak hailed a ’united’ Conservative family, Tory Minister Huw Merriman hit out at the surprise appearance of disgraced ex-PM Boris Johnson
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A former England U16s star has been arrested after allegedly punching a woman in a Magaluf nightclub
Nathaniel Mendez-Laing and his wife have both been arrested after an incident at a Magaluf nightclub in Majorca. It is thought a row broke out over a woman taking their photograph
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Trump’s plan for NATO is emerging
Trump advisers envision a ‘radical reorientation’ in which Washington takes a back seat to Europe — and cuts a deal with Putin over Ukraine.
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A school trip turned tragic when a 17-year-old drowned at a Sussex seaside spot popular with celebrities
The boy was reportedly among 50 pupils visiting West Wittering during a school trip, with other teens looking visibly distressed as they watched him being airlifted to hospital
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A major fire at an industrial estate in Liverpool is raging as firefighters battle massive flames
A massive fire that has broken out at an Huyton Industrial estate in Merseyside. Images show a huge mound of rubbish alight with black smoke billowing up into the air
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Hurricane Beryl has killed at least six people as it exits the Caribbean and heads towards Jamaica
Hurricane Beryl, which is currently a category 4 storm, has claimed the lives of at least six people as it heads towards Jamaica, the National Hurricane Center said on Tuesday