All news for 2024-08-09

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UK Police reports 741 people arrested and 302 people charged
‘Hundreds more suspects’ from violence led by far right should expect to be arrested, say police chiefs
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An individual sentenced over spreading hatespeech via Facebook
Jordan Parlour is one of the first people in the UK to be sentenced for stirring up racial hatred from the comfort of his home after the 28-year-old from Leeds wrote vile posts on Facebook
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The labour change: what awaits the British budget as the new PM steps in
After winning its first election in 14 years, the United Kingdom’s Labour Party has pledged to prioritize spending cuts — eliminating certain benefits while increasing taxes on the wealthy.
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Plane goes down while flying over the city
A plane carrying 62 people has crashed in Brazil’s Sao Paulo state, local media reported.
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Thug who feebly shoved huge wheelie bins at riot police jailed for more than two years
Footage from the night shows Hodgson taking a run up as she attempts to roll the large dumpster towards the police. But, instead of hitting the nonplussed officers, it rolled to a pathetic halt several feet from them
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England reveal new interim manager to replace Gareth Southgate for next matches
England have confirmed that Lee Carsley will take charge on an interim basis as they search for a permanent successor to Gareth Southgate, who left his role last month
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How day 14 of the Olympics went for the UK team
Roberts wins bouldering gold; track cycling, athletics and more
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Anti-tourism protests are probable to spread out
Situation ‘out of balance’ as local people are priced out of housing and frustrated by hordes of selfie-seekers
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Slovakia Gov’t plans to disband the police agency responsible for investigating corruption
Slovakia’s government confirmed this week that it would disband a police agency investigating associates of ruling party politicians, while the justice minister freed a former prosecutor who was jailed after accepting bribes from a crime boss.
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The UAE has suspended 32 gold refineries as part of an anti-money laundering investigation
The United Arab Emirates suspended this week operations in 32 of its gold refineries after inspections revealed that its gold sector had committed hundreds of anti-money laundering violations.
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British PM orders police to remain on ’high alert’
Starmer: police to remain on ’high alert’ heading into the weekend
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Ukraine war briefing: Moscow needs ‘to feel what it has done’, Zelenskiy says after Kursk incursion
Comments come on third day of Ukrainian attack on southern Russian region, with troops advancing about 10km over the border. What we know on day 898
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Sellafield issues an apology after pleading guilty to a series of cybersecurity failings
Nuclear site awaits sentencing over breaches that it admitted could have threatened national security
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Police search for Puigdemont as a pro-union MP assumes the Catalan presidency
Pro-independence parties lose their grip on power as Salvador Illa elected, while police operation to find Carles Puigdemont continues
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Woman dies after becoming entangled in a baggage claim conveyor belt
A woman got caught in a baggage claim conveyer belt at Chicago O’Hare International Airport and was killed.
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Huge container ship suddenly explodes while docked in China port in dramatic video
This is the moment a mammoth cargo ship was nearly destroyed by an exploding shipping container in one of China’s busiest ports.
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Three Paris Olympics cyclists collide at 40mph in terrifying crash as bikes smash to pieces
Three racers were left hurt following a terrifying collision during the women’s keirin event at the Paris Olympic Games with medics quickly making their way to the velodrome track