All news for 2024-08-17

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How to get first class train tickets without actually paying for them
From the cost of booking to the fanfare of getting yourself there on time, train travel can come with its added stresses.
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Former Manchester United star Phil Jones announces retirement at age 32
Former Manchester United defender Phil Jones has confirmed his retirement from professional football at age 32.
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Truth or lie? A letter from El Mayo fuels Mexico-US tensions over Sinaloa Cartel arrests
Controversy and conflicting narratives persist around the arrests of two top Sinaloa Cartel leaders in the United States, raising questions about what led to the detentions and how the historic leadership blow may impact one of Mexico’s most powerful drug trafficking organizations.
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Doctors warn ’8am scramble’ for GP appointments won’t end without more funding
Labour have promised to "end the 8am scramble" by allowing patients to "easily book appointments to see the doctor they want, in the manner they choose". But the Doctors’ Association UK says the manifesto pledge will not be possible under current funding.
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Ransomware kingpin extradited to U.S. faces decades in prison
Poland has extradited a Belarusian-Ukrainian cybercrime suspect to the United States, where he could face decades in prison for allegedly masterminding a global ransomware and wire fraud scheme under the alias “J.P. Morgan.”
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’Kafkaesque’: Bank blocks cash transfer, citing potential AI scam concerns
Starling’s fraud team repeatedly refused to allow UK man to send £12,800 to friend in Austria, then froze account
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UK launches its first Earth-imaging military satellite
Satellite named Tyche to support armed forces operations as well as monitor natural disasters and impact of climate change
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’Appalling’ conviction rate for over 100 sexual offences reported at Leeds and Reading festivals
Campaigners say police must do more as figures show just four cases at summer events since 2018 led to prosecutions
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Dozens of firefighters combat blaze at Somerset House
There are around 100 firefighters at the scene of a fire in London’s famous Somerset House.
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Nigel Farage revealed as the UK’s highest-earning MP
Reform UK leader earned £1.2 million from his role as a presenter on GB News and social media payments
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Turkey’s parliament erupts into chaos as dozens of MPs engage in fistfight
Staff left cleaning bloodstains after brawl erupted when an MP labeled the ruling majority ‘terrorists’
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Meghan Markle ’took 13 foreign holidays’ despite claiming the royals had confiscated her passport
The Duchess of Sussex made bombshell claims in her controversial interview with Oprah Winfrey, where she was also joined by husband, Prince Harry
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Russian soldier ’brandishes Ukrainian soldier’s head on a stake’
Footage has emerged of a Russian soldier brandishing what appears to be the severed head of a Ukrainian soldier, impaled on a stake.