All news for 2024-08-25

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Two astronauts are stranded in space — how will they endure and make it through until 2025?
The two astronauts were only meant to be in space for eight days, but due to technical issues they won’t return until 2025. Do they have enough supplies for such a stint, how are they coping mentally and what is day-to-day life like up there?
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Royal Navy intercepts £40 million worth of cocaine from Caribbean smugglers
HMS Trent confiscated half a tonne of the Class A drug from a speed boat south of the Dominican Republic earlier this month, taking its annual total of seizures to more than £550m.
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Telegram founder Pavel Durov to appear in court following arrest in Paris
Russian-born billionaire said to have ‘miscalculated’ by visiting France during inquiry into crime on his platform
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Norway’s border guards on the front line in the fight against a ’cocaine tsunami
The nordic nation has become a gateway to Europe for South American drug traffickers
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Attorney General intervenes in Foreign Office review of weapons sales to Israel
Richard Hermer tells officials he can’t approve the decision to ban arms without knowing if their use would breach international law.
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Paris airport evacuated after ’bomb threat’ as holidaymakers flee terminals
Paris-Orly airport is being evacuated, reports say
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Labour donor resigns from Treasury role amid accusations of ’cronyism’
Ian Corfield resigns as adviser to Rachel Reeves as ministers deny favoring donors.
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Benjamin Netanyahu warns that the attack on Lebanon is "not the end of the story" after clashes between Israel and Hezbollah
Benjamin Netanyahu says attack on Lebanon is ’not the end of the story’
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Reuters journalist missing after hotel strike in eastern Ukraine
News agency says two others taken to hospital for treatment following Russian missile attack in Kramatorsk
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Friend shares update on Sven-Goran Eriksson’s terminal illness
One of Sven-Goran Eriksson’s close friends says the former England head coach is now too ill to walk to his favourite lake back home in Sweden.
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An ISIS terror suspect is forcibly removed from a police helicopter and taken away by authorities
A 26-year-old man was pictured being dragged from a police helicopter after he turned himself in over the knife attack that left three people dead and eight other injured at a German festival.
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Kate Middleton makes a rare public appearance, joining the Royal Family in Balmoral
The Princess of Wales has joined the rest of the Royal Family on a visit to the local church near Balmoral Castle.
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Mike Lynch ‘was planning to investigate Lucy Letby trial before yacht tragedy’
Tech tycoon Mike Lynch, one of seven to die in the Bayesian yacht tragedy, was planning to investigate the Lucy Letby trial, according to his MP friend.
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Google faces £1bn competition lawsuit from professor representing SMEs
A professor has launched a class action lawsuit against Google on behalf of SMEs he said have been negatively hit by excessive commissions on its Play Store.
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Bank of England warned to be wary of public sector pay deals
The Bank of England should be on the guard against the potential inflationary impact of Labour’s inflation-busting public sector pay deals, according to economists.
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A notorious drug kingpin established shell companies in the British Virgin Islands and Dubai to hire suspected cartel members, according to documents
Sarajevo-native Edin “Tito” Gacanin registered the companies in the secrecy havens as he continued to ship cocaine globally, despite being convicted by Dutch courts for narcotics trafficking.
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A UK court ordered a global asset freeze for the ‘Cryptoqueen’ and her OneCoin associates
ICIJ previously found that OneCoin’s founder Ruja Ignatova and some of her associates had bought properties worth millions in Dubai while promoting the fraudulent cryptocurrency scheme.
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The intriguing story of Kamala Harris and the Northern Irish slave owner
The U.S. presidential candidate is thought to have connections to a town in County Antrim, but while transatlantic ties are often celebrated, there is a noticeable reluctance in Ballymoney to embrace its most notable descendant.
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Telegram app founder Pavel Durov reportedly arrested at a French airport
Billionaire CEO, who was travelling aboard his private jet, was subject of arrest warrant, according to TV reports
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Israel launches massive airstrikes against Hezbollah in Lebanon, sparking fears of World War 3
US President Joe Biden is said to be “closely monitoring events in Israel and Lebanon" after a huge increase in military strikes on Sunday sparked fears a wider conflict could soon break out in the region