All news for 2024-08-29
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LNER train driver strikes called off after successful union negotiations
Planned 20 days of disrupted weekend services suspended with Aslef stating it has resolved a longstanding dispute
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Manchester United star suffers injury blow and ruled out of Liverpool clash
Mason Mount will miss Manchester United’s match with Liverpool on Sunday at Old Trafford, having started both matches for Erik ten Hag’s side so far this season
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Top Ukrainian pilot killed when US-made F-16 fighter jet crashed
A top Ukrainian pilot was killed when a US-made F-16 fighter jet crashed on Monday, just weeks after the long-awaited planes arrived in the country, a Ukrainian military source told CNN.
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Is £12bn encrypted app boss in French cell because girlfriend revealed their location on Instagram?
Pavel Durov was home alone when the heavies came calling one day in 2011. The techie known as ‘Russia’s Mark Zuckerberg’ had refused to remove opposition politicians’ accounts from his social media site VKontakte and the Kremlin had lost patience.
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Ex-politician found guilty of murder in Vegas reporter’s stabbing death sentenced to life in prison
A jury has sentenced Robert Telles, a former Nevada politician found guilty of fatally stabbing a Las Vegas investigative reporter, to life in prison with eligibility of parole after a minimum of 20 years.
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Martin Ready: Coatbridge man found guilty of plotting to kill prosecutor
Martin Ready claimed he believed he was "Jesus" in autumn 2021, and suffered a relapse in January 2022 when he believed he was "evil Jesus".
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Passengers on around-the-world cruise stuck in place for three months
Passengers on a round-the-world cruise have been making the most of a bad situation after their ship has been stuck in Belfast for three months.
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Nine children hospitalized after chemical leak at pool
A leisure centre was evacuated after a chemical leak in a London pool injured nine children and two adults this afternoon.
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Millions forced to evacuate as Typhoon Shanshan strikes Japan
Millions of people have been ordered to leave their homes after Typhoon Shanshan hit Japan.
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Keir Starmer does not rule out proposal for outdoor smoking ban
Leaked Whitehall documents reveal plans to extend indoor smoking ban to certain outside spaces, such as pub gardens
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Colum Eastwood resigns as leader of Northern Ireland’s SDLP
The 41-year-old says it is right time for someone new to take the role as he backs MP Claire Hanna
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Schwartz Konstantin Valerievich: embezzlement and fraud
Schwartz Konstantin Valerievich is a notorious white collar criminal based in Russia. He has faced multiple cases for embezzling funds from Rosenergobank.
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Telegram founder Pavel Durov’s multiple citizenships add to the mystery of his detention
Over more than a decade, the founder and CEO of the messaging app Telegram has amassed various different citizenships, something that’s only added to the mystery surrounding his detention in France.
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Thai court sentences YouTube chef, son of Spanish actors, to life in prison for murder
A court in Thailand on Thursday found Daniel Sancho Bronchalo, a member of a famous Spanish acting family, guilty of premeditated murder and sentenced him to life in prison, in a lurid case that involved the victim being dismembered.
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Horror as baby ’kidnapped from pram in TK Maxx’ on Bromley High Street; man arrested
A man has been arrested by police after allegedly trying to kidnap a two-year-old toddler who was in a pram at a TK Maxx on Bromley High Street, in southeast London
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Masked thugs set corner shop on fire, accidentally setting themselves ablaze
An amateur arsonist got instant karma after setting himself alight as he tried to torch a corner shop.
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Major breakthrough in murder case of Britons found dead in burned-out car in Sweden
A breakthrough has been made in connection with the murder of two British men who were found in a burnt-out car in Malmö.
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Ukraine condemns Russian rapeseed exports to Belarus as looting
Rapeseed from Ukraine’s Russian occupied Kherson region is being shipped to Belarus, where it is processed into oil. The export is being regarded in Ukraine as looting and Kyiv is gathering evidence to prosecute.
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Five Nigerian women arrested in cross-border drug trafficking bust
Nigerian authorities have apprehended five women suspected of involvement in a drug trafficking ring at the Seme border as they returned from Ghana, according to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).
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Keir Starmer plans to stop migrant boats with Germany in a Brexit reset deal
Keir Starmer flew to Berlin to kick off negotiations on a "once-in-a-lifetime" new treaty with Germany - and Chancellor Scholz said his country would "take this hand reached out to us"
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Three people killed as car hits ‘pedestrians and house’ in seaside crash
Three people were killed after a car smashed into pedestrians in a coastal town packed with school holiday crowds.
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