All news for 2024-10-13

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Daredevil British influencer dies after falling from Spain’s highest bridge
Local councillor Macarena Munoz confirmed the tragedy in Talavera de la Reina, Spain, today as she said authorities have made it clear accessing the bridge is “totally banned”
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Woman decapitated in tragic 28-storey fall from New York City apartment building as witnesses describe the horrific scene
An elderly woman has been decapitated after falling from the 28th floor of a New York apartment building.
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Murky world of ’hitmen for hire’ sites revealed, featuring a ’kill list’ individual who paid $50,000 to inject his ex with heroin
Chillingly the man who shone a light onto the murder-for-hire plot warns scores of Brits may not know they are on a ’kill list’ too...
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Channel 4 Countdown champion, 30, charged with stabbing rival in his 20s during tournament
A Channel 4 Countdown champion has been charged with stabbing a rival contestant at a tournament.
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Man in his 30s shot dead in the street as police hunt gunman and ’piece together events’
A man was shot dead in East London today, according to police. Officers were called to reports of an injured man on Linton Road, Barking, at around 4:35 am.
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Former Premier League footballer in his 20s arrested for rape of woman at top West End hotel
A former Premier League and international football star in his 20s has been arrested on suspicion of raping a young woman at the exclusive Corinthia Hotel in Westminster’s Whitehall Place.
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Veteran SNP MSP John Mason expelled from party over Israel-Gaza remarks
A veteran SNP MSP has been expelled from the party following “utterly abhorrent” comments about the Israel-Hamas conflict.
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Iceland’s PM calls for November snap election after coalition collapses
Government disbanded due to disagreements on issues including foreign policy and asylum seekers, says Bjarni Benediktsson
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Three-armed robot conductor makes its debut in Dresden
German city’s Sinfoniker says aim is not to replace humans but to play music human conductors would find impossible
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SpaceX launches Starship rocket and captures booster with giant metal arms
Elon Musk’s huge rocket sets off on test flight before upper stage splashdown and explosion in Indian Ocean
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US to send antimissile system to Israel
The US will send an antimissile system to Israel as well as a crew of US military personnel to operate the system.
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Swastika vandalized on London golf course shortly before the holiest day in the Jewish calendar
Golfers in northwest London were taken aback by a disturbing discovery after the club grounds were vandalized with antisemitic graffiti.
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Palermo mafia organization taken down in worldwide operation
Italian authorities have arrested four people in Palermo. They are accused of being involved with the mafia, extortion, money laundering, and making fake deals with assets.
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Indian politician Baba Siddique was shot dead in Mumbai
An Indian politician has been shot dead in the commercial capital, Mumbai.
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Scottish DJ Jackmaster dies at 38 after head injury in Ibiza
Scottish DJ and producer Jack Revill, known as Jackmaster, has died aged 38.
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Patrick Graham Cann’s scam revealed
The offshore broker Alchemy Markets, a member of the Alchemy Group that also includes the FCA-regulated Alchemy Prime and the Vanuatu-based FXPIG, was forewarned about by the Spanish watchdog CNMV last year.