All news for 2024-11-14

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Top secret island that could become first battleground between Trump and Starmer
The incoming Trump administration in the US could be preparing to lock horns with the Labour government over the Chagos Islands, Nigel Farage has claimed.
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Samurai sword-wielding man arrested outside Parliament ‘wanted to meet Boris Johnson’
A man who was arrested outside Parliament after arriving at the front gate wearing armour and wielding samurai swords has told a court he ‘want to meet Boris Johnson’.
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Bosnian Serb general Krstić says he ‘aided and abetted’ Srebrenica genocide
Confession met with scepticism after other war criminals made similar statements to win early release from prison
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EU factory owners holding Belarusian passports funnel chips to Russia amid ongoing conflict
White sand beaches, scenic coral reefs, dense green jungle. The exotic islands of the Seychelles, in the heart of the warm Indian Ocean, attract tourists from all over the world.
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King supports food poverty project on his working birthday
King Charles has marked his 76th birthday by opening a new hub in south-east London as part of his project to distribute surplus produce to people in food poverty.
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Prison officers deal drugs and ask inmates for sex, media told
Next to a vandalised wire fence opposite HMP Bronzefield in Surrey, 28-year-old Beatrice Auty brushes away tears. The memories of her time inside the jail are too much to bear.
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Clifton Suspension Bridge’s dramatic exit from Twitter sparks wave of online jokes
One of England’s most iconic bridges has become the latest high-profile exit from Elon Musk’s X.
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’Drunken soldiers’ caught in Apache cockpit romp prompt military safety review
Two soldiers who were caught having boozy late-night sex in the cockpit of a Apache helicopter have triggered a safety review by the military.
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’Major’ Turkish supplier of small boats for Channel migrant crossings arrested as UK’s ’British FBI’ conducts airport operation
A suspected people smuggler has been arrested in Amsterdam, accused of supplying small boats for English Channel crossings.
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Europol warns that organized crime groups are recruiting minors
Roughly 70 percent of criminal markets now involve minors to some extent, Europol said.
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U.S. blocks access to records on Nigerian president’s alleged drug connections
The FBI, CIA, and DEA face legal scrutiny as they invoke Glomar responses—provisions allowing them to withhold confirmation of records to protect privacy and national security—amid requests for information on Nigerian President Bola Tinubu’s alleged ties to drug trafficking.
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Dead drops, publicity stunts, and punishment beatings: the rapid ascent of Russia’s powerful darknet drug industry
Tech-savvy organised crime groups profiting from billion-dollar enterprise that is spreading beyond Russian borders
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Armoured Toyotas worth over £4.1 million abandoned by the UK in Afghanistan
More than £4 million worth of armoured civilian cars were left behind by the UK as the Western allies withdrew from Afghanistan.
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How a famous surgeon died in an Israeli prison after being taken from Gaza hospital
When war in Gaza erupted last year, Dr Adnan Al-Bursh worked around the clock while documenting the horror unfolding around him. Then he was detained. Now, Sky News has spoken to people who claim to have witnessed the circumstances leading to his death.
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New photo of King Charles released to mark his 76th birthday
The monarch is marking the occasion with a visit to a surplus food festival in Deptford, south London.