All news for 2024-11-20

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FBI uncovers plan to bomb New York Stock Exchange to ’wake people up’
Harun Abdul-Malik Yener told FBI informants and undercover employees how the New York Stock Exchange was a potential target as it would "wake people up"
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London rents rise again as Savills warns of double-digit increase across the UK
Analysts have warned rents are being pushed to unsustainable levels amid another yearly jump and concerns there is no natural plateau in sight.
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Ford to cut hundreds of UK jobs in major round of European layoffs
Ford has said it will cut around 4,000 jobs in Europe, including 800 in the UK and 3,000 in Germany, as it grapples with the transition to electric vehicles (EV).
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Smuggling adapts to the reopening of the Colombia-Venezuela border
As darkness falls over Cúcuta, Colombia’s bustling border city, shadows provide cover for criminal networks.
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Defence secretary announces scrapping of £500m worth of vessels and drones to reduce costs
John Healey said some had already been decommissioned in practice and confirmed retirement of some helicopters
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Major Canadian banks TD and RBC hold mortgages for alleged Toronto mafia boss
Angelo Figliomeni became the center of a media storm when police filed organized crime and money laundering charges against him in 2019.
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Swedish police investigate Chinese ship following suspected undersea cable sabotage
Investigators are gathering evidence at two Baltic sites while Danish navy is shadowing a Chinese cargo ship
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Body of young baby found in field after large area is cordoned off
A baby has been found dead in a field in Greater Manchester.
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Elon Musk’s father calls for Keir Starmer’s resignation, accusing Labour of "sending England back 400 years"
Elon Musk’s father demands Sir Keir Starmer resign, criticizing Labour for sending England back to "Tudor times."
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Putin reappears in Moscow as Russia starts constructing £300,000 nuclear bunkers
Vladimir Putin has reappeared after vanishing for almost two weeks as fears of World War III grow and Moscow starts building mobile nuclear bomb shelters.
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Greece hit by general strike as workers protest against cost-of-living squeeze
Unions demand ‘dignified wages’ as unequal recovery from debt crisis has left many struggling with higher costs
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Farewell to a father, son, and pop star: Liam Payne’s coffin carried into church as One Direction star is laid to rest
Liam Payne is being laid to rest today in the Home Counties, a month after his tragic death in Argentina.
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Inflation rises to 2.3% in October after jump in energy bills
Inflation increased to 2.3% in October after a jump in energy bills.
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Woman in her 20s found dead in seaside town
Detectives are investigating after the body of a young woman was found at a property in Great Yarmouth.
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Fears of World War Three grow as Germany becomes the latest European country to warn civilians
Tensions are escalating in Europe with Germany now warning its civilians that they must ready themselves for possible World War Three and instructed them on what they need to do