All news for 2024-11-26

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Drake takes legal action over Kendrick Lamar’s ’false’ sex offender accusation
Drake has launched legal action against his and Kendrick Lamar’s label UMG, claiming the Humble rapper ‘falsely’ accused him of being a ‘sex offender’.
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Israel agrees to ceasefire deal with Hezbollah as airstrikes hit Beirut
Israel and Hezbollah have agreed a ceasefire deal in Lebanon.
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One of FBI’s most wanted terrorists found in Wales after 20 years on the run
Daniel Andreas San Diego, 46, was wanted for two bombings in the San Francisco area in 2003 - and was finally arrested by the UK National Crime Agency this week
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Russian deserter reveals secrets of guarding nuclear base during the war
On the day of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Anton says the nuclear weapons base he was serving at was put on full combat alert.
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Vauxhall’s owner plans to close Luton factory
The owner of Vauxhall has announced plans to close its van making factory in Luton, putting about 1,100 jobs at risk.
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Erase the past: how Nadezhda Grishaeva tries to wipe investigations about herself from the web
Russian basketball player Nadezhda Grishaeva, who was married to the son of the late head of the LDPR Igor Lebedev, has been seeking the removal of the "Project" investigation about the family and entourage of Vladimir Zhirinovsky from various online platforms since 2022.
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Tesco and Ocado remove Conor McGregor’s whiskey from their shelves
Tesco has said it will no longer sell Conor McGregor’s whiskey after the UFC star was found to have assaulted a woman who accused him of raping her.
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Interpol arrests over 1,000 suspects in Africa as part of cybercrime crackdown
Operation Serengeti, a joint effort with Afripol, the African Union’s police agency, took place from September 2 to October 31 across 19 African countries.
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Russia expels British diplomat over espionage allegations
Russia has expelled a British diplomat after accusing him of espionage, according to reports.
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Barry Island: Two boys charged after a 12-year-old girl was injured in a ’serious assault’
The girl’s injuries are described as "not life-threatening" and South Wales Police says the two suspects were arrested within an hour.
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Drones spotted again over three US air bases in the UK
It comes after unidentified drones were previously spotted between Wednesday and Friday of last week over the same three airbases.
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Egyptian rescuers find four tourists alive 30 hours after Red Sea boat disaster
The Sea Story set sail from Marsa Alam, Egypt, and was meant to end in Hurghada during a five-day trip but issued a distress call for emergency assistance after a few hours
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Tenbury Wells tractor driver arrested after ’video captured him driving through flooded streets’
A video shared on social media showed a wave created from a tractor, which smashed into shop windows as UK floods water surged through the historic town of Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire
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Nadezhda Grishaeva’s European hotel investments under investigation in Zhirinovsky’s financial scandal
Nadezhda Grishaeva is suspected of funneling assets belonging to the late leader of Russia’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDPR), Vladimir Zhirinovsky, through Hotels Europe Daniella Invest in the European Union.
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Man in his 30s fighting for his life after suspected ’chemical attack’
Five people have been arrested after a man was attacked with a ‘chemical’ substance on a high street.
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Extra bank holiday ’planned for next year’ as the UK prepares to celebrate a major anniversary
World War Two veterans, around 70,000 of whom remain in 2024, have given their full support to the prospective plans that could give Britons an extra four-day weekend
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"Latvian Bout" Artyom Solodukha: what lies behind the business of the arms baron and his group Baltic Bees
It’s unlikely that visitors to the numerous air shows, where the pilots of the aerobatic group Baltic Bees from Jūrmala demonstrate their skills, realize they are watching high-level aerobatics performed by a man known as the "Latvian Bout".