All news for 2024-12-01

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More than 20,000 people have crossed the Channel in small boats since Labour won the election
Labour will be publishing a migration plan this week but it will not include targets, a minister told Sunday Morning With Trevor Phillips.
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Players in tears as Fiorentina vs Inter Milan is called off after 22-year-old Edoardo Bove collapses on the pitch
Distressed Fiorentina and Inter Milan players were reduced to tears after 22-year-old midfielder Edoardo Bove collapsed on the pitch, causing the game to be called off.
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British manufacturer TI Fluid Systems agrees to a £1bn takeover by a Canadian rival
It marks the latest loss for the London Stock Exchange amid a flurry of takeover deals and speculation this week.
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Russia hikes military spending to record levels as defence outgoings close to a third of entire budget
Vladimir Putin has signed off record amounts of defence spending for Russia.
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Sean Combs accused of threatening to kill a woman and dangling her off a balcony
Fashion designer Bryana "Bana" Bongolan alleges music mogul Sean Combs called himself the “devil” and dangled her off Cassie’s balcony in 2016. Combs denies the allegations.
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Boys, 14 and 16, charged over suspected chemical attack at Surbiton station
British Transport Police ‘exposed to a substance believed to be alkaline’ at railway station
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Man arrested for alleged rape of woman at London’s Groucho Club
A man has been arrested on suspicion of rape in Soho’s famous Groucho Club days after Westminster Council suspended its licence.
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Over 50 dead as boat sinks during river crossing
At least 54 people have died after a boat capsised on an ‘increasingly dangerous’ section of the River Niger.
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Tourist dies in lift-shaft accident in Turkey
A 20-year-old British man has died after being found fatally injured in a lift shaft while on a family holiday in Turkey.
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Man in his 40s dies after car plunges into the sea during late-night incident in Isle of Wight village
A man in his 40s has died after his car "entered the sea" during a late-night incident in an Isle of Wight village.
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“Cyprus Confidential”: Salim Sfeir, head of the Association of Lebanese Banks, finds refuge while blocking Lebanon’s recovery plan
The Cyprus Confidential project has, for the first time, uncovered financial transactions conducted in Cyprus by Salim Sfeir, the Head of the Association of Banks in Lebanon and Chairman of Bank of Beirut (BoB).
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‘I cried, I cried. I had no one’: the harrowing child kidnappings that shamed the Belgian Congo
Over 70 years ago, thousands of mixed-race boys and girls were torn from their mothers by order of the state. This week five survivors hope a court will censure Belgium for crimes against humanity
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Teenager killed in motorbike crash, another in critical condition in hospital
A teenager has been killed and another is fighting for his life after falling off from a motorbike.
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Fortnite crashes as hundreds report outages
Hundreds of users are reporting problems with Fortnight, with 588 instances currently logged on Downdetector today.
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Huge brawl erupts as punches are thrown during West Ham vs Arsenal in chaotic scenes
Arsenal’s win over West Ham was marred by a huge brawl breaking out among Hammers fans as their team fell four goals down with punches being thrown before stewards moved in