All news for 2024-12-05

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A British minister warns that the British army could be wiped out within six months of a war on the scale of Ukraine
Alistair Carns says a casualty rate similar to Russia’s invasion could lead to the army being ‘expended’ within six to 12 months
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M&S has been given the green light by Angela Rayner to demolish its Oxford Street store
Approval for Marks & Spencer to rebuild flagship London store ends three-year planning battle over art deco building
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The GRU vandals: Moscow’s hired thugs are wreaking havoc in Estonia
Russian military intelligence (GRU) enlisted an Estonian pro-Russian propagandist to orchestrate a series of vandalism acts designed to intimidate and silence critics of Russia within Estonia. The targets of these attacks included the country’s interior minister.
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Conor McGregor ordered to pay Nikhita Hand’s €1.5 million legal costs in civil rape case
Ruling comes on top of damages fighter was ordered to pay last month after a jury found he had assaulted Hand in a Dublin hotel
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Alleged assassin seen smiling before shooting the CEO of UnitedHealthcare in New York
The suspected killer of the boss of the largest health insurer in the US has been pictured smiling as a manhunt for him continues.
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Keir Starmer announces six major pledges for Britain following a landmark speech
Five months to the day since becoming Prime Minister, Keir Starmer delivered a major speech and unveiled his ’Plan for Change’ - a vision for the country over the next five years
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Loganair flight forced to return to Manchester Airport after lightning shatters windshield
Loganair Flight LM26 returned to Manchester "under emergency conditions" after a "potential lightning strike" fractured the aircraft’s windshield
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Hundreds arrested in Northern Ireland during crackdown on people smugglers
Gangs charging €8,000 for illegal travel packages that avoid crossing Channel on small boats
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Bank of England finds that more than half of bosses plan to cut jobs and raise prices following the budget
More than half of British employers plan on cutting jobs and raising their prices in response to Labour’s first budget, a Bank of England survey has found.
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Putin’s regime targets journalist’s family in an intimidation attempt
Those who fled Russia to escape persecution for opposing President Vladimir Putin and his regime, may have avoided direct reprisal—but their loved ones are now in the regime’s crosshairs.
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Parents who dropped out of society created their own ’kingdom’ and embalmed their 3-year-old son’s body before burying him in their garden
A couple, who invented their own religion and lived off-grid, buried their son in a back garden after he died through ’breathtaking neglect’.
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Two teenagers sentenced to life in prison for stabbing 16-year-old Darrian Williams to death in a Bristol park
Two teenage boys have been jailed for life for fatally stabbing a 16-year-old in the back during a gang-related attack.
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French PM Michel Barnier resigns after losing confidence vote
Michel Barnier has submitted his resignation as France’s prime minister.
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Property tycoon sentenced to death for £34 billion bank fraud
A property tycoon in Vietnam is facing having to come up with more than £7 billion in a race to save her life.
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At least 17 people have died after consuming ‘fake alcohol’ at a popular tourist destination
Counterfeit alcohol across Istanbul has poisoned to death 17 people and left dozens more in hospital.
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Italian nun arrested for connections to powerful mafia network
The nun is alleged to have been the conduit between the gang and its associates in prison
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Evangelical pastors implicated in charity fraud scheme
Several evangelical pastors in East and North-East London exploited children’s charity funds to steal over 1 million British pounds, betraying the trust of their communities.
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Crypto ‘Laundromat’ linked to Russian financial sector and cocaine trade, police say
Britain’s National Crime Agency said the money laundering bust was its biggest in a decade.
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FBI issues urgent warning to iPhone and Android users about ’massive and ongoing’ cyber attack
The FBI has warned people not to send text messages between Apple and Android phones amid massive and ongoing cyber attacks
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YouTuber Elliot Eastman, 26, reportedly ’dead’ after being kidnapped by fake police on a speedboat
Elliot Eastman, 26, was dragged away on a speedboat on the evening of October 17 by gunmen pretending to be police officers who shot him in the leg and abducted him