All news for 2024-12-09

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UK train fares are the highest in Europe, study reveals
Train operators in the UK are the most expensive in Europe, according to new analysis.
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Premier League referee David Coote dismissed following investigation into his conduct
The organisation responsible for professional referees in the UK, the Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL), said in a statement that his employment with them had been terminated "with immediate effect".
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China investigation costs US tech giant over $100bn ahead of Trump presidency
A Chinese competition investigation has knocked more than $100bn off the valuation of a US tech giant, as Beijing braces ahead of a second Trump presidency.
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UK bans ’unauthorised’ crypto website
A website that allows anyone to create their own cryptocurrency in a couple of clicks has been banned in the UK.
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Suspect in UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting arrested after being recognized at McDonald’s
Suspect recognized while at McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania
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Google unveils ’mindboggling’ new quantum computing chip
Chip completes tasks in minutes that would take 10 septillion years with traditional computing.
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Luxury cars and designer brands: shocked Syrians explore Assad family’s lavish residences
Footage captures looters taking expensive items after ’Butcher of Damascus’ fled to Moscow with family.
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Inside the search for hidden cells in Sednaya prison, Syria’s ’human slaughterhouse’
The Guardian gains access to Sednaya jail, where prisoners are rumoured to be trapped underground – as desperate relatives wait for news
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Holton Buggs contests Traders Domain injunction in ongoing legal battle
Disgraced MLM veteran Holton Buggs is shamelessly challenging the CFTC’s request for a Traders Domain preliminary injunction.
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Marcus Brisco settles SAEG fraud case with CFTC for $2 million
Marcus Todd Brisco, a resident of Hawaii has settled SAEG fraud charges with the CFTC.
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Schoolgirl, 13, ’falls from pod’ on 60ft Ferris wheel in shocking video footage
Terrified onlookers whipped out their phones and captured the moment a 13-year-old girl was forced out of a Ferris wheel pod and left dangling out the side for a gruelling few minutes
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Criminology student ‘murdered woman at random to know what it feels like’
A criminology student spent a month planning a random murder so he could ‘know what it would be like to take life’, a court has heard.
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What’s next for Assad’s British wife? Could she make a return to the UK?
Asma Al Assad was once seen as the face of female liberation in the Middle East; with her successful career in banking and her secular British upbringing.
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Teen accused of fatally stabbing girl in Croydon over ’fight about a teddy bear
A teenage boy has been accused of stabbing a girl in Croydon in a fight over a teddy bear.
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Bashar al-Assad’s family owns $40M in luxury apartments in Moscow
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s extended family and associates own $40 million worth of luxury apartments in Moscow’s skyscraper district, according to the anti-corruption campaign group Global Witness.
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Video reveals Assad ’family bunker’ under palaces with drive-through escape tunnels
Syrian rebels say they have discovered a huge tunnel network underneath Bashar Al-Assad’s palaces.
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Images released of two possible witnesses who may hold ’vital’ information over Mussie Imnetu’s death near Notting Hill Carnival
Mr Imnetu, 41, died four days after he was found with a brain injury on Queensway, west London, while visiting the UK from Dubai.
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Manhunt after girl, 15, sexually assaulted at Clydebank bus stop
Police Scotland described the attacker as having light grey hair and a moustache.
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Video: A rare look inside Syria’s Hama prison reveals horrific and putrid conditions
Obada Jbara was on hand after rebels seized the central prison in Hama.
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US conducts mass airstrikes on ISIS targets in Syria following rebel takeover
As statues of Assad and his father Hafez were being toppled across Syria, in Damascus a jubilant Ghazal al-Sharif was rejoicing. He said: “Damn his soul and the soul of the entire Assad family"