All news for 2024-12-11
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11-year-old girl rescued off Italian coast after three days clinging to tire tubes
Girl from Sierra Leone is only person rescued after shipwreck that is feared to have killed more than 40 people
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Student ’electrocuted in St James’s Park while taking a photo’
Anastasija Grigorjeva is taking legal action against Royal Parks after she says she was electrocuted and left with brain damage
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Liam Payne toxicology report reveals heartbreaking details about his final struggle
As two more suspects are listed in connection with the tragic death of Liam Payne, investigators have begun to piece together the circumstances which led to the One Direction star’s fatal fall in Argentina
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Elon Musk’s Tesla lobbied the UK to raise petrol costs for drivers
Elon Musk’s electric car firm Tesla pushed the government to make petrol car drivers "pay more" in the days after Labour won the general election.
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How the drug trade funded Bashar al-Assad’s £5 billion regime in Syria
Syrian rebels seized control of Damascus in an offensive that toppled the iron-fisted ‘tyrant’ President Bashar al-Assad and took the world by surprise.
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Ministers plan to cut over 10,000 civil service jobs
Sources say there is belief that service has become too big after growing during Brexit and pandemic years
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Facebook, Instagram down for thousands of users
Meta apps Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp were experiencing issues Wednesday afternoon as thousands of people reported outages for the apps on DownDetector.
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US Supreme Court tosses case involving securities fraud suit against Nvidia
The U.S. Supreme Court sidestepped on Wednesday a decision on whether to allow shareholders to proceed with a securities fraud lawsuit accusing artificial intelligence chipmaker Nvidia (NVDA.O), opens new tab of misleading investors about how much of its sales depended on the volatile cryptocurrency market.
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How mafias make billions by targeting hotels, restaurants in Italy: "Tasty prey for criminal associations"
Italy’s mafias make more than three billion euros a year from the tourism sector and are primed to pocket even more from large-scale upcoming events, a research institute warned on Tuesday.
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Father and stepmother of 10-year-old Sara Sharif found guilty of her murder at their Surrey home
Urfan Sharif, 42, and Beinash Batool, 30, flew to Pakistan after killing Sara.
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Police chief reveals ’dozens’ under investigation in Post Office scandal
A meeting has been held between senior Metropolitan Police officers and victims - with officers currently sifting through at least 1.5 million documents.
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Search continues for England rugby star Tom Voyce, feared dead after disappearing in Storm Darragh
Divers are searching for former England rugby player Tom Voyce, who is believed to have been swept away by floodwater during Storm Darragh.
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Saudi Arabia set to host the 2034 World Cup amid human rights concerns
Saudi Arabia will host the 2034 World Cup, despite a slew of human rights concerns.
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Kemi Badenoch accused of ’hypocrisy’ over connections to lawyer peer who defended Shamima Begum
The Mirror has learned Baron Verdirame, who was given a peerage by Boris Johnson and has close links to Ms Badenoch’s team, advised the UN’s defence team in the same case
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UK uses DragonFire laser to shoot down aerial drone in a groundbreaking test
An industry team has for the first time destroyed an aerial target using a high-power shot with its DragonFire laser, the British Defence Ministry announced Friday.
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Police arrest 93 gang members behind £4m thefts in shoplifting crackdown
A new police unit has for the first time mapped the gangs targeting shops around the country to see where they’re operating.
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Hundreds of tractors converge on Westminster in latest farmers’ protest
Farmers and tractors have started to descend into London today to protest against the Labour government’s changes to inheritance tax.
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Michael Schumacher’s manager received a £12 million blackmail threat over leaked photos, trial reveals
Michael Schumacher’s manager took a call from an unknown number demanding £12million or photos of him would be leaked, a court has heard.
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Floyd Mayweather ’attacked by mob’ in central London over ’support for Israel’ while shopping on jewelry street
Floyd Mayweather has been attacked in the street while he was shopping in central London.
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Family’s screams captured as house explodes, but they achieve a ’miracle survival’ in London
The neighbour to an East London house which was destroyed in an explosion last night says it was a ‘miracle’ no one in his property was hurt.
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