All news for 2024-12-26

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Former Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh dies aged 92
Singh was admitted to New Delhi’s All India Institute of Medical Sciences late Thursday after his health deteriorated due to “sudden loss of consciousness at home,” the hospital said in a statement
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Hundreds of theatres and museums face closure as crisis in sectors laid bare
Alarm in sector as four in 10 of Britain’s theatres as well as many regional museums containing local and national archives are on the brink of closure
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UK’s biggest nightclub faces closure after ‘drug deaths and stabbing’
A 15,000-capacity superclub in London could have its licence stripped in the New Year following a spate of safety incidents.
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Head of WHO claims to have been in Yemen airport during Israeli air strikes on Houthi targets
The head of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesu, says he was at a Yemeni airport when it was hit by Israeli air strikes.
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Youths armed with machetes chase each with huge knives outside school
Footage shows the moment youths chased each other in front of shocked onlookers, with some armed with knives.
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Incredible images reveal underground bunker hidden in plain sight for 70 years
Images of a bunker that was camouflaged for more than 70 years have been released as it goes up for auction.
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ChatGPT has experienced a major crash
OpenAI says that ChatGPT and the Sora video generator are experiencing issues.
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Painstaking work to conserve Ireland’s oldest paper documents begins
Delicate 650-year-old pages to be preserved are some of the island’s most important historical texts
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Pope Francis opens ‘holy door’ at one of largest prisons in Italy
Pontiff opens sacred portal at Rebibbia jail outside Rome to show ‘hope does not disappoint’
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Finnish coastguard boards tanker suspected of causing power and internet cable outages
Cook Islands-registered Eagle S was carrying Russian oil in the Baltic Sea
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Rescuers work to save bus passengers after crash kills at least three
A bus crash has killed at least three people in Norway after running into rough conditions and swerving off the road.
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Man charged with murder after missing woman’s body found in Bolton
Police say extensive searches and appeals were launched to find Mariann Borocz after she vanished on 14 December.
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Two women and dog killed after Christmas Day ’stabbing’ at flat in Milton Keynes
A man and a teenage boy also suffered serious injuries. A 49-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder and attempted murder and remains in custody.
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France rescues 107 people trying to cross to UK on Christmas Day
French authorities carry out 12 rescue operations off northern coast during ‘intense’ day of attempted crossings
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US business leaders poised to set a record with donations to Trump’s inaugural fund
Donations, not restricted by campaign finance laws, come as industries seek favor with incoming administration
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Pep Guardiola faces setback as two Man City stars ruled out of must-win Boxing Day clash
Kyle Walker and Jack Grealish not even named on the bench for Premier League meeting against Everton at the Etihad as Pep Guardiola searches for much-needed win
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‘Beloved’ mum-of-three, 27, dies under mysterious circumstances
The ‘heartbroken’ family of a mum-of-three has paid tribute to her ‘beautiful soul’ after she died in unexplained circumstances.
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Hudson Joseph Meek, young star of Baby Driver, dies at 16 after falling from a moving vehicle in Vestavia Hills
The young star of hit 2017 film Baby Driver has died at just 16 years of age after a freak accident involving a moving vehicle.
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Secrets of UK’s lost Atlantis revealed after archaeologists discover artefacts under North Sea
The bottom of the North Sea could hold the key to understanding the UK’sStone Age ancestors.
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Azerbaijan Airlines pilot’s chilling final five words revealed before crash that killed 38
The Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane is suspected to have been wrongly targeted as a suspected Ukrainian drone by a surface-to-air missile shot from Chechnya