All news for 2024-12-29

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Jimmy Carter, longest-lived US president, dies aged 100
Former president faced series of economic and foreign policy crises, including Iran hostage affair and Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
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Seven individuals have been arrested following the fatal stabbing of an 18-year-old in Derbyshire
Four 17-year-old boys held on suspicion of murder and others detained on suspicion of assisting an offender.
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A dramatic incident occurred when a major airline’s plane caught fire as its wing scraped the runway during landing
Chaos erupted at an airport in Canada last night after a plane skidded down the runway and caught fire after making an emergency landing.
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Tourist killed in shark attack at holiday resort on Egypt’s Red Sea
The attack happened in deep waters outside the designated swimming area of Marsa Alam, say authorities
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Nearly 170,000 retail jobs were lost in 2024, with expectations of even more job losses next year
The figure is the highest since the aftermath of COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns in 2020.
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MSP Limited: High-risk broker accused of scamming traders and evading regulation
MSP Limited has garnered attention in the forex trading world, but not always for the right reasons.
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£50k Birmingham cannabis farm discovered during burglary callout
Two men were arrested at an address on Glebe Farm Road, Stechford
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Train services at the airport have been disrupted due to a cable theft worth £100,000
Trains to Manchester Airport have been affected by the theft of more than £100,000 of power cable from a railway line.
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Five children, including a 3-year-old boy, among 179 killed in South Korea plane crash
Nearly all on board a passenger plane which crashed in South Korea have died after a suspected bird strike.
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Italian journalist’s arrest in Iran alleged to be reprisal for detention of suspected arms dealer
Cecilia Sala, 29, was detained in Tehran three days after US warrant used to hold Swiss-Iranian businessman in Milan
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Heartbreaking last words of passenger revealed as crew members miraculously survive South Korea plane crash
One of the two only survivors of this morning’s devastating plane crash which has killed at least 177 people said he saw smoke coming out of the engine after a bird collision.
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Russia’s wealthiest daughter: Varvara Manturova’s shadow schemes and her patrons
The daughter-in-law of the First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov, formerly known as Varvara Skoch, manages billions not only of Alisher Usmanov’s holding but also of the mysterious owner of the investment company "Finam."
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Three people have died and more are feared drowned while attempting to cross the Channel to the UK
At least three people have died and four others have been rushed to hospital after trying to cross the Channel to the UK.
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The Syrian regime outsourced the construction of torture prisons to fugitive Nazis
Recently deposed Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad was popular among the Western ultra-right for his anti-Semitic views, Holocaust denial, and ruthless persecution of his country’s Muslim population.
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Police to dig up man’s body after wife’s ‘poisoned’ Christmas cake kills three
This is the woman who baked a ‘poisoned’ Christmas cake that is believed to have killed her two sisters and a niece.
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A South Korean plane with 181 passengers crashed, only two people survived
179 people are presumed dead after a plane crashed while landing at an airport in South Korea.