All news for 2025-01-09

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Britain developing fast attack drone boats for Ukraine
The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has announced a Project COOKSON Challenge Session, set to take place on 22 January 2025 in London.
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Judge halts attempt to retrieve £600m bitcoin wallet from Welsh landfill
James Howells, 39, took council to court to try to force it to let him search site for hard drive thrown away by accident.
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White powder sent to Belgian PM’s office identified as poison strychnine
Aide of Alexander De Croo hospitalised after opening letter containing potentially fatal poison.
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Elon Musk’s Starship set for next test mission as US races China to Mars
SpaceX’S Starship is preparing for its seventh test flight next week, which will see the rocket attempt to deploy fake satellites in space.
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Everton sack manager Sean Dyche day after Julen Lopetegui leaves West Ham
Everton currently sit 16th in the Premier League, just one point above the relegation spaces.
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Lloyds, Halifax, and Bank of Scotland announce major branch changes
Lloyds Banking Group, owner of subsidaries Halifax and Bank of Scotland is making a huge changes to services across all its bank branches.
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Kim Jong-un unveils North Korea’s largest warship with Russian-style missile system
Tyrant Kim Jong-un has unveiled North Korea’s largest naval destroyer that could house a vertical launchpad capable of firing guided cruise missiles.
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World’s most wanted female ISIS terrorist found alive 10 years after supermarket massacre
The world’s most wanted ISIS woman terrorist is alive and living freely in Syria, a decade after aiding her husband in the heinous Paris supermarket massacre.
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Police hunt black-clad gang after 17-year-old student killed at Bedford bus station
The boy was pounced on yesterday evening in Bedford and was rushed by paramedics to hospital where he died from his injuries
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Premier League club will keep picking star accused of rape after major update
Metropolitan Police this week confirmed an evidence file had been passed onto the Crown Prosecution Service in relation to a Premier League star accused of rape.
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Foreign Secretary vows Shamima Begum will not return to Britain
Shamima Begum will not be allowed to return to the UK, Foreign Secretary David Lammy has said, despite calls from Donald Trump’s...
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Athira Pharma settles for $4 million over research misconduct allegations
U.S. pharmaceutical company pays $4.07 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act (FCA)...
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Theft at Ryan Reynolds’ Wrexham’s new HQ as police issue statement
Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney have bankrolled Wrexham’s rise to League One, but the Hollywood duo are now dealing with the aftermath of a theft at the club’s new academy base.
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Be Club misleads consumers on regulatory fraud warnings
A few days ago a reader wrote to the editors of BehindMLM and talked about the webinar a Be Club webinar featuring co-founder Moynul Islam (better known as Moyn).
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Rachel Reeves urged to return from China as UK economy struggles
The Chancellor has flown to China but there is economic chaos at home.
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Migrant gives birth on dinghy surrounded by 60 people
A mother gave birth to a healthy baby girl while making the perilous crossing from Africa to the Canary Islands - the world’s deadliest crossing.
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Two dangerous animals captured in Scotland after illegal release
Two lynx which were illegally released into a Scottish Highlands have been captured.
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Liz Truss sends cease and desist letter to Keir Starmer over ’defamatory’ claim she ’crashed the economy’
Liz Truss has demanded that Keir Starmer stop claiming that she "crashed the economy" with her 2022 mini-budget.
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Why the California wildfires spread rapidly despite non-traditional season
Intense winds have turned sparks into infernos moving at "alarming speed" in California.
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Grooming gangs are ’in every single part of our country’, Jess Phillips says
There have been inquiries into grooming gangs in several towns and cities in the UK but the safeguarding minister says it is happening everywhere.
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Manchester airport warns of delays after runway closures due to heavy snow
Travel disruption to road and rail services are likely on Thursday in areas with yellow warnings, as well as the potential for accidents in icy places, the Met Office has said.
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Ex-Scotland rugby captain Stuart Hogg sentenced for domestic abuse
A court heard how Stuart Hogg, 32, berated his estranged wife for "not being fun", and once sent more than 200 text messages...
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Potter faces big challenge at West Ham
Graham Potter says he is looking forward to a "big challenge" after being confirmed as the new West Ham manager.
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Chaos on Hollywood streets as flames spread and evacuations mount
Much of the heart of Hollywood is blanketed in thick smoke. You can barely see the tops of the towering palm trees that line streets here.
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Former FBI informant sentenced to 6 years for fabricating Biden-Ukraine bribery claims
The disgraced former FBI informant who falsely accused President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden...
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