All news for 2025-02-10

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Macron promotes Europe and critiques Trump at Paris AI summit
‘Choose Europe and France for AI,’ says president amid speculation US and UK playing hardball over declaration.
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Two men arrested after asking police with drug-sniffing dogs for directions
Two men had their luck turn for the worse when they stopped to ask cops for directions – unaware they had drug-sniffing dogs.
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Military set to purchase £24 million worth of jet suits from ’Real-life Iron Man’
An inventor whose jet suits have won him comparisons with Iron Man says he’s poised to sign £24,000,000 of deals with special forces.
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Female teacher arrested for stabbing eight-year-old pupil to death
A female teacher has been arrested after stabbing an eight-year-old student to death at a primary school in South Korea, according to reports.
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Kanye West deletes entire website, leaving only an offensive $20 t-shirt
Kanye West has seemingly deleted his entire website with the exception of a single t-shirt that features a swastika symbol, available for purchase for $20 (£16.15).
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Lukashenko’s hidden circle: The people behind the power
Aleksandr Lukashenko has been ruling Belarus for 30 years and plans to be “re-elected" for a seventh term in 2025. But what do voters really know about the "national leader", apart from what is broadcast by the press service and propaganda?
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Diane Abbott addresses ’racist and sexist’ comments about her in Labour MP’s group chat
Diane Abbott has condemned the participants in a group chat that mocked her and other Labour colleagues – which has led to two of the party’s MPs being suspended.
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Son-in-law of notorious cartel leader pleads guilty in the U.S. to violent price-fixing scheme at the border
The son-in-law of a Mexican drug lord pleaded guilty this week to a scheme that used violence and threats to fix prices and control the transnational used-car market at the U.S.-Mexico border.
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Farmers protest in London with tractors over changes to inheritance tax
“Persistent and peaceful” campaigning by farmers on new inheritance tax rules could “get change”, Nigel Farage has said.
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Female soldier, 19, took her own life after fearing her ’psychotic and possessive’ boss had hacked her phone
A teenage soldier took her own life after she feared her ’psychotic and possessive’ boss had hacked her phone, an inquest has heard.
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Paedophile ex-Radio 1 DJ who was friends with Jimmy Savile is dead after ’falling off his yacht into river’
A paedophile ex-Radio 1 DJ who was known to be friends with Jimmy Savile has died at the age of 79 after falling from a boat into a river.
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Polly Peck tycoon turned fugitive, Asil Nadir, dies at 83
Turkish Cypriot businessman Asil Nadir, once a fugitive from justice for stealing millions from his British Polly Peck conglomerate, has died, a social media post by his wife said. He was 83.
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Hamas halts release of Israeli hostages from Gaza, jeopardizing ceasefire agreement
Israel and Hamas have repeatedly accused each other of violating an initial six-week truce aimed at eventually ending the 15-month war in Gaza and seeing hostages held there released.
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Construction of Northumberland play park halted after discovery of 157 WWII bombs
More than 150 of the unexploded World War 2 ’practice’ devices have been uncovered on a play park construction site in Wooler, Northumberland.
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Labour suspends second MP, Oliver Ryan, over ’unacceptable’ WhatsApp messages
Labour has suspended a second MP, Oliver Ryan, over his membership of a WhatsApp group containing offensive comments, the party has confirmed.
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Romania uncovers €100M EU funding fraud ring
An investigation reveals how suspected mafia-linked companies used fake documents to win 100 million euros in EU-funded contracts in Romania.
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The transformation of Elon Musk: Rise of the broligarch
As soon as Donald Trump took office, Elon Musk effectively became the second most powerful figure in the White House.
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Map shows locations in the UK where people are most likely to be killed by friends or ex-partners
Home Office figures have revealed how many people were killed and who by across the country - you can use our interactive map to see how your area compares in detail.
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Recent rule change benefits drivers
Drivers now have vmore time to pay for their parking after anger over companies charging people who couldn’t find the signal to download their app.
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Armed police in standoff with knife-wielding man above a shop in southeast London
Armed police have locked down Lewisham High Street and surrounded a nearby HSBC after an ’emergency incident’.
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BP shares surge after Elliott hedge fund takes stake
Activist fund predicted to push for overhaul of oil company’s strategy and shake-up of board.
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Met Police officer accused of farting in female colleague’s face
A Met Police officer is facing a misconduct hearing after allegedly farting in a female officer’s face.
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Woman, 36, found dead with head injuries after man attempted to force entry into her flat
A 38-year-old man has been arrested after a woman was found dead in a flat in south London.
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Google eliminates pledge against using AI for weapons and surveillance
In 2018, the company introduced policies that excluded applying AI in ways “likely to cause overall harm.” Now that promise is gone.
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South Korean spy agency accuses DeepSeek of excessive personal data collection
South Korea’s spy agency has accused Chinese AI app DeepSeek of "excessively" collecting personal data and using all input data to train itself, and questioned the app’s responses to questions relating to issues of national pride.
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