All news by author Thomas Brown
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US threatens Panama after Trump vows to reclaim the canal
The US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, has told Panama’s president the country must stop the alleged Chinese influence over the canal - or face the consequences.
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Four university students dead in Colchester car crash, vehicle left ’unrecognisable
Four students from the University of Essex died in a horror car crash in Colchester in the early hours of Saturday morning, as police urged people to keep their curtains shut.
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Barclays IT glitch derails house purchase, leaving family homeless
Paola Mereu, 39, sold the house her and her husband and their daughters lived in at Uxbridge and were meant to buy their new home on Friday.
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Canada and Mexico retaliate after Trump signs order for punitive tariffs
Justin Trudeau, Canada’s prime minister, announces tit-for-tat 25% tariffs and warns of impeded access to ‘vital goods critical to US security’.
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Avanti West Coast passengers experience major disruptions as rail strikes resume
Sunday’s stoppage to be worsened by engineering works, as dispute threatens to affect every weekend until June.
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Former Harrods employee accuses Mohamed and Salah al Fayed of assault in the 1990s
Describing her ordeal on camera for the first time, Rachael Louw told Sky News that Salah al Fayed climbed into her bed while she was working as his assistant on a yacht in Monaco. She also recounted Mohamed al Fayed’s attempts to coerce her.
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Trump imposes tariffs, prompting retaliation from Canada and Mexico
US President Donald Trump has announced sweeping new tariffs on all goods imported from America’s three largest trading partners, China, Mexico and Canada.
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Drone footage reveals the aftermath of the fire that destroyed Maghull Town Hall
Drone footage has captured the aftermath of a large fire engulfing a town hall in Merseyside.
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Jess Phillips pledges to crack down on AI child abusers, expressing concern that it wasn’t already illegal
As Britain becomes the first country to announce tough laws to crush the vile trade in AI generated child sex abuse material - safeguarding minister Jess Phillips tells the Mirror she was "shocked" so little was done for years.
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Philadelphia plane crash kills six, including a girl, marking the second US aircraft tragedy in two days
A crash involving a Learjet 55 has been confirmed in the area of Northeast Philadelphia, just two days on since a devastating crash claimed the lives of 67 people in Washington DC.
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OpenAI launches o3-mini reasoning model after DeepSeek craze
OpenAI on Friday released o3-mini, an AI model that focuses on improved reasoning capabilities at a more modest cost than its predecessor.
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Cruel parents starved their teen ballerina daughter until she weighed only 4 stone
A couple, from Australia, forced their teenage daughter to follow a strict diet, take part in intense ballet training and taught her to become fully reliant on them - they have been jailed for neglect.
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Prince Andrew faces massive bill to repair his mansion as pictures show shocking state of home
The Duke of York has been told his 30-room Royal Lodge home is in "desperate" need of repair and is in grave danger of "irrevocable decay" if he does not carry out maintenance work.
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Authorities in Netherlands and Spain arrest suspects accused of supplying encrypted ’Sky’ phones to criminals
Authorities confiscated real estate and cryptocurrency from the suspects.
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Former Barclays CEO prepares for explosive trial over City regulator’s allegations of ties to Jeffrey Epstein
Court papers seen by the Guardian mean Jes Staley’s appeal against FCA ruling will demand answers on links to sex offender.
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Shamed MSP Michael Matheson claims £11,000 iPad bill controversy is ’completely blown out of proportion’
Michael Matheson was forced to step down as Scotland’s health secretary last year amid a public outcry over a near £11,000 iPad data roaming bill. In a new interview, the MSP said his opponents had sought to take "political advantage" of the situation.
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Black boxes recovered from DC plane crash site; Trump criticized for linking tragedy to diversity policies
The black boxes have been found for the passenger plane that crashed with a military helicopter over Washington DC which has left 67 presumed dead.
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Prosecutors allege Sean ’Diddy’ Combs trafficked at least three women
Sean ’Diddy’ Combs trafficked at least three women in his 20-year sexual abuse scheme, prosecutors said on Thursday in filing a new criminal indictment against the incarcerated hip-hop mogul.
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Trump fuels conspiracy theories about American Airlines plane crash with ’CLEAR DAY’ statement
The US President appeared to be stepping on the toes of Washington DC first responders early this morning when he made a series of bizarre claims following the plane crash.
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Online shopping fraud increases by 20%, costing consumers over £56 million in a year
Online shopping fraud rose quickly to cost consumers more than £56 million last year, marking an increase of 20% in shopping scams.
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Sechin hires escorts for positions at Rosneft and pays them large salaries from the company’s budget
FBK published an investigation into the practice of hiring escorts in the state oil company Rosneft.
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UK security officials probe DeepSeek, a Chinese AI app
Britain’s Tech Secretary Peter Kyle tells POLITICO the chatbot — which has sparked fears China is stealing a march in the AI race — is being assessed to ensure “safety is there from the onset.”
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Eight-minute countdown to disaster: Unfolding events of the Washington plane crash
There were eight minutes to prevent one of the worst air disasters in US history that saw a US Army helicopter collide with an American Airlines plane carrying 64 people and splitting it in half.
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Man who burned Quran shot dead in Sweden
A man who sparked violent protests after burning the Quran has been shot dead in Sweden, according to local media reports.
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Several US figure skating team members were on American Airlines plane that crashed into Potomac River
Several members of the US figure skating team were on the American Airlines plane that crashed into the Potomac River.
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