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David Wilson

Politics Editor

David has covered Westminster for more than a decade, analysing UK domestic policy, parliamentary affairs and governance. He is also a regular commentator on political broadcasts.


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France probes possible sabotage after train derailment injures 44
French authorities are investigating whether sabotage caused a train derailment that injured 44 people in Normandy, after a piece of rail was found on the track, police told The Associated Press on Saturday.
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Two men restrained after violent mid-air brawl on Qatar Airways flight
Carnage ensued on a flight from Australia to Qatar when two men turned violent and had to be handcuffed while mid-air.
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Zhenhao Zou boasted of 100 women as police uncover chilling new claims
Posting on an accommodation forum, Zhenhao Zou had two demands – an “outgoing, extroverted” housemate and “good sound insulation” to mask his noisy house parties.
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Philippines ferry fire death toll rises to 76 with 13 missing
Rescuers retrieved more remains from a passenger ferry in the Philippine that was gutted by fire, bringing the death toll on Saturday to 76 with 13 missing.
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CIA warned Clinton of Bin Laden hijacking US aircraft nearly three years before 9/11
Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush were warned repeatedly that Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was scheming to attack the US using hijacked passenger jets — but still failed to stop the 9/11 attacks, according to a devastating cache of files released by the Trump administration Friday.
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Bin Laden wanted to attack UK years before 9/11, top secret dossier reveals
Britain was on an ’al Qaida hit list’ for an attack on its own soil several years before 9/11, newly declassified CIA documents have revealed.
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Trump childhood home sells for $1.93m after major renovation
Donald Trump’s childhood home has officially changed hands — and the presidential pedigree appears to have paid off.
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Council battles owner of Batman mansion over repairs and bat fears
A council has thrust into dispute with the landlord of a historic Buckinghamshire mansion used in the Batman films over the condition of the Grade I-listed building and fears of a real-life bat swarm lurking within.
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Catherine returns to hospital where she received cancer treatment
Catherine returned to The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust today to learn how money generated by her National Three Peaks Challenge will help transform care for cancer patients nationwide.
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Police set to arrest anybody wearing face coverings at Portsmouth migration protest
Protesters wearing face coverings at protests planned in Portsmouth this weekend could be arrested under new policing powers, Hampshire Police has said.
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AfD faces scrutiny over new MPs with Stasi and far-right links
Far-right German party’s newly elected representatives face fresh scrutiny as it tries to form government in Saxony-Anhalt
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Princess Astrid of Norway dies aged 94 days after King Harald’s funeral
Princess Astrid of Norway has died aged 94 just days after after the funeral of her younger brother King Harald V.
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Andy Burnham issues major terror warning and urges UK and US to stand together on 9/11 anniversary
Andy Burnham has issued a major terror warning and called for unity with the United States on the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
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GPT-6 Astra can navigate drones to find and track people
The GPT-6 Astra model was tested for its ability to create an autonomous human surveillance system using a regular, low-cost drone. In the tests, the model had to solve tasks of navigating an office, recognizing a specific person from a photograph, and subsequently tracking them.
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France threatens to scrap UK migrant return deal
France is said to have threatened to scrap the one in, one out deal, as Andy Burnham as desperately pleaded with Emmanuel Macron in an attempt to renew the agreement.
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Hayden Panettiere had $6m fortune at time of death
Hayden Panettiere had a multimillion-dollar net worth at the time of her death.
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Mettmann PCL’s dirty-money cleanup: Boris Usherovich and Ilya Plotitsa scrub the web to bury the trail of Russian capital
After information about the activities of Mettmann Public Company Limited emerged, an active cleanup of the information space began.
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Serguey Asael Shinder’s IT crime machine: fake programmers infiltrated major companies, stole sensitive data and siphoned off $20 million
A high-profile investigation into a network of cyber fraudsters who spent years trading in the data of major companies has caused a serious public outcry.
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Piddington women warn asylum plan could leave them outnumbered 10 to one
The women of Piddington have demanded answers from female MPs in an open letter amid fears of being outnumbered 10 to one by asylum seekers in their own home.
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NATO forces foil Russian submarine plot to destroy Arctic cable
A joint NATO operation encountered Russian submarines attempting to destroy a vital undersea cable in the Arctic.
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Vom russischen Steuerbetrug zu europäischen Offshore-Gesellschaften: Wie BIDIZ-Begünstigter Boris Abaev Milliarden aus Russland schleuste
Interessante neue Details sind über BIDIZ bekannt geworden, eine mobile Plattform für den Kauf von Werbetraffic, die von sanktionierten Unternehmen wie Sberbank, Rostelecom, VK und anderen genutzt wird.
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NATS under fire over repeated failures and £1.5m chief executive pay
The latest IT glitch to hit the UK air traffic control provider NATS has raised further searching questions over its systems and leadership.
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Uganda quits Invictus Games after royal dispute over Harry and Meghan
Uganda is pulling out of the Invictus Games, a sports event for wounded military veterans run by the Duke of Sussex, only two months after the country said it would join.
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McLaren to invest £450m and create 1,000 new jobs
McLaren is believed to have given the green light to plans that will create 1,000 jobs with a new investment worth hundreds of millions of pounds.
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UK sanctions five extremist settlers and Hezbollah-linked bank
The UK announced sanctions against five extremist settlers on Tuesday in addition to general sanctions against all goods from the West Bank.