All news by author Elizabeth Baker
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Social media personality arrested over €88m Louvre crown jewels theft
One of the men arrested on suspicion of stealing €88m (£77m) of crown jewels from the Louvre Museum is a minor social media star with a passion for motorbikes who have worked as a security guard at the Pompidou centre, French media have reported.
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Libyan general wanted by ICC arrested in Tripoli on war crimes charges
A Libyan general wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity has been arrested in Tripoli.
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Rayner urges Starmer to deliver her workers’ rights reforms
Angela Rayner has urged Sir Keir Starmer to stand firm and deliver her workers’ rights reforms.
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Kentucky declares state of emergency after deadly UPS cargo plane crash in Louisville
Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear on Wednesday declared a state of emergency in the U.S. state after the fiery crash of a UPS (UPS.N), opens new tab cargo plane in Louisville killed at least nine people, destroyed two businesses and delayed the delivery giant’s operations.
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Portugal intercepts narco-submarine carrying 1.7 tonnes of cocaine en route to Iberian peninsula
Portuguese authorities intercepted a drug-carrying vessel in the Atlantic Ocean with 1.7 tonnes of cocaine destined for European markets.
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Five injured after man ‘deliberately’ drives car into people on French island
Five people have been injured, two of them seriously, after a driver rammed into pedestrians and cyclists on Île d’Oléron, a popular tourist destination off France’s Atlantic coast, authorities have said.
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Convicts and criminals enlisted to confront protesters as Serbia’s government faces mass unrest
Under siege by mass protests over the past year, Serbia’s government has drawn support from a crew of convicts and suspected criminals who have confronted demonstrators — sometimes using physical violence.
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UK minister tells Elon Musk to “mind his own business” after London rally remarks
Elon Musk has been told to "mind his own business" by a Home Office minister after the tech billionaire made a string of comments criticizing the UK.
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EU could admit new members by 2030, says foreign policy chief
The European Union might welcome new members by 2030, according to its foreign policy chief, who commended the reform progress of leading candidates Montenegro and Albania, while criticizing Serbia for regressing and noting a more severe democratic decline in Georgia.
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Users in multiple countries report eyebrow loss after months of using LUXVISAGE’s “concrete hold” fixing gel
Buyers from multiple countries are reporting eyebrow loss after several months of using the popular LUXVISAGE fixing gel, advertised as providing “concrete hold” for up to 24 hours.
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Father of murdered woman Gracie Spinks calls for stronger workplace protections after “shocking” violence survey
The father of a woman killed by her stalker colleague has urged employers to better protect their employees from violence, aggression, or abuse.
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Government to ban online pornography depicting strangulation or suffocation in crackdown on violent content
Online pornography showing women being choked is set to be banned after a Government crackdown on ’violent’ content.
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Peter Kyle announces £420m energy savings for UK industry — sidesteps tax questions ahead of Budget
Business Secretary Peter Kyle has pledged his support for British industries with an announcement of £420 million energy savings but declined to comment on whether they would face tax rises in the upcoming Budget.
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Chinese police assisting 128,000 fraud victims after London Bitcoin scam plea
Chinese police said they are working with fraud victims on restitution, after a scammer pleaded guilty in London’s Southwark Crown Court to defrauding them and converting their funds into Bitcoin.
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Over 36,000 people flee Sudan’s Kordofan region as RSF advances east of Darfur
More than 36,000 people have fled Sudan’s Kordofan region east of Darfur since Saturday, the UN’s migration agency has said, a week after the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces took control of the city of El Fasher.
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Poland defies Germany over Nord Stream suspect, calling pipeline blast a ‘defensive act of war’ by Ukraine
Chunky steel pipes run through one of the exhibition rooms at Warsaw’s Museum of Contemporary Art, part of an installation that purports to show “how gas flows, propaganda and conspiracy theories intertwine”.
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Historic Rome tower collapses twice during restoration, trapping workers and injuring one
A medieval tower in central Rome has partially collapsed twice during renovations, trapping one worker on an upper floor and injuring another.
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Air India crash survivor speaks of trauma after losing brother and witnessing horror
The only survivor of the Air India crash has told Sky News he has been "broken down" by the trauma.
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Keir Starmer’s election reforms criticised as too timid to stop foreign interference
Keir Starmer’s planned reforms to elections in the UK will still leave gaping loopholes threatening to allow continued foreign interference in British politics, an influential Labour MP has warned.
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Trump says he feels ‘badly’ for King Charles and the royal family after Prince Andrew loses title over Epstein scandal
US President Donald Trump said Sunday he felt "badly" for the UK royal family after King Charles III revoked his brother Andrew’s title of prince over his scandalous ties to late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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Kentucky woman opens package and finds human arms and fingers
A woman in Kentucky expecting to open a box full of medicine instead found a pair of human arms and a number of human fingers on ice.
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Farage returns to deregulatory roots but avoids past tax-cut zeal
Nigel Farage will pledge a significant reduction in business regulation as he details his party’s economic policies more thoroughly than ever before, aiming to enhance its reputation for fiscal responsibility.
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Serbian youth movement accuses government corruption of causing tragedy that killed 16
After walking for days - some for more than two weeks and covering over 400 kilometres - tens of thousands of young Serbians converged on the northern city of Novi Sad on Saturday to mark the anniversary of the train station canopy collapse that killed 16 people and sparked the largest anti-corruption protests in the country’s history.
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Police confirm 32-year-old Peterborough man as sole suspect in Cambridgeshire train stabbing
Detectives investigating a mass stabbing on a train in Cambridgeshire have confirmed that a 32-year-old man who was arrested is now being treated as the only suspect.
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Hockey coach jailed for murdering wife and staging suicide to claim insurance
A hockey coach who brutally murdered his wife and attempted to cover it up as a suicide to claim her life insurance and pursue another woman has been jailed.
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