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Israel claims to have killed a Hezbollah leader in airstrikes on Lebanon
Israel’s military says Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has been killed in an air strike on Beirut.
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Harry Potter and Downton Abbey star Dame Maggie Smith dies aged 89
Dame Maggie Smith, the award-winning British acting legend whose work ranged from Downton Abbey to Harry Potter, has died at the age of 89.
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MPs received over £700,000 in free gifts and hospitality last year
Furore over freebies like tickets to Taylor Swift concerts and football games has led to calls for reform to MPs’ gift declarations and an overhaul of the ministerial code
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Five things we learned at Reform UK’s rowdy party conference, including whose life ’is ruined’
Reform UK has rounded off the first day of its conference with balloons and pyrotechnics, capping a rambunctious series of speeches from party bigwigs.
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David Graham, the actor known for his roles in Doctor Who and Peppa Pig, has died at the age of 99
Actor David Graham, who voiced characters in shows including Doctor Who, Peppa Pig and Thunderbirds has died aged 99.
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A ’smoking gun’ reveals that the Ministry of Defence (MoD) covered up the medical records of nuclear veterans
The Mirror has uncovered a secret order for MoD staff to remove medical records of troops used in Cold War radiation experiments, as campaigners call for an investigation into possible crimes
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Starmer’s £100,000 in tickets and gifts exceeds that of any other recent party leader
The Prime Minister has recently faced criticism over clothing, accommodation, and glasses provided by Waheed Alli
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UK riots: 12-year-old boy becomes the youngest person in England to be sentenced
Child given 12-month referral order and 9pm-7am curfew, while father is given six-month parenting order
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Dozens of Hezbollah fighters dead or injured after pagers simultaneously explode
Dozens of members of Hezbollah have been seriously wounded in Lebanon after pagers used to communicate exploded.
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UK Conservative Party advisor lobbied for company established by Russian oligarchs
The former chief of staff to ex-British Conservative Prime Minister Liz Truss has been lobbying for a company partially owned by two sanctioned Russian oligarchs.
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James Cleverly targeted by dirt-digging firm’s ’dossier’ during Tory leadership contest
Party said it would give public warnings to any candidate attacking rivals or backbiting
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Russia accuses six British diplomats of espionage
Russia has revoked the accreditation of six British diplomats it has accused of spying.
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Watch live as billionaire embarks on the first ever private spacewalk
The world’s first commercial spacewalk is officially underway, headed by billionaire Jared Isaacman.
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MPs vote to approve cuts to the winter fuel payment
MPs have backed plans to massively scale back winter fuel support for pensioners – despite a significant chunk of the Labour benches refusing to lend their support.
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’Bleak’ September forecast with 6,000 steel and oil jobs set to be cut
The government warns of a "grim" September, with up to 6,000 jobs expected to be cut in steel and oil refining, according to the BBC.
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Superbug, doctor shortages, and neonatal unit failures at Lucy Letby hospital revealed
As the Thirwall hearings approach, the Guardian has discovered concerns were repeatedly raised about alarming shortcomings at Countess of Chester
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Keir Starmer stated he "doesn’t think England is a racist country" following the recent riots
The Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has said that he does not think England is a racist country following the far-right riots last month.
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A neighbor of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry has revealed insights into how the couple is living in "voluntary exile" since stepping back from royal duties
Ahead of his 40th birthday, we explore the Duke of Sussex’s day-to-day life – and the rumours that he wants to come home
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Fake Ozempic: Criminal groups are using batch numbers to distribute dangerous weight loss drugs
In December, Drew, a 36-year-old man from San Antonio, Texas, drove more than 250 miles (400 km) to Mexico to buy cheap Ozempic to help him lose weight. Going home, he checked the pens.
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The Grenfell Tower fire was the result of "decades of failure," with an inquiry uncovering "systematic dishonesty"
In its final report, the Grenfell Tower inquiry has laid bare how Government complacency and industry dishonesty and greed led to the 2017 tragedy that claimed 72 lives
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Inside Nigel Farage’s £3m luxury property empire of four homes, all purchased since Brexit
The self-styled man of the people has amassed a property portfolio worth almost £3million since the 2016 Brexit referendum. Our disclosures come after it was revealed that the Reform leader is earning around £700,000 a year outside Parliament
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A notorious drug kingpin established shell companies in the British Virgin Islands and Dubai to hire suspected cartel members, according to documents
Sarajevo-native Edin “Tito” Gacanin registered the companies in the secrecy havens as he continued to ship cocaine globally, despite being convicted by Dutch courts for narcotics trafficking.
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Bodies found in superyacht wreck are Mike Lynch and his daughter
Two bodies recovered from the wreckage of the sunken Bayesian yacht are those of Mike Lynch and his teenage daughter Hannah, the Italian authorities believe.
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Who is Mike Lynch, the UK tech boss missing in superyacht sinking?
After selling his company Autonomy to Hewlett-Packard he was cleared in June of 15 counts of fraud