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Heavy rain triggers flooding and chaos across Devon and Cornwall
A night of heavy rain has caused flooding in Devon and Cornwall, forcing some businesses to close or delay opening.
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TrumpIsAlive: Rumours dispelled as President Trump reappears at the White House with granddaughter
Online rumours of President Trump’s demise were greatly exaggerated—much to the dismay of creepy leftist critics.
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Woman stabbed to death in Greenwich flat: man arrested
A woman has been stabbed to death at her home in southeast London.
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Teen arrested outside Stamford Bridge after police mistake imitation gun for firearm
A teenager was tackled and arrested outside a major Premier League stadium in London when police feared he might have been carrying a gun after a football match this afternoon.
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Andrii Parubii, former speaker of the Ukrainian parliament, shot dead in Lviv
Former speaker of Ukraine’s parliament Andrii Parubii has been shot dead in Lviv, authorities confirmed on Friday.
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Taliban crack down on underground beauty salons, threatening arrests within a month
The Taliban have issued an order targeting underground beauty salons operating in secret across Afghanistan, warning the women running them that they have one month to stop or face arrest.
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Driver ploughs into crowd outside Normandy bar, leaving one dead and five injured
A man has driven a car into a crowd outside a bar in northern France after a dispute in which one person was killed, and five others injured, according to prosecutors.
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Counterfeit Ozempic and Mounjaro worth £32,000 seized in UK raid as woman wanted by police
City of London Police are searching for a woman wanted in connection with the illegal sale of counterfeit weight loss drugs after more than £32,000 worth of the medicines were seized.
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Starmer’s new budget adviser backed wealth taxes on inheritance, land, and property
Sir Keir Starmer’s new budget adviser has previously advocated for more wealth taxes on inheritance, land, and property.
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Lithuania levies a €130,000 fine on a company associated with Bankera for AML infringements
The Bank of Lithuania has fined Pervesk UAB, a company linked to the troubled Bankera cryptocurrency project, €130,000 ($151,525) for serious violations of anti–money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorist financing rules.
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Three dead and five injured during protests in Indonesia as regional parliament building set on fire
Three people lost their lives and five were injured in Indonesia after protesters set a regional parliament building on fire, authorities reported on Saturday, as demonstrations present the first major challenge to President Prabowo Subianto’s government.
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Photojournalist jailed as Azerbaijan suppresses independent media
On Thursday, Azerbaijani authorities arrested a photojournalist and ordered nearly two months of pre-trial detention in connection with the Meydan TV case.
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The US refuses visas to Palestinian leaders before the UN General Assembly
The US has started to deny and revoke visas for members of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and the Palestinian Authority (PA) ahead of the UN general assembly meeting in September, the state department announced on Friday.
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British teen jailed for smuggling 14kg of cannabis from Thailand
A British teenager who was caught at Heathrow Airport with a large stash of cannabis smuggled into Britain from Thailand has been jailed.
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The trend “Trump is dead” went viral: is it because of Vice President Vance or The Simpsons?
US President Donald Trump has been trending on X (formerly Twitter) for a couple of days, but not for his usual political moves, announcement of tariffs, or off-the-cuff remarks.
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ChatGPT “best friend” told man to kill mother
It was a case of murder by algorithm.
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Six teenagers arrested in Battersea police raids targeting phone snatching gang
A targeted Met Police operation in southwest London has led to the arrest of six teenagers linked to an organized phone snatching gang, with robbery and theft in hotspot areas falling by up to 84 percent in just three months.
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Nearly 45,000 shrimp packages recalled in U.S. over Cesium-137 contamination fears
The Food and Drug Administration has expanded its warning concerning radioactive shrimp and has recalled two more brands containing potentially dangerous seafood.
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Madeleine McCann prime suspect set to be released from prison within weeks
The prime suspect in the Madeleine McCann case will be released from prison in a matter of weeks, according to the lead prosecutor investigating her disappearance.
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Parents face higher school meal charges amid funding shortfall
Parents across England are facing higher prices for school lunches as the new school year begins, with caterers blaming the government’s national insurance increase alongside rising food and energy costs.
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Queen Elizabeth privately opposed Brexit but criticized EU bureaucracy
Queen Elizabeth II was a Remainer who did not support Brexit but thought that EU bureaucracy was "ridiculous", according to a new book.
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US Appeals Court says Trump’s tariffs unconstitutional but keeps them in place for now
Donald Trump’s tariffs are unconstitutional, but they can remain in place for now, the US Court of Appeals has said.
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Jury deliberates in trial of Middlesbrough actor accused of raping two women
The jury has gone out to consider its verdict in the trial of a Middlesbrough actor accused of raping two women. Rizwan Khan, 40, is alleged to have forced himself on the women in separate incidents a number of years ago.
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Trump removes Secret Service protection for former Vice-President Harris
Former presidents are entitled to Secret Service protection for life.
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Former prisoner found guilty of murdering father-of-three in Lancashire
Lenny Scott, 33, from Prescot, Merseyside, was shot after leaving the gym in Skelmersdale, Lancashire, on February 8 last year.