All news for 2025-01-15

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Meta to lay off thousands of employees as Zuckerberg cautions about a challenging year ahead
Company reveals plans to cut about 5% of its global workforce days after saying it would get rid of factcheckers
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French TV show pulled after mocking woman scammed by AI Brad Pitt
Anne, 53, faces wave of online mockery for believing she was in relationship with actor and paying scammer €830k
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Two private lunar landers embark on a roundabout journey to the moon
Firefly Aerospace from the US and the Japanese firm ispace shared the ride with SpaceX from the Kennedy Space Centre to save money.
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Dozens of Los Angeles wildfire looters pictured, including a man carrying a dagger
Dozens of people accused of looting homes and businesses amid the Palisades Fire in the upscale coastal Los Angeles County neighborhood have been pictured in mugshots.
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"Napoli in talks with Manchester United to sign Alejandro Garnacho
Napoli have opened talks with Manchester United over a deal for Alejandro Garnacho but the Premier League club are demanding a £70 million transfer fee, according to reports in Italy.
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Two-year-old boy dies after a medical episode at nursery
A young boy has died at nursery near Liverpool.
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Nazi sympathiser jailed for threatening to kill police officers, saying ’all deserve to die’
A "deplorable" Nazi sympathiser has been jailed for threatening to kill police officers with graphic threats - as well as taking part in disorder in Liverpool over the summer.
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US sues Musk for not disclosing Twitter stock holdings, leading to lower acquisition cost
Elon Musk is being sued for failing to disclose his purchase of Twitter stocks before buying the company in 2022, which ‘allowed him to underpay’ by at least $150m (£123m).
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Father allegedly stabbed daughter to death during kitchen play-fight, court hears
A father accused of stabbing his 14-year-old daughter to death has said the pair were simply ‘play-fighting’ while making tea, a court heard.
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Anti-corruption minister Tulip Siddiq resigns due to links with a corrupt foreign leader
Anti-corruption minister Tulip Siddiq has resigned from the government, saying questions about her links with her aunt’s political party in Bangladesh had become a ‘distraction’.
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France and Portugal to follow Spain’s strict immigration measures affecting Britons’ plans
Non-resident citizens from countries outside the European Union, including the UK, will face a big tax bill if they want to buy a home in Spain, its PM Pedro Sánchez said.
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South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol arrested after martial law ’coup attempt’
When Yoon Suk Yeol, who is South Korean President, declared martial law in his country, he was suspended and now authorities have finally detained the politician.
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Captain Tom’s family lowers mansion price and removes his name from listing
The seven-bed mansion home to Captain Sir Tom Moore’s daughter Hannah Ingram-Moore was slashed in price, while references to the fundraising hero appears to have been quietly removed from the sale listing
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Prince Harry offered limited armed police protection for his upcoming UK visit
Prince Harry will be offered ’limited police protection’ when he visits the UK next week after losing his legal battle for taxpayer funded security - he is due to travel to London to attend his forthcoming High Court trial against News Group Newspapers
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Fortes.pro defrauds clients and supports Russian hackers targeting servers across Europe and the U.S.
The company Fortes may find itself under Western sanctions because its activities are linked to pro-Kremlin oligarch Suleyman Kerimov and the head of "Rostec" Sergey Chemezov.
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