All news by author James Smith

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Thug who feebly shoved huge wheelie bins at riot police jailed for more than two years
Footage from the night shows Hodgson taking a run up as she attempts to roll the large dumpster towards the police. But, instead of hitting the nonplussed officers, it rolled to a pathetic halt several feet from them
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Ukraine war briefing: Moscow needs ‘to feel what it has done’, Zelenskiy says after Kursk incursion
Comments come on third day of Ukrainian attack on southern Russian region, with troops advancing about 10km over the border. What we know on day 898
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Woman dies after becoming entangled in a baggage claim conveyor belt
A woman got caught in a baggage claim conveyer belt at Chicago O’Hare International Airport and was killed.
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UK regulator to examine $4bn Amazon investment in AI startup Anthropic
Move is the latest of a string of CMA investigations into technology tie-ups
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Rioters receive a shock as police carry out dawn raids across London
Suspected rioters got quite the awakening this morning as police conducted a wave of dawn raids, arresting 10 people.
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Brit tourists ’told to run’ from Menorca hotel after toxic chemical leak
An investigation is now set to take place into the chemical leak, believed to have occurred following a "human error" at the four-star Royal Son Bou Family Club Hotel
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Buy an entire UK island with a castle for the price of a London studio flat
Torsa is a stunning 270-acre mini-estate with its own well-appointed, three-bedroom farmhouse, as well as a ruined castle and extensive beaches
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Terrified children flee the sea screaming after 10ft shark is spotted at Cornish harbour
Petrified children swimming in the sea were left paddling away in terror after a 10ft shark was spotted on the Cornish coast.
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Investors urge Glencore to abandon spin-off plans for coal division due to pollution concerns
More than 95% of investors urged commodities firm to keep highly profitable fossil fuel arm to help maximise shareholder cash
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Southport rioter jailed for three years after punching police officer in the face
Derek Drummond receives longest sentence so far over far-right disorder, with two others jailed for 20 and 30 months each
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Ipswich railway station murder probe as young woman knifed to death in horror incident
Suffolk Police and paramedics were called at around 7.10pm to reports a woman had been stabbed on Burrell Road near the train station in Ipswich - the woman, who has not been identified but was in her 20s, died at the scene
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US neo-Nazi terror group plans election-time resurgence
The Russia-based leader of the Base, which adheres to principles of accelerationism, seeks ‘A-team leader’ in US
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Barclays’ coal credits reveal ’big hole’ in its climate policy
Barclays helped raise nearly $2bn for companies running highly polluting coal-fired power plants in the US, exposing an “enormous loophole” in its climate policy.
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OpenAI sitting on tool to watermark AI-generated content
OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, has developed a text watermarking tool that could help it comply with the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act, but the company has yet to release it, reportedly because it fears losing users.
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Asylum seekers ’slept in the woods’ as rioters attacked Rotherham hotel in a ’disgusting display of thuggery’
A senior South Yorkshire Police officer describes "a particularly sickening moment" when a wheelie bin was pushed against the Holiday Inn, which provides accommodation for asylum seekers, and set on fire "with the clear intent to cause serious harm to the residents and staff".
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Elon Musk hits back at Sir Keir Starmer after ’civil war’ comments dismissed
Musk, the billionaire owner of X, made his original comments on the social media platform below a video of rioters setting off fireworks at police.
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Papua separatists have killed helicopter pilot from New Zealand, say police
Incident in Indonesia’s easternmost region comes almost 18 months after kidnap of another New Zealand pilot
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Google violated antitrust laws to dominate online search, rules US judge
Ruling states ‘Google is a monopolist’ in decision that could have major implications for how people use the internet
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At least 57 arrests in connection to ’completely unacceptable’ riots
Some 57 people - including children - have been arrested in connection with the riots which have blighted cities and towns today and yesterday.
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US-Israeli soldier posts videos showing detonation of Gaza homes and mosque
IDF soldiers have shared scores of videos of their conduct in Gaza. The American-Israeli soldier says his videos were ‘taken out of context’
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At least 37 killed in terrorist attack on popular beach in Mogadishu
More than 200 wounded after suicide bomber and gunmen target busy beachfront in Somali capital
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Sunderland riot fire destroys vital service used by struggling families
The burned-out Citizens Advice Bureau was the only place in Sunderland able to give free help under the government’s Housing Loss Prevention Advice Service
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Hull riot escalates with fires set across the city as protesters clash with police
Riots have erupted across England following the brutal killings of three young girls at a dace party in Southport earlier this week where several others were injured
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Home Office threatened to deport man likely to be a key witness in the Bibby Stockholm inquest
Yusuf Deen Kargbo was roomate of Leonard Farruku and almost certainly last person to have seen him alive
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Insurance boss warns against using pensions to drive UK growth
Government must defuse ‘ticking timebomb’ of people not saving enough for retirement, says Royal London CEO