All news by author James Smith

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Judge schedules Harvey Weinstein sexual assault retrial for November
Weinstein, 72, appears in court in New York after 2020 conviction was overturned earlier this year
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’Chaos’ in UK as air and rail travel disrupted by global IT outage
More than 3,000 flights cancelled worldwide after problem affecting Microsoft Windows
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Journalists targeted by police violence amid protests in Kenya
Macharia Gaitho, a veteran Kenyan journalist, is still confused by his abduction. After men in a white car followed him from his house in Nairobi, and then tried to pull him out of his vehicle, he went to the police station to report it.
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Microsoft breaks silence on mass IT outage which sparked global chaos
Microsoft 365 has issued an update on a major IT outage on systems worldwide, causing serious disruption that is affecting airlines, trains, broadcasters and banks
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Mysterious third person sought in ’gangland-style’ murder of British men in Sweden
A third person is being hunted by police in connection with the killing of two British men believed to have been executed in Sweden.
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Meta pulls plug on release of advanced AI model in EU
‘Unpredictable’ privacy regulations prompt Facebook owner to scrap regional plans for multimodal Llama
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Cowardly driver flees wreckage, leaving fiancée to die, then callously blames her for the horrific crash
Watch reckless boyfriend speeding through residential streets just before tragedy
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Cellphone and detonator found on rooftop near suspected Trump shooter
Items seen in picture obtained by Pittsburgh-area TV station while motives remain unclear
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Bosnia arrests suspected smugglers involved in migrant trafficking
In two separate operations on Wednesday, Bosnian authorities arrested four individuals suspected of orchestrating organized crime activity, including the smuggling of over a hundred migrants.
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Female tourist criticized after ’simulating sex’ with cherished statue in Florence
The tourist has been slammed for being "disrespectful" after she was seen climbing up to Giambologna’s Bacchus in the Borgo San Jacopo area of Florence in Italy
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Priti Patel to enter Conservative leadership race, sources say
Former home secretary expected to be competing against candidates including Kemi Badenoch and Tom Tugendhat
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Death Row killer Ruben Gutierrez who brutally murdered woman, 85, stops execution with 20 mins to go
Ruben Gutierrez was convicted of killing an 85 year old woman in 1998 and has been on death row in Texas for more than two decades, but his lethal injection was halted at the 11th hour
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Titanic shipyard owner Harland & Wolff awaits news of funding lifeline
About 1,500 jobs at risk as shipbuilder waits on reported £200m state deal in early test for Labour industrial policy
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Tourist dies after being bitten by one of world’s deadliest spiders hiding in restaurant chair
A spider cocooned in a wicker chair bit a man spreading its powerful toxin into his calf, leaving him fighting for his life before he died as his leg turned black from necrosis
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Seaside town labeled Britain’s worst crime hotspot due to ’violence and harassment’
Brits in a particular settlement have been told they live in the UK’s crime capital, while others have been given some good news because where they call home has been dubbed the country’s safest
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Former Formula One driver Ralf Schumacher comes out as gay
The former Formula One driver Ralf Schumacher has come out as gay, becoming the most ­high-profile driver in the sport’s history to do so. Schumacher, brother of the seven‑time world champion Michael, made the announcement on social media.
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Drug couple’s double life at £1.5m ‘Towie mansion’ laundering heroin smuggled in hair extensions…before boss’ dumb slip
Brazen kingpin left astonishing details on drug packs that proved he had little fear of the law
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Gangster who cheated the taxman to build a £2.3m castle in Pakistan repays only £1,700
The scam was exposed after cops raided his Birmingham home and found plans for a palace
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How a sleepy fraudster’s lottery scam fell apart after stealing a £1m scratchcard from a garage and making a critical mistake
A DOZY fraudster’s lotto con spiralled out of control after he stole a £1MILLION garage scratchcard - due to an unbelievably clumsy mistake.
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Child killed and five people rushed to hospital after massive house fire in London
Several fire engines rushed to the blaze in East Ham, London, in the early hours of Saturday morning, with five people taken to hospital and one child sadly killed
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UK waters could soon see terrifying great white sharks, experts warn
Scientists claim some UK waters create the ’perfect’ environment for great white sharks to thrive in during the summer months - with two areas considered hotspots
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Ryanair pilots, 28 and 24, killed in crash with lorries on M62 to Liverpool Airport
Cops have urged anyone with information to come forward immediately
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Prince Harry criticizes William’s ’alarming’ hair loss, saying it has diminished his resemblance to Diana
In his controversial memoir, Spare, Prince Harry took aim at his brother, Prince William - highlighting his hair loss and saying his resemblance to their mother was fading
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Clifton Suspension Bridge manhunt: Police say bodies in suitcase belong to two men
Police have released new information about the two suitcases found with human remains inside at Bristol’s Clifton Suspension Bridge as the murder probe spread to a new part of the UK
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Four people drown trying to cross Channel near Boulogne-sur-Mer
Deaths are first to happen since election of Keir Starmer, who has pledged to ‘stop the criminal gangs’