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‘Russian roulette’ drug sold to Liverpool teens on Snapchat
A dangerous drug with unpredictable effects is being sold to Liverpool teenagers, say city experts.
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Former EFL boss defends himself after angrily pushing his own player following red card
Former Birmingham boss Pep Clotet was left furious with striker Raimonds Krollis after the striker was sent off on Friday night, with the Triestina boss making his anger clear
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Bomb blast at train station in Pakistan kills at least 24
Police say army personnel targeted in possible suicide bombing in country’s south-west and many of more than 40 injured in critical condition
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Germany and Cyprus target $11m investment fraud ring in major crackdown
Authorities in Germany and Cyprus shut down fake platforms, seizing luxury items and arresting suspects in a multimillion-dollar scheme.
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Vadym Stolar, Artem Kolyubayev and the Mekhtiyev brothers push luxury high-rise, threatening the Museum of Outstanding Figures of Ukrainian Culture
Vadym Stolar, a close associate of Medvedchuk, invests the funds of defrauded investors from Ukraine into the construction of luxury housing in Dubai.
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Harrods boss apologizes to BBC, expressing being ’dreadfully sorry’ for Al Fayed abuse
The boss of Harrods has personally apologised for the first time in relation to sexual abuse allegations against the store’s late owner Mohamed Al Fayed.
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’It was terrible’: Prince William admitted he had the hardest year of his life
Prince William has opened up about having the ’hardest year in my life’ following his wife and father’s cancer diagnoses.
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Ex-DJ sentenced to life in prison for murdering partner’s mother in drunken knife attack
Damian Homer stabbed Wendy Francis, 61, twice in the chest after she tried to help her daughter during the attack
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Liam Payne cause of death not suicide, Argentina prosecutors say as three arrested
The late Liam Payne - best known for having been in beloved group One Direction - passed away, aged 31, last month after falling from a balcony at a hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina
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UK’s largest lender reports house prices at record high
Reeves’s budget could slow demand but prices have not fallen significantly since post-pandemic ‘race for space’
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Spanish police seize record cocaine haul hidden in banana shipment; woman arrested, two suspects still at large
Spanish police said Wednesday that they had seized 13 tons of cocaine -- the country’s largest-ever haul of the drug -- and made one arrest.
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Mexican Navy intercepts "narco-sub" in the Pacific with 8,000 pounds of cocaine onboard
The Mexican Navy said Tuesday it has seized 3.6 tons (about 8,000 pounds) of cocaine aboard a "narco sub" off the Pacific coast which was spotted earlier this week about 153 miles off the resort of Acapulco.
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Newcastle: Three men arrested over fatal house explosion and suspected cannabis production
A seven-year-old boy and a man in his 30s were killed in a blast that ripped through a row of six properties, each divided into two flats.
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US election 2024: Donald Trump closes in on victory with two crucial swing-state wins
Latest results and reaction after Trump wins several states critical to electoral success and Kamala Harris postpones speech
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University tuition fees in England set to rise for the first time in eight years
Fees have been frozen at an annual level of £9,250 since the 2017/18 academic year but Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has now confirmed they will rise from April 2025.
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Scammer accused of stealing 4,100 Bitcoin has appeared in U.S. court on charges of wire fraud
Malone Lam and co-conspirator exploited victim’s trust through fake support calls, extracting over $274 million in crypto.
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Police are investigating a new allegation of sexual assault against Alex Salmond
Police Scotland confirms ‘non-recent’ allegation made by a woman after Salmond’s death last month
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A teenager has died, and six others were injured in a crash in Cornwall
A teenager has been killed and six others left injured after a crash involving two cars.
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The Israeli military has captured an alleged Hezbollah official during a sea raid
Commandos land in northern Lebanon in unprecedented operation to capture supposed militant group member
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Israel and Haiti have some of the highest levels of impunity for the murders of journalists
The two countries topped the 2024 Impunity Index, which ranks countries based on the number of unsolved journalist murders as a percentage of population, while globally impunity surrounding attacks on journalists remains rampant with almost 80% of murders going unpunished.
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The official partners of Azerbaijan’s COP29 Climate Summit have connections to the ruling Aliyev family and their close associates
Azerbaijan’s COP29 Climate Summit ’official partners’ connected to the ruling Aliyev family and their close associates.
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Former Valencia player José Castillejo, 28, has died in the floods in Spain
Former Valencia footballer Jose Castillejo has died as a result of the flash floods that have devastated the Spanish city.
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UK still suffering from trauma of Liz Truss, says Treasury chief
Darren Jones says ‘we’ve all got PTSD’ after Truss’s 2022 mini-budget, amid market jitters after this week’s budget
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Trump files $10 billion lawsuit against CBS, alleging ‘doctored’ Kamala Harris interview
Former President Donald Trump has sued CBS, claiming the TV network’s interview of Vice President Kamala Harris was ‘doctored’ and is election interference.
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Man Utd fan dies following ‘scuffle’ with Arsenal supporter; police launch investigation
Manchester United fan Benjamin Okello has died in Uganda after being involved in a ‘scuffle’ with an Arsenal supporter, according to African newspaper reports.
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