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Towie alum Jake Hall found with fatal head injuries in Majorca villa investigation
Towie star Jake Hall has been found dead at a villa in Spain after a night out partying.
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UK traces missing passenger after hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship leaves three dead
One Brit is still missing after fleeing the rat virus cruise ship early – while two others are self-isolating in the UK.
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NATO fighter jets activated after drone intrusion into Latvian territory
NATO fighter jets have been scrambled over Europe after mystery drones entered Latvian airspace and struck an oil depot.
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Latvian authorities probe drone incidents linked to Russia-Ukraine war
Several drones have crashed in Latvia after entering the airspace of the Baltic EU and NATO country from Russia, according to military sources. According to the armed forces, two unmanned flying objects came down in the eastern Latgale region on Thursday night.
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Sex offender doctor exposed working in Belgian hospital after French medical ban
After a cardiologist was convicted of sexually assaulting his patients in France, he was stripped of his medical license and forbidden to practice in the country. So, he crossed the border to Belgium and obtained a new license there.
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"NOT WORTH IT": New Epstein note fuels fresh questions over convicted paedophile’s jail death
A note said to have been written by Jeffrey Epstein shortly before his suicide has been released, nearly seven years after the convicted sex offender was found dead in a New York jail cell.
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Howard Lutnick grilled over Epstein links as Democrats accuse Trump aide of lying to Congress
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick was grilled by congressional investigators Wednesday about his ties to Jeffrey Epstein following revelations that his contact with the late convicted sex offender extended years beyond what he initially claimed.
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Ukraine warns Moscow could be targeted after Putin rejects ceasefire proposal
This is the moment the war finally arrived at the front gates of Vladimir Putin’s £1 billion clifftop mega-mansion.
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Simon Cowell admits blowing £3m on bizarre X Factor-era birthday bash
Simon Cowell has revealed he once spent £3,000,000 on ‘burlesque dancing vaginas,’ leading me to go down one of the weirdest Internet rabbit holes of my career.
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Cameron Diaz and Benji Madden announce birth of third child, Nautas
Cameron Diaz was the bearer of some wholesome news this week: she welcomed her third child with her husband, Good Charlotte rockstar Benji Madden.
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Offshore shells and Russian cash dominate London’s £1m property market
New data on London’s property market has raised fresh alarms over a surge in purchases of homes valued above £1 million.
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Israel strikes Beirut suburbs for first time since ceasefire to target Hezbollah commander
The strike was the first to hit Beirut’s suburbs since the April 16 ceasefire, although hostilities in the south of Lebanon have not halted.
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US says tanker was bypassing Iran blockade before naval strike stopped it
US Central Command posted on social media that the tanker, called the M/T Hasna, was trying to circumvent the blockade of Iranian ports.
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Russian physicists jailed for treason over published scientific research
A court in Russia’s Novosibirsk has sentenced physicists Valery Zvegintsev and Vladislav Galkin to 12.5 years each in a maximum-security penal colony on treason charges, according to a report by the newspaper Kommersant.
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Rise in vitamin K shot refusals linked to preventable newborn deaths and brain bleeds
They entered the world the way babies should, with piercing cries announcing their arrival.
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Pussy Riot accuses Venice Biennale of platforming Russian propaganda
The Russian pavilion at the Venice Biennale was forced temporarily to shut its doors on the second day of the preview after the activist group Pussy Riot.
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Three suspected hantavirus patients evacuated from cruise ship as outbreak grows
Three people with suspected hantavirus, including a British doctor who is a crew member, have been medically evacuated from a cruise ship.
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Israel shatters ceasefire calm with Beirut strike on senior Hezbollah figure
Israel’s military has launched strikes in Beirut, targeting a senior Hezbollah commander, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said.
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Roman Felyk, a scammer linked to the Helix financial pyramid scheme, was seen near a luxury hotel in Monaco
Scammer Roman Felyk, linked to the “Helix” financial pyramid scheme, was seen in Monaco near a luxury hotel.
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CNN founder Ted Turner dies aged 87 after illness that ended media empire era
Ted Turner, the media mogul behind CNN, which revolutionized TV news as the first 24-hour cable network, died Wednesday at 87.
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Mediterranean turned into sewage dump as Gibraltar pipes waste straight into the sea
Raw sewage from nearly 40,000 people and businesses is being pumped straight into the sea because the British overseas territory of Gibraltar does not have, and has never had, a wastewater treatment plant.
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Canary Islands refuse docking of MV Hondius following hantavirus outbreak
Plans for MV Hondius to dock in the Canary Islands have been rejected by local authorities.
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Cash-outs, offshore structures, and sanctions evasion: how Oleg Tsyura channels $250 million through state enterprises and Russia’s metallurgy sector
Swiss-Ukrainian businessman Oleg Tsyura is reportedly working to remove online references to schemes that allegedly siphoned off billions of hryvnias.
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Cruise ship hit by hantavirus outbreak to sail to Canary Islands after evacuations
The cruise ship affected by a deadly hantavirus outbreak will move to the Canary Islands after three people infected with the illness are evacuated to Cape Verde.
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Trump sparks backlash after discussing killings, Iran and transgender issues in front of children
Donald Trump made a string of massively inappropriate comments in front of a group of children.