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Britain’s $333 billion trust sector to face additional votes amid US activist’s campaign
U.S. activist investor Boaz Weinstein may have suffered a defeat in the first vote on his plans to shake up Britain’s investment trust industry, but bosses in the 269 billion-pound ($333 billion) sector will not be sleeping easy.
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Kremlin-run bot network uses fake websites to disseminate articles predicting a ’catastrophe’ for Europe after U.S. cuts aid to Kyiv
The Kremlin’s “Doppelgänger” bot network has launched a campaign to spread pseudo-journalistic articles claiming that the decision of newly sworn in U.S. President Donald Trump to freeze aid programs for Ukraine is the right move...
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Major anti-corruption protests in Serbia increase pressure on President Vučić
Tens of thousands rally against government and in memory of railway station roof collapse that killed 15.
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Canada and Mexico retaliate against Trump’s tariffs, while Beijing promises ’countermeasures’
Canada, Mexico and China have promised to hit back after the imposition of sweeping US tariffs announced by Donald Trump on Saturday.
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Barclays advises customers to contact food banks as IT glitch persists for a third day
The bank has apologised as hundreds of customers complain about service disruption and missing funds.
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Former Harrods employee accuses Mohamed and Salah al Fayed of assault in the 1990s
Describing her ordeal on camera for the first time, Rachael Louw told Sky News that Salah al Fayed climbed into her bed while she was working as his assistant on a yacht in Monaco. She also recounted Mohamed al Fayed’s attempts to coerce her.
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Trump imposes tariffs, prompting retaliation from Canada and Mexico
US President Donald Trump has announced sweeping new tariffs on all goods imported from America’s three largest trading partners, China, Mexico and Canada.
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Drone footage reveals the aftermath of the fire that destroyed Maghull Town Hall
Drone footage has captured the aftermath of a large fire engulfing a town hall in Merseyside.
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Two arrested after boy and girl killed in Essex hit-and-run
Two people have been arrested after a boy and a girl were killed in a crash on a residential cul-de-sac in Essex.
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Mother of four, 37, discovered dead beside her ill daughter’s bed in Stoke hospital tragedy
Stoke-on-Trent pathologists found traces of several different drugs in 37-year-old Lindsey Owen’s body, and concluded she fell into a deep, drug-induced sleep before she died.
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Jess Phillips pledges to crack down on AI child abusers, expressing concern that it wasn’t already illegal
As Britain becomes the first country to announce tough laws to crush the vile trade in AI generated child sex abuse material - safeguarding minister Jess Phillips tells the Mirror she was "shocked" so little was done for years.
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Mass murderer Jeremy Bamber hopes new photos will lead to his release from jail
Jeremy Bamber was convicted in 1986 of murdering his adoptive parents, Nevill and June, his adoptive sister Sheila Cafell, and her twin boys Daniel and Nicholas, aged just six.
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Trump announces precision air strikes on ISIS leaders in Somalia
The U.S. military conducted coordinated airstrikes against ISIS operatives in Somalia, the first attacks in the African nation during President Trump’s second term.
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Musk’s aides lock Office of Personnel Management employees out of computer systems
Aides to Elon Musk charged with running the U.S. government human resources agency have locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of millions of federal employees, according to two agency officials.
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Barclays customers encounter a second day of disruptions following an IT outage
Barclays customers are experiencing intermittent errors with payments and transfers for a second day after serious IT problems that also affected the bank’s app and online banking.
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Richard Tice defends Reform MP who assaulted ex-girlfriend, stating ’we all make mistakes’ and rules out suspension
Richard Tice has said a Reform UK MP convicted of assaulting his former girlfriend 18 years ago will not be suspended and would pass the party’s new vetting process.
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Palestinian prisoners reach the West Bank as Hamas releases three more Israeli hostages
Hamas has released three hostages in the southern Gaza Strip as part of its ceasefire deal with Israel.
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Teenage boy dies at go-karting center after experiencing cardiac arrest
A teenager has died at a go-karting centre in Stoke-on-Trent.
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London’s skyline will transform with the approval of a controversial 54-storey skyscraper
A new 54-storey skyscraper is set to change London’s skyline as planning permission for the ‘undesirable’ building is approved.
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Second body discovered in search for missing Hungarian sisters in Aberdeen
The body of a second woman has been found in the search for two missing sisters in Aberdeen.
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Black Hawk helicopter was on a doomsday practice run before the crash in Washington DC
The army Black Hawk helicopter involved in the Washington DC air disaster was on a training mission rehearsing what to do in the event of a doomsday attack on the US, officials say.
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Kemi Badenoch’s top team oversaw departments that lost £20,000 a minute to fraudsters
New analysis reveals that since 2019, over £44 billion of taxpayer money was lost to fraud in departments under the Tories - often while they were run by members of Ms Badenoch’s Shadow Cabinet.
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Reform MP who assaulted woman won’t face suspension, according to deputy leader
James McMurdock, who did not publicly disclose before election his conviction 18 years ago, meets party vetting standards.
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Major fire engulfs Maghull Town Hall, with smoke visible for miles
A major fire has broken out at Maghull Town Hall in Merseyside where witnesses have reported seeing flames coming from its roof as smoke billows into the sky.
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Piglet with ’human-like’ features and no eyes emits a bloodcurdling cry
A piglet with a ’human-like’ face and no eyes has been born in the Philippines, with the footage showing the creature crying out a sound that resembles that of a baby.