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Spy ship rumours as drones spotted over New Jersey
The Independent

Spy ship rumours as drones spotted over New Jersey

Drones of indeterminate origin have been flying over New Jersey, prompting a mixed bag of responses from lawmakers.

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December 16, 2024
South Korea opposition will not seek to impeach acting president over martial law
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South Korea opposition will not seek to impeach acting president over martial law

South Korea’s main opposition party has decided not to impeach acting president Han Duck Soo, providing a critical lifeline to the country’s leadership amid continuing political upheaval over Yoon Suk Yeol’s short-lived declaration of martial law.

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December 16, 2024
Hundreds feared dead after cyclone hits Mayotte island
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Hundreds feared dead after cyclone hits Mayotte island

Aid being sent to tiny French territory off Mozambique coast

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December 16, 2024
Syrian defector who laid bare Assad torture regime warns thousands have died
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Syrian defector who laid bare Assad torture regime warns thousands have died

Photographer Caesar’ smuggled 53,000 images of those tortured and killed by the Assad regime out of the country

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December 16, 2024
Love Island star reveals her desperate bid to escape ex
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Love Island star reveals her desperate bid to escape ex

A reality TV star has said she was forced to move home four times to escape her ex-partner’s relentless harassment as she told of how he would jump balconies” to track her down.

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December 16, 2024
Vicar sorry for telling crying children that Santa isn't real
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Vicar sorry for telling crying children that Santa isn't real

A vicar in Hampshire has apologised to upset children and their angry parents after telling year 6 pupils that Santa Claus wasn’t real.

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December 16, 2024
Two-year-old boy killed by stolen Porsche hit-and-run
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Two-year-old boy killed by stolen Porsche hit-and-run

A two-year-old boy has been killed in a hit-and-run crash involving a stolen Porsche in the West Midlands.

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December 16, 2024
Sara's grandfather fights to keep siblings in Pakistan
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Sara's grandfather fights to keep siblings in Pakistan

As hundreds attend vigil for murdered schoolgirl in Woking vs

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December 16, 2024
'Pink-pilling' tactics used by far right to recruit women
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'Pink-pilling' tactics used by far right to recruit women

Misogyny and male supremacy might lie at the heart of far-right ideology but that does not mean women are absent from such movements with some caught up in the race riots that exploded across the UK this summer.

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December 16, 2024
McCartney rolls out the hits as world tour reaches UK
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McCartney rolls out the hits as world tour reaches UK

Sir Paul McCartney got back to Manchester for his first show in the city in more than a decade on Saturday, regaling more than 23,000 fans with a career-spanning set comprising songs from his Beatles, Wings and solo catalogues.

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December 16, 2024
Pacific trade deal hailed two years after PM 'mocked' it
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Pacific trade deal hailed two years after PM 'mocked' it

Sir Keir Starmer’s government has hailed the UK becoming the first European nation to officially join an Indo-Pacific trade bloc, despite having said the impact of the deal would be very small” less than two years ago.

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December 16, 2024
Budget measures will hit care providers, experts say
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Budget measures will hit care providers, experts say

Rachel Reeves’s Budget measures will devastate care providers, leaving vulnerable disabled and elderly people without care next year, healthcare experts are warning.

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December 16, 2024
Why won't the Home Office set a small boats deadline?
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Why won't the Home Office set a small boats deadline?

Yvette Cooper has described the number of people arriving in the UK on small boats as too high”. But she has also steadfastly refused to set a deadline for when voters might see the figures fall.

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December 16, 2024
Cooper won't set deadline to cut small boat crossings
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Cooper won't set deadline to cut small boat crossings

Yvette Cooper has refused to set a deadline to reduce dangerous small boat crossings in the Channel.

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December 16, 2024
UK in contact with Syrian rebels who toppled Assad
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UK in contact with Syrian rebels who toppled Assad

The UK foreign secretary David Lammy has said the government has opened “diplomatic contact” with the Syrian rebels who ousted Bashar al-Assad’s regime last weekend.

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December 16, 2024
MPs demand answers over China 'spy' and two PMs
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MPs demand answers over China 'spy' and two PMs

Prince Andrew’s confidant reportedly met Cameron and May

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December 16, 2024
Bullseye! How this friendly rivalry is finding its target
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Bullseye! How this friendly rivalry is finding its target

It took Luke Littler approximately three weeks to prove he wasn't a flash in the pan. \"Littlermania\" had swept through the UK when an unheralded 16-year-old from Warrington downed former world champions and established stars to shockingly reach the final of the 2024 PDC World Darts Championship.

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December 15, 2024
Manchester derby shaped by two Sporting encounters
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Manchester derby shaped by two Sporting encounters

Pep Guardiola is on to the fifth Manchester United manager of his reign at Manchester City.

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December 15, 2024
Arsenal let crucial chance slip in Everton stalemate
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Arsenal let crucial chance slip in Everton stalemate

Arsenal’s challenge for the Premier League title suffered another dent after they were held to a goalless draw by Everton at the Emirates.

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December 15, 2024
Liverpool fail to overcome Fulham but make a point
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Liverpool fail to overcome Fulham but make a point

Two points dropped, one test of character passed. It remains to be seen which proves more significant in the final reckoning, but this was stirring stuff from Liverpool.

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December 15, 2024
Owner of Mango fashion house dies in mountain fall
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Owner of Mango fashion house dies in mountain fall

The founder of the fashion empire Mango died yesterday in a mountain accident, the company has said.

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December 15, 2024
Anti-West hardliner elected as new president of Georgia
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Anti-West hardliner elected as new president of Georgia

Former Premier League footballer Mikheil Kavelashvili has been elected as the president of Georgia, replacing the pro-Western incumbent.

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December 15, 2024
South Korean parliament votes to impeach president
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South Korean parliament votes to impeach president

Yoon Suk Yeol insists that his suspension will be 'temporary'

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December 15, 2024
Thousands escape horrific conditions of Syrian camp
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Thousands escape horrific conditions of Syrian camp

The Rukban camp was supposed to provide refuge to those fleeing chemical weapons attacks and other atrocities. Those trapped there could only pray for survival, writes Bel Trew

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December 15, 2024
Comic McCausland wins Strictly Come Dancing
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Comic McCausland wins Strictly Come Dancing

Chris McCausland and his professional partner Dianne Buswell were crowned the winners of Strictly Come Dancing's 2024 series yesterday.

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December 15, 2024
"This is such a special, special place. It is magical'
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"This is such a special, special place. It is magical'

Alex Croft meets the residents of the UK's happiest towns

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December 15, 2024
Poll suggests Reform UK to make 2025 a three-way race
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Poll suggests Reform UK to make 2025 a three-way race

Nigel Farage's Reform UK is just three points behind the Tories as the latest Techne UK tracker poll appears to confirm a threeway split at the top of UK politics.

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December 15, 2024
Farage threatens to name suspected Chinese spy
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Farage threatens to name suspected Chinese spy

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has threatened to name the Chinese spy who was revealed to have links with Prince Andrew, amid reports he also met two former prime ministers.

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December 15, 2024
Andrew 'invited' suspected spy to Buckingham Palace
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Andrew 'invited' suspected spy to Buckingham Palace

An alleged Chinese spy banned from the UK on security grounds was reportedly invited to Buckingham Palace by Prince Andrew.

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December 15, 2024
Pacific trade deal no match for EU benefits, PM told
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Pacific trade deal no match for EU benefits, PM told

Sir Keir Starmer has been urged to “get serious” about boosting the economy and to forge closer links with the EU, as the UK prepares to formally join a partnership of Asia-Pacific countries that the PM once said would yield “very small” benefits.

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December 15, 2024