67 minutes ago Live updates as Liam Payne found dead at 31: Tributes pour in for One Direction star

MAILONLINE BLOG: Former One Direction member Liam Payne has died at the age of 31, local media reports.

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73 minutes ago Liam Payne dead at 31: One Direction star 'dies after falling from building in Buenos Aires'

Former One Direction member Liam Payne has died in Buenos Aires at the age of 31, local media reports. 

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17 hours ago Israel strikes southern suburbs of Beirut for the first time in nearly a week

Israeli jets struck the southern suburbs of Beirut early Wednesday for the first time in six days, Lebanese state media reported

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30 hours ago ‘It’s a kind of miracle’: Russian man survives 66 days adrift on inflatable boat

Mikhail Pichugin survived but the ordeal claimed the lives of his brother and teenage nephewA Russian man survived more than two months drifting in icy seas on an inflatable boat in an ordeal that claimed the lives of his brother and teenage nephew, officials and reports said.Mikhail Pichugin may have survived because of his 100kg (220lb) build, according to his wife. Media reports said he weighed just 50kg when found on Monday. Continue reading...

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30 hours ago ‘It’s a kind of miracle’: Russian man survives 67 days adrift on inflatable boat

Mikhail Pichugin survived but the ordeal claimed the lives of his brother and teenage nephewA Russian man survived more than two months drifting in icy seas on an inflatable boat in an ordeal that claimed the lives of his brother and teenage nephew, officials and reports said.Mikhail Pichugin may have survived because of his 100kg (220lb) build, according to his wife. Media reports said he weighed just 50kg when found on Monday. Continue reading...

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30 hours ago Middle East crisis live: Israel reportedly tells US it won’t hit Iran nuclear or oil sites

Israel offered assurances, according to media reports, after US says it wouldn’t support attacks on Iran’s nuclear facilitiesSee all our Middle East coverage hereIsraeli military strikes killed at least 40 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip as Israeli forces tightened their squeeze around Jabalia in the north of the enclave on Tuesday, amid fierce battles with Hamas-led fighters.Palestinian health officials said at least 11 people were killed by Israeli fire near Al-Falouja in Jabalia, the largest of Gaza’s eight historic refugee camps, while 10 others were killed in Bani Suhaila in eastern Khan Younis in the south when an Israeli missile struck a house. Continue reading...

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30 hours ago No 10 rejects claims PM received Taylor Swift tickets as ‘thank you’ for security measures – as it happened

Downing St says decisions over protection for the singer were up to Scotland Yard and not the governmentKeir Starmer has has welcomed private investment of £550m to make it easier for people to find a home, PA Media reports. PA says:Schroders, Man Group and Resonance announced new impact investment funds on Tuesday – pots of money that aim to create social or environmental impact.These will help to address directly the shortage of homes by supporting the building of tens of thousands of new homes across the UK, the Treasury said.We’ve said as a government we’re going to fix the foundations, rebuild our country, and expressly saying ‘now is the time to back us’.Companies and investors are coming in today saying ‘here’s half a billion pounds’. We want to raise that, by the way, I want tha...

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34 hours ago No 10 rejects claims PM received Taylor Swift tickets as ‘thank you’ for security measures – UK politics live

Downing St says decisions over protection for the singer were up to Scotland Yard and not the governmentKeir Starmer has has welcomed private investment of £550m to make it easier for people to find a home, PA Media reports. PA says:Schroders, Man Group and Resonance announced new impact investment funds on Tuesday – pots of money that aim to create social or environmental impact.These will help to address directly the shortage of homes by supporting the building of tens of thousands of new homes across the UK, the Treasury said.We’ve said as a government we’re going to fix the foundations, rebuild our country, and expressly saying ‘now is the time to back us’.Companies and investors are coming in today saying ‘here’s half a billion pounds’. We want to raise that, by the way, I want tha...

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37 hours ago Starmer rejects Tory claim raising employers’ national insurance would break manifesto promise – UK politics live

The prime minister said it was ‘very clear’ in the manifesto that Labour would not raise taxes on working peopleKeir Starmer has has welcomed private investment of £550m to make it easier for people to find a home, PA Media reports. PA says:Schroders, Man Group and Resonance announced new impact investment funds on Tuesday – pots of money that aim to create social or environmental impact.These will help to address directly the shortage of homes by supporting the building of tens of thousands of new homes across the UK, the Treasury said.We’ve said as a government we’re going to fix the foundations, rebuild our country, and expressly saying ‘now is the time to back us’.Companies and investors are coming in today saying ‘here’s half a billion pounds’. We want to raise that, by the way, I ...

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