45 minutes ago People around Vladimir Putin 'concerned' at Ukraine war cost but no sign he wants peace, say western officials

The Russian president is not believed to have changed his war aims since he ordered his troops into Ukraine in February 2022

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53 minutes ago Inside a haunted Scottish jail where 30 people will sleep on Halloween

Grown men have been left ‘sobbing’ after the night tours of the prison, it has been claimed.

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54 minutes ago Scots billionaire Sir Tom Hunter paid to repatriate Alex Salmond's body

The former first minister died suddenly on Saturday after suffering from a heart attack in North Macedonia.

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72 minutes ago Moment a cherubic Liam Payne, 14, met the future mother of his child Cheryl Cole at his X Factor audition

The former One Direction member, 31, died after he reportedly fell from the third floor of the Casa Sur Palmero hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina on Wednesday.

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73 minutes ago CBB icon behind Liam Payne song wrote hit after 'falling off balcony and nearly dying'

Samuel Preston has told how he penned a song for Liam Payne - who has died falling from the third floor of a hotel - after he fell from a balcony himself and almost died

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74 minutes ago Number of people diagnosed with cancer rises 5% in a year, figures show

New figures for England show 346,217 new cancer cases were diagnosed in 2022 – an average of 948 every day – compared to 329,664 in 2021.

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74 minutes ago Liam Payne autopsy preliminary findings reveal cause of death after Argentina hotel fall

One Direction star Liam Payne tragically died after falling from the third floor of a hotel in Buenos Aires in Argentina yesterday evening and preliminary autopsy findings have since been released

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78 minutes ago How did as many as 140 people die in one of Nigeria's deadliest tanker explosions?

Nigerian authorities have announced measures to correct lapses that resulted in the death of more than 140 people in an explosion as they were trying to scoop up fuel from an overturned fuel tanker on Wednesday

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78 minutes ago Friends and musicians express heartbreak at the death of singer Liam Payne at age 31

Friends and collaborators have expressed shock and sadness over the death of former One Direction singer Liam Payne, who has died in Buenos Aires, Argentina at age 31

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87 minutes ago Liam Payne death latest: 'Heartbroken' family release statement after One Direction star dies in hotel fall

Local police said the singer fell from the third floor into the courtyard of the Casa Sur Hotel in the Palermo neighbourhood of Argentina’s capital

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