1 hour ago Storyville: Dogs Of War review: Take him with a pinch of salt, but this old mercenary is highly entertaining, writes CHRISTOPHER STEVENS

This 90-minute film, featuring reconstructions as well as interviews and Dave's own archive video footage, centred on a plan to assassinate Colombian cocaine mogul Pablo Escobar in 1991

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1 hour ago ACLU rejects staff petition to divest from Israel and condemn war in Gaza

Group reportedly decided public stance on war was ‘not needed’ to carry out its domestic mission

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2 hours ago Only 2 percent of people can find the 89 in this sea of 99s in less than seven seconds

Brain teasers are a good way to keep minds active and this particular test can be completed within seven seconds, although 99 per cent of challengers fail at first

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2 hours ago Putin returns to world stage hosting 36 leaders at Brics summit in Russia

West infuriated as UN secretary general accepts invitation to meeting of countries including China, India and IranVladimir Putin, ostracised by the west and labelled a possible war criminal by the international criminal court, has played host to 36 world leaders from nations including China, India and Iran as part of a summit of the Brics group designed to display Moscow as anything but isolated.One of the main aims of the summit will be to speed up ways to reduce the number of dollar transactions, and so mitigate the US ability to use the threat of sanctions to seek to impose its political will. Continue reading...

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3 hours ago Father ‘feared daughter was abducted after she vanished outside Harrods’

American pilot Robert Prussak allegedly drugged and sexually assaulted the girl, 9, in April last year

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3 hours ago Middle East crisis live: Israel says it killed Hezbollah’s presumed next leader Hashem Safieddine in early October

Israeli military says strikes in Beirut three weeks ago killed most likely Nasrallah successorAs Israel continues its war in Gaza and assault on Lebanon, a growing number of international airlines are suspending flights to the region or to avoid affected airspace.Reuters has helpfully compiled a list of some of them:Aegean Airlines: The Greek airline cancelled flights to and from Beirut until 6 November and to and from Tel Aviv until 5 November.AirBaltic: Latvia’s airBaltic cancelled flights to and from Tel Aviv until 30 November.Air Algerie: The Algerian airline suspended flights to and from Lebanon until further notice.Air France-KLM: Air France extended its suspension of Paris-Tel Aviv flights until 29 October and Paris-Beirut flights until 30 November. KLM extended the suspension of...

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3 hours ago New information emerges on Wales train crash that killed a passenger on a remote line as passenger tells of losing consciousness during collision

A man died and 15 others were rushed to hospital after the pair of public transport vehicles collided into each other on the Cambrian line near Llanbrynmair, Powys, on Monday night.

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3 hours ago Lynda Obst dead: Top Gun star Glenn Powell leads tributes to Hollywood legend

Lynda Obst, who produced Hollywood blockbusters including Interstellar and The Invention of Lying, died at her home in Los Angeles, California at the age of 74

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3 hours ago Russian 'Queen of Crypto' thrown into gulag while pregnant after being accused of scamming £17million out of investors by saying she was funding Ukrainian Army

Valeria Fedyakina, portrayed herself online as a crypto expert after allegedly building up her millions in two months from a pyramid scheme targeting four people.

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