20 minutes ago Huge rescue mission underway after diving boat carrying dozens of tourists 'including Brits and Americans' sinks off Egypt with 17 people still missing

The boat named Sea Story reportedly sank near Shaab Satayah, a popular diving destination, off the tourist resort of Marsa Alam.

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27 minutes ago UK politics live: Starmer dismisses online petition calling for new election

PM says it has been driven by people who never backed Labour anywayQ: Are you feeling the pressure? There is a petition signed by 2 million people calling for another election.Starmer says he is not surprised that people who did not support Labour in the first place want the election to be re-run. But that is not how the system worked.I’m not surprised, quite frankly, that as we’re doing the tough stuff, there are plenty of people who say, ‘Well, I’m impacted.’I think anybody who’s turned around an organisation or a business will tell you, and they’re right, if you’re really going to turn something around, you have to do the hard yards upfront. Don’t look at a tough decision and then leave it for a year or two.So we’re doing the tough stuff. But in the budget, which is probably the toug...

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29 minutes ago Wall Street heading for record high after Scott Bessent nominated as US Treasury secretary; Barclays fined £40m over 2008 Qatari deal – business live

Bonds rally and dollar dips as investors welcome choice of billionaire hedge fund manager Bessent as next Treasury secretaryNewsflash: A deputy governor at the Bank of England has warned that it is “too early to declare victory” in the fight against inflation.Clare Lombardelli has told a conference at the Bank this morning that inflation has fallen steeply over the past two years. But, she is concerned that there are signs that the process of “wage disinflation” may be slowing, which would keep the cost of living rising faster than the Bank’s target.The outlook for wages and services prices is unclear from here.We need to see more evidence that wage growth and services inflation will continue their journey down to target-consistent rates.The UK economy has made good progress on disinfla...

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42 minutes ago Tragic twist in case of woman who disappeared as father dies trying to find her

The ordeal is the latest grim chapter in the ongoing mystery of Hannah Kobayashi, 31, who vanished after landing at Los Angeles International Airport more than two weeks ago

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43 minutes ago Roy Keane's statement on retirement as Man Utd legend is caught up in angry spat with fan

Roy Keane admitted he doesn't want to be a pundit forever because of the run-ins he's had with supporters - and the Manchester United was involved in a fan altercation again at the weekend

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50 minutes ago Adele reveals future plans in emotional speech after playing final Las Vegas residency show

The Someone Like You hit-maker completed her run of 100 shows in Sin City on November 23

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54 minutes ago The Jason Levien interview: Why we sold Swansea City and who is now running the club

The outgoing Swans owner spoke exclusively with WalesOnline following the club's change of ownership over the weekend

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54 minutes ago It's safe, the wildlife is amazing and the locals LOVE tourists: My incredible holiday on Sri Lanka's bountiful south coast

Ten years after backpacking around Sri Lanka's east and west coasts, Harriet Sime returns to explore the country's south in a 'far more sophisticated manner'.

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78 minutes ago Stephen Hendry says he 'cannot buy into' Luca Brecel behaviour and makes 'priority' remark

Luca Brecel is running out of time to save his place on the professional snooker tour, having dropped to 75th in the provisional end-of-season rankings following a poor start to the campaign

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1 hour ago Trump Pentagon pick attacks UN and Nato and urges US to ignore Geneva conventions

Revealed: Pete Hegseth writes scathingly of key institutions and says ‘If you love America, you should love Israel’Pete Hegseth, Trump’s nominee for secretary of defense, has attacked several key US alliances such as Nato, allied countries such as Turkey and international institutions such as the United Nations in two recent books, as well as saying US troops should not be bound by the Geneva conventions.At the same time, the man who would head America’s gigantic military has tied US foreign policy almost entirely to the priority of Israel, a country of which he says: “If you love America, you should love Israel.” Continue reading...

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