2 hours ago Search for survivors as 17 still missing after tourist boat sinks in Red Sea off Egypt

The boat set off for a five day trip on Saturday

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2 hours ago British tourists reported to be on board boat which sank in Red Sea off Egypt, with 17 people still missing

The boat set off for a five day trip on Saturday

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3 hours ago Laos methanol poisoning: Chilling details emerge about vodka blamed for deaths of six

Six tourists including British lawyer Simon White, from Kent, tragically died following a mass poisoning at a hostel in Thailand - new details have sparked further questions about the parties at fault

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4 hours ago Prince Harry losing his British accent as he adopts American slang, claims experts

Posh Prince Harry now says American things, a linguistic expert believes with the Duke's self-imposed US exile leading to him utter words like 'dude' and 'screw it'

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4 hours ago Tourist boat with dozens on board sinks off Egypt's coast as passengers go missing

Dozens of tourists are missing after a ship sank off the coast of Egypt this morning. The boat, named Sea Story, is believed to have sank close to a popular diving destination called Shaab Satayah.

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19 hours ago Tens of thousands protest in Barcelona against housing crunch and high rents

Rental prices have been driven up by short-term renters including tourists

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28 hours ago Killer Storm Bert leaves 3 dead and one missing as experts warn of more carnage to come

The UK has been suffering after Storm Bert ravaged its way across the country, leaving three people dead and one missing – but experts say there is more to come

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31 hours ago Voters must learn to accept that Britain’s challenges are too big to solve straight away | Sonia Sodha

Labour has got off to a shaky start in government. It’s time it told the truth about the state we’re inIt’s a running joke in Westminster that some on the British centre-left are fascinated by American politics to the point of obsession. So much so that it extends to the fictional: in 2006, a group of rebel Labour MPs inspired by the long-running US drama the West Wing borrowed tactics from its plotline to successfully defeat the government in a vote. It’s right, therefore, to be wary of over-extrapolating lessons for the Labour party from the Democrats’ presidential defeat.But with inflation again on the rise, there will be more parallels between the economic backdrops to the Kamala Harris 2024 campaign and a 2029 Labour general election campaign than the party would like. There have b...

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