21 h. ago Brit accused of sex act on Emirates flight from Dubai to Newcastle

Britto Lorence, 27, appeared at Newcastle Magistrates' Court and pleaded not guilty to outraging public decency

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40 h. ago Brits escape death sentence after smuggling £300k worth of cocaine in Angel Delight

Drug mules Lisa Stocker and Jon Collyer have been freed from their Bali prison hellhole, getting back to the UK within months despite risking the firing squad over their cocaine-smuggling scheme

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49 h. ago A grandmother and her grandson burn to death in a Gaza tent as humanitarian crisis deepens

A grandmother and her five year old grandson burned to death in Gaza when their tent caught fire, as thousands of Palestinians battle harrowing winter conditions in flimsy makeshift housing and the humanitarian crisis deepens

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63 h. ago RECAP: King Charles 'heartbroken' after Swiss resort NYE party turned into 'nightmarish tragedy'

RECAP: King Charles has offered his sympathies to the 47 people killed and 115 injured after a devastating fire ripped through a luxury ski resort in Switzerland.

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66 h. ago LIVE BLOG: King Charles 'heartbroken' after Swiss resort NYE party turned into 'nightmarish tragedy'

LIVE BLOG: King Charles has offered his sympathies to the 47 people killed and 115 injured after a devastating fire ripped through a luxury ski resort in Switzerland.

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68 h. ago LIVE BLOG: Switzerland ski resort likened to 'war zone' amid fears it could take WEEKS to identify Crans

LIVE BLOG: Several dozen New Year revellers are feared dead after a devastating fire ripped through a luxury ski resort in Switzerland.

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3 d. ago Switzerland ski resort likened to 'war zone' amid fears it could take WEEKS to identify Crans

LIVEBLOG: Follow the latest developments as officials in Switzerland say 'several' people have been killed after a fire broke out at a ski resort bar in Crans-Montana, Valais.

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3 d. ago Switzerland ski resort explosion updates: Dozens of New Year revellers killed after huge fire rips through Crans

LIVEBLOG: Follow the latest developments as officials in Switzerland say 'several' people have been killed after a fire broke out at a ski resort bar in Crans-Montana, Valais.

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3 d. ago Switzerland ski resort explosion updates: Multiple New Year revellers killed after huge fire rips through Crans

LIVEBLOG: Follow the latest developments as officials in Switzerland say 'several' people have been killed after a fire broke out at a ski resort bar in Crans-Montana, Valais.

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5 d. ago NASCAR driver Denny Hamlin’s father killed by house fire injuries

Firefighters arrived Sunday night at a two-story home that was mostly engulfed in fire

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6 d. ago At least 16 elderly people killed in fire at Indonesian retirement home

Initial police report blames electrical fault for fire but officials say cause still under investigation

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6 d. ago British drug mule trio who smuggled cocaine worth £300,000 into Bali 'have been spared the firing squad and will be deported to the UK'

Lisa Stocker was arrested with her partner in February after being stopped at Bali's international airport with nearly a kilogram of cocaine

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7 d. ago Tributes after tragic death of Greater Manchester firefighter over Christmas

Flags have been lowered as a mark of respect

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8 d. ago Dad, 27, lynched and burnt by baying mob because of 'blasphemy'

Dipu Chandra Das was brutally beaten before being hanged from a tree and set on fire in a horrific death that has sparked a powder keg in Bangladesh that looks set to explode

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9 d. ago The Brit cancelled for selling doner kebabs: Takeaway accused of 'appropriating' Turkish cuisine by east London hipsters

Donny's Doner, a DJ-owned 'neighbourhood' kebab shop in hipster Hackney, shut its doors after the owner faced accusations of 'cultural appropriation' for serving kebabs as a 'white guy'.

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1 week ago Agonising death of criminals locked in metal bull with fire set underneath it until they suffocated and burned

The ancient world wasn't short of a gruesome killing or two and the brazen bull method of execution was one of the most spectacular ways you could bow out in Greece

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1 week ago Agonising death of victims locked in metal bull with fire set underneath it

The brazen bull was a gruesome execution method in Ancient Greece designed not only to kill but to terrify, turning human suffering into a grotesque spectacle

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2 w. ago Violent protests in Bangladesh as mob set fire to newspaper offices leaving journalists trapped inside

Two major newspapers, the Bengali-language Prothom Alo and English-language Daily Star were set on fire late on Thursday night by the rioters.

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2 w. ago Indonesian court sentences an Australian to 12 years in prison for smuggling cocaine to Bali

An Indonesian court has sentenced an Australian man to 12 years in prison for smuggling cocaine to Bali

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2 w. ago Trump under fire for ‘loathsome’ post about death of Rob Reiner and wife Michele Singer Reiner: Latest

Hollywood couple's son, Nick Reiner, 32, arrested on suspicion of murder after parents fatally stabbed in their Los Angeles home

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