81 m. ago British father, 32, plunged to his death in Turkey hours after he was escorted off plane following drunken row with his partner, inquest hears

Ben Crook, 32, was reported missing after he flew out to Antalya to celebrate his 32nd birthday with his partner Jess Jenkins and her two children on September 23.

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6 h. ago Chinese man living illegally in US pleads guilty to smuggling weapons to North Korea

Authorities say illegal shipments included firearms, ammunition and military technology

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22 h. ago US reports another arrest of Chinese scientist with no permit to send biological material

A Chinese scientist has been arrested while arriving in the U.S. in Detroit

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50 h. ago Arsenal transfers: Full confirmed list of summer ins and outs with £5m deal almost done

Arsenal are expected to have a very busy summer under Mikel Arteta as the Gunners boss attempts to cut the gap to Liverpool at the top of the Premier League table

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3 d. ago Zharnel Hughes ready to rewrite history as GB's fastest man explains mindset change

British record holder over 100m and 200m became a father in the winter and believes new mindset leaves him in a good position to finally land World Championship medal in Tokyo this year

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4 d. ago China's Panchen Lama pledges loyalty to the Communist Party in a meeting with Xi

State media in China says that the man picked by Beijing as the second highest figure in Tibetan Buddhism has pledged adherence to the ruling Communist Party during a rare face-to-face meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping

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5 d. ago A 'nightmare double war' against Russia and China faces the West within two years as Putin challenges NATO and Beijing eyes Taiwan invasion, military chiefs fear

General Sir Patrick Sanders, the former head of the British army, revealed the Ministry of Defence has drawn up plans to respond to wars on two fronts.

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5 d. ago British backpacker, 24, killed pedestrian when she ploughed into him while riding an e

A British backpacker allegedly killed a father after ploughing into him while riding drunk on an e-scooter, an Australian court has heard. 

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6 d. ago FBI says it broke up effort to bring toxic fungus to Michigan lab from China

Two scientists from China have been charged in Michigan in what the FBI says was an effort to bring a toxic fungus to the U.S. Investigators say the pathogen can attack wheat, barley, maize and rice and sicken livestock and people

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9 d. ago British father 'caught spying for China' in FBI sting: Businessman, 63, who referred to Chinese leader Xi Jinping as 'the Boss' and 'attempted to smuggle arms into Beijing' facing 40 years in US jail

John Miller, 63, was arrested on the orders of the FBI following a sting operation and is now awaiting extradition to the United States.

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1 week ago 'They're artists!' Furious father of British pole dancer who was arrested with four others for 'degrading' a World Heritage site insist they were creating art

A video of the racy performance went viral as onlookers watched the half-naked women outside the Old Palace of St. Michael and St. George in the early hours of the morning.

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1 week ago Woman caught on video spiking stranger's drink in pub, then tried to pay her off

Paige Myers, 21, has avoided jail after spiking the woman's drink

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1 week ago Erik ten Hag planning double Man Utd raid after taking over at Bayer Leverkusen

Manchester United could see former boss Erik ten Hag attempt to land two of their players who are up for sale after being appointed Bayer Leverkusen head coach following Xabi Alonso's exit

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1 week ago Davide Ancelotti 'interested' in Deportivo as Rangers boss search faces two pronged hijack attempt

The Glasgow giants are not the only club chasing the Italian coach this summer

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2 w. ago British teen 'drug mule' locked up in a horror Georgia jail 'is finally reunited with her father' after he jetted to the ex

Bella Culley, 18, was arrested after she allegedly tried to smuggle 14kg of cannabis into the country earlier this month.

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2 w. ago Boss sparks outrage for cancelling employee's annual leave ONE day before his holiday

An Australian worker has gone viral after his boss attempted to cancel his annual leave just hours before he was due to fly out on holiday - and well after 11pm on a Sunday night.

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3 w. ago National Express owner’s UK revenue falls amid turnaround effort

Mobico recently recalled its former boss Phil White, as it attempts a ‘large scale, complex turnaround’ of its struggling UK coach and bus business.

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3 w. ago Bella Culley's dad makes an incredible pledge for her freedom amid cartel fears

The father of 18-year-old Bella Culley, the British teen arrested in Georgia with 14kg of cannabis and hashish, has pledged to remain in the country "as long as it takes" to help his daughter — as organised crime experts warn UK backpackers may be in the sights of Thai drug gangs.

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3 w. ago Father ‘feels robbed’ after losing wife and son to same heart condition

Craig Murray, from Glasgow, said the loss of his wife Linda in 2024 was made even harder by the fact she would have become a grandmother this year.

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3 w. ago Starmer talks to countries about return hubs for failed asylum seekers

The Prime Minister said such hubs would be ‘a very important additional tool in our armoury’ combined with other measures to tackle smuggling gangs.

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