3 h. ago Friend of British woman killed in Chile snowstorm describes hiking horror

Victoria Bond, 40, from Cornwall, died in the Torres del Paine nature reserve in Chile when a blizzard hit. She was hiking with four friends when the storm struck

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14 h. ago Serbia's current president is accused of involvement in Sarajevo 'human safaris' where foreign tourists paid to be snipers and kill civilians

Aleksandar Vučić, who took office in 2017, has been accused of taking part in trips for wealthy foreign tourists to shoot at civilians during the four-year siege of Sarajevo in the 1990s.

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15 h. ago Serbia's current president is accused of taking part in Sarajevo 'human safaris' where foreign tourists paid to be snipers and kill civilians

Aleksandar Vučić, who took office in 2017, has been accused of taking part in trips for wealthy foreign tourists to shoot at civilians during the four-year siege of Sarajevo in the 1990s.

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17 h. ago British woman killed in snowstorm in Chile ‘made everything brighter’

Victoria Bond was killed in a ‘freak severe snowstorm’ in Chilean Patagonia.

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35 h. ago Brit woman killed in Patagonia snowstorm was on 'trip of a lifetime' with friends

Victoria Bond was named as one of five tourists whose bodies were recovered by search teams in Patagonia, Chile, in the aftermath of a horror nearly 120mph snowstorm

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43 h. ago Inside the life of Harrods worker and PR boss who died in 120mph Patagonia blizzard

Brit woman Victoria Bond was one of five tourists who tragically died when a horror 120mph snowstorm hit the Patagonia trail she had been trekking on in Chile, on Monday

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44 h. ago Brit woman killed in Patagonia blizzard pictured as five hikers killed in violent storm

The British victim, one of five who tragically lost their lives in a violent snowstorm in Chile, has been named as Victoria Bond. Victoria worked in PR for the Isles of Scilly Tourist Information Centre

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45 h. ago British woman who was one of five tourists killed in blizzard in Patagonia is named as PR worker, 40

Cornwall-based PR worker Victoria Bond, 40, had posted a video taken by another British member of their group of their progress before the tragedy.

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46 h. ago British woman among five dead in snowstorm in Chilean Patagonia

The bodies of five people were discovered in the tourist hotspot of Torres del Paine National Park, in southern Chile

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46 h. ago British woman among five tourists killed during fierce snowstorm in Chilean national park

The area was struck by a snowstorm wind speeds equivalent to a Category 3 hurricane

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47 h. ago British woman who was one of five tourists killed in blizzard in Patagonia is named as PR worker, 30

Cornwall-based PR worker Victoria, believed to be 30, had posted a video taken by another British member of their group of their progress before the tragedy.

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54 h. ago British national among five tourists killed during snowstorm in Chile

Four other tourists have been rescued alive after becoming caught in heavy snowfall

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55 h. ago British woman among four tourists killed in blizzard at nature reserve in Chile

Four people also rescued alive at popular Torres del Paine reserve in Patagonia amid heavy snowfall and strong winds A British woman and four other foreign tourists have been killed in a blizzard at a nature reserve in southern Chile.Nine people went missing on Monday in the Torres del Paine reserve in Patagonia, a popular tourist destination, amid heavy snowfall and winds reaching up to 120mph. Continue reading...

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57 h. ago Brit female tourist among five dead in snowstorm tragedy at Chilean national park

A huge operation is underway after five bodies were found at Torres del Paine National Park in the Chilean Patagonia as one British woman has been confirmed to be one of the victims of the tragedy

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57 h. ago Brit among five tourists killed in tourist hotspot after 120mph snowstorm

A British woman and four other tourists have been found dead in Chilean Patagonia following a snowstorm in the Torres del Paine National Park

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58 h. ago One in ten criminals jailed in Scotland last year were not 'British nationals', shocking new figures reveal

Nearly one in ten criminals jailed in Scotland last year were not 'British nationals' as the average prison population soared to a record high.

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65 h. ago Chinese spying amounts to interference in UK democracy, minister says, after MI5 warns MPs – politics live

Dan Jarvis, the security minister, says China is trying to contact MPs and peers to get sensitive information about parliamentBack at the Reform UK press conference, Zia Yusuf, the party’s head of policy, has just finished outlining his plan to cut spending on foreignersAs he finished, Yusuf claimed this was “treachery”.Labour is making the conscious and deliberate decision to continue funding extortionate amounts to foreign nationals, to the detriment of British citizens.And I don’t know what to call that. Frankly, in my view, it’s treachery. I think it’s appalling. British people are sick and tired of it.Just a few months ago, Rachel Reeves was saying she couldn’t afford to scrap the two-child benefit cap. Now it looks like becoming her latest U-turn.This isn’t because the economic circumstances have improved. Quite the opposite. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Teenager charged with murder after death of girl, 17, in South Wales

Gwent police name victim as Lainie Williams and have charged Cameron Cheng, 18, a British nationalA teenager has been charged with murder after a 17-year-old girl was killed in South Wales.The girl, named as Lainie Williams, was pronounced dead at the scene, Gwent police said. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Nigel Farage is 'today's incarnation of Enoch Powell's politics' according to Labour minister who said Reform leader was 'on the side of Jimmy Savile'

The Cabinet minister, who sparked a furious row when he claimed the Reform leader was 'on the side of Jimmy Savile', also compared Reform to the fascist British National Party.

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6 d. ago Five tourists killed at holiday hotspot after rental bus crashes into a tree and plunges into a ravine

FIVE tourists have died at a prime holiday spot after their rental bus crashed into a tree and fell into a ravine. In a bid to swerve an incoming car, the driver steered to the left - throwing the vehicle off the windy road, cops said. The group of Chinese nationals were travelling from Denpasar...

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