52 m. ago Chile power outage sees UK Foreign Office issue travel advice to British citizens as 'state of exception' declared

Areas across Chile are affected following the power outage

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1 hour ago Police Scotland ‘not recording ethnicity correctly’ on DNA database – report

The force and the Scottish Police Authority Forensic Services were issued with seven recommendations following a review.

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1 hour ago Almost four in five doctors ‘forced to provide corridor care in past month’

Medics told the Royal College of Physicians the issue is impacting patient safety.

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1 hour ago Trump says Zelenskyy set to visit White House on Friday to sign minerals deal

President says ‘I hear he’s coming on Friday’ amid reports that terms of US-Ukraine aid exchange have been reachedDonald Trump has said that Volodymyr Zelenskyy is likely to visit the White House on Friday to sign a rare earth minerals deal to pay for US military aid to defend against Russia’s full-scale invasion.The announcement followed days of tense negotiations between the US and Ukraine in which Zelenskyy alleged the US was pressuring him to sign a deal worth more than $500bn that would force “ten generations” of Ukrainians to pay it back. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Chile hit by major blackout, leaving millions without electricity

State of emergency and overnight curfew declared after blackout strands commuters and knocks out traffic lightsAuthorities in Chile have declared a state of emergency and overnight curfew after a sweeping blackout stranded commuters, knocked out traffic lights, paralyzed countless businesses and left millions of people in the South American country without electricity.The National Electrical Coordinator, Chile’s grid operator, said a disruption had occurred in a high-voltage transmission line that carries power from the Atacama Desert of northern Chile to the capital of Santiago in the country’s central valley. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Police inspector to face misconduct proceeding over bungled search for vulnerable man

Matthew Caseby, 23, escaped from a psychiatric ward and died after being hit by a train. His father said the police inspector in charge of the search had been ‘utterly negligent’

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3 h. ago Scotland 'proud' but Netherlands come back to force despair at Hampden

Dutch roar back to take spoils in Nations League clash

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3 h. ago World travel ban for abuser who 'tortured' vulnerable women in chamber beneath remote Highland lodge

A man who subjected vulnerable women to 'punishment beatings' in an underground chamber below a remote Highland lodge has been hit with the first worldwide travel ban.

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4 h. ago Ukraine’s rare earth minerals: Where are they and why does Trump want them?

More than 50 per cent of Ukraine’s critical rare earth mineral resources are in regions illegally annexed by Vladimir Putin and partially occupied by his forces

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4 h. ago Matthew Perry given 27 shots of ketamine before death, new TV documentary claims

Perry, who played Chandler Bing in hit US sitcom Friends, found face down in his hot tub

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4 h. ago Sinkhole that wrecked Surrey street could take year to fix, residents told

Homeowners and families were evacuated after a sinkhole appeared in Godstone on the night of February 17.

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4 h. ago Congo news blackout on mystery killer viruses as 50 victims in hours

The initial fatality rate of the mystery illness is 12.49% – three times higher than Covid-19 – and patients are dying just 48 hours after they first develop symptoms

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4 h. ago Stacey Solomon comforts Sort Your Life Out guest after emotional admission

Things took an emotional turn during the latest episode of BBC's hit programme, Sort Your Life Out with Stacey Solomon, as host Stacey comforted a guest on the show

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5 h. ago Chile hit by nationwide blackout, forcing Santiago metro evacuations

Chile’s biggest blackout in 15 years hits from Arica to Los Lagos, testing one of South America’s top power gridsA sweeping blackout has hit Chile, stranding commuters, paralyzing countless businesses and leaving most of the South American country without electricity. The government did not immediately offer an explanation for the widespread power failures that left millions of people without electricity all the way from the northernmost Chilean port of Arica to the southern Los Lagos agricultural region. Chile’s national disaster response service, Senapred, reported only that a “disruption in the supply of electricity” had provoked a “massive power outage” across more than a dozen regions in the country, including Chile’s capital of Santiago, where authorities said there would be no subway service until further notice. The country’s electricity distributor, Saesa, which serves more than a million people across Chile, confirmed that a nationwide power failure had affected all of its...

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5 h. ago Conor Benn issues immediate response to being slapped with egg by Chris Eubank Jr

Chris Eubank Jr triggered a brawl on stage during his face off with rival Conor Benn at their Manchester press conference after hitting him with an egg - and his opponent has now furiously hit back

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5 h. ago A major power outage in Chile leaves millions without electricity

A sweeping blackout has hit Chile, stranding commuters, paralyzing countless businesses and leaving most of the South American nation without electricity

Science

5 h. ago Nineteen MILLION people plunged into darkness in Chile as entire country loses power

A massive power outage has left 19 million people without electricity in Chile on Tuesday.

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5 h. ago Brianna Ghey's mum Esther makes heartbreaking confession in tragic ITV documentary

Esther Ghey has joined forces with ITV to make a 75-minute documentary about the life and brutal murder of her daughter Brianna by two teenage schoolchildren

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6 h. ago Horrific footage shows moment car is ploughed into homes before gas leak causes terrified residents to flee

Witnesses had to smash windows to rescue people before homes were evacuated

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6 h. ago Six men convicted after trafficked migrants forced to work on cannabis farms

The National Crime Agency said illegal sites were run in the Midlands, London and the north of England.

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