67 h. ago ‘Brazen’ political influence of rich laid bare as wealth of billionaires reaches $18.3tn, says Oxfam

Governments opting for oligarchy while brutally repressing protests over austerity and lack of jobs, charity report saysThe world saw a record number of billionaires created last year, with a collective wealth of $18.3tn (£13.7tn), while global efforts stalled in the fight against poverty and hunger.Oxfam’s annual survey of global inequality has revealed that the number of billionaires surpassed 3,000 for the first time during 2025. Since 2020, their collective wealth grew by 81%, or $8.2tn, which the charity claims would be enough to eradicate global poverty 26 times over. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Swiss court orders 3 months of pretrial detention for bar manager over fatal fire

A Swiss court has ordered three months of pretrial detention for a manager of a bar that burst into flames during a New Year’s Eve celebration

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2 w. ago Swiss ski resort fire: Dad branded hero after saving ten youngsters lives

Paolo Campolo rushed to the scene to help rescue trapped revellers from the bar that was engulfed by flames at a New Year's Eve celebration that injured over 100 and killed more than 40

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2 w. ago Boris and Carrie Johnson celebrate New Year with ‘Pink Pony Club’ performance

Former prime minister Boris Johnson and wife Carrie celebrated New Year’s Eve with their own rendition of Chappell Roan’s “Pink Pony Club”.

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2 w. ago Shocking moment influencer is attacked TWICE & hit with ‘firework’ as wild NYE street parties descend into total anarchy

THIS is the shocking moment an influencer is attacked twice and hit with a firework as New Year's Eve street parties descend into total anarchy. The German streamer was celebrating the countdown to 2026 in Cologne shortly before midnight when she was targeted. Kunshikitty, 29, who has more than 200,000 followers on Twitch, was live-streaming...

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2 w. ago Desperate families of youths missing after NYE bar blaze release pics of loved ones & beg for info as at least 40 killed

DESPERATE families of youngsters still missing after a deadly inferno engulfed a Swiss bar have begged for information on their loved ones. Teenagers as young as 14 have not been seen or heard from since the disastrous New Year's Eve celebration. Their panicked families have released heartbreaking appeals in the hope of finding their whereabouts...

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2 w. ago Faces of the missing: Families plead for information about missing loved ones, many of them children, following Swiss nightclub blaze that left 47 dead

New Year's Eve celebrations turned into a nightmare when Le Constellation bar in the ski resort town of Crans-Montana went up in flames,

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2 w. ago Thousands of fireworks light up London on New Year’s Eve in bird’s

Watch as thousands of fireworks light up the night sky above London as the clock struck midnight during New Year’s Eve celebrations.

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2 w. ago Moment waitress carried by colleague holds sparkler in the air before deadly blaze rips through Swiss nightclub, killing 47

Witnesses say a sparkler in a champagne bottle is believed to have caused the inferno in the Swiss bar, where around 200 partygoers had gathered to celebrate New Year's Eve.

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2 w. ago Survivor escaped deadly Swiss resort bar fire ‘in frenzy’ as it was engulfed by blaze

A survivor who escaped the deadly fire at a Swiss ski resort bar during New Year’s Eve celebrations has recalled the moment he saw party-goers trying to flee “in a frenzy”.

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2 w. ago Switzerland resort fire live: first victim named, as new video shows attempts to extinguish bar ceiling fire

Fire killed about 40 people who were celebrating at a New Year’s Eve party in the ski resort of Crans-Montana at the town’s Le Constellation barHundreds of mourners gathered in silence in the freezing night in Crans-Montana on Thursday evening, laying flowers and lighting candles to remember those killed in a blaze as they celebrated the new year.Our picture desk has created this gallery with some of the photographs of those paying tribute: Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Switzerland to hold five days of mourning after 40 killed in resort fire, as investigators rush to identify victims

Blaze that swept through crowded New Year’s Eve bar in Crans-Montana also injured 115 peopleLe Constellation bar fire in Switzerland: what we know so farSwiss investigators are racing to identify the victims of a fire that tore through a crowded bar, killing about 40 people and injuring 115 who were celebrating at a New Year’s Eve party in the Alpine ski resort of Crans-Montana.President, Guy Parmelin, has said the country will hold five days of mourning, describing the blaze as one of the most traumatic events in Switzerland’s history. “It was a drama of an unknown scale,” he said, paying tribute to the many “young lives that were lost and interrupted”. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Thousands gathered in city centre expecting New Year's Eve celebration but they'd been duped

They were told there would be fireworks, food, bars and an ice rink - they were promised the same last year but they still came

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2 w. ago Switzerland to hold five days of mourning after 40 killed in resort fire

Blaze that swept through crowded New Year’s Eve bar in Crans-Montana also injured 115 peopleSwiss resort fire: latest updatesLe Constellation bar fire in Switzerland: what we know so farSwitzerland will hold five days of mourning after an “unprecedented” fire tore through a crowded bar, killing about 40 people and injuring 115 who were celebrating at a New Year’s Eve party in the Alpine ski resort of Crans-Montana.The country’s president, Guy Parmelin, described the blaze as one of the most traumatic events in Switzerland’s history. “It was a drama of an unknown scale,” he said, paying tribute to the many “young lives that were lost and interrupted”. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Samantha Fox kisses her wife Linda Birgitte Olsen as they pack on the PDA during NYE performance

Samantha Fox and her wife Linda Birgitte Olsen couldn't keep their hands off each other while on stage at a New Year's Eve celebration in Munich.

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2 w. ago Bus chaos in city centre as New Year's Eve celebrations turn into nightmare for revellers

Martha explained how a 45-minute queue to get on a bus resulted in a stolen phone and a smashed window

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2 w. ago Footage appears to show moment deadly fire breaks out at Le Constellation bar

New footage appears to show the moment fire broke out at a Swiss ski resort bar during New Year’s eve celebrations, leaving ‘several dozen’ feared dead.

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2 w. ago Were these celebrities' New Year's Eve celebrations tacky or classy? One etiquette expert gives her verdict 

And speaking to the Daily Mail, the Queen of Etiquette, Laura Windsor has delivered her verdict on the celebrities who nailed bringing in the next 12 months in style...

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2 w. ago Moment screams rang out as survivors escaped Swiss ski resort nightclub inferno

Around 40 people are feared dead and 100 others injured after an explosion at a luxury ski resort in Switzerland during New Year's Eve celebrations.

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2 w. ago Helen Flanagan stuns in strapless black dress as she celebrates New Year’s Eve with kids after wrecking car in crash

HELEN Flanagan looked incredible in a black strapless dress as she celebrated New Year's Eve with her kids. The ex-Coronation Street star, 35, shared a clip of getting dolled up for the special outing. She showed off her toned figure in the skintight velvet and bodice dress and styled her blonde hair in tight waves...

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