3 d. ago Terrifying moment China's brand new 2,500ft bridge collapses into river just weeks after opening

Shocking footage captured the moment the 2,487-foot-long Hongqi Bridge in southwest China crumbled apart after a landslide.

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4 d. ago Huge bridge linking China to Tibet collapses just months after opening

Video footage seen on X shows the bridge crumbling into the river below

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4 d. ago Video: Newly built bridge collapses into river after massive landslide in China

No casualties have been reported due to the timely closing

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4 d. ago Staggering moment 2,500ft bridge collapses in cloud of dust just MONTHS after opening in China

THIS is the shocking moment a 2,500ft bridge collapses in a cloud of dust, just months after opening in China. Dramatic footage shows a massive landslide engulfing the Hongqi Bridge in China's southwestern province of Sichuan, leading to its horrifying collapse on Tuesday 11. In the video, the hillside begins to give way in a...

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2 w. ago Lord Hermer condemns 'disgraceful allegations' that Starmer and Jonathan Powell collapsed China spy case

Lord Richard Hermer said he had been both disappointed and surprised that the trial of Christopher Cash and Christopher Berry had collapsed.

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2 w. ago Hermer blames collapse of China spy case on law ‘not fit for purpose’

The Attorney General said prosecutors had been working in ‘good faith’ to secure a conviction.

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2 w. ago In UK’s interest to ‘protect’ collapsed China spying case documents – minister

The case was withdrawn last month after the Crown Prosecution Service said it did not have the evidence to secure a conviction.

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2 w. ago Tories to push for Commons vote demanding release of 'China files' linked to collapsed spying trial

Kemi Badenoch 's party will use a House of Commons debate to call for the release of Government documents related to the trial.

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2 w. ago Tories to demand release of documents in collapsed China spying case

Christopher Cash and Christopher Berry deny wrongdoing.

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2 w. ago Prosecution chief to be quizzed in Parliament over collapse of China spying case

Director of public prosecutions Stephen Parkinson and securocrat Matt Collins will be questioned by MPs and peers.

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3 w. ago Government says Attorney General was not involved in collapsed China spy case

Robert Jenrick had asked why Baron Richard Hermer had not provided evidence to stop the case collapsing.

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3 w. ago Hermer and Jones summoned to public hearing on China spy case collapse

The Attorney General and Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister have been asked to give evidence to a parliamentary inquiry next Tuesday.

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3 w. ago Top lawyers rounding on chief prosecutor over China spy case collapse rebuked

A CPS source says legal experts are entitled to offer an opinion ‘based on published documents and media reports’.

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3 w. ago Tories told to ‘stop throwing mud’ over collapse of China spy case

Home Office minister Dan Jarvis said the Prime Minister and other ministers were powerless to stop the Crown Prosecution Service shelving the case.

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3 w. ago How a Labour manifesto boast led to the collapse of the China spy trial... after a suspect was found with £4,000 in cash in a suitcase as he flew into Heathrow

The Daily Mail has learnt that a single sentence, which appears to have been lifted almost word for word from Labour's 2024 manifesto, led to the China spy case collapsing.

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4 w. ago China threatens UK with ‘consequences’ over delayed London mega embassy

Diplomatic tensions escalate amid rows over planning hold-ups and collapse of spying trialUK politics live – latest updatesTensions between Britain and China have escalated after Beijing criticised further delays to a planning decision on its proposed “mega embassy” in London.China’s ministry of foreign affairs expressed “grave concern and strong dissatisfaction” after Steve Reed, the housing secretary, pushed back his final decision on the proposal until 10 December. Continue reading...

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