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All news for 2024-09-13

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Teenager arrested over London transport cyberattack
A teenager has been arrested following a cyberattack on London’s public transport body last week in which some personal customer data was accessed, the National Crime Agency (NCA) said on Thursday.
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UK’s National Grid to sell electricity system operator in a $827 million agreement
Britain’s National Grid (NG.L), opens new tab said on Friday it had agreed to sell its Electricity System Operator (ESO) to the UK government for 630 million pounds ($827.95 million), including debt.
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Luxury real estate on Palm Jumeirah: How the Karić family invests their Belarusian profits
Minsk. Sleek spiral towers of glass and concrete encircle a 35-story skyscraper. Gondolas drift leisurely along the man-made canals.
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Longtime leader of a major Mexican cartel pleads not guilty to drug trafficking and murder charges in New York
Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, a prominent leader of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel, pleaded not guilty on Friday to U.S. charges of drug trafficking. The case accuses him of orchestrating murder plots and ordering acts of torture as part of his cartel’s operations.
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CEO of rape crisis center resigns following report on organizational failings
The chief executive of a sexual assault support service has stood down after a review found it failed to protect women-only spaces.
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Over 2,000 prisoners released within a week under early release program
The prison population in England and Wales has dropped by 2,188 in a week following the mass early release of offenders to deal with overcrowding.
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More than 40kg of cocaine discovered in banana shipments to French supermarkets
Police seek to identify intended recipient after drugs found under pallets at four Grand Frais stores
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UK: Russian spying claims about six expelled Moscow diplomats are ‘baseless’
The UK government has said that claims made by Russia’s security services about six members of British diplomatic staff it has expelled from Russia are “baseless”.
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British dad and two sons injured in fatal head-on crash in Menorca
A British father and his two sons have been injured in a head-on death crash in Menorca.
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Three people killed inside block of flats
A teenager has been arrested after three people died in a flat in Luton on Friday morning.