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All news for 2024-10-17

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Watchdog opens investigation into anti-immigrant posts on Facebook
Oversight Board says parent company Meta has ‘serious questions’ to answer over two posts allowed to remain online
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ECB lowers interest rates to boost struggling eurozone economy
Fall in inflation enables central bank to bring in quarter point cut to 3.25% after business and consumer slowdown
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Young Moldovans being trained by Russian instructors to destabilize the country, police report
Moscow-backed instructors tied to the Wagner mercenary group trained young Moldovans in violent tactics to cause civil unrest, authorities said on Thursday, ahead of Sunday’s referendum on whether the country should move toward joining the European Union.
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FC Barcelona nearly falls victim to Lewandowski transfer scam, narrowly avoiding an own goal
When an apparent fraudster impersonated a famous football agent and asked FC Barcelona for 1 million euros, sources say the club attempted to send the money. Though the payment was eventually blocked, experts worry the incident is a sign that football remains vulnerable to corruption despite repeated calls for stronger oversight.
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Police initially claimed second Salisbury novichok attack was a drug overdose, inquiry reveals
Inspector dismissed emergency services’ concerns that incident was similar to Skripal poisonings, KC says
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Wife of Tory councillor jailed for stirring racial hatred after Southport attack
Lucy Connolly called for mass deportations and arson attacks in expletive-ridden social media post
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‘Race science’ group claims to have accessed sensitive UK health data
Fringe network recorded boasting of securing data from UK Biobank trove donated by 500,000 volunteers
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Nottingham shooting: Three shot after gunman opens fire at 10 people in horror attack
A gunman opened fire at around 10 people and hit three in horror attacks in different locations of Nottingham with incidents reported in the Bestwood and Sherwood areas of the city
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Photos from Liam Payne’s hotel room reveal a tragic scene with drugs, champagne bottles, and a smashed TV
If tests confirm the presence of narcotics in Liam Payne’s hotel room, authorities in Buenos Aires, Argentina, are reportedly planning to investigate who supplied the drugs to the One Direction singer
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Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar killed in Gaza after orchestrating the October 7 attack
Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar – the architect of the October 7 raid on Israel, in which 1,200 people were massacred – has been killed in Gaza, Israeli foreign minister Israel Katz confirmed.