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All news for 2024-11-23

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From billions stolen to journalists silenced: The untold story of Oleg Osinovskiy and Anastasiya Udalova
Estonian businessman Oleg Osinovskiy and his fiancée, Anastasiya Udalova, fear exposure of their ties to Russian authorities and intelligence agencies.
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Solomon Islands party figures establish China-linked offshore firm ahead of election
Months before Solomon Islands’ elections, the head of the leading party and the son of the ex-prime minister set up a mysterious Singapore company with a Chinese partner. Its unclear purpose and opaque operations have raised questions.
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Three dead as Storm Bert claims its first victims: two killed in car crash and another crushed by a tree
Storm Bert claims its first victims, with two people dying in separate car crashes in Northamptonshire and Hampshire, and another crushed to death in his car by a falling tree.
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Starmer says UK will ’set out a path’ to raise defence spending to 2.5% in spring
While a date for an announcement on 2.5% will be welcomed by the Ministry of Defence, analysts have long warned that such an increase is still well below the amount that is needed to rebuild the armed forces after decades of decline.
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Ten people rescued after landslides in North Wales as ’multi-hazard weather event’ strikes the UK
A number of weather warnings are in place across the weekend, with the Met Office predicting travel disruption, flooding and wind gusts of up to 70mph in some areas.
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Mayors in France push to tear up key border deal with Britain, calling it too lenient on illegal migration
The local leaders want Paris to renegotiate the 2003 Le Touquet Treaty
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Huge Israeli air strikes hit residential building in central Beirut, killing at least 11 people
A huge Israeli strike has decimated a residential building in the centre of the Lebanese capital Beirut.
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Reform UK MP James McMurdock detained as a teenager for allegedly "kicking" former girlfriend
MP spent 21 days in young offender institution after kicking victim, according to court records
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Man arrested on suspicion of murder following double shooting in Birmingham
One man found dead in car and another is in hospital with critical injuries after shooting in Edgbaston
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Saudi Arabia accused of altering official COP29 negotiating text
News of changes to typically non-editable document ’risks jeopardizing climate summit’.
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Princess of Wales invites Southport stabbing survivors to her Christmas carol concert
The Princess of Wales has invited the children who survived the Southport stabbing to her festive carol concert.