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PM presses Mauritius on need for Chagos Islands deal to protect UK-US military base
The prime minister has pressed Mauritius on the need for the Chagos Islands deal to allow "strong protections" for the UK-US military base there.
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‘Idiot’ teen driver sentenced after car crash left boy, 4, seriously injured
An 18-year-old who crashed his car into a bus stop and seriously injured a four-year-old was sentenced to two years and two months in a young offenders institute.
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‘They’re the ones who wronged us’: Freed Palestinian prisoner rebukes UK and US over ‘harm they’ve caused’
One of the most high-profile prisoners to be released by Israel has told Sky News that the world has ignored Palestinians and says Britain is one of the countries he…
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Clues and questions from air traffic audio, another near-miss crash and ‘not normal’ staffing
New audio reveals the helicopter pilot said he was able to see the American Airlines passenger plane, and twice requested permission to manoeuvre around it by sight and without further…
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AstraZeneca move leaves Reeves under the weather
In substance and timing, AstraZeneca's decision to cancel a planned expansion of its flu vaccine facility at Speke is a blow to the government's recent zeal for growth.
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Ministers may find it hard to defend vaccine plant blow given economic climate of contagious scepticism
In substance and timing, AstraZeneca's decision to cancel a planned expansion of its flu vaccine facility at Speke is a blow to the government's recent zeal for growth.
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Tomb of far-right leader vandalised less than three weeks after burial
Police in France are investigating after Jean-Marie Le Pen's tomb was vandalised, less than three weeks after the founder of France's far-right National Front party was buried.
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Microsoft and Google chiefs in £295m deal for London Spirit Hundred
A group of technology billionaires including the bosses of Google and Microsoft have triumphed in an auction of the Lords-based London Spirit cricket team in a deal which will set…
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Another UK stock market record broken
The UK's benchmark stock index has reached another all-time high, in a month of record breaking.
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Second ship seized in Baltic Sea cable damage investigation
A Norwegian ship suspected of being involved in "serious damage" to an underwater telecoms cable between Latvia and Sweden has been boarded by police.