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• Revealed: Fake asylum seekers are conning their way into Britain by telling the Home Office they are from war-torn Eritrea and then bragging about it to thousands of followers on TikTok

  17-11-2024 12:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Mail discovered a network of thousands sharing huge swathes of training material to convince case officers they are from Eritrea - because it has a 99 per cent success rate for asylum..
  
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• Diddy accused of attempting to obstruct justice and sway witnesses from jail

  17-11-2024 14:13 via metro.co.uk
  Diddy has been accused of attempting to obstruct justice (Picture: Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP)Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ behaviour is being examined by prosecutors as he has been accused of atttempting to obstruct justice.
  The disgraced rapper was taken into custody in September on charges of sex trafficking, racketeering, and transportation to engage in prostitution.Diddy has pleaded not guilty and is currently behind bars at a facility in Brooklyn after he wa
  
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• Watch the sickening attack by a gang of youths that's left a teen too afraid to leave the house or return to school

  17-11-2024 14:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Not only did the thugs assault the 15-year-old, they filmed themselves doing it, with the video now being a major part of a police investigation into the incident at Chester Hill in Sydney's south-west.
  
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• Elon Musk's 'DOGE' wants to cut protection for Fauci and drag queen parties as part of Trump's $1.9 trillion cut

  17-11-2024 14:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  From massive Pentagon overspends on soap dispensers to drag shows in South American cities, there are plenty of examples of loopy federal government spending that can be clawed back.
  
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• Two British men killed and a third critically injured after their car smashed into suspected drugs traffickers' speedboat that came off a trailer on Spanish dual-carriageway 'at 75mph'

  17-11-2024 14:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Two British nationals have died and a third has been critically injured after their car smashed into a suspected drugs traffickers' speedboat that came off a trailer on a Spanish dual-carriageway.
  
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• BBC journalist was targeted by sex pest who pleasured himself as he made lewd comments about her

  17-11-2024 14:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Lucy Manning, who works as a special correspondent at the news corporation, spent more than two years trying to get her offender sentenced after the man made a series of lewd phone calls in 2022.
  
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• After Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson, Arlington arena to host another damp squib when Dallas Cowboys return to NFL action

  17-11-2024 14:02 via metro.co.uk
  
  Mike Tyson lands a rare blow on Jake Paul in their turgid fight (Picture: Getty Images)‘It was the best of times, it was the worst of times’ wrote Charles Dickens in his blockbuster about the French Revolution, A Tale of Two Cities.The story was released 165 years ago but the phrase perfectly encapsulates the thoughts of everyone who stayed up in the early hours of Saturday morning to watch former undisputed world heavyweight champion Mike Tyson fight YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul
  
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• One word my brother repeated after his cancer diagnosis broke my heart

  17-11-2024 14:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  We were told about the 14cm tumour in his chest and that he may have blood cancer (Picture: Sadia Asghar)Tears streamed down my face as soon as the doctor told us that my 19-year-old brother, Hassan Ali, had blood cancer.I looked over at him and he seemed so stoic, despite just being alerted to the 14cm tumour in his chest.‘Alhamdulillah,’ he simply said.In Arabic, it means ‘thank God’, which might sound like an odd thing to say when you get bad news. But he had faith in
  
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• Pensioners 'will die' after Labour's winter fuel allowance cuts as snow is predicted to grip parts of the UK this week

  17-11-2024 13:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Baroness Altmann said the decision to make the winter fuel payment a means-tested payment was 'extremely cruel, poorly conceived and actually dangerous'.
  
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• Headache for Ruben Amorim as Manchester United defender picks up injury on international duty

  17-11-2024 13:58 via metro.co.uk
  
  Victor Lindelof limped out of Sweden’s win over Slovakia on Saturday (Picture: Getty Images)New Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim has been handed some unwanted injury news after Victor Lindelof limped out of Sweden’s win over Slovakia on Saturday.The defender suffered a groin problem early in the 2-1 victory and was forced off just 26 minutes into the contest.The Sweden team confirmed from their official X account on Sunday morning that he has left the squad as a result of the i
  
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• Embarrassment for Putin in Mali after Wagner group fails to stop jihadi attacks that killed 100 people despite security promises

  17-11-2024 13:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The attacks on September 17 saw the Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims (JNIM) appear to easily cause chaos on two of the country's most secured sites.
  
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• Strong magnitude 6 earthquake rocks Japan 10km under sea level

  17-11-2024 13:53 via metro.co.uk
  
  The epicentre of the earthquake near Kagoshima (Picture: @raspishakEQ/x)Japan has been struck by an undersea earthquake measuring magnitude 6.The quake’s epicentre was 10km under sea level, off the northeast Coast of Amami-Oshima Island, the country’s meteorological agency said.This is the south of the main islands of Japan, but the quake could still be felt in some residential areas.
  Some areas felt the quake as a magnitude 2 or 3, including Amami City and Kagoshima City.There was n
  
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• Staggering graph shows how eight million Democrat voters 'vanished'

  17-11-2024 13:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Of all the embarrassing failures Kamala Harris suffered at the ballot box - the exodus of Hispanic, black, Asian and young voters - there is perhaps one that torments her the most.
  
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• ‘I was called the next Pele but I completely lost my love for football’

  17-11-2024 13:49 via metro.co.uk
  
  Adu was christened the new Pele at just 14 (Picture: Paul Hawthorne/MLSNETImages)For Football Manager fans of a certain vintage, the name Freddy Adu will be as recognisable as those of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. Not for quite the same reasons, mind.At the age of 14, one of football’s most notorious wonderkids became the highest paid player in Major League Soccer before becoming the youngest ever player to represent the United States men’s side.Tipped to become an even bigger
  
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• Lesley Manville says ‘rug was pulled from under her’ in high profile 90s divorce

  17-11-2024 13:48 via metro.co.uk
  
  Lesley Manville wasn’t going to let her divorce break her (Picture: Gisela Schober/Getty Images)In the 90s, one huge celebrity divorce rocked Hollywood as Lesley Manville split from fellow rising star Gary Oldman in a love triangle scandal.The Moonflower Murders actress has shared how the breakup impacted her as her husband of two years left her for Kill Bill icon Uma Thurman after they met on set of State of Grace.She had married the Harry Potter star in 1987, welcoming their son, Alfie,
  
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• James Hewitt aims savage dig at BBC's Martin Bashir for taking advantage of Princess Diana and said he turned him into the most hated man in the world

  17-11-2024 13:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Former Household Cavalry officer Mr Hewitt had a five-year affair with the-then Princess of Wales between 1986 and 1991.
  
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• Two Brits killed in Spain pile-up after car 'smashes into drug traffickers' speedboat'

  17-11-2024 13:32 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Two British men have died and a third has been critically injured in an accident on a Spanish road where a speedboat fell off a trailer and into the path of their car
  
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• One in ten to be hit with £3,000 council tax bills after Keir Starmer gives local authorities permission to raise it by nearly three times the rate of inflation

  17-11-2024 13:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Local authorities will now be permitted, for the first time, to hike the costs for a number of houses across the UK - a policy that is not just going to be confined to those in the priciest postcodes.
  
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• Anthony Albanese's government reveals major changes to the way Australians pay - with one payment method set to be gone for good

  17-11-2024 13:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Cash will get new protections as digital payments continue to rise rapidly.
  
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• Poison pen letter sent to the Actors' Benevolent Fund's Dames Penelope Keith, Siân Phillips and Robert Bathurst warning 'you should be afraid' investigated by police

  17-11-2024 13:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dame Penelope Keith, Dame Siân Phillips and Robert Bathurst, former trustees of an illustrious actors' charity, have been sent a posion-pen letter, telling them they 'should be afraid'.
  
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• Severed head of hero brother who saved sister from drowning washes up on a Florida beach

  17-11-2024 13:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Victor Enrique Castaneda Jr, 19, and his sister, Hailey Clements, got in to trouble while swimming at South Point Beach in Miami on November 9, and he was able to save her at the cost of his life.
  
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• Double murder investigation launched in Manchester after two men found stabbed to death in the street - as man is arrested by cops

  17-11-2024 13:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Emergency services were called to Great Southern Street in Moss Side, less than two miles south of the city centre, after the individuals were discovered.
  
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• Woman with same tumour as Davina McCall says it started with one sign

  17-11-2024 13:18 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Mum Kimberley said she had various appointments with doctors before she was diagnosed
  
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• Two men dead after car smashes into suspected drug traffickers’ speedboat

  17-11-2024 13:15 via metro.co.uk
  
  To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a webbrowser thatsupports HTML5 video Up NextTwo British nationals have died and a third has been critically injured after their car smashed into a suspected drugs traffickers’ speedboat that came off a trailer on a vehicle travelling in front of them on a Spanish dual-carriageway.The trio were the first to hit the ‘narcolancha’ when it ended up on the tarmac near the resort of La Manga.Police today confirm
  
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• Two British men killed after car hits ‘drugs traffickers’ speedboat in Spain

  17-11-2024 13:15 via metro.co.uk
  
  To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a webbrowser thatsupports HTML5 video Up NextTwo British nationals have died and a third has been critically injured after their car smashed into a suspected drugs traffickers’ speedboat that came off a trailer on a vehicle travelling in front of them on a Spanish dual-carriageway.The trio were the first to hit the ‘narcolancha’ when it ended up on the tarmac near the resort of La Manga.Police today confirm
  
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• Classic 80s film star looks almost unrecognisable during New York City outing

  17-11-2024 13:13 via metro.co.uk
  
  A blockbuster comedy legend popped out to grab some groceries in New York City this week (Picture: Backgrid)A huge Hollywood star who stepped away from moviemaking in the 90s was spotted on a low-key outing after shunning the limelight for the past few decades.Rick Moranis, 71, is rarely seen and looked virtually unrecognisable wrapped up against the cold in New York City in a bulky brown jacket with the collar stood up, corduroy trousers and gloves.He also wore dark shades and a green flat cap,
  
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• England star goes incognito at League One match after withdrawing from squad

  17-11-2024 13:06 via metro.co.uk
  
  Cole Palmer tried to avoid detection (Picture: Phil Oldham/Shutterstock)Stockport County fans may not have realised they were sat by a superstar on Saturday as Chelsea and England star Cole Palmer tried to remain undercover in the crowd.The 22-year-old was in the stands at Edgeley Park to watch Stockport beat Wrexham 1-0 in League One in a big game at the top of the table.The result has left Wrexham third, with Stockport just one point and one place behind them in the division.Stockport’s
  
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• Reason Princess Charlotte has a better chance of becoming Queen than Princess Anne ever did

  17-11-2024 13:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Princess Charlotte is the first young royal girl who will benefit from a massive change to the line of succession, which makes her more likely to be Queen than her great-aunt Princess Anne ever was
  
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• I shared so much about my daughter online, she thought she was famous

  17-11-2024 13:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Elaine Kasket was a frequent ‘sharenter’ – a parent who shared pictures and details of her daughter online (Picture: Nicolas Laborie)‘I didn’t like you posting funny conversations on Facebook,’ my nine-year-old said over a pub lunch five years ago.I shifted uneasily in my seat. Over the years, I’d become vaguely aware of the increasing clues that she was uncomfortable with the photos, anecdotes, and family dialogues I routinely posted on social media. I&
  
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• Nigel Farage claims lack of charges over Manchester Airport chaos shows 'two tier policing and two tier justice under two tier Keir' as he prepares to launch private prosecution

  17-11-2024 12:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Reform UK leader compared the absence of charges following July's incident to the 'immediacy' of action against those who rioted after the Southport stabbings.
  
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