Sir Alan Bates has accused the government of putting forward a “take it or leave it” offer of compensation amounting to less than half of his claim. The former subpostmaster, who has campaigned for redress for victims of the Post […]
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Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has fired the head of the nation’s security service over its failure to anticipate the 7 October 2023 attack by Hamas. The Israeli cabinet met on Thursday evening to formally approve the early dismissal of
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The United Nations peacekeeping force in Lebanon says its outgoing deputy commander has been injured after one of its convoys was “violently attacked”. The UN Interim Force in Lebanon (Unifil) said in a statement that the convoy was taking peacekeepers
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Filmmaker Jeff Baena, the husband of actress Aubrey Plaza, has died aged 47. His body was discovered by an assistant at his Los Angeles home on Friday morning, where he was later pronounced dead, media reports say. The American director,
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At least three people have been killed and dozens more wounded after an explosive was thrown into a crowd at a festival in Thailand. The attack took place shortly before midnight local time on Friday at the Red Cross Doi
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Israel’s military says around 250 rockets have been fired by Hezbollah across the border from Lebanon, marking one of the heaviest bombardments of Israel since fighting intensified in September. Several people were injured and buildings damaged in northern and central
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A far-right, pro-Russia candidate has taken a surprise lead in the first round of Romania’s presidential election, with preliminary results putting his pro-Europe rival in close second. With 96% of votes counted, ultranationalist Calin Georgescu was on 22%, and Marcel
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Russia’s most prominent opposition leader for a decade, Alexei Navalny, believed he would die in prison, according to his memoir. A fierce critic of President Vladimir Putin, he died in an Arctic Circle jail in February while serving 19 years
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