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Luigi Mangione will not face death penalty over killing of CEO, judge rules

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A US judge has ruled that Luigi Mangione will not face the death penalty if he is convicted over the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. US District Judge Margaret Garnett dismissed a federal murder charge against Mangione, finding it was technically flawed. She also dismissed a gun charge, but left in place stalking charges […]

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Starmer hails China reset a success – but not everyone is convinced

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Keir Starmer describes himself as a “British pragmatist” who takes a “common sense” approach. When it comes to global affairs, and domestic ones too, he isn’t one to grandstand, he’d rather try to get things done. That has been the entire tenor of his three-day visit to China as the former human rights lawyer-turned prime

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Accidentally freed sex offender jailed for punching and biting police officers

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A convicted sex offender who was accidentally freed from jail has been sentenced to 26 weeks in prison for punching and biting two police officers. Brahim Kaddour-Cherif, 24, was at the centre of a nationwide manhunt after he was mistakenly released from HMP Wandsworth, south west London, on 29 October last year. The Algerian asylum

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Melania’s non-documentary might end up a box office flop – but she won’t mind

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“Purposeful storytelling” is how Melania Trump herself describes what audiences will find in her cinematic debut. In many ways, that sums this film up. While Amazon paid an eye-watering fee for the documentary, don’t expect a warts-and-all unflinching record of what the first lady did in the 20 days leading up to the 2025 presidential

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Marines on training exercise rescue stranded climber in freezing conditions on Ben Nevis

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Marines on a training exercise saved the life of a stranded climber who had begun to succumb to exposure on Ben Nevis in freezing conditions. The team found the man curled up in the snow near the summit of the Scottish mountain on 24 January, as temperatures plunged during a blizzard. The rescue squad consisted

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Queen pays respect to longstanding friend Dame Jilly Cooper at memorial

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The Queen was among a list of well-known faces who paid their respects to Dame Jilly Cooper at a memorial in London on Friday. The legendary author died unexpectedly in October at the age of 88 from injuries sustained from a fall. On Friday, stars from the film, sport and literary worlds turned out to

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Gupta steel empire dismantling continues with Hartlepool pipes sale

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The dismantling of Sanjeev Gupta’s British business empire is accelerating after advisers were hired to find a buyer for a steel production business which supplies oil giants including BP and Shell. Sky News has learnt that Liberty Steel’s Hartlepool-based steel pipes unit, which employs about 170 people, is hunting a buyer within weeks. Industry sources

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Starmer bolsters business team with hiring of Evercore banker

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A senior City banker is joining Sir Keir Starmer’s business liaison team as Downing Street grapples with a string of industrial challenges, including the fate of Britain’s biggest water company and its second-biggest steelmaker. Sky News has learnt that Victoria Buhler, who works for the merger advisory firm Robey Warshaw, now part of Evercore, has

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