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US Senate passes crucial deal to avoid debt crisis days before deadline
The US Senate has voted through a crucial deal to raise the country's debt ceiling with just days to spare. Senators followed the House of Representatives in passing the agreement, which will be sent to Joe Biden to be signed into law before Monday's deadline. Had the cut-off date been missed, it could have led to the potentially catastrophic scenario where the world's most powerful economy defaulted on its national debts.
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Dwayne Johnson announces surprise return to Fast & Furious after Vin Diesel feud
Dwayne Johnson has announced his return to the Fast & Furious franchise following long-standing reports of a feud with lead star Vin Diesel. The wrestler-turned-actor made his series debut as US secret agent Luke Hobbs in 2011's Fast Five, and reprised the role for three sequels and the 2019 spin-off Hobbs & Shaw. "Hobbs is back in the Fast & Furious franchise."
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Government accused of COVID inquiry 'cover-up' as legal battle beckons over Boris Johnson's WhatsApp messages
The government has been accused of an attempted "cover-up" as it bids to block the COVID inquiry's request for Boris Johnson's unredacted WhatsApp messages and notebooks. Bereaved families and opposition parties criticised Prime Minister Rishi Sunak after the Cabinet Office revealed it was taking the unusual step of bringing a judicial review of Baroness Hallett's order to release the documents. It comes after Mr Johnson, the prime minister during the pandemic, said he was "more than happy" to
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Twitter loses second trust and safety chief since Elon Musk takeover
Twitter's head of trust and safety has resigned from the social media company, according to a report. Ella Irwin told Reuters news agency she had resigned, not long after Fortune reported her internal Slack account appeared to have been deactivated. Ms Irwin oversaw content moderation - a controversial subject for a company that has been criticised for lax protection against harmful content since billionaire Elon Musk took over in October.
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Adam Boulton: Politicians are drawn to WhatsApp - it may stop us ever knowing whole truth
Matt Hancock, who resigned as health secretary in the midst of the pandemic, and his memoir's co-author Isabel Oakeshott, who subsequently handed over confidential information he gave her to The Daily Telegraph, have both come under heavy public criticism. The cache of over 100,000 messages - more than two million words' worth - which Mr Hancock downloaded from his phone and gave to Ms Oakeshott, provided the substance for their self-justifying book Pandemic Diaries and for the revelations in T
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Dozens of bags found containing human remains in Mexico
Forty-five bags containing human remains have been found in central Mexico, authorities have said. The bags were found in a gorge on the outskirts of Guadalajara, according to the state prosecutor's office in Jalisco, which added the remains were from both men and women. Such discoveries are not uncommon in Mexico, where more than 110,000 people are listed as missing, many of them likely to have been victims of the country's drug cartels.
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Jerusalem terror attack victim dies after 22 years in coma
A woman has died more than two decades after a terror attack left her in a coma. Hana Nachenberg was 31 and dining at a Jerusalem pizza restaurant with her three-year-old daughter when a Palestinian suicide bomber walked in and blew himself up. According to a report in French newspaper Le Figaro, dozens of people attended Ms Nachenberg's funeral on Thursday, a day after she died at a hospital in Tel Aviv.
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Selling stolen watches 'now more lucrative than drugs' - as thefts soar and victims fear for their lives
Stealing expensive watches and selling them on the black market has become a criminal enterprise "more lucrative than drugs", according to a former watch dealer forced to retire after being violently robbed three times. Paul Thorpe said a week's worth of stealing high-end watches in London could make "more money than some people would earn in a lifetime". "The criminal gangs know this, and they use that to their advantage."
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Phillip Schofield says he's 'lost everything' and apologises over affair - as he reveals where first romantic encounter took place
Phillip Schofield has said his "career is over" following a scandal over an affair with a younger male colleague - but insisted he did not groom him. The 61-year-old resigned from ITV last week and was dropped by his talent agency YMU after admitting to an "unwise but not illegal" affair with the man. In an interview with The Sun, he said he felt "utterly broken and ashamed" but insisted he "did not" groom the man, as he told the paper he will "die sorry" and said his "greatest apology" over t
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Anthony Taylor: Europa League final English referee confronted at airport by Roma fans
English referee Anthony Taylor and his family were confronted by a group of Roma fans at Budapest Airport after the Italian side's defeat by Sevilla in the Europa League final. Footage showed Taylor and his family being ushered out of a café and into a secure area by airport security after supporters hounded him following an ill-tempered final on Wednesday evening. The clips show a chair and bottle being thrown in the direction of Taylor and his group, which included two females.
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