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Syrian man died trying to cross Channel to UK on leaky dinghy, say French authorities
A young Syrian man died while trying to cross the Channel to Britain, the French authorities said.
It is the first reported death at sea of a migrant seeking to travel to Britain from France so far this year.
More than 30 people were rescued after a boat got into …
On my radar: Siobhan Finneran’s cultural highlights
Born in Manchester in 1966, actor Siobhan Finneran’s first major role was as Rita in the 1987 film
Rita, Sue and Bob Too
. Her extensive TV work includesHappy Valley
,Alma’s Not Normal
andDownton Abbey
, for which the cast won the 2012 Screen Actors Guild award for outstanding …‘White people shouldn’t mess with it’: Native American church laments psychedelic cactus shortage
Aldous Huxley wrote about the spiritual visions he had
while taking the drug mescaline
inThe Doors of Perception
, while Hunter S Thompson wrote of driving at 100mph while under the influence of it inFear and Loathing in Las Vegas
.But now a growing number of …
‘This place instilled constant fear in us’: the man who lived next door to the brutal Homs security unit for 50 years
The three floors and subterranean prison of the Homs security directorate have loomed over 65-year-old Taha Tadmori’s daily life since he was a teenager. His family often shut their window blinds and doors in an attempt to block out the constant sound of screams and cries of pain from the …
Venezuelan opposition candidate accuses Nicolás Maduro of coup
The man widely believed to be the real victor of last year’s presidential election in Venezuela has accused Nicolás Maduro of staging a coup and “crowning himself dictator” after the South American autocrat claimed another six years in power.
Maduro, a former union leader who has governed since 2013, in …
White House working on hostage release deal between Hamas and Israel, says CIA director
The White House is working to reach a hostage deal between Israel and Hamas before president-elect Trump’s inauguration, William Burns, the director of the CIA, has suggested.
“Negotiations going on right now are quite serious and do offer the possibility, at least, of getting this done in the next couple …
Reeves vows to stand by fiscal rules to achieve stability despite market turmoil
Protesters in Calais condemn UK policies to stop Channel crossings
More than 70 organisations from across France willcome together on Saturday to protest in Calais about UK policies to try to stop people crossing the Channel.
died trying to cross the Channel in 2024, the highest number since crossings began in 2018. Non-governmental …Ons Jabeur: ‘Kids are dying everywhere in Ukraine or Gaza. I have to speak out’
Gritters stopped by 200 cars double parked on Peak District road, says council
Gritting crews have been stopped in their tracks by “about 200 cars” double parked on a road along the Peak District.
Derbyshire county council said crews were prevented from gritting the roads on Saturday morning due to parking on both sides of road at Rushup Edge and Man Nick near …