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The number of migrants crossing the English Channel into the United Kingdom in 2024 rose by 25%, according to data released by the interior ministry. The numbers were up to 36,816 in 2024, from 29,437 in 2023, though still below the 2022 record of 45,774. The year 2024 also marked the deadliest year for Channel crossings, with at least 76 recorded deaths. According to French officials, there were also over 5,800 sea rescues and 870 attempts at crossings foiled. The surge in migrant crossings comes as Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labour government is under increased political pressure to address the…

At least 10 people have been killed after a vehicle struck a crowd celebrating the New Year in New Orleans.At least another 35 people have been injured in the incident, which took place on the corner of the popular Bourbon Street, in the French Quarter of the city on Wednesday morning.The FBI said it was investigating the attack as an “act of terrorism”.Anne Kirkpatrick, superintendent of the New Orleans Police Department, said the incident started at around 3.15am local time when a man driving a pick-up truck “intentionally” went around barricades and drove down the street at a “very fast…

What is happening domestically in German men’s football? The Bundesliga will return on January 10, after a shorter winter break than last year. The big game to keep an eye on will be when Bayern Munich host Borussia Dortmund on April 12. With Bayern currently leading the table by four points ahead of the restart in 2025, the league is almost as close as it was this time last year. Bayern are keen to win back the title that was theirs for so long, while defending champions Bayer Leverkusen are just about keeping up, but look unlikely to repeat their remarkable heroics of the last…

In August 1999, Vladimir Putin was appointed the prime minister of the Russian Federation. Months later, as the world prepared to welcome the year 2000, he succeeded the ailing Russian president, Boris Yeltsin. When he took office, Putin declared that Russia was, and would remain, a great power. In Europe and the United States, he was seen as someone who would restore order within Russia as the country emerged from the tumult of the 1990s.In 1999, then-Russian President Boris Yeltsin made Putin his prime minister first and then named him as his successor.Image: ITAR-TASS/dpa/picture alliance “I looked the man in…

Pakistan suffered an alarming surge in militant attacks in 2024, an annual report showed on Tuesday, as militants launched fresh deadly attacks in the northwest.  The figures make 2024 the deadliest for the Pakistani security services in nine years,  an Islamabad-based research group said. How the figures look “Pakistan experienced a 40% surge in militant attacks in 2024 compared to the previous year, recording 905 incidents that resulted in 1,177 deaths and 1,292 injuries,” the Center for Research and Security Studies said. These included 444 Islamist terrorist attacks ithat killed 685 soldiers and police officers and 927 civilians. “On average,…

Actors Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have reached a divorce settlement after eight years, marking an apparent end to one of Hollywood’s longest and most contentious divorces. Jolie’s attorney, James Simon, confirmed the settlement on Monday to People Magazine. “This is just one part of a long ongoing process that started eight years ago,” Simon said. “Frankly, Angelina is exhausted, but she is relieved this one part is over.” There was no immediate comment from Pitt or his attorney. Long-drawn-out tussle Jolie, 49, and Pitt, 61, — nicknamed Brangelina for years — were among Hollywood’s most popular couples for 12 years.  Jolie filed for…

Currently, Russian gas is still flowing through Ukraine’s pipeline network to the European Union (EU), generating revenue for Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin and funding his war against Ukraine. The Russian has claimed without Russian gas the bloc won’t be able to meet its energy needs. For Ukraine, by contrast, the gas transit deal has always meant first and foremost filling Putin’s war chest, even though some of the revenue Russia gains from its exports via Ukraine stay in Kyiv as transit fees. Now, as the year 2024 ends, Ukraine will not renew the gas transit agreement with Russia, as announced by President Volodymyr…

A team of US and South Korean investigators are to set to begin looking into the cause of the plane crash that left 179 people dead at Muan International Airport.The disaster on Sunday is the worst plane crash in South Korea’s history – with the youngest victim a three-year-old boy, according to a list of passengers seen by local media outlets. South Korea’s transport ministry has said the pilot reported that his aircraft had suffered a bird strike as he called a mayday before the tragedy.The Jeju Air flight, a Boeing 737-800 jet, was carrying 175 passengers and six crew…

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The German gymnastics federation DTB has pledged to launch an investigation into physical and mental abuse allegations made by 24-year-old retired gymnast Tabea Alt. On Sunday, the DTB told Germany’s DPA news agency that it “had concrete information on potential wrongdoing from coaches at the federal training center in Stuttgart.” “The subject of the investigation will be possible misconduct by coaches as well as errors in the high performance sports system at national bases,” the federation said. What do we know about the allegations? Alt, who competed for Germany at the Summer Olympics in 2016 at the age of 18, levied the allegations…