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‘Five Eyes’ ministers meet to discuss smashing people smuggling gangs, UK says

LONDON (Reuters) – Homeland ministers from Britain, the United States and the other “Five Eyes” alliance will announce new measures this week to increase border security and target people smugglers, British interior minister Shabana Mahmood said on Sunday. The ministers from the Five Eyes intelligence sharing network – the U.S., Britain, Canada, Australia and New …

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Cricket-England’s Bethell ready for Ashes if opportunity comes his way

(Reuters) -England batter Jacob Bethell is unsure if his first hundred in international cricket in Sunday’s one-dayer against South Africa has opened the door to the Ashes squad but the 21-year-old is confident he would not let anyone down if given the opportunity. The left-handed batter struck a belligerent 110 as England pummelled South Africa …

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Equestrian-Pregnant Canter caps dream season with second straight Burghley win

(Reuters) -Briton Ros Canter capped a golden season with another milestone moment on Sunday, winning her second successive Burghley Horse Trials just weeks after announcing her pregnancy. The 39-year-old Canter etched her name in the record books as the first rider since Ginny Leng in 1989 to win Badminton and Burghley in the same year …

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Cricket-Record win provides ODI blueprint for England, says McCullum

(Reuters) -England’s record 342-run One Day International win over South Africa in Southampton on Sunday provided the recipe for future success, according to coach Brendon McCullum, as they found the right gears with both bat and ball. England amassed 414 for five in their 50 overs and then skittled the visitors for 72 to set …

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Prince Harry back in UK, but will he see his father King Charles?

By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) -Prince Harry returns to Britain this week amid speculation that he might visit his father, King Charles, for the first time in about 20 months in tentative steps towards a family reconciliation. On Monday, which also happens to be the third anniversary of the death of his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth, …

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UK police arrest around 425 at latest protest for banned Palestine Action

By Vitalii Yalahuzian and Yann Tessier LONDON (Reuters) -British police arrested around 425 people on Saturday at a demonstration in support of Palestine Action, in the latest round of detentions of its supporters since the pro-Palestinian group was banned by the government as a terrorist organisation. Britain banned Palestine Action under anti-terrorism legislation in July …

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Soccer-Oldham’s Mellon and Orient’s Wellens grab winners for their dads’ teams

(Reuters) -English football turned into a family affair on Saturday as the managers of Oldham Athletic and Leyton Orient saw their sons step up with match-winning heroics on the pitch. In League Two, Oldham’s Michael Mellon wasted no time boosting his father’s reputation by securing the former Premier League club’s first league victory of the …

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Soccer-Unimpressive England beat Andorra 2-0 in World Cup mismatch

By Andrew Cawthorne BIRMINGHAM, England (Reuters) -England needed an own goal to open the scoring during a laboured 2-0 win over Andorra in their World Cup qualifier on Saturday before Declan Rice made the result somewhat more respectable against the tiny principality ranked 170 places below them. A fourth win in four for Thomas Tuchel’s …

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Fire breaks out at former BBC headquarters in west London, broadcaster reports

(Reuters) -Around 100 firefighters were called to a blaze on Saturday at the former BBC headquarters Television Centre in London’s White City, the British public broadcaster reported. The London Fire Brigade said firefighters from Hammersmith, North Kensington, Kensington, Chiswick and surrounding fire stations were mobilised after it was called to a fire at a nine-storey …

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