Marco Pierre White and estranged wife Matilde in London High Court money row
Chef Marco Pierre White and his estranged wife Matilde are embroiled in a London High Court row over money.

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Two volunteer firefighters in Australia have died during the ongoing operation to contain the devastating bushfires on the country's east coast.

Geoffrey Keaton, 32, and Andrew O'Dwyer, 36, were killed on Thursday when the fire truck they were travelling in hit a tree and rolled over and crashed just south of Sydney.

The two men were in the front of

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Three people have died in India during protests, as more than 1,200 people have been detained for defying bans on demonstrations.

Arrests have taken place in several of the nation's big cities as rallies continue a week on against what campaigners have called a "bigoted" new law.

Police have been accused of using excessive force as they try to clamp

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A security officer has died and five people were injured after an attacker opened fire outside the headquarters of Russia's spy agency in Moscow.

The shooting happened near the building of the Federal Security Service (FSB), formerly known as the KGB.

It confirmed that one of its officers had died in the attack and that the lone gunman did not

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Russian president Vladimir Putin has congratulated Boris Johnson for his election victory, saying he understood the mood of the nation.

The Russian leader was speaking at his annual news conference, and suggested Britain wants better economic ties with his country.

He said: "He [Johnson] was victorious after all and had a better sense of the British

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The alleged leader of a crime organisation described as an "oiled killing machine" is back in the Netherlands after Dutch police arrested him in Dubai.

Ridouan Taghi, said to be the Netherlands' most wanted man, had been on the run for years until his arrest on Monday.

He now faces trial for allegedly ordering a string of gangland killings and

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