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Two Britons are believed to be among more than a dozen people missing after a boat sank in the Red Sea off the Egyptian coast.The yacht, called Sea Story, had 44 people on board, including 31 tourists of varying nationalities and 13 crew.Authorities are searching for 16 people, including 12 foreign nationals and four Egyptians, the governor of the Red Sea region said, adding that 28 other people had been rescued.Preliminary reports suggested a sudden large wave struck the vessel, capsizing it within about five minutes, governor Amr Hanafi said."Some passengers were in their cabins, which is why they were unable to escape," he added in a statement. Image: Survivors rescued from the Sea Story in Marsa Alam. Pic: STR/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock ...

Twelve British soldiers were injured in a major traffic pile-up in Estonia, close to the border with Russia, local media have reported.Eight of the troops - part of a major NATO mission to deter Russian aggression - were airlifted back to the UK for hospital treatment on Sunday after the incident, which happened in snowy conditions on Friday, it is understood. Five of these personnel have since been discharged with three still being kept in the military wing of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham.The crash happened at an intersection at around 5pm on Friday when the troops were travelling in three minibuses back to their base at Tapa. Two civilian cars, driven by Estonians, are thought to have collided, triggering a chain reaction, with four other vehicles - comprising the three...

A motion has been filed to drop the charges against Donald Trump of plotting to overturn the 2020 US presidential election result.Mr Trump was first indicted on four felonies in August 2023: Conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction of and an attempt to obstruct an official proceeding, and conspiracy against rights. The president-elect pleaded not guilty to all charges and the case was then put on hold for months as Mr Trump's team argued he could not be prosecuted. Image: Special Counsel Jack Smith. Pic: Reuters Image: Donald Trump supporters storm the US Capitol On Monday, prosecutors working wit...

A man who repeatedly drugged his wife unconscious and invited strangers to rape her for years should be given the maximum 20-year sentence in prison, French prosecutors have said.Dominique Pelicot, 71, has confessed to all the charges and admitted to mixing sedatives into her food and drink so he and others he recruited online could sexually assault her. He previously told the court: "I am a rapist just like all the others in this room."Some 50 other men are also on trial for allegedly participating in the attacks on Gisele Pelicot, 71, who waived her right to anonymity and insisted the trial in southern France was held in public to shame her attackers.Prosecutor Laure Chabaud has asked the panel of judges for the maximum possible penalty for aggravated rape, 20 years, for Ms Pelicot's ex-...