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Wife of US Coast Guard member arrested over expired visa after security check for military housing

U.S. officials say the wife of an active-duty Coast Guardsman was arrested earlier this week by federal immigration authorities inside the family residential section of the U.S. Naval Air Station at Key West, Florida, after she was flagged in a security check

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Letter by high-profile Titanic survivor sells for record £300,000

Archibald Gracie is known for writing one of the most vivid accounts of the 1912 maritime disaster

A letter written by a survivor of the Titanic disaster has sold for a record £300,000 at auction.

First-class passenger Col Archibald Gracie wrote The Truth About the Titanic, which described his experience of the 15 April 1912 tragedy that claimed 1,500 lives on the vessel’s journey to New York.

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© Photograph: Henry Aldridge & Son/PA

© Photograph: Henry Aldridge & Son/PA

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Arne Slot will not ‘go crazy’ if Liverpool win title with a point against Spurs

  • ‘At Feyenoord, I didn’t run three times round stadium’
  • Slot’s side 12 points clear in his first season in charge

Arne Slot will neither be the “loudest” nor “weirdest” during the celebrations if Liverpool win the Premier League on Sunday. The Reds welcome Tottenham to Anfield requiring a single point to secure the title and start the party in the Dutchman’s first season in charge.

The Liverpool head coach has experience of winning league trophies, lifting the 2022-23 Eredivisie title with Feyenoord. Should Liverpool draw or win against Spurs, Slot will share in the merriment alongside his wife and children, plus some of the 46-year-old’s friends who are visiting Merseyside during a Dutch holiday.

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© Photograph: Rui Vieira/AP

© Photograph: Rui Vieira/AP

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Palestinian president names Hussein al-Sheikh vice-president of PLO and his likely successor

Mahmoud Abbas appoints veteran aide to newly created role, making him frontrunner to replace ageing leader

Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday named a veteran aide and confidant as his new vice-president. It’s a major step by the ageing leader to designate a successor.

The appointment of Hussein al-Sheikh as vice-president of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) does not guarantee he will be the next Palestinian president. But it makes him the frontrunner among longtime politicians in the dominant Fatah party who hope to succeed the 89-year-old Abbas.

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© Photograph: Alaa Badarneh/EPA

© Photograph: Alaa Badarneh/EPA

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