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Egypt warned Israel days before Hamas struck, US committee chairman says A US congressional panel chairman has said Israel was warned by Egypt of potential violence three days before Hamas’ deadly cross-border raid. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee head Michael McCaul told reporters of the alleged warning. “We know that Egypt has warned the Israelis three days prior that an event like this could happen,” McCaul told reporters following a closed-door intelligence briefing on Wednesday for lawmakers about the Middle East crisis, according to AFP news agency. “I don’t want to get too much into classified, but a warning…

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California player wins $1.76bn Powerball jackpot A single ticket sold in California has won $1.76 billion (£1.4 billion) on the PowerballPowerball – the second-largest lottery win in history.  The winner, who has not been named, now has the choice of having the money paid out over 30 years or receiving a lump-sum payment of an estimated $774.1 million. The biggest ever win, also in California, was $2.04 billion – won in November 2022. The odds of winning the jackpot are one in 292.2 million. The ticket for the billion-dollar jackpot win was purchased at Midway Market & Liquor in Frazier…

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Watch: Tearful Captain Tom’s family reveal death threats as they admit pocketing his book profits The Independent says A tearful Captain Tom’s family has revealed they received death threats amid reports they pocketed money from the charity hero’s book sales. In an interview with Piers Morgan on TalkTV, Captain Tom’s daughter Hannah Ingram-Moore reveals her father wanted them to keep the profits from his three books. In a trailer for the interview, which airs on Thursday evening, Mrs Ingram-Moore speaks alongside her husband Colin and two children at their Bedfordshire home, where Captain Tom walked his laps before his death…

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Captain Tom’s family admits ‘regret’ over spa as decision looms after keeping book cash Daily Mirror says The family of Captain Sir Tom Moore has spoken of their “regret” over a luxury spa and pool complex built at their £1.2million home. The late 100-year-old’s daughter Hannah Ingram-Moore, her husband Colin Ingram and their children Benji and Georgia are being grilled by TalkTV’s Piers Morgan in a interview broadcast this evening. Captain Tom became a national hero when he raised millions for the NHS during lockdown by walking laps of his garden. However, since his death in February 2021, the family…

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Captain Tom’s daughter admits pocketing £800k after her dad’s death The Metro says Captain Tom’s family yesterday confessed to taking money from the NHS fund-raising veteran – from the sale of his books. His daughter Hannah Ingram-Moore said they kept £800,000 from three books he had written. She told TalkTV’s Piers Morgan that Sir Tom wanted them to keep the book profits. The family were in the past accused of using a charity set up in Captain Tom’s name to apply to build a spa and pool complex in their garden. She said: ‘These were my father’s books, and it…

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Captain Tom’s daughter says family kept £800,000 from his books The Guardian says The daughter of Capt Sir Tom Moore has admitted to keeping £800,000 from books that the late army veteran had written. Hannah Ingram-Moore said the family kept the sum from three books because Captain Tom had wanted them to retain the profits. In an interview with Piers Morgan on TalkTV, which is scheduled to be broadcast on Friday, she said her father wanted his family to keep the profits in Club Nook Ltd, a firm separate from the Captain Tom Foundation charity. The Captain Tom Foundation has…

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