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2021-10-19 20:37:34 Manchester Airport EVACUATED after “suspicious package” reported

Staff and passengers have been evacuated from Terminal 2 “as per standard procedure,” an airport spox to Daily Mail.

“We are in close contact with Greater Manchester Police, who are managing the response, and will provide an update on the situation as soon as possible,” the spokesperson said.

One witness told the Manchester Evening News the atmosphere was ‘calm’ and his family were moved from the shops and duty free towards the gate area.

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2021-10-19 20:26:31 Facebook "NOT ABOVE THE LAW" - platform agrees to pay MILLIONS to victims of alleged discrimination against US workers (WSJ)

The social media giant had been accused of illegally reserving well-paying jobs for immigrants it was sponsoring for residency - instead of considering and employing available US workers.

FB will pay out $4.75 million to the US govt. and $9.5 million to the victims of alleged discrimination, the Justice Dept. said.

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2021-10-19 20:20:14 MASKED XMAS? “Challenging” winter for UK, warns No.10, after nearly 50k infections Monday

Boris Johnson is keeping a “very close watch on the latest statistics” after the UK hit almost 50k infections Monday, the highest daily number for 3 months, as fears grow of the govt’s mask mandate, vaccine passport and home working “Plan B”.

Although No. 10 insisted there weren’t plans to reintroduce strict measures, the booster jab rollout has slowed as experts expect it will take until January to top up all at-risk age groups.

Officials reportedly claim Plan B will be implemented if hospitalizations top 1k a day; on Monday there were 915 NHS Covid hospital admissions.

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2021-10-19 19:56:00 FBI storms homes linked to Russian oligarch Deripaska

The FBI has conducted court-sanctioned raids on two homes belonging to relatives of Russian steel oligarch Oleg Deripaska - but not owned by him - in New York and DC Tuesday, his representative confirmed to RT.

Deripaska was sanctioned in 2018 for alleged money laundering, extortion and racketeering according to a press release, and sued the US over the ruling, before a federal judge dismissed the case in June. (NBC)

A court filing in the Cayman Islands indicates that Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort was allegedly paid $7.35mn by Deripaska for investment fund management fees.

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2021-10-19 19:45:13 Russia slaps Google with MASSIVE turnover fine - up to $240mn

Google is facing an enormous bill from Russia’s comms regulator that will amount to between 5-20% of annual turnover in the country for repeated failure to remove banned content.

Google had failed to pay a previous fine of $458k from earlier this year, and is already facing a court ruling demanding they unlock a YouTube account of a sanctioned Russian businessman.

Last year Google turned over $1.2bn in Russia, meaning their new fine could reach $240mn.

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2021-10-19 19:17:15 Plane reportedly carrying 21 people crashes in Waller County, Texas - local media

There is no information on casualties currently - the wreckage is ablaze.

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2021-10-19 19:08:35 FBI is conducting “law enforcement activity” at the Washington DC home of Oleg Deripaska (NBC citing FBI spox) Deripaska is the founder of Basic Element, one of Russia’s largest industrial groups and President of Rusal – the billionaire industrialist has… Open / Comment

2021-10-19 19:00:20 Israel Approves $1.5bn Budget for Potential Strike on Iran (Channel 12 Report)

The funds — nearly $1bn in this year's budget and over half a billion in 2022 — will reportedly go towards aircrafts, intelligence gathering, and dedicated armaments that can enable an attack on Iran's nuclear program.

While Israel is planning for a possible military attack, world powers are working to bring the Islamic Republic back to the negotiating table in Vienna to try and restart talks on reviving the 2015 nuclear accord.

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2021-10-19 18:40:12 $3mn/yr football coach SACKED for refusing vaccine - after last-minute religious exemption was denied

Washington State University’s Catholic-raised head football coach Nick Rolovich has been relieved of his duties for rejecting the vaccine mandate, despite previously flip-flopping to say he would get jabbed.

Rolovich filed a religious exemption on Saturday - 2 days ahead of the state deadline - but was denied, even though the mandate does allow for exceptions on religious and medical grounds.

WSU President Kirk Schulz admitted “it certainly skews the perception of our message” when their high-profile coach refused the jab. “It doesn't help when you have people who are contrary to the direction we're going.”

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2021-10-19 18:20:39 FBI is conducting “law enforcement activity” at the Washington DC home of Oleg Deripaska (NBC citing FBI spox)

Deripaska is the founder of Basic Element, one of Russia’s largest industrial groups and President of Rusal – the billionaire industrialist has previously been in the crosshairs of US sanctions targeting Russian individuals.

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