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British Airways wants ALL staff not laid off to sign new contracts

The beleaguered carrier has reportedly asked staff to sign contracts that would allow the airline to fire them without negotiation. It has also warned it could withdraw from major UK airports.




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Affairs between British Airways pilots and cabin crew go on all the time, airline manager admits

Bartek Wytryszczewski (left), a Polish BA cabin crew member, said he was discriminated against because of his sexuality, nationality and because he raised safety concerns at his Heathrow-based job.




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Sabotage or a technical fault? British Airways 777 and 787 are covered in five tons of foam

The Boeing 777 and 787 will be out of action for months after the incident at London's Heathrow on Sunday, which has led to claims of 'sabotage'. But British Airways have said it is due to a technical fault.




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Jared Kushner accuses Palestinians of 'failing to help their own people' as peace conference fizzles

Jared Kushner presented his Peace to Prosperity plan in Bahrain on Wednesday, but the event was skipped by both Israel and Palestine while many Arab states sent only junior ministers to attend.




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Mohamed Salah: Amr Warda 'should not be sent to guillotine' after 'sending inappropriate messages'

Mohamed Salah has slammed his Egypt team-mate Amr Warda after he was accused of sexual harassment, insisting 'no means no', but added he 'shouldn't be sent straight to the guillotine'.




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UK weather heat wave Glastonbury south west hottest Thursday Friday London south east Saturday

Sunbathers were pictured basking in the heat on the south coast, with temperatures in Bournemouth already pushing 80F (27C).




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Evidence of Egyptian pharaoh Queen Hatshepsut's alleged affair is uncovered in hidden wall carvings

Evidence of Egyptian pharaoh Queen Hatshepsut's alleged affair with a local is hinted at in hidden wall carvings in C5 documentary: The Nile: Egypt's Great River With Bettany Hughes.




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Mauritania 0-0 Angola: Geraldo has last-minute goal ruled out

Angola and Mauritania drew 0-0 in Group E of the Africa Cup of Nations on Saturday, leaving both sides facing a battle to advance to the knockout stages. It was a second draw for Angola.




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Benefits-cheating grandmother who scammed £41,000 could go to jail

Geraldine Thomas, 54, of Bargoed, Caerphilly, spent thousands of pounds on all-inclusive breaks to Egypt after lying that she lived alone. Thomas was secretly living with her partner Raymond Adams.




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School teacher, 54, collapsed in Egyptian hotel after eating final holiday meal

Alison Sonnex, 54, and husband Clive Eversfield, 60, of Ramsgate, Kent, fell ill after dining at the Royal Tulip beach resort at Marsa Alam in April 2018 and Ms Sonnex later died in hospital.




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Wilfried Zaha refuses to rule out Arsenal transfer

Crystal Palace winger Wilfried Zaha has broken his silence on a potential £40million move to Arsenal and refused to rule out the prospect of joining the team he supported as a boy.




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Egypt 0-1 South Africa: Mohamed Salah in tears as hosts are knocked out of African Cup of Nations

South Africa stunned hosts Egypt 1-0 to reach the quarter-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations.Seven-time winners Egypt produced a lacklustre display and were punished by Thembinkosi Lorch.




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Policewoman faces losing her job after trying to claim compensation over 'holiday food poisoning'

Policewoman Katie Miles, 38, could lose her job after being caught out trying to claim over a fake bout of food poisoning on a holiday in Sharm-el-Sheik, Eygpt. Ms Miles is pictured above riding on a camel.




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Mother, 51, stripped naked and nearly paralysed in TUI Sharm El Sheikh waterpark wave machine

Tracy Turner says her 'life has changed forever' after she sustained crushed bones, back and neck fractures on the machine at the waterpark attached to the Coral Sea Aqua Club Hotel in Egypt.




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Traveller almost loses her hand after suffering horrific injuries from a $5 henna tattoo in Egypt 

Brooke Crannaford, 26, from Melbourne was visiting a village off the Nile River when she got the tattoo. She was rushed to hospital after she lost feeling in her hand and her tattoo grew blisters.




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Consultant surgeon, 62, accused of molesting three schoolgirls in front of their mothers

Magdy Eskander, 62, is accused of placing his hands on the girls' private areas while blocking their mothers' view at Darlington Memorial Hospital. In 2017 he was cleared of all charges.




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Liverpool News: Club train in USA as Jurgen Klopp reveals when key players will return

Jurgen Klopp confirmed that Mohamed Salah, Roberto Firmino and Alisson will miss Liverpool's tour of the USA but are set to return when the club visit Evian in France late in July.




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Health officials warn of food poisoning threat to travellers to Egypt

Public Health England has said people are returning from the Hurghada region on the east coast of Egypt with a Shia toxin-producing strain of the food poisoning bug E.coli, which can turn deadly.




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British girl, four, drowns in a hotel pool in Egypt after she 'hit her head'

Skia Watson (pictured with mother Elisha) from Bristol was only out of sight of her family for a split second while on holiday at Seagull Beach Resort in Hurghada, on the Red Sea, south of Cairo.




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Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp slams football's increasingly hectic schedule

DOMINIC KING IN BOSTON: Klopp has warned about the perils of football's increasingly crammed calendar and used Mane's workload as evidence of the current excess.




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Archaeologists discover a sunken ancient settlement underwater

Lost city of Heracleion was lost around 800AD due to flooding and earthquakes and its relics are now submerged under the sea off the Egyptian coast.




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Toddler fighting for life after being struck down by E.Coli on TUI holiday

Richard Holt and Lara Wilcocks, from Merseyside, have been at their son Cillian's bedside for 21 days following a family holiday at the Jaz Bluemarine Resort in Hurghada, Egypt.




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Arsenal footballer Mohamed Elneny 'is shocked after dead body is found on patio of Egyptian home'

The midfielder's father reportedly found the corpse at his home, which is under construction, in the city of Mahalla Al-Kubra in Egypt on Friday.




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Trump urges America to 'get smart' over Somali refugees arrested for ISIS plot

The President (pictured) flagged up a case in Arizona where two young men told an undercover FBI agent that they wanted to 'achieve martyrdom' in the Middle East.




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Swashbuckling soldier accused of plotting to kill the King is at the centre of the new Poldark

Colonel Edward Marcus was at the centre of murderous plans to assassinate King George III and he has found fresh fame on televison today - in Poldark.




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Bettany Hughes reveals she was 'terrified' crawling through tunnels UNDER the Great Pyramid

Bettany Hughes told FEMAIL that she was 'terrified' crawling through tunnels 30 metres beneath the Great Pyramid in Giza for her new Channel 5 show, Egypt's Greatest Treasures.




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Armenian belly dancer faces deportation from Egypt for 'inciting debauchery'

Sofinar Grigoryan, known as Safinaz, was accused of 'inciting debauchery' by Egyptian officials after videos of her performing on stage with a woman wearing a bikini were shared online.




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Alex Rodriguez chats about missing fiancée Jennifer Lopez who has '3 more shows to go' on tour

The pop diva spent three nights at the Regnum Carya Hotel's luxurious five-bedroom, bulletproof Crown Villa in Antalya




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Group of 11 Britons sue five-star hotel in Egypt after 'catching gastric illness'

A group of Britons who were holidaying in Egypt are launching legal action against a five-star hotel after claiming they were struck down with gastric illness last month.




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Jennifer Lopez slips figure into revealing leotard for her FIRST ever concert in Egypt

Jennifer Lopez has played her stadium-packing shows all over the globe, but she's never played in Egypt before. She changed that on Friday with a performance in the Middle Eastern nation.




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TV historian Bettany Hughes reveals Egypt is most memorable place she has visited

Here Bettany Hughes reveals the most memorable place she has visited and her idea of holiday hell. The TV historian also divulges what she never travels without.




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Food historian recreates ancient Egyptian BEER

Food historians worked alongside the British Museum used ancient pots to accurately recreate Egyptian brewing methods to produce a 'delicious' brew.




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England's new rugby star Lewis Ludlam has gone from water boy to World Cup in two months

WILL KELLEHER: Four Flags adorn the top of Lewis Ludlam's Twitter profile. Those of Guyana, Palestine, Egypt and England represent the heritage of this surprise World Cup package.




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Pennsylvania Uber driver is convicted of raping intoxicated passenger

Ahmed Elgaafary (pictured) raped a drunk passenger after picking her up at a casino near Philadelphia. He charged her an extra $150 for vomiting in her car and the extra journey fee.




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Family of four 'fell seriously ill with food poisoning' on Egypt break

Sarah McCormick, 37, a bookkeeper from Wimborne, Dorset, feared her ex-Army corporal husband Thomas, 42, would die after being so badly affected by salmonella and shigella.




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The top 10 worst resorts for food poisoning, from Hurghada in Egypt to Riviera Maya in Mexico

A new study has highlighted the world's food poisoning hotspots and top of the list is Hurghada in Egypt - 380 cases have been reported since the start of 2017.




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Arsenal transfer news: Bordeaux looking at Mohamed Elneny

Ligue 1 side Bordeaux are reportedly monitoring the situation with Arsenal midfielder Mohamed Elneny. The Egyptian has fallen out of favour under Unai Emery and will be allowed to depart.




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Photo of Steve Jobs look-a-like sparks conspiracy theory that he is still ALIVE

The snap, which was taken in the North African country and shared to Reddit on Sunday, shows a man who looks strikingly similar to the late Apple founder sitting on a plastic chair.




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British traveller opens up his photo album from a trip through Africa in 1970 

The snaps were taken by Allan Hailstone in 1970 on a trip from London to Cape Town. He stopped off in Cairo, Nairobi, Johannesburg and Salisbury (now Harare) en route.




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Property Virgins host Egypt Sherrod reveals she had an abortion at 15 after she was raped

Property Virgins host Egypt Sherrod, 42, revealed she was raped as a teen during an emotional segment on Sister Circle. The mother of three said the decision allowed her a second chance at life.




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Five off-the-beaten-track destinations that haven't been ruined by Instagram yet

Australian travel company Luxury Escapes revealed the top five destinations that haven't been ruined by Instagram - yet.




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Egyptian goalkeeper goes viral with incredible acrobatic recovery save

In a clip posted on Twitter, Enppi Club's Mahmoud Gad makes a recovery save that seems almost impossible during his side's game against Pyramids in the Egyptian Premier League.




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Tutankhamun's coffin is taken out of sterilisation tent after first leaving tomb 97 years ago

The golden outer coffin of Tutankhamun has been removed from its sterilisation tent before it undergoes a painstaking eight-month restoration process. It is in the Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza.




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Unbeaten French colt Earthlight favourite for Juddmonte Stakes in Newmarket

The Andre Fabre-trainer winner of the Group One Prix Morny Stakes is the 7-4 favourite with Coral but faces a line-up that potentially includes Siskin and Monarch of Egypt.




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NYT publisher reveals how Trump planned NOT to warn paper Egypt was about to arrest their reporter

NYT's publisher revealed a never-before told story on Monday where he said Donald Trump intentionally withheld knowledge that one of their reporters was going to be arrested in Egypt.




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Mo Salah involved in fresh row with Egyptian FA after they failed to vote in FIFA's Best awards

The Liverpool star, who finished fourth in the men's Best Player award, raised alarms of a possible withdrawal from Egypt's team after removing all references on his social media accounts.




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Egyptian FA demand explanation from FIFA over missing Mo Salah votes at FIFA Best Men's Player

The Egyptian FA are demanding an explanation from FIFA as to why their vote for Mo Salah as FIFA Men's Player of the Year was missing. 




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Stolen ancient Egyptian GOLD coffin worth $4M is returned to Egypt after it ended up in New York

The gold coffin of high-ranking priest Nedjemankh was stolen by antiquities traffickers after the Egyptian Revolution of 2011 and was sold to the New York museum by a Paris art dealer.




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Fears grow for British mother, 26, and her four-year-old daughter who are missing in Egypt

Jawaria Tbesom is believed to have flown to the Egyptian capital with her daughter Aamina Asum after the pair disappeared from their home in Birmingham two weeks ago.




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CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: Terrifying Nazis is the Good Life for this fearless Margo lookalike!

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: Crikey, Adolf had better watch his goosestep. Imperious and haughty, it looks like The Good Life's Margo Leadbetter is taking on the Nazis.