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Police have not ruled out the possibility that escaped terror suspect Daniel Abed Khalife may have already left the country.

An alert was sent out to all UK airports and ports soon after his breakout on Wednesday morning with security stepped up in an attempt to prevent him fleeing.

But the Metropolitan Police’s counterterrorism commander said he was “keeping an open mind” as to whether he had managed to leave the UK, highlighting the former soldier’s “ingenuity” in making his pre-planned getaway.

He also described 21-year-old Khalife as “very resourceful” and said he may be getting help.

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With more than 150 counterterrorism officers hunting him and border staff on high alert, how could Khalife have made it abroad?

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Fugitives, who can’t travel under their own identity, often use forged documents or even genuine passports, which have been fraudulently obtained.

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In May, three men were jailed after supplying more than 100 passports to on-the-run criminals including murderers, gun smugglers and drug traffickers.

The gang’s customers, who paid up to £15,000 for a passport, included convicted cannabis supplier Jamie Acourt – one of the original suspects in the racist murder of Stephen Lawrence.

He spent two years on the run in Spain before he was arrested on a European warrant outside a gym in Barcelona in 2018.

Those seeking to evade justice are likely to avoid major transport hubs, instead travelling from smaller ports and airports with less security.

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Shane O’Brien fled the country in a private plane from Biggin Hill Airport in southeast London after stabbing 21-year-old Josh Hanson to death in a west London bar in 2015.

After landing in Germany, he used fake documents to travel through Germany, Belgium and the Czech Republic with the help of friends.

He was arrested in Prague in 2017 but managed to slip through the net by using the alias Enzo Melloncelli before he was finally caught in Romania in 2019 and extradited back to the UK to face justice.

For a high-profile escapee such as Khalife, even travelling using fake documents may be too risky.

But he could have been able to get out of the country undetected by boat or hidden in the back of a vehicle.

Mohammed Mokter Hossain, 54, was jailed in June after smuggling hundreds of people in both directions across the Channel using complicit lorry drivers.

They included fugitives who wanted to leave the UK because they were wanted for serious crimes such as child abuse and murder, the National Crime Agency (NCA) said.

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Jaguar Land Rover to ‘pause’ US shipments over Donald Trump tariffs

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Jaguar Land Rover to 'pause' US shipments over Donald Trump tariffs

Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has said it will “pause” shipments to the US as the British car firm works to “address the new trading terms” of Donald Trump’s tariffs.

The US president has introduced a 25% levy on all foreign cars imported into the country, which came into force on Thursday.

JLR, one of the country’s biggest carmakers, exported about 38,000 cars to the US in the third quarter of 2024 – almost equal to the amount sold to the UK and the EU combined.

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In a statement on Saturday, a spokesperson for the company behind the Jaguar, Land Rover and Range Rover brands said: “The USA is an important market for JLR’s luxury brands.

“As we work to address the new trading terms with our business partners, we are taking some short-term actions including a shipment pause in April, as we develop our mid- to longer-term plans.”

The company released a statement last week before Mr Trump announced a “baseline” 10% tariff on goods from around the world, which kicked in on Saturday morning, on what he called “liberation day”.

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JLR reassured customers its business was “resilient” and “accustomed to changing market conditions”.

“Our priorities now are delivering for our clients around the world and addressing these new US trading terms,” the firm said.

Trading across the world has been hit by Mr Trump’s tariff announcement at the White House on Wednesday.

All but one stock on the FTSE 100 fell on Friday – with Rolls-Royce, banks and miners among those to suffer the sharpest losses.

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Cars are the top product exported from the UK to the US, with exports worth £8.3bn in the year to the end of September 2024, according to data from the Office for National Statistics.

For UK carmakers, the US is the second largest export market behind the European Union.

Industry groups have previously warned the tariffs will force firms to rethink where they trade, while a report by thinktank the Institute for Public Policy Research said more than 25,000 car manufacturing jobs in the UK could be at risk.

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Two people die after caravan fire at holiday park in Lincolnshire

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Two people die after caravan fire at holiday park in Lincolnshire

Two people have died following a fire at a caravan site near Skegness, Lincolnshire Police have said.

In a statement, officers said they were called at 3.53am on Saturday to a report of a blaze at Golden Beach Holiday Park in the village of Ingoldmells.

Fire and rescue crews attended the scene, and two people were found to have died.

They were reported to be a 10-year-old girl and a 48-year-old man.

The force said the victims’ next of kin have been informed and will be supported by specially trained officers.

Officers are trying to establish the exact cause of the blaze.

“We are at the very early stages of our investigation and as such we are keeping an open mind,” the force said.

Two fire crews remain at the scene.

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Boy dies after ‘getting into difficulty’ in lake in southeast London

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Boy dies after 'getting into difficulty' in lake in southeast London

A 15-year-old boy has died after “getting into difficulty” in a lake in southeast London, police say.

Officers and paramedics were called shortly after 3pm on Friday to Beckenham Place Park in Lewisham.

The Metropolitan Police said a boy “was recovered from the lake” at around 10.42pm the same day.

“He was taken to hospital where he was sadly pronounced dead. His death is being treated as unexpected but not believed to be suspicious,” according to the force.

The boy’s family has been told and are being supported by specialist officers.

The force originally said the child was 16 years old, but has since confirmed his age as 15.

In the earlier statement, officers said emergency services carried out a search and the park was evacuated.

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Emergency teams were called to Beckenham Place Park on Friday afternoon

Beckenham Place Park, which borders the London borough of Bromley, covers around 240 acres, according to the park’s website.

The lake is described as 285 metres long, reaching depths of up to 3.5 metres.

It is designed as a swimming lake for open-water swimming and paddle boarding.

A London Ambulance Service spokesperson said on Friday: “We were called at 3.02pm this afternoon to reports of a person in the water.

“We sent resources to the scene, including an ambulance crew, an incident response officer and members of our hazardous area response team.”

Emergency teams have not explained how the boy entered the water, or whether he was accompanied by others.

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