Around 40 people have been killed and 115 injured in a Swiss bar fire on New Year's Eve, police say at a press conference.

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Sixty people are receiving care at Sion hospital, officials say, with others being treated elsewhere - a "significant number" are in a critical condition. The cause of the fire hasn't been confirmed, but officials reiterate that it was not an attack.

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Some witnesses think "birthday candles" on top of a champagne bottle set fire to the ceiling - this is put to the attorney general, who says she cannot confirm anything while the investigation is ongoing.  

 

The fire started at around 01:30 (00:30 GMT) at Le Constellation bar in south-west Switzerland - a video from inside the bar shows the beginning of the fire, with a ceiling ablaze

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Two men who used Grindr to gain access to victims’s homes have been jailed for a combined eight-and-a-half years following a series of burglaries and frauds across London.

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Rahmat Khan Mohammadi, 22, and Mohammed Bilal Hotak, 21, were sentenced at Isleworth Crown Court after being found guilty of burglary, fraud and theft. The convictions were returned on November 4, according to a Metropolitan Police update issued on December 22.

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The pair were part of a wider organised group operating between October 2024 and March 2025. During that period, 22 people were targeted, with police linking the network to 35 burglaries and 20 fraud offences.

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Investigators said the men used Grindr to initiate contact, arranging meetings at victims’s homes. Their accounts generally did not display profile photos and, when challenged, they sent images that were not of themselves.