All news for 2024-10-22

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Blade Runner 2049 producer files lawsuit against Elon Musk over robotaxi images
The maker of the film Blade Runner 2049 has sued Tesla, Elon Musk and Warner Bros Discovery, alleging they used imagery from the movie without permission.
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Facebook and Instagram initiate crackdown on celebrity scam ads
Facebook and Instagram owner Meta is to introduce facial recognition technology to try and crack down on scammers who fraudulently use celebrities in adverts.
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Ex-Abercrombie CEO arrested on sex trafficking charges
The former CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch (A&F) and his partner have been arrested and charged with running a prostitution and international sex trafficking business.
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Colombia’s coca crops increased, but cocaine production surged, latest figures reveal
Coca crops and cocaine production in Colombia increased during 2023, as the government has stopped forced eradication efforts and concentrated on seizures to fight drug trafficking.
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Historic guilty plea by bank underscores US crackdown on money laundering
For the first time, a US bank has admitted to helping criminal networks in Colombia launder hundreds of millions of dollars in dirty money, highlighting the fruits of a renewed push to target those aiding the region’s money launderers.
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Chris Kaba caught on camera shooting rival in busy nightclub just days before police shooting
This is the moment a man thought to be Chris Kaba shot a rival in a crowded nightclub in east London, before chasing him down and shooting him again.
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Saladin and the wonderful lamp: Why Iran truly believes Israel is using djinns to combat Hezbollah
A prominent Iranian theologian, Mustafa Karami, recently claimed that Israel’s success in eliminating Hamas and Hezbollah commanders can be attributed to an army of djinns that Israel has allegedly enlisted.
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Kinahan gang boss who orchestrated arms cache plot from prison receives a six-year jail sentence
Thomas Kavanagh, 57, enlisted two associates to help with the scheme while he was in prison. He wanted the National Crime Agency to find a weapons stash in an effort to influence his sentencing in a multimillion-pound drug case.
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Balkan criminals planned murders using encrypted phones from the Canadian start-up Sky Global
Sky phones were a favorite tool for criminals to discuss logistics. Now, it turns out that some of Sky’s most prolific “resellers” were Serbian criminals affiliated with organized groups that have been wreaking havoc in the Balkans.
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Paul Gascoigne’s daughter alleges she was groomed and sexually assaulted by Al Fayed
The 37-year-old alleged that the Egyptian businessman would fondle her and compel her to kiss him during their weekly meetings when she was employed by him.
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Court hears that soldier Daniel Khalife, accused of escaping from prison, was previously on the run due to a bomb hoax
Khalife, 23, is alleged to have fled the barracks when he realised he would face criminal charges over claims he passed classified information to Iran’s intelligence service.
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Ministers halt plans to establish 44 new state schools in England
Decision affects secondaries and primaries approved by previous government using its ‘free school’ application process
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Irish PM calls murder case of previously unnoticed missing boy ’absolutely horrifying’
Police believe eight-year-old Kyran Durnin disappeared two years ago and presume that he is now dead
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Inside sick ’human butchery’ ring who made £300,000 from ’testicle salads’ and live castrations
As the Court of Appeal has ruled that convicted members of an extreme body modification gang can challenge their appeals, the Mirror takes a look inside the twisted group of ’eunuch makers’, whose leader kept his penis in a drawer
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Urgent search launched after woman and four young children ‘forced into Ford Transit’
An urgent manhunt is underway after a woman and four children under the age of seven or bundled into the back of a van.
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Body discovered in search for missing mother Victoria Taylor
Police searching for missing mum Victoria Taylor have found a body close to where she was last seen.
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Prisoners leave in supercars minutes after early release
Around 1,100 prisoners have started to be released from prison early as part of a plan to ease overcrowding in prisons.
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GP ’poisoned’ neighbor’s plants before trying to kill stepdad with fake COVID jab
Thomas Kwan admitted to having tried to murder his mum’s partner Patrick O’Hara with a bogus Covid vaccine that was filled with poison - all while dressed up as a nurse
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In Paris, a child was stolen from the maternity ward - the police launched an urgent search
The boy, named Santiago, was described as having blonde hair and wearing white velvet pajamas when he went missing from a hospital in the Seine-Saint-Denis region of Paris.
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Chris Kaba was identified as a "core member" of one of London’s most dangerous gangs, according to reports
A man who was shot dead by police was a ‘core member’ of one of London’s most dangerous gangs.