All news for 2025-06-10

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Escape from HMP Hatfield: UK police searching for dangerous fugitive
Liam Slater, 33, escaped from HMP Hatfield and was last seen getting on a train to Leeds on May 18. Police have not yet found him and have advised the public not to approach him.
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US intelligence chief: world closer to nuclear catastrophe than ever before
The director of national intelligence stated that the world is “closer to the brink of nuclear annihilation than ever before.”
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‘Admiral 2.0’: Latvian ringleader to face trial over €297 million fake VAT fraud scheme
The suspected leader of a vast cross-border VAT fraud and money laundering ring faces trial in Latvia this month. The €297 million scheme targeted multiple EU countries and involved hundreds of companies.
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Life sentences for Daphne Caruana Galizia’s killers: Maltese mobsters convicted for journalist’s assassination
The sentences given to Agius, Vella, and their associates represent a significant moment in Malta’s efforts to achieve justice for Daphne Caruana Galizia.
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Mother of fraudster linked to Farage poured £750,000 into Reform UK
Electoral Commission figures indicate that Fiona Cottrell has contributed £750,000 to the party over the past year.
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‘Oh my God’: court shows video of London attacker unpacking sword before bloody rampage
A court has been shown chilling footage of a man accused of a fatal sword attack which left a 14-year-old dead filming himself unboxing the deadly weapon used in the attack.
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Cop "worked" from home: 10 million Z-key presses cost him his career
A police officer’s ultimate work-from-home hack has spectacularly backfired, costing him his job.
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March turns into riots: buildings burn in Northern Ireland over sexual assault case
A man has been arrested after 15 police officers were injured during rioting in Northern Ireland.
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Shadow curator of Telegram: how Russian intelligence agencies access data of billions of users
The technical infrastructure that underpins Telegram is controlled by a man whose companies have collaborated with Russian intelligence services.
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Unemployment rate exceeds expected peak as budget tax increases take effect
The UK’s jobless rate ticked up to 4.6% in April while payrolled employment has fallen sharply since, according to official figures covering the period when budget tax hikes on businesses came into effect.
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Greta Thunberg is the first Gaza ’freedom flotilla’ protester to be deported to France
Greta Thunberg arrived in France more than 24 hours after Israel seized the British-flagged boat ’Madleen’, which was headed for Gaza.
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School shooting in Austria: at least ten dead, including students
Ten people, including seven students, have died and up to 30 are injured following the morning shooting at a school in Dreierschützengasse, Graz, in southeastern Austria.
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Glasgow teacher fired over OnlyFans as students shared “explicit” photos at school
A teacher removed from the profession after a group of ’excited’ schoolboys found images from her secret OnlyFans page has described it as ’a bad day for people’s freedom of expression’.
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Couple and their two dogs die after falling off cliff on the Isle of Wight
Two people killed when their car went over the edge of a cliff on the Isle of Wight at the weekend were a bus driver and his frail wife, neighbors have said.
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Police find gold suitcase crucial to Portsmouth murder investigation
Two more arrests have been made in connection with the murder of a woman in Portsmouth.