All news for 2025-08-01

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From spies to CEOs: how Russia’s exposed agents rebuilt their lives after U.S. arrest
In 2010, ten Kremlin spies were arrested in the U.S. and later exchanged in Vienna for Western agents. Putin welcomed them in Moscow as heroes, while blaming the failure on defector Alexander Poteyev.
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UK launches civil service internship exclusively for working-class students
The minister states that the program will assist in ensuring that Whitehall possesses the "widest range of talent and truly represents the nation."
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Boy, 8, sexually assaulted in tent at Highland campsite: police launch investigation
A man came up to the child inside his tent at the Loch Ness Bay campsite between 12:20 am and 1 am on Thursday, while his family was in a nearby tent.
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Satellite images show China’s vast military expansion on artificial islands in South China Sea
Latest satellite images of Mischief Reef reveal expansive runways, missile shelters, and large aircraft hangars.
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Heathrow to unveil £49bn airport overhaul despite criticism from environmentalists and local residents
Heathrow Airport has unveiled details of its project to expand and modernize the airport at a cost of £49 billion.
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Moyn Islam: PR built on OneCoin’s graves and a new pyramid empire from Dubai
In 2016, when a young Briton with Pakistani roots, Moyn Islam, was smilingly speaking at OneCoin cryptocurrency presentations, he was dubbed the "next hope of an Islamic financial revolution."
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Ten men arrested in Bradford over historical child sex abuse claims
The men, aged between 49 and 71, were arrested in the city for alleged offenses reported to have occurred between 1994 and 1997, involving six victims who were teenagers at the time.
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Mystery surrounds Russian nuclear submarine base near epicentre of powerful Kamchatka earthquake
Mystery is increasing over the condition of one of Russia’s most strategically important military sites following an 8.8-magnitude earthquake in the ‘Ring of Fire’.
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Robbers break into Harry Redknapp’s £5m Sandbanks home while he’s away
Harry Redknapp’s Dorset mansion has been raided by masked robbers who stole his wife’s jewellery.
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Trump to build a new ballroom in the White House for $200 million
President Donald Trump has been envisioning a new ballroom on the White House campus for a decade and a half.