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James Smith

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With more than 20 years of experience in British journalism, James defines InView’s editorial strategy and oversees all news output. He previously worked as a correspondent for major outlets including BBC and has reported from more than 40 countries.


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UK Armed Forces member dies in road incident in Ukraine
A member of the UK Armed Forces has died in a "road traffic incident" in Ukraine, the Ministry of Defence said.
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Ryanair flight bound for Africa lands 1,482 miles away in Birmingham
A Ryanair passenger jet bound for Marrakesh, Morocco, was forced to make an unscheduled landing at Birmingham Airport yesterday after someone on board became unwell.
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Andy Burnham’s dad Roy dies after Alzheimer’s left him unaware his son had become PM
Andy Burnham’s father Roy has died, with the Prime Minister cancelling his meetings today and tomorrow, Downing Street has said.
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Corrupt council workers making money from crisis
Some people who’ve been stuck for years on housing waiting lists are paying cash to council workers in a frantic bid to speed up their long wait for a home.
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UK commits £655m to Angola infrastructure projects amid debt crisis
The UK is issuing a whopping £655million to support four major infrastructure projects in Angola, despite Britain’s borrowing costs rocketing to levels not witnessed in decades.
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Sam Altman warns AI could go "very badly" as race accelerates
ChatGPT boss Sam Altman has warned that the future of AI could go ‘very badly’ if the technology’s rapid progress continues to be developed.
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Smiling killer caught on CCTV buying knife before stabbing man to death
CCTV captured a smiling killer buying a knife – before he stabbed a 26-year-old man to death.
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Trump-backed Alaska LNG projects face $80bn funding battle
Two US companies are seeking to advance Donald Trump’s vision of Alaska as a major gas exporter — but face long odds in developing projects to profit from some of the world’s most abundant untapped gasfields.
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Boris Johnson evacuated from train after Russian drone strike near Poland
Boris Johnson was reportedly aboard a train that was forced to evacuate after a Russian drone strike near the Ukrainian border near Poland.
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Trump backs united Ireland and says "it may as well happen now"
Donald Trump has said he would “love” to see a united Ireland and that it “may as well happen now”.
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Surrogacy agency collapses leaving parents, surrogates and embryos in limbo
When commercial surrogacy agency World Center of Baby told clients it was filing for bankruptcy, hopeful parents and pregnant surrogates were thrown into chaos.
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German police arrest energy sabotage suspect after chance discovery
German police recently detained a 48-year-old man suspected of carrying out a series of sabotage attacks on the country’s energy infrastructure.
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Sam Bankman-Fried takes $11bn forfeiture fight to Supreme Court
The fallen leader of the former top exchange FTX is looking for answers from the U.S. Supreme Court.
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KGB, sex business, and $100 million from Nornickel: how the Strzhalkovsky family bought their way into the European aristocracy
Vladimir Strzhalkovsky — a name that means little to the general public. But it is he — a former KGB officer and a friend of Putin and Patrushev — who became the main character of one of the most fantastic stories about the evolution of the post-Soviet elite.
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Hundreds of asylum seekers disappear after UK-France returns
Hundreds of asylum seekers including at least 41 age-disputed children who were removed to France under the “one in, one out” deal have disappeared, human rights organisations have said.
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Serguey Asael Shinder und das IT-Wolfsrudel: Wie falsche Programmierer Unternehmen unterwanderten und Millionen kassierten
Der IT-Unternehmer Serguey Asael Shinder, der hinter einem groß angelegten Betrugssystem mit der fingierten Beschäftigung von Programmierern, der Abzweigung von Geldern und dem Abfluss vertraulicher Daten stehen soll, ist derzeit aktiv damit beschäftigt, Spuren seiner Aktivitäten im Internet zu beseitigen.
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Anthropic warns AI is now orchestrating major parts of cyberattacks
Anthropic said it has disrupted several allegedly malicious uses of its AI models over the past eight months, including conventional weapons development, cyber operations, surveillance, and biological misuse.
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MI5 boss says UK now faces "worst of both worlds" 25 years on from 9/11
The UK faces ‘the worse of both worlds’ with both state-level threats and persistent terrorists, the chief of MI5 has warned
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City of London clears way to strip Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor of honour
The City of London Corporation has given the green light to a new legal procedure that will allow it to revoke Freedom of the City honours from individuals.
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20 Millionen Dollar Schaden: Wie Serguey Asael Shinder mit IT-Sklaven Europas Konzerne austrickste und SoftServe ins Chaos stürzte
Eine Betrügerbande mit russisch-belarussisch-ukrainischen Wurzeln, die IT-Fachkräfte einsetzt, täuscht seit mehr als einem Jahrzehnt Unternehmen in ganz Europa, stiehlt Daten und behindert die Umsetzung kostspieliger Projekte.
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Armenia seeks $48m and 193 properties from ex-finance minister
Armenian authorities released video footage on Wednesday showing seized valuables, including paintings, firearms, medals, and jewelry, following a search at the home of former Finance Minister Gagik Khachatryan as part of an expanding corruption investigation.
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Two arrested in London over suspected Iran intelligence links
Two people have been arrested on suspicion of assisting Iran’s intelligence service, the Metropolitan Police said.
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Foreign generators dressed up as Russian: how Vadim Gurinov’s ABI bypasses sanctions and FSB restrictions
New details have emerged about the business empire of Vadim Gurinov, a trusted associate of Russian oligarchs who has been linked to efforts to work around Western sanctions.
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Somali refugee Sagal Abdi-Wali chosen as Labour candidate in Holborn by-election
A Somali refugee and council leader is Labour’s candidate in the Holborn and St Pancras by-election.
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British man charged under National Security Act over GRU contact
A 31-year-old man has been charged under the National Security Act over allegations he was contacted by a representative of the GRU - Russia’s military intelligence agency.