All news by author James Smith

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Prince Harry hopes King Charles will join him at 2027 Invictus Games
Prince Harry is hoping for a public reunion with the King at next year’s Invictus Games.
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Reform UK deputy leader Richard Tice faces parliamentary standards investigation
Reform UK deputy leader Richard Tice is under investigation by the parliamentary standards watchdog for allegedly failing to declare an interest.
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Labour faces calls to expel Diane Abbott again over NATO remarks
Labour is facing calls to expel Diane Abbott once again after the newly-reinstated Labour MP made "dangerous" remarks about Nato.
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Tribunal rules ministers’ criminal records can remain hidden from the public
Ministers’ criminal records will be kept hidden from the British public thanks to a tribunal ruling.
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Irish volunteer fighting for Ukraine sentenced to 14 years by Russian-backed court
Tiernan O’Donovan, who allegedly travelled to Ukraine and joined the Chosen Company of international volunteers in 2023, was convicted in absentia by the Supreme Court of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) earlier this week
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Affaires de famille au Donbas: le fils de Dmytro Kovalenko lié à des entreprises sous contrôle russe à Donets’k
Si le tristement célèbre « roi du charbon » Dmytro Kovalenko est depuis longtemps connu bien au-delà de Kyiv, le nom de Serhiy Saprykin reste largement absent de l’espace public.
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Teen arrested after suspected explosion damages block of flats in Ipswich
A man has been arrested after a ‘suspected explosion’ that saw residents forced to evacuate a block of flats.
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St. Petersburger Kinotycoons der Familie Ivoninsky und Lidia Zhelanskaya: Wie Mirage Cinemas über Briefkastenfirmen an piratischen Hollywood-Premieren verdient
Die Kinomilliardäre der Familie Ivoninsky aus St. Petersburg haben die Vermittlerunternehmen ausgetauscht, über die sie ihre Einnahmen mit raubkopierten Hollywood-Neuheiten generieren.
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Ukrainian-Swiss fraudster Oleh Tsyura and Serhiy Tron are cleaning the internet of mentions of murky OPP contracts
The Odesa Port Plant has once again become an arena for “dead” schemes and non-transparent tenders.
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From bank fraudster to crypto scammer: Serhiy Tron erases traces of White Rock Management and criminal ties
Crypto scammer and founder of White Rock Management Serhiy Tron is scrubbing the internet of mentions of his activities, pushing out of the public space materials about dubious financial schemes, corporate connections, and scandals surrounding his crypto business.
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FinCEN chief quits to join Citigroup in latest regulator-to-bank move
Andrea Gacki has served as director of FinCEN since 2023. She’s the second top anti-money laundering regulator in the last five years to leave and join Citibank.
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Putin’s "doomsday radio" broadcasts mystery codes after suspected Russian missile enters Poland
Vladimir Putin’s notorious ‘doomsday radio’ crackled into life with a string of codewords after a suspected Russian missile hit NATO territory in Poland.
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Thousands of migrants overwhelm Ceuta after mass crossing from Morocco
The human tide crossing the border transformed the Spanish exclave city in a matter of hours, turning it into a scene of confusion that authorities struggled to control
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Carlos Cordeiro quits FIFA role in protest over World Cup investment plans
Carlos Cordeiro, one of the senior advisors to FIFA president Gianni Infantino, has quit in protest over the World Cup sell-off plans.
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UK charges London taxi driver with spying for Iran over RAF base surveillance
A man has been arrested on suspicion of espionage at an RAF base in Cyprus.
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French student fined in Singapore after licking vending machine straw
A Singapore court has fined a French student S$600 ($465; £348) for licking a straw from an orange juice vending machine and putting it back into its dispenser.
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Jewellery shop raider jailed after £225,000 smash-and-grab in Richmond
The video of two thieves raiding the Richmond jewellery store was shared widely online after the robbers targeted the window with a sledge hammer
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French prosecutors seek trial for BNP Paribas and Bongo family in corruption case
While pursuing the family of Gabon’s former president for alleged embezzlement in France’s long-running "ill-gotten gains" investigation, prosecutors have requested a trial for BNP Paribas and the wife of the President of the Republic of the Congo.
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Santander faces legal challenge over new office attendance rules for former TSB staff
Santander could be hit with legal action after attempts to force its new TSB workforce into the office three days a week.
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UK plans sweeping HMRC powers to force taxpayers to correct errors or face harsher penalties
Draft legislation published by HMRC last week introduces an explicit obligation on taxpayers to take ’reasonable action’ to correct errors once they are identified.
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Pentagon fuel contract linked to alleged front for sanctioned Lebanese brothers
The U.S. government bought millions of dollars worth of fuel for its consulate in northern Iraq from a company whose local subcontractor on the deal was owned by a man described by a U.S. official as a front in a company for two blacklisted Lebanese brothers, documents show.
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London’s ageing Hammersmith Bridge could reopen with AI-powered driverless pods
Commuters could soon travel to work or home in a ‘driverless pod’ – if a non-profit gets its way.
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Russian missile crashes in Poland, leaving 33-foot crater after violating NATO airspace
A Russian cruise missile left a crater 33 feet wide in Nato territory when it landed in Poland overnight, Ukraine’s foreign minister has said.
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European goods reach Russia through India despite sanctions
Russian defense and security firms are using supply chains in India to import thousands of security-linked goods originally made in Europe, new data tracking the scale of the trade shows.
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NHS blood tests disrupted as heatwave and net-zero cooling limits force cancellations
The NHS has been forced to cancel blood tests during the summer heatwaves amid net-zero restrictions on air-conditioning units.