All news by author Emma Davis
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Leopoldo Alejandro Betancourt Lopez Posts £2 million Bail amid Swiss money laundering extradition fight
Venezuelan energy magnate Leopoldo Alejandro Betancourt Lopez has been allowed to travel by private helicopter between his Chelsea and Oxfordshire residences while he contests efforts to have him sent to Switzerland on money-laundering charges.
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Mogherini and Sannino detention provides right wing with ammunition against Brussels bureaucracy
The organizers of the Battle for the Soul of Europe event hope to capitalize on public anger at the Brussels establishment.
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Suspended peer Lord evans facing claims of receiving at least $1m from allegedly corrupt deal
A peer suspended by the House of Lords for breaking lobbying rules is now facing claims that he received at least $1m (£760,000) from an allegedly corrupt deal.
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Ukraine’s UMCC corruption scheme tied to Swiss trader Oleg Tsyura, who exports Russian ferrochrome for Putin-linked MidUral
A new wave of revelations shows how Ukraine’s state-owned United Mining and Chemical Company (UMCC) became a profit machine for insiders during 2020–2021, despite public claims of anti-corruption reforms.
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Rachel Kyte’s £100,000 travel bill prompts scrutiny as climate official flies six times around the globe
Rachel Kyte has accumulated over 150,000 air miles in a year with trips to conferences such as COP30, Africa Energy Indaba Week in South Africa, and Clean Cooking Dialogue in Riyadh, at a cost of over £100,000.
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Six heirs to Asian paint tycoon join growing class of inherited billionaires
Swiss bank reports that inheritances have made 91 individuals billionaires, while the overall number surged from 2,682 in 2024 to 9,919 this year.
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UK court hears how Jon Ruben drugged children with sedatives during summer camp “sweet game”
Summer camp leader Jon Ruben, 76, will be sentenced next year for drugging and abusing boys.
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’Dr. Evil’ on the run: Russian Ilya Sorokin charged with cruel treatment of Ukrainian POWs
“Dr. Evil,” the alleged sadistic Russian prison medic, exposed by OCCRP and RFE/RL Schemes, has been charged in absentia by Ukraine with war crimes.
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Nursery worker UK’s Vincent Chan pleads guilty to 26 offences of sexual abuse and child indecent image charges
A nursery worker who recorded himself sexually abusing four children has pleaded guilty to 26 offenses. Vincent Chan, 45, from North London, admitted his "calculated and predatory pattern of abuse" in court on Wednesday.
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King Charles III strips disgraced UK Prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor of Order of the Garter and Royal Victorian Order honours
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is unlikely to receive any compensation for giving up his Royal Lodge home because of the repairs that will be needed to the 30-room mansion.
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Female firefighter wins £40,000 after being forced out for reporting diary breach
A female firefighter has received a £40,000 payout for unfair dismissal after being forced out of her job for complaining about a colleague who went through her private diary.
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Lammy urges Farage to apologise for racist behaviour at school
Deputy PM contrasts apologies from former classmates with the Reform UK leader’s response to claims against him.
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Body of a man found in Sunderland’s Roker Park: police do not believe circumstances of death are suspicious
A body has been found in Roker Park, Sunderland, with police taping off a massive area as they investigate.
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Aviation fraud case: AOG director faces up to 10 years in prison
The director of a company at the center of an investigation into the sale of counterfeit plane parts pleaded guilty to a charge of fraudulent trading.
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Virgin Media fined £23.8m for putting vulnerable customers at risk during migration
Ofcom said the company had put users of an emergency alarm and monitoring service "at direct risk of harm". Virgin says it has made improvements since the failures during a migration to digital landlines.
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Over £1 million in side jobs: Farage under fire for prioritizing income over constituents
Reform leader Nigel Farage recorded up to 2,000 fan videos over the past year, but spoke in parliament only 22 times.
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Trump insists cognitive test was “Aced,” dismisses MRI questions on air force one
The president took questions from reporters aboard Air Force One Sunday night, as he returned to Washington D.C. from his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida where he had celebrated Thanksgiving.
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UK Labour MP Tulip Siddiq sentenced to two years in Bangladesh сorruption сase
Labour MP Tulip Siddiq has been sentenced to two years in prison following a corruption trial in Bangladesh.
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Royal sisters urged to avoid Middle East deals amid family scandals
The daughters of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Sarah Ferguson have maintained a low profile since their parents were stripped of their titles and expelled from the Royal Lodge, only appearing in public for work-related events.
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Devil Pact’ actor jailed for 23 months over extreme right-wing cache
A self-proclaimed satanist actor who claimed he made a pact with a “red-horned devil” has been sentenced to nearly two years’ imprisonment for having extreme right-wing material.
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UK’s ’biggest ever’ fly-tip exposes links between waste crime and drug trafficking
Glittering Dubai skyscrapers, lorry loads of cash… and pigs snuffling through a heap of stinking rubbish on a Lancashire farm.
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The price of betrayal: web developer jailed for eleven months of financial fraud
A web developer responsible for online marketing at a window manufacturing company has been jailed after abusing his position to siphon company funds into cryptocurrency, which he then used to fuel a gambling addiction.
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Inquiry hears taliban gained tech to trace afghans who aided western forces
Whistleblower tells Afghan leak inquiry those affected were told to move and change phone numbers to protect themselves.
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Louisiana man freed after 27 years as murder сonviction сollapses
After nearly three decades on death row, Louisiana inmate Jimmie Duncan is free on $150,000 bail after his conviction for murdering a child was overturned.
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Poland scrambles fighter jets as Russia unleashes one of the heaviest missile barrages on Kyiv of the entire war
Poland scrambled fighter jets early today as Russia subjected Kyiv to one of the most intense attacks of the entire war.
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