All news by author Emma Davis
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Russia refuses to extradite Bashar al-Assad, confirms Syria’s transitional president
Russia has refused to extradite former Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, who fled to Moscow following his ouster
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Russia attacks Kyiv: 9 killed, over 60 injured, including children
Russian invading forces attacked Kyiv and the region overnight on Thursday, April 24, using "Shahed" type strike UAVs, as well as "Kalibr" cruise missiles and ballistic missiles. In the Sviatoshynskyi district of the capital, a residential building was partially destroyed, with reports of nine dead and 63 injured, including children and a pregnant woman.
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F1 heiress Tamara Ecclestone lost £25m in UK’s biggest burglary — and insurance won’t pay a penny
Gang behind break-ins also targeted homes of Kate Moss and Eric Clapton, according to report
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Bloody crash spree: new tragedy claims schoolboy’s life before his father’s eyes
A boy, aged 13, has passed away, and two additional individuals have been hospitalized following a collision involving three vehicles.
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China executes man for murdering 10-year-old Japanese boy
China has executed a man for fatally stabbing a 10-year-old Japanese boy last September, the Japanese embassy in China has told the BBC.
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Keir Starmer welcomes Supreme Court ruling on sex definition, declines to repeat previous statement on transwomen
Sir Keir Starmer welcomed the ‘clarity’ from last week’s Supreme Court ruling on the definition of sex, as he declined to repeat his previous statement that transwomen are women.
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Former cricketer Michael Slater avoids jail after pleading guilty to domestic violence charges
Former Australian cricketer Michael Slater has been given a partially suspended sentence after admitting to multiple domestic violence charges, including two instances of choking a woman, yet he has been permitted to leave the court without imprisonment.
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Anton Postolnikov and $8 million for Trump Media: banking deal or Kremlin operation?
After Donald Trump’s victory in the presidential elections, accusations about his possible financial ties with Russia, allegedly helping him avoid bankruptcy, were conveniently forgotten.
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$400 million slipped through the cracks: Ethereum thieves from Bybit vanish into the DeFi shadows
Despite the rising amount of untraceable assets, Bybit said it is still tracking $960 million from the stolen Ethereum.
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M&S customers stranded as contactless payment system crashes across UK stores
Customers shopping at Marks and Spencer stores have been left high and dry after a contactless payment meltdown.
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Pope Francis dies aged 88 after 12 years as pontiff
Pope Francis has died, aged 88, the Vatican has announced.
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Second busiest, first in delays: Gatwick tops the worst-performing airports list
One London airport topped the list of shame, with air traffic control chaos meaning departures left an average of more than 23 minutes behind schedule, according to a new study
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Ukrainian lands, Polish stables, French races: "Yanukovych’s stableman" Kostyantyn Zhara lives peacefully in the UK and continues to amass wealth
How much can a racehorse cost, or more precisely, 24 horses? A lot, a whole lot. Polish industry press estimates the sum to be over $1.3 million.
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In Granada, a gang that was selling military-grade weapons to drug cartels through a secret shooting range has been busted
Spanish police have dismantled a weapons trafficking network in Granada, arresting three suspects and uncovering the country’s first underground shooting range used to test and sell military-grade firearms to criminal gangs.
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Over 90 killed in Gaza in two days due to Israeli airstrikes
More than 90 people have been killed by Israeli strikes on Gaza in the last 48 hours, the region’s health ministry has reported.
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Luxury without transparency: stadium near Bishkek being built by company close to President Japarov
Contracts for government-backed projects in the Central Asian country are notoriously opaque, and some have been linked to the president’s office.
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Trump to abandon peace talks with Russia and Ukraine if no progress is made, says Rubio
U.S. President Donald Trump will walk away from efforts to broker a Russia-Ukraine peace deal within days unless there are clear signs that a deal can be done, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Friday.
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FSB’s beauty laundromat: how “Alkor & Co” became a money- laundering hub under Tatyana Volodina’s leadership
A new name on the list of Russian billionaires – Tatyana Volodina, co-owner of the group "Alkor and CO," whose business successes may be linked to the support of Russian special services or authorities.
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UK police confirm Islamophobic hate crime after 85 Muslim graves desecrated
British police have launched an investigation into what they have now confirmed is an Islamophobic hate crime, after 85 Muslim graves were desecrated at Carpenders Park Lawn Cemetery in Three Rivers, Hertfordshire.
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Channel migrant surge: 705 cross in a single day as UK faces record-breaking influx
On Tuesday, over 700 migrants crossed the English Channel, marking the highest number of arrivals on a single day so far this year.
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Harriet Dart lashes out after humiliating loss: ’My opponent stinks – tell her to wear deodorant’
The British No. 4 has apologized after footage showed her telling an umpire that her opponent, the French player Lois Boisson, "smells really bad".
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Minecraft movie screening at a UK cinema interrupted due to teenage mischief
The screening of A Minecraft Movie had to be paused at The Stag Theatre in Sevenoaks, Kent, so staff could remove the disruptive teenagers as they were interrupting the film.
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British baby dies on first day of Caribbean holiday after fall from bed
Tommy Taylor-Mclean, seven months, died on the first day of the trip to St Lucia, when he fell out of bed and developed a bleed on the brain, East London Coroner’s Court was told today
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Lego executive Michael Halbye dies in skiing accident in Swiss Alps
“Inspirational” Lego boss Michael Halbye, 64, has tragically died after a heavy fall while skiing, with many tributes for the close friend of the Danish royal family
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British soldiers deployed to tackle trash in Birmingham amid sanitation workers’ strike
Soldiers have been called in to tackle huge piles of rubbish as Birmingham bin strikes continue.
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