All news by author Emma Davis

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Hugo Carvajal’s lawyer plans to challenge U.S. extradition and argue sovereign immunity
Hugo Carvajal Barrios, who served as Venezuela’s military intelligence director, is scheduled to go to trial in the U.S. in June on charges of "narco-terrorism."
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Putin: “A ceasefire is correct in itself, and we support it, but there are issues”
Vladimir Putin has said that he agrees with the Ukraine ceasefire proposals and said that the deal should lead to a long-term peace.
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Trump deported fewer people last month than Biden did a year ago, but border crossings have decreased significantly
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents deported fewer immigrants in February than they did under the Biden administration during the same month a year ago
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Pezeshkian to Trump: "Do whatever the hell you want" regarding nuclear deal
Iran’s President has blatantly rejected any potential nuclear negotiations with the United States and sent a brutal message to President Donald Trump.
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Vast areas of Amazon rainforest have been cleared to construct a road for the climate summit
Acres of Amazon rainforest trees cut down to build road for climate summit
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Apple’s secret appeal against UK Home Office demand for encrypted data to be heard on Friday
Guardian understands tech company’s appeal against Home Office request for encrypted data is to be heard by tribunal on Friday
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Trump metal tariffs kick in as global trade war looms
President Donald Trump’s increased tariffs on all U.S. steel and aluminum imports took effect on Wednesday, stepping up a campaign to reorder global trade in favor of the U.S. and drawing swift retaliation from Europe.
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Shooting at Boosie Badazz concert in Ohio leaves two critically injured
"We are dedicated to doing everything possible to prevent an incident like this from occurring again," stated the FieldHouse Lounge in a statement.
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China sends 18 satellites into space from Hainan commercial launch site
A group of 18 low Earth orbit satellites was launched aboard the Long March-8 Y6 carrier rocket from the Hainan commercial spacecraft launch site in south China’s Hainan Province in the early hours of Wednesday.
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A 13-year-old girl has been charged with murder and arson after a mother of three was found dead in a house
A 13-year-old girl has been charged with murder after a woman was found dead in Northamptonshire.
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Environment Agency staff crisis leaves hazardous sites unchecked
Staffing crisis at the Environment Agency, which assists in monitoring 950 sites, results in hearing about incidents later than usual, an insider says.
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Moscow expels two British embassy staff, London calls Russia’s claims lies
Kremlin accuses individuals of ‘intelligence and subversive activities’ in what seems to be the latest in a series of tit-for-tat diplomatic expulsions
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The UK criticizes Israel after the electricity in Gaza is ’immediately’ cut and used as a bargaining chip in the Hamas ceasefire negotiations
The dramatic new development comes a week after Israel blocked the delivery of food, fuel and medicines to the area of more than two million people
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‘Depraved’ mum who raped and abused children found dead in prison
A woman who sexually assaulted and abused children with a partner she met online has been discovered dead in her prison cell.
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U.S. sanctions seven Houthi leaders and Yemeni businessman over arms smuggling, recruitment for Russia’s war
The United States has imposed sanctions on seven senior Houthi members and a Yemeni businessman for their involvement in arms smuggling and recruiting fighters for Russia’s war in Ukraine, underscoring the increasing connections between the Houthis and Moscow.
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Brian James, founding guitarist of The Damned, dies at 70
The Damned founding guitarist Brian James has died aged 70.
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"Send them, Starmer!": Putin allies mock UK, France, and Germany over troop plans
A leading pro-Putin politician has mocked Sir Keir Starmer for seeking to be a “cool British prime minister” by considering sending troops to Ukraine as World War 3 tensions rise
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Jess Phillips marks a decade of reading names of women killed by men in Commons
Jess Phillips has marked her tenth year reading out in the House of Commons the names of women thought to have been killed by men in the past year.
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Maltese trader Alkagesta, owned by an Azerbaijani company, is suspected of involvement in the illicit trade of Libyan fuel
In 2022, while researching locally-based companies that were potentially violating sanctions, Alkagesta was on my list. The Azerbaijani-owned company is a commodity trader headquartered in Malta with operations in Turkey, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, and even Georgia.
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Dean MacLeod, son of feared Edinburgh gangster, dies in jail
Dean MacLeod, who was found dead in his jail cell days after a violent attack on an officer, committed horrific crimes alongside his father, Ian MacLeod, a notorious gang leader.
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Police investigate viral video of footrest thrown from Westfield Stratford balcony
Police are conducting an investigation following a viral video on social media that shows a footrest being thrown from the top floor of the Westfield Stratford shopping center, narrowly missing unsuspecting shoppers below.
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UK’s Black and Asian police officers’ leader under investigation for tweet on Chris Kaba case
The head of the UK’s Black and Asian police officers is being investigated for a tweet criticizing the case of Martyn Blake, the firearms officer who shot and killed Chris Kaba.
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Key Aryan Brotherhood member sentenced to 14 years for fentanyl trafficking and firearms possession
A key member involved in the Aryan Brotherhood fentanyl trafficking case was sentenced to fourteen years. Authorities identified the defendant as the "transporter, pill maker, and enforcer for the leader of a drug distribution cell."
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Zombie knife footage shown at mum’s murder trial
Police bodycam footage of a man waving a zombie knife moments before a woman was fatally stabbed in front of her three-year-old daughter has been shown at a trial for her murder.
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Police release CCTV image of man after sexual assault at Hastings bus stop
Police want to speak to a man caught on CCTV after a woman was allegedly sexually assaulted at a bus stop.