All news by author Thomas Brown
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Mum forced to swallow wedding ring before being beaten to death by husband, who was ’failed by police’
A three-week inquest into the death of Lucy-Anne Rushton heard that both Dorset Police and Hampshire Constabulary missed opportunities to save her from her murderer husband
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Belgian money laundering investigation intersects with probe into Ukraine war profiteering
Belgian prosecutors have seized about $2 million as part of an investigation into Iryna Kut and her diamond company.
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Mysterious explosions reported near Putin’s Arctic weapons testing site
Mystery explosions have rocked the Russian Arctic, a few miles from a naval base of Vladimir Putin’s northern fleet.
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Missing plane flight MH370 search to resume after Malaysia makes bombshell announcement
Malaysian authorities will resume the search for missing flight MH370, more than 10 years after the Boeing 777 carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew, vanished on March 8, 2014
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New Labour veteran Mandelson likely to become ambassador to Trump’s US as Starmer aims to prevent ’dangerous’ tariffs
Lord Peter Mandelson, one of the architects of New Labour, is expected to be the next UK ambassador to the US.
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EU to investigate TikTok over Romania’s canceled presidential elections
The European Commission has opened an investigation against TikTok for facilitating interference in Romania’s 2024 presidential elections.
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UK proposes allowing tech companies to use copyrighted material for AI training
Consultation suggests opt-out scheme for creatives who don’t want their work used by Google, OpenAI and others
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Dmitry Medvedev says editors of the Times are ‘legitimate military targets’
Former Russian president’s Telegram post follows paper’s editorial about assassination of a Russian general
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Children as young as 10 involved in terror plots as police disclose prevention of three late-stage attacks
The terror threat to the UK is currently “smouldering”, according to one of the country’s lead Counter Terror officers.
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How Greek entrepreneur Roman Spiridonov uses Petroruss to support Russian oil exports
Greek businessman Roman Spiridonov, through his company Petroruss, not only launders money for large Russian state oil companies but also handles maritime transport for them, managing to avoid Western sanctions in the process.
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Putin deploys nuclear bombers as Keir Starmer visits eastern Europe
Russia sent two Tu-22M3 nuclear-capable bombers over the Baltic Sea as Prime Minister Keir Starmer visited British troops in Estonia.
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Igor Kirillov, Putin’s top nuclear general, killed in Ukraine’s Moscow bomb attack
Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, 54, died early on Tuesday after a device hidden inside a scooter was detonated as he emerged from his apartment block - with his driver also killed
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Illegal casinos exploit Roblox to lure children into online gambling
By Ben van der Merwe, digital investigations journalist, and Mickey Carroll, science and tech reporter
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Former FBI informant admits to lying about false bribery scheme involving Bidens
Prosecutors and the defence have agreed to recommend a sentence of between four and six years in prison, according to the plea agreement.
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Alleged Chinese spy Yang Tengbo denies wrongdoing in statement addressing links to Prince Andrew
Alleged Chinese spy Yang Tengbo, who forged links with the Duke of York and mixed with other British establishment figures, insisted he has "done nothing wrong or unlawful".
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Israeli airstrikes on Tartus mark the heaviest attack on Syria’s coast since 2012
Explosions rocked the sky above Syria as Israeli strikes are said to have targeted military sites in the country’s coastal region - with one blast detected on earthquake sensors
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Motorway chase uncovers £70,000 worth of ’stolen’ whiskey in lorry
£70,000 worth of stolen whisky has been discovered by police in the back of a lorry after a motorway chase on the M606 near Bradford.
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Oil tanker splits in half during sinking; helicopter deployed to rescue crew
At least 13 crewmen have been thrown overboard after a Russian oil tanker reportedly split in two as large waves battered the vessel off the coast of occupied Ukraine
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South Korean parliament votes to impeach the president
Vote comes almost two weeks after Yoon Suk Yeol’s short-lived declaration of martial law plunged country into crisis
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Police hunt for two men in connection with £200k luxury handbag theft
The owner of a vintage handbag business has been forced to move premises after a "high percentage" of her stock was stolen.
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Wayne Rooney’s ex-Premier League teammate sentenced to 20 years for bribery
Statement from the Duke of York says he met the businessman through ‘official channels’ and ‘nothing of a sensitive nature ever discussed’
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Irish watchdog launches investigation into Google’s AI model
The Data Protection Commission is to examine whether an assessment needed to be carried out before people’s data was processed.
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Primary school on lockdown after man in his 40s stabbed; attacker still on the run
A primary school was locked down this morning after a man in his forties was stabbed and the attacker fled.
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Queen Camilla’s son speaks out on the ’barbaric’ treatment of Prince William and Prince Harry
Tom Parker Bowles has candidly revealed his thoughts about his stepbrothers Prince William and Prince Harry in a rare interview where he’s expressed ’sympathy’
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NATO warns of the need to ’prepare for war’ and admits ’we’re not ready for what’s coming’
Britain and other members of Nato have been urged to shift to a ‘wartime mindset’ amid the ongoing threats from Russia.
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