All news by author Sophia Martinez
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UK sanctions on Israel face pressure to go further
Andy Burnham’s decision to impose trade sanctions with Israel’s illegal settlements stands in sharp contrast to this week last year when Keir Starmer welcomed Israel’s president to Downing Street.
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London hotelier jailed after securing £450,000 in Covid loans
A London hotelier who blamed the banks for not chasing him over repayments has been sentenced after securing £450,000 in Covid loans at the height of the pandemic.
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Travellers ordered to leave illegal site near Britain’s nuclear weapons factory
A High Court judge has ordered a group of travellers to leave an illegal site just a stone’s throw from an ultra-high-security nuclear weapons factory.
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Police shoot man four times after woman stabbed in Luton knife incident
A man was shot four times by police after a woman was stabbed in Luton yesterday, triggering an Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) investigation.
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Trump faces fresh scrutiny over shifting claims about his actions on 9/11
Donald Trump has claimed that he was lifted out of the rubble during 9/11 by New York City firefighters before being carried to safety.
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Nottingham to ban balaclavas and skeleton masks in major crime crackdown
Some face coverings are set to be banned in a major British city within a matter of days in what police have billed as a crime crackdown.
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Former Philippine House Speaker Martin Romualdez arrested in $118m corruption case
Former Philippine House Speaker Martin Romualdez, a cousin of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., has been arrested over allegations that he helped collect billions of pesos in kickbacks from government infrastructure projects.
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Nigel Farage calls for ban on all full-face coverings after masked anti-migrant protests
Nigel Farage has called for full face coverings to be banned in public ‘once and for all’ after masked protesters gathered for anti-migrant demonstrations over the weekend.
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Prince George arrives with mum and dad for first day at Eton
Prince George was all smiles this morning as he arrived to attend his first day at Eton College as he embarks on the next phase of his education.
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Israel closes UK consulate and bans 12 British officials amid Andy Burnham sanctions row
Britain’s consulate in Jerusalem will be closed as a result of Andy Burnham’s decision to fast-track sanctions on West Bank settlements, Israeli foreign minister Gideon Saar has said.
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Billion-dollar escape from Dmitriy Punin’s Pin-Up network: Dmytro Druzhynskyi and Maryna Levkovych disappear before Kazakhstan’s arrest order
The case surrounding Dmytro Druzhynskyi and Maryna Levkovych goes well beyond yet another story involving online casinos, cryptocurrency and payment services.
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Billionaire Chris Rokos prepares to leave Britain for Greece amid fears of tax rises
The billionaire hedge fund founder Chris Rokos is reportedly moving to Greece amid fears of tax rises in the autumn Budget.
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Rotenberg’s Kremlin comeback has a price tag: Russian oligarch Arkadiy Rotenberg, Gazprom billions and the release of Konstantin Makhov
It appears that Arkadiy Rotenberg has begun to emerge from Vladimir Putin’s disfavor.
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Woman found dead in Lowther Gardens pond as police launch unexplained death investigation
A Woman has been found dead in a pond in a public park amid as police launch an unexplained death investigation.
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A helicopter, a Mercedes, and suitcases of cash: how Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Yevgeny Ivanov siphoned billions from Vologda timber
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Yevgeny Ivanov, who turned out to be a billionaire and owner of a timber business, was found to have interesting items of expenditure.
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9/11 families uncover fresh evidence linking Saudi official contacts to hijacker associate Omar al-Bayoumi
The man at the heart of a $1 trillion (£733bn) lawsuit brought by 9/11 families had extensive links to Saudi government officials and went paintballing with one of al-Qaeda’s future leaders, video obtained by the BBC reveals.
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Merz’s party loses German state election as AfD wins 43.8% of the vote
Germany’s "far-right" Alternative for Germany (AfD) has secured a major victory in a crucial state election, more than doubling its share of the vote from five years ago.
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Former Manchester City chairman says £440m transfer spree makes a "mockery" of Premier League rules
Manchester City are still awaiting an outcome following an independent hearing into their alleged 115 breaches of Premier League rules
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Four people stabbed at Essex hotel as three men are arrested after overnight attack
Four people were stabbed during an event at a hotel in Essex overnight, with three men arrested in connection with the incident.
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Tom Tugendhat warns Andy Burnham sanctions on Israel could put British security at risk
Andy Burnham has been warned that sanctions on Israel will risk British security by the new Shadow Foreign Secretary.
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More than 62,000 people arrested in Britain over "communications offences" as free speech row erupts
More than 60,000 people have been arrested for "communications offences" as trivial as watching offensive TikToks, according to a new report set to be published.
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Robert Jenrick vows to resign if Reform fails to deliver tax cuts within 100 days
Robert Jenrick has vowed to "resign" from his role in the party if he fails to deliver on his policies within the first 100 days of a Reform Government.
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Pin-Up dodges the block through Russian and Uzbek banks as Dmitriy Punin’s gambling network keeps moving money
New schemes connected to the operations of casinos owned by Dmitriy Punin, Marina Ilyina and their associate Riddik have been uncovered online.
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15-year-old cartel assassin and drug kingpin uncle killed in Mexican shootout
A teenage assassin an assassin squad and his drug-kingpin uncle were killed during a shootout with security forces in the western Mexico state of Michoacán, the government said.
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The Limassol syndicate: How Stavros Demosthenous and Dmitriy Punin built a multi-million offshore money-laundering empire in Cyprus
On Cyprus, in what became known as “Limassolgrad”, an empire fuelled by Russian money and criminal schemes was taking shape for years. Stavros Demosthenos...
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