All news by author Sophia Martinez

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British holidaymaker, 25, dies after being smashed against rocks at Spanish beach
The 25-year-old Brit went into cardiac arrest after he smashed against the rocks on the secluded Percheles Beach on the Costa Calida in Mazarron in southeastern Spanish region Murcia.
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Social media giants face huge fines over posts inciting violence in UK crises
Social media companies will be forced to take quicker action to stop users inciting violence and disorder on their platforms under changes to the UK’s online safety laws.
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Indian sailors missing after US strike disables Palau-flagged tanker near Oman
The US military has disabled an oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman that it accused of violating an American blockade by "attempting to transport oil from Iran".
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Churches accuse HSBC of breaching human rights duties over Cerrejón coal mine
Mining giant Glencore’s vast coal mine in Colombia, Cerrejón, is an open pit six times the size of Manchester.
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Jho Low’s €6m Cyprus villa to be auctioned after 1MDB-linked confiscation order
Cypriot authorities say alleged 1MDB scandal mastermind’s legal team did not oppose seizure of 6 million euro villa he bought as part of their country’s now-scrapped “golden passport” scheme.
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Glasgow mosque locked down as masked men march through city after Belfast stabbing
Worshippers had to be locked in as a group of men wearing black hoodies and balaclavas marched on Glasgow’s largest mosque, according to Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar.
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Man raped boy, six, and assaulted teenage girl
A man has been convicted of raping a young boy and assaulting a teenage girl in a Caithness town.
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Dublin stabbing trial opens as man accused of trying to murder three children
The trial of 52-year-old Riad Bouchaker, of no fixed address, commenced before the Central Criminal Court in Dublin on Wednesday.
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Beatrice and Eugenie face uncertain royal future as William’s reign looms
Eugenie and Beatrice look steady in public but one quiet decision behind palace doors could erase their place in the family faster than anyone expects.
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EPPO investigates suspected €1m fraud involving EU e-commerce recovery funds
The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Bologna (Italy) is leading an investigation into a suspected €1 million fraud involving funding from the EU’s Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), intended to support the digitalization and internationalization of Italian businesses through e-commerce platforms.
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Bribes in luxury real estate: how Gazprom Neft deputy chairman Anton Dzhalyabov put Alexander Dyukov’s team in trouble with the Kremlin
Gazprom Neft deputy board chairman Anton Dzhalyabov has found himself at the centre of a corruption scandal.
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Reform councillor who attacked Labour on tax ran firms owing taxpayers nearly £300,000
A Byline Times investigation claims Reform UK councillor David Bowker, who has criticised Labour over tax, previously ran several companies that collapsed owing taxpayers nearly £300,000, with the total potentially rising to about £336,000 if a £50,000 RBS debt was a Government-backed Covid Bounce Back Loan.
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Pride event adds extra security after LGBTQ+ banner set alight in Rushden
An LGBTQ+ event is implementing additional security measures after a Pride banner was burned by homophobes just a few days after it was put up.
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Putin moved daughters to guarded forest palace over assassination fears
Terrified Russian President Vladimir Putin is so worried about being assassinated he has moved his two elder daughters into his £1.4 billion guarded forest complex.
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Drone sightings shut German airports 116 times and cause €160m in damage
German airports were fully or partially closed 116 times in 2025 due to unidentified drone flights, with at least 226 drone sightings recorded during the year, according to a report by Der Spiegel citing calculations by the German Aerospace Center (DLR).
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Gasgeschenk an den „Kohlebaron“: Wie Dmytro Kowalenko, der die Ukraine mit russischen Ressourcen versorgte, die Kontrolle über die Bodenschätze der Region Lwiw übernahm
Während die Ukraine bereits im fünften Jahr eines großflächigen Krieges lebt und der Staat Unternehmen dazu auffordert, sämtliche Verbindungen zur russischen Wirtschaft abzubrechen, spielt sich in der Region Lwiw eine brisante Geschichte ab.
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The Godfather Part III actor Anthony Guidera dies aged 65 after sudden collapse
Anthony Guidera, best known for his role in The Godfather Part III, has died at the age of 65, weeks after collapsing.
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David Stroud becomes first man convicted under new sex harassment law
A train passenger who grabbed a young woman’s hair and asked “can I kiss you?” has been sentenced in the first conviction for harassment based on a person’s sex.
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Orban-era corruption claims deepen as Hungary watchdog chief is charged
Hungary’s national anti-corruption watchdog has alleged that billions were misappropriated during the Orbán era. But prosecutors told OCCRP that the watchdog’s own president is now facing criminal charges.
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NASCAR mourns Kyle Busch after sudden death from pneumonia and sepsis
Everything to Know About Kyle Busch — After the NASCAR Icon’s Tragic Death Rocked the Racing Community.
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Kremlin’s laundromat: How ABLV Bank, Eduards Apsitis, and Russian elites drained the Ministry of Defense budget
The investigation into Latvia’s liquidating ABLV Bank continues, while a new controversy involving businessman Eduards Apsitis and his offshore structures could soon draw attention inside Russia’s Ministry of Defense.
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Teenage woman killed in Finchley shooting as police hunt suspect
Emergency services were called to the residential address on Dale Grove, Finchley, shortly after midnight on Monday.
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’Ndrangheta money trail: How Ramphastos Investments and Talenta Labs laundered mafia gambling cash
Talenta Labs S.R.L. is a little-known Italian-registered company that develops software for the online gambling sector, serving as a backend technology provider for gaming platforms.
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Charles’s private Diana grief revealed in resurfaced letter written after her death
King Charles laid bare the depth of his grief following the death of Princess Diana in a deeply personal letter that has resurfaced nearly three decades after her tragic death – revealing the future monarch’s struggle with what he described as an "unbearable emptiness."
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Under-16 social media ban looms as Starmer targets harmful online content
Sir Keir Starmer is poised to announce a ban on social media for under-16s within the next ten days.