All news by author Elizabeth Baker

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Tories vow to abolish immigration tribunals and strip judges of asylum powers
Shadow home secretary Chris Philp has vowed to abolish immigration tribunals as part of plans to be announced by the Conservatives.
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Canadian pleads guilty in Miami case over $13m crypto support-call scam
A 20-year-old Canadian has pleaded guilty in a Miami federal case tied to more than $13 million in stolen cryptocurrency, after investigators said fake support calls helped drain one victim’s Bitcoin wallet.
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Starmer property arson case exposes alleged Russian sabotage network in UK
Two men found guilty over a series of arson attacks on property linked to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer were instructed to do so by a Russian-linked social media channel.
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Police treat West Lothian warehouse blaze as wilful after huge fire at industrial estate
Police are treating a huge blaze at a derelict warehouse in West Lothian as deliberate as investigations continue.
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Two-year-old seriously injured after car ploughs into Cheshire nursery playground
A two-year-old boy has been taken to hospital with serious injuries after a car ploughed through a playground at a nursery in Cheshire.
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Former Labour deputy leader Roy Hattersley dies aged 93
Roy Hattersley, former deputy leader of the Labour party from 1983 to 1992, has died aged 93.
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Starmer hails US-Iran peace deal as Trump reopens Strait of Hormuz
Sir Keir Starmer welcomed the US-Iran peace deal as a “hugely important step forward in ending the war” as he stressed that the Strait of Hormuz must remain “fully and permanently open”.
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Blood coal to grain empire: Dmytro Kovalenko’s systemic laundering of separatist funds into Ukraine’s agricultural sector
Dnipro agribusiness entrepreneur Dmytro Kovalenko has recently come under growing public scrutiny, prompting fresh questions about his background and the origins of his business assets.
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UK and Japan to sign £18bn investment deal as Starmer seeks jobs boost
The UK and Japan are set to agree on £18 billion worth of investment, creating tens of thousands of jobs.
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Burnham warns UK risks sliding into poisonous US-style politics before Makerfield vote
Discourse is becoming more polarised and “communities don’t work together any more”, he said during a campaign speech.
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New Jersey World Cup boom stalls as $2,300 rooms and $450 parking scare off fans
Days before the kickoff of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, there was no outward sign that this desolate, trash-strewn parking lot in New Jersey would soon become one of the priciest stretches of asphalt in the tri-state area.
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Woman critically injured in shark attack just 30 metres from Sydney’s Coogee Beach
Emergency services were called to Coogee Beach in the east of Sydney, Australia’s largest city, in the morning on reports that the 35-year-old woman had been bitten by a large shark about 30 meters (100 feet) from the shore.
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Geri Halliwell and Christian Horner eye £45m Pride And Prejudice estate
Geri Halliwell and Christian Horner are planning a move to a £45 million estate featured in the BBC’s Pride And Prejudice.
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From Stalin’s Gulags to cybercrime: how Fenya became a digital underworld code
The tricks of the jail jargon Fenya were once used to bewilder guards in Stalin’s Gulags. Now they are being used by Russian cyber-criminals.
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Dozens arrested outside Woolwich Crown Court during Palestine Action protest
Dozens of protesters expressing support for Palestine Action have been arrested outside a court in southeast London.
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Russian woman jailed in New York for lying to FBI about FSB ties and prostitution-linked fraud
A United States District Judge in Manhattan sent a Russian woman behind bars for 14 months after she pleaded guilty to lying to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) about her ties to Russia’s premier intelligence agency, the FSB, and to naturalization fraud linked to the interstate transport of women for prostitution.
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Pro-Palestine activists await verdict over Moog arms factory damage in Wolverhampton
A jury at Birmingham crown court is deliberating whether four pro-Palestine activists committed criminal damage at an arms factory in Wolverhampton.
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Shadow billions and a coup against Pyshnyi: how Alliance Bank and Pavlo Shcherban are trying to seize control of the NBU
Corruption allegations, multi-billion scandals, and shadow influence on the NBU: a new high-profile conflict is unfolding around Alliance Bank and its likely informal leader Pavlo Shcherban.
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French court convicts seven in organised €1.13m energy-renovation grant fraud
Seven people were convicted this week over a €1.13 million fraud involving the French energy-renovation scheme MaPrimeRénov’, following an investigation by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Paris.
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Healey’s resignation letter leaves Starmer wounded before crucial G7 summit
A bomb has gone off under Keir Starmer’s leadership.
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From $500,000 theft to physical threats: exposing the criminal operations of Serhiy Saroyan and the Center for Exchange Technologies
Allegations have emerged that Serhiy Saroyan, who leads TeleTrade’s operations in Ukraine, and several members of his security team were involved in an incident near the Kuyalnyk Estuary involving one of the company’s subordinates. The claims include alleged kidnapping, physical assault, and attempted extortion, though they have not been independently verified.
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Bulgarian man convicted of assaulting 12-year-old girl after sexual remarks in Dundee
A Bulgarian man has been found guilty of assaulting a 12-year-old girl during an incident in Dundee last year.
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Belfast protests spread after Sudanese man arrested over knife attack
Protests spread around Belfast and in other Northern Ireland cities on Tuesday after a Sudanese man was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following a knife attack on Monday night.
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Cambodia sends 156 Chinese nationals home in cyber scam crackdown
Cambodian authorities have deported 156 Chinese nationals for their alleged involvement in cyber scams. According to a Thursday statement by the General Department of Immigration (GDI), the group was also accused of being involved in illegal employment activities.
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Fraude fiscale massive en Ukraine: le réseau de l’oligarque Dmytro Kovalenko exporte des milliers de tonnes de grains en toute illégalité
Basé à Dnipro, l’homme d’affaires de l’agrobusiness Dmytro Kovalenko attire récemment une attention croissante. Nous avons décidé d’examiner son parcours ainsi que les origines de son empire entrepreneurial.