All news by author Elizabeth Baker

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Revealed: how members of the House of Lords benefit from commercial interests
A months-long Guardian investigation reveals weaknesses in the code of conduct that could lead to calls for further reform.
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Starmer doubles down on vow to send UK troops to Ukraine in peace deal as he rebukes Trump and unveils new Putin sanctions
Sir Keir Starmer today announced a new round of Russian sanctions to crank up pressure on Vladimir Putin to “make concessions” in peace talks.
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U.S. authorities questioned payments to former Nigerian official long before corruption charges
Former Nigerian National Security Adviser Sambo Dasuki is accused of mismanaging funds meant to combat Boko Haram militants.
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Who is Dan Bongino? The right-wing commentator named as FBI deputy by Trump
A right-wing commentator whose social media posts often rake in more views than Fox and CNN combined has been appointed as Deputy Director of the FBI.
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Pope Francis sends a message to 1,200,000,000 Catholics from his hospital bed
Pope Francis has sent a message to 1.2 billion Catholics across the world after the Vatican confirmed he was in a critical condition.
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Donald Trump ‘blackmailing’ Ukraine for a $500,000,000,000 share of minerals
Donald Trump has never been one for subtlety, but his latest claim beats them all.
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Donald Trump promises to ’retrieve our money’ from Ukraine in an agreement with war criminal Putin
While speaking at the Republican CPAC conference, Donald Trump said he wants the US to get ’rare Earth and oil’ from Ukraine after Joe Biden gave the country $350 billion.
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Trump administration closes the national database tracking police misconduct
Database, initially proposed by Trump in 2020 and established by the Biden administration in 2023, is now offline.
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Istvan Tiborcz, Viktor Orban’s son-in-law, is interested in purchasing the Russian division of Raiffeisen Bank – Der Standard reports
The report claims that representatives of the Russian Central Bank and the presidential administration are participating in the negotiations. Moscow reportedly proposed Tiborcz as a potential buyer.
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Manchester Airport tragedy: A 27-year-old man died after ingesting cocaine discovered in his underwear
A 27-year-old man died at Manchester Airport after swallowing cocaine concealed in his underwear, prompting an investigation into the sudden death at Terminal 2.
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Berlin Mitte knife attack: Police arrest suspect following stabbing at Holocaust Memorial
Police in Berlin reported that an unidentified person has left a man ’seriously injured’ at the Holocaust Memorial in Mitte. Investigations are ongoing at the crime scene this evening.
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Severed hand ‘dropped at school by bird’ may have belonged to an injured child
‘Partial human remains’ believed to be a severed hand have been found at a school in Ireland in bizarre circumstances.
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Three brothers imprisoned for sexually abusing and grooming numerous young girls in Leeds
Three brothers have been imprisoned for grooming and sexually abusing young girls in Leeds and Barrow-in-Furness.
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Spain and Portugal dismantle a Russian-led money laundering ring
Spanish and Portuguese police dismantle a multimillion-euro money laundering ring connected to organized crime throughout Europe.
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Stephen King returns to X, criticizes President Trump and Elon Musk, calling Trump a ’traitorous, Putin-loving dips***’
Stephen King made a surprise return to X on Feb. 20 to tell off President Trump and Elon Musk, the latter of which owns the social media platform.
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Shiri Bibas not among bodies returned from Gaza, Israel says, accusing Hamas of ‘serious violation’
IDF statement comes hours after Benjamin Netanyahu orders an increased crackdown on the occupied West Bank following bus explosions.
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Top anti-sexual-abuse organization accused of ‘complying with Trump’ after ‘removing’ trans people
America’s top anti-sexual assault nonprofit ‘obeyed Donald Trump’ by wiping almost all mentions of trans people from its website, critics say.
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Valentine’s Day pub shooting suspect ‘dead after falling into River Thames’
The man suspected of shooting a woman outside a Kent pub on Valentine’s Day has died after falling into the Thames, police have confirmed.
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After over 60 years, James Bond producers transfer franchise rights to Amazon
The James Bond film franchise will no longer be under the control of the Broccoli family, after long-time leaders Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson announced their resignation.
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Emma Raducanu ‘stalker’ given restraining order by police in Dubai
The ‘stalker’ who targeted Emma Raducanu at the Dubai Tennis Championships has been handed a restraining order by local police.
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Nigel Farage disagrees with Trump’s claim of Zelenskyy being a ’dictator’
Reform leader contradicts Trump rant, stating ’you shouldn’t always take things Donald Trump says absolutely literally.’
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The chief whip’s diaries disclose the rescue of a Tory MP from a KGB agent in a London brothel
From MPs’ requests for peerages to Rishi Sunak labeling a minister as ‘fucking useless’, tales from former chief whip Simon Hart’s diaries have garnered attention.
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Heroin-scarred seaside ’brown town’ where children operate a £10 delivery service and addicts ruin their bladders in squalid dens
Shuffling along a scruffy pavement lined by dilapidated buildings, a lone dealer emerges from a drug den where addicts shoot up after cooking heroin flogged by kids in £10 bags.
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17,000 Brits report injuries or deaths related to Covid vaccines, amid discovery of a mysterious condition
More than 17,000 Brits now claim they have been injured or have had loved ones killed by a Covid jab, according to the latest Government data.
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Tourist who leaned out of train to take selfie dies in horrific accident captured on camera
Russian tourist Olga Perminova, 53, was on the Podi Menike train—which travels through stunning scenery in Sri Lanka—when she tragically hit her head on a rock while taking a selfie.