All news on the topic: Qatar

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Two men restrained after violent mid-air brawl on Qatar Airways flight
Carnage ensued on a flight from Australia to Qatar when two men turned violent and had to be handcuffed while mid-air.
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Dorchester wins court order to sell Qatari royal’s £23,500 car over £458,000 hotel debt
The Dorchester has secured a court order allowing it to sell a car belonging to a member of Qatar’s ruling family after an unpaid hotel bill reached almost £460,000, turning an extraordinary luxury-hotel stay into a revealing case study in international wealth, hospitality and debt recovery.
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Qatar’s giant 747 arrives in Ireland without the $120m runway rebuild Turkey needed
The Qatar-donated Boeing 747-8 that has been transformed into Bridge Air Force One is about to demonstrate just how different Ireland’s situation is from Turkey’s.
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Trump to fly Qatar’s $400 million Boeing 747 to Ireland despite security concerns
President Donald Trump plans to fly to Ireland next week on the Boeing 747 donated by Qatar, despite concerns over its security and unfinished upgrades
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US embassies issue fresh security alerts as Trump strikes Iranian targets near Hormuz
United States’ embassies in Israel, Qatar and Jordan have issued fresh security alerts.
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Andy Burnham received almost £350,000 in political support and hospitality before entering No10
Andy Burnham was given support and hospitality worth nearly £350,000 in the four months before becoming Prime Minister alone.
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Trump announces Hamas disarmament roadmap as Israel questions the plan
U.S. President Donald Trump said talks in Cairo between mediators and Hamas leaders on Thursday have led to a phased disarmament agreement in Gaza, but a Hamas official described the deal as a draft and U.S. officials said Israel was skeptical the militant Palestinian group would surrender its weapons.
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Foreign governments spent nearly £700,000 on overseas trips for British MPs, investigation finds
Foreign governments and influence groups have splurged vast amounts of money taking British MPs abroad since the last election.
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Gulf allies split over Trump’s Iran strategy as regional tensions escalate
Washington’s Gulf Arab allies are increasingly frustrated as hostilities between the US and Iran intensify, jeopardizing their national security and economies.
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Trump ditches new Air Force One for old presidential jet on surprise UK flight
President Donald Trump has left Turkey on an older VC-25A Air Force One jet. The U.S. Air Force’s new VC-25B Bridge aircraft had brought Trump to that country yesterday for the NATO Summit, but left without him on board earlier today.
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Trump makes first flight aboard $400 million jet gifted by Qatar
President Donald Trump boarded his very first flight on the self-dubbed ’world’s most luxurious plane’ this morning, departing for North Dakota to attend an America 250 celebration.
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Europe faces the risk of starting winter with gas reserves at their lowest level in 15 years
Europe is set to enter the heating season with the lowest gas storage levels in at least 15 years, threatening higher prices for businesses and households this winter.
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13 dead in blast at Qatar gas facility as production resumes after Iranian strikes
Thirteen people were killed and dozens injured after an explosion at Qatar’s massive Ras Laffan liquefied natural (LNG) gas complex which occurred as ‌workers were restarting operations halted after an Iranian attack in March.
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Albania resort scandal deepens as land seller linked to drug trafficking probe
Protests continue in Albania against a luxury hotel development boosted by Jared Kushner, U.S. President Donald Trump’s son in law. Prosecutors are investigating an individual who sold land for the proposed project.
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Nearly 1,000 offshore firms accused of flouting Scotland’s land ownership register
Russian oligarchs, billionaires, foreign governments, international royalty, and banking giants are among those behind nearly 1,000 offshore entities who are illegally flouting the land control registry, The Ferret can reveal.
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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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Iran strikes Kuwait airport, killing one and injuring dozens as Trump warns against escalation
Kuwait’s military reported that Iranian strikes on a terminal at its international airport resulted in the death of at least one person and injured 63 others, marking the first deadly attack in the Gulf since a ceasefire came into effect on April 8.
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Tourists jailed for filming Iran strikes as Gulf states launch crackdown
Hundreds of people have been arrested across the Gulf for filming Iranian attacks on tourist hotspots.
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Trump appears to strike Iran before deadline, warns ‘civilisation could die tonight’
Donald Trump has posted an unhinged Truth Social rant hours after apparently breaking the deadline he set for Iran by striking Kharg Island.
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UK deploys air defences and troops to Gulf as Iran threat escalates
Extra British troops and more UK air defence systems will be deployed to the Middle East for defensive action against Iranian attacks
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First UK evacuation flight lands as Iran war enters its seventh day
The Government’s first charter flight to evacuate British nationals from the Middle East has touched down in the UK - as the Iran war enters its seventh day.
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Oil and gas shock threatens UK economy as Rachel Reeves faces grim spring forecast
UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves is set to respond to the latest economic outlook as a sharp surge in global energy prices threatens to undermine expectations of easing inflation.
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Iran continues large-scale strikes on US bases and Israel despite leadership losses
Iran carried out a new wave of large-scale air strikes overnight and into the morning, targeting US military facilities and Israel, despite reports of significant losses among its military and religious leadership.
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Princess Eugenie faces backlash after appearing at Art Basel in Qatar as renewed Epstein files surface and Prince Andrew is arrested
Princess Eugenie has been criticized for "sticking two fingers up" at the British public following her appearance at a prominent art event in Qatar, just days after renewed focus on her parents’ past controversies emerged and ahead of her dad Andrew’s arrest.
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Mikhail Koryak, accused of posing as a Kremlin insider, may be extradited over fraud and murder allegations
Mikhail Koryak, described by investigators as one of the leaders of an international criminal network involved in fraud and contract killings, may soon be extradited to Russia, according to sources familiar with the case.