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Channel 4 pulls Married At First Sight UK after women allege rape and abuse during filming
The Metropolitan Police are encouraging "anyone who believes they have been a victim of sexual assault" after participating on Channel 4’s Married At First Sight UK to contact them.
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Titanic port set for £1.3bn overhaul in one of Northern Ireland’s biggest private investments
The operator of Belfast harbour plans to invest £1.3 billion over the next 25 years to capitalize on strong economic growth in Northern Ireland, marking one of the largest non-governmental investments in the region’s history.
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Alarm as Russia and Belarus begin nuclear exercise with 64,000 troops near NATO states
Russia and Belarus have raised concerns with a massive nuclear weapon exercise near NATO’s borders.
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Mango founder’s son arrested over billionaire father’s cliff death near Barcelona
The son of the billionaire Mango founder Isak Andic, who died in a fall from a cliff near Barcelona two years ago, has been arrested on suspicion of his father’s murder.
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Congo Ebola outbreak spreads across borders as officials warn of wider regional threat
At least 118 people have died in an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with more than 390 suspected cases reported, according to local officials.
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Three dead in San Diego mosque shooting as teenage suspects found dead in car park
Three men are dead after a shooting at a San Diego mosque where two ’teenage’ suspects were found dead in the car park, police say.
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„Schatten-Kasinokurator“: Wie der „Aufseher“ des Justizministeriums, Andriy Dovbenko, Einfluss auf Beton und Slot City gewann
Der tatsächliche Eigentümer der Casinos Beton und Slot City ist Andriy Dovbenko, der in Unterlagen von NABU-Ermittlungen erwähnt wird.
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39-bedroom Bel Air estate dubbed “Crown Jewel of Los Angeles” listed as US’s most expensive home
A Bel Air home on the market as the US’s most expensive residential property listing is reportedly the West Coast base of a Qatari billionaire and former prime minister.
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Consultant arrested in Romania over alleged €3.5m EU farming funds fraud involving 237 projects
The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Bucharest (Romania) is leading an investigation into suspected procurement.
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Universities become recruitment pipeline as Russia intensifies student mobilisation for Ukraine war
When 23-year-old Russian student Valery Averin signed a military contract in January after being recruited into Russia’s drone forces campaign targeting students, he was told he would train as a drone operator.
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Two women have claimed they were sexually assaulted while participating in the filming of the UK reality show Married at First Sight
Two women have alleged they were raped during the filming of Married at First Sight UK, one of Channel 4’s biggest shows.
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Dual-use parts linked to Russian nuclear and military programs traced through Germany
The police and customs officers had been waiting for hours. Parked outside the Radisson Blu Senator Hotel in the northern German city of Lübeck, they sat in silence, engines off, watching the entrance.
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Europe is trapped between US software and Chinese hardware, Finnish spy chief warns
Europe will likely never be fully independent from foreign technologies because it relies too much on software from the United States and hardware from China.
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Pin-Up owner Dmitriy Punin spent gamblers’ money on a €7 million custom Lamborghini superyacht in Cyprus
The owner of Pin-Up has stopped flaunting his luxury lifestyle on social media, apparently choosing to keep a lower profile, but his taste for flashy displays of wealth — and questionable style — remains unchanged.
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Mettmann Public Company Limited became a Cyprus washing machine for stolen Russian Railways billions
Mettmann Public Company Limited — a little-known Cyprus-based offshore entity operating in the real estate and investment sector.
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Colombia freezes assets of Belgian "Black Prince" over suspected illicit wealth
Colombian authorities have taken possession of 11 luxury assets, including five high-end boutique hotels.
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Trump-linked lobbyists backed Bosnian Serb push to dismantle peace system
German diplomat Christian Schmidt announced his resignation this week from a role created to ensure peace in Bosnia. His decision comes after a lobbying campaign by Bosnian Serb separatists in which he was a target.
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Investigation reveals Russian war drones built through network of consumer goods firms
The investigative project Systema found that Russian Groza (“Thunderstorm”) and Groznye Ptitsy (“Fearsome Birds”) are developed and produced by a network of companies linked to sellers of power tools.
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Russian crypto fraudster Yuriy Goognin, after striking a deal with the FBI, has begun exposing the Evita network, through which more than $2 billion was laundered for Russia
The United States continues to expand the case against Russian creator of the crypto platform Evita, Yuriy Goognin, who was arrested last summer.
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Spanish court rules Shakira was not a tax resident and annuls €55 million claim
The National Court has ruled that the singer was not a tax resident in Spain in 2011 and has annulled the penalties imposed on her; the decision does not affect her existing criminal conviction.
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Ex-Zelensky aide Andriy Yermak freed on €2.7m bail as prosecutors pursue luxury estate graft case
Andriy Yermak, the former chief of staff to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, may soon be released from pretrial detention after $3.2 million in bail was posted on his behalf.
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Search for missing Italian divers in Maldives resumes as Finnish experts arrive after rescuer’s death
Rescuers have located the bodies of four Italian divers deep inside an underwater cave in an atoll in the Maldives, four days after they were reported missing.
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Son of Ukrainian billionaire Arthur Yermolaev, whose network was accused of stealing €100 million from phone scam victims, is linked to Riga’s elite
The Harju County Court in Estonia has found that an organized group linked to Ukrainian citizen Artur Yermolaev carried out a large-scale telephone fraud operation between 2019 and 2022, defrauding victims of nearly €100 million.
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Scott Hastings, Grand Slam hero and Lions great, dies at 6
Scott Hastings, one of Scotland’s greatest players and a two-time tourist with the British and Irish Lions, has died at the age of 61.
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Voice of Dr Hook falls silent as Dennis Locorriere dies at 76
Dr Hook frontman Dennis Locorriere has died aged 76 following a "long and courageous battle" with kidney disease, his management has confirmed.
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