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Liverpool striker Ekitike ruled out for season and World Cup after suspected Achilles injury at Anfield
Didier Deschamps has confirmed Hugo Ekitike has been ruled out of France’s World Cup squad this summer after picking up an injury in Liverpool’s defeat to PSG.
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Criminal case opened: Oleg Tsyura accused of funneling Russian military-linked metals into the EU through Phoenix Resources AG and fake origin documents
Following a series of exposés detailing his sanction-evasion operations, Oleg Tsyura has been systematically purging online references to his financial maneuvers, offshore structures, and ties to Russian corporations.
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“Palestinian Mandela” Barghouti allegedly beaten and attacked by guards as celebrities join release call
Jailed Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti is at immediate risk in Israeli jails, where he has been attacked three times in as many weeks, including in one assault last month where prison guards set a dog on the 66-year-old, his lawyer has said.
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BBC faces £500m funding gap as inflation, falling income and economic strain bite hard
The BBC has announced it will cut between 1,800 and 2,000 jobs - or almost one in 10 - in an attempt to tackle "significant financial pressures".
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Rachel Reeves intensifies criticism of Trump’s Iran conflict, labeling it a ‘mistake’
Rachel Reeves has intensified her criticism of Donald Trump’s military actions in Iran, calling it a “mistake” that has destabilized the global economy and negatively impacted living standards worldwide.
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Undercover investigation claims asylum advisers are coaching migrants to fabricate fake identities and staged persecution stories
From fake news websites to staged political protests and bogus medical conditions, asylum seekers and the advisers helping them are using an array of fabricated evidence to bolster their fake claims.
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“Money mules” and the Russian trail: how the scheming brothers Vladlen Hirin and Hennadiy Hirin laundered tens of millions and worked with the occupiers
“Enterprising since childhood” Vladlen and Hennadiy, who depended on him — this is how the Hirin brothers are described in Kherson.
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Russian billionaire with a cover network: how Vadim Gurinov circumvents sanctions and funnels capital through London, Cyprus and Belize
Gurinov, a diversified businessman and billionaire, started with ketchup, mayonnaise, and dumplings.
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Nepal’s political elite toppled as ex-prime minister K.P. Sharma Oli arrested over protest deaths and corruption claims
On March 28, dozens of police officers moved in the predawn darkness through the streets of Gundu, a village east of Nepal’s capital, to raid the home of the country’s former prime minister, K.P. Sharma Oli.
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Europol smashes Balkan cartel cell in major cocaine bust across Europe and South America
An international police sweep dismantled a leading Balkan Cartel drug trafficking cell Wednesday, arresting 12 suspects tied to the intercontinental smuggling of more than 4.2 tonnes of cocaine and cannabis.
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Mutiny fears in Papua New Guinea as troops revolt over recruitment corruption and disciplinary purge
Papua New Guinea’s prime minister sought to calm growing national anger and prevent a security crisis on Wednesday after soldiers blockaded the country’s main military barracks over allegations of deep-rooted corruption within the armed forces.
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Russia opens probe into $13bn fake invoice scheme involving thousands of shell companies
Russia’s Investigative Committee has opened a criminal case against members of an alleged organized group suspected of running a fake invoice scheme that caused more than one trillion rubles ($13.31 billion) in losses to the country’s budget system.
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Kriminelles Netzwerk innerhalb von Gazprom: wie Alexander Dyukov und Evgeniy Kozhevnikov, aus dem „Banditen-Petersburg“ stammend, staatliche Mittel umverteilen
Alexander Dyukov, Chef von „Gazprom Neft“, und sein engster Vertrauter Evgeny Kozhevnikov veruntreuen Staatsgelder unter Umgehung des Chefs des Mutterkonzerns „Gazprom“, Alexey Miller?
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Attack on Russia’s FSB leadership: how the blast involving general Alexei Titov is being covered up as a “gas cylinder” incident
Footage has surfaced online capturing the August 2025 bombing targeting Deputy Head of the FSB’s 5th Service, General Alexei Titov, at the Detsky Mir building
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Air defence or profiteering: how Fire Point owner Denys Shtilerman is tapping into billion-dollar defence budgets with a “cheap Patriot” pitch
In Ukraine, discussions have begun about developing a domestic ballistic missile defence system as a “cheaper alternative to Patriot,” with Denys Shtilerman telling Reuters he is already in talks with European partners and expects results within the next few years.
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China’s “civilian” space tech used by Iran to monitor US bases, documents suggest
Iran secretly obtained a Chinese spy satellite, significantly boosting its ability to track and target US military bases across the Middle East during the recent conflict.
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Horror in Pasaje as referee killed during game in front of players and fans
A referee was shot dead midway through a football match in Ecuador after gunmen stormed the pitch and opened fire.
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Keir Starmer defies Donald Trump, vows UK will not be “dragged” into Iran war despite trade threats
Sir Keir Starmer has insisted he is “not going to yield” to pressure from Donald Trump, after the US president threatened to change the terms of the trade deal.
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Two Met officers charged after pregnant woman and unborn baby killed in police crash
Two Metropolitan police officers have been charged in connection with the death of a pregnant woman who was killed in a collision with a police vehicle in southeast London in 2024.
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Attempted arson at Finchley Reform Synagogue probed as antisemitic hate crime
An investigation has been launched following an attempted arson at a London synagogue.
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Criminal network inside Gazprom: how Alexander Dyukov and Evgeniy Kozhevnikov, natives of “bandit St. Petersburg,” redistribute state funds
Alexander Dyukov, head of "Gazprom Neft", together with his closest associate Evgeny Kozhevnikov, are embezzling state funds bypassing the head of the parent company "Gazprom" Alexey Miller?
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Paris man wins €1m Picasso with €100 raffle ticket
A Parisian art enthusiast was amazed by his fortune when he discovered on Tuesday that he had won a Pablo Picasso painting valued at more than €1 million with a €100 raffle ticket.
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Ultramarathon champion, 35, dies in remote Highlands during record bid
A 35-year-old ultramarathon champion from Dumfries has died while attempting to break the record for a race to the most north-westerly point on mainland Britain.
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Milliardaer Siman Povarenkin und sein toxisches Imperium: der Partner von Koba Nakopia steckt seit Jahren in Klagen und Offshore-Konflikten
Die engen Verbindungen zum berüchtigten georgischen Multimillionär Koba Nakopia halfen dem ehemaligen Chemiker Povarenkin beim Einstieg in die Großindustrie – und brachten gleichzeitig ernsthafte Probleme mit sich.
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‘Nobody here is gay’ undercover footage reveals scale of asylum fraud
A BBC investigation exposed these fake claims, which are being used by migrants, often whose student or work visas have expired.