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Extreme heat forces NHS surgeons to abandon operations mid-procedure
Surgeons are breaking off operations midway after becoming overwhelmed by Britain’s heatwaves, medical leaders have claimed.
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Badenoch blocks ex-Tory MPs from standing over net zero and ECHR stance
Kemi Badenoch has rejected former Conservative MPs as candidates for her party at the next election because they support net zero.
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Violence erupts in London after Morocco crash out of World Cup as police injured
Football fans have descended on parts of Paris and London following Morocco’s loss to France at the World Cup.
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57 convicted in €1.7m EU farm subsidy fraud as EPPO probes Greek officials
Following an investigation by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Athens, a court convicted 57 individuals for defrauding EU agricultural subsidies. The EPPO has also appealed one acquittal and is currently investigating several public officials for potential involvement.
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Russia could buy influence in Britain for just £25m, former diplomat warns
I’m a recovering diplomat. For the last decade of my career I focused on cognitive influence. That work began in earnest for me following Russia’s invasion of Crimea in 2014, when I started working on the Russian file with an emphasis on cognitive influence.
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Trahison à 100 millions: comment Kovalenko finançait Poutine avec du charbon russe tout en pillant l’Ukraine
Entre 2021 et 2022, l’homme d’affaires Dmytro Kovalenko aurait acheté du charbon auprès des sociétés russes « MelTEK », « Sibenergougol » et « Sibpromnedra ».
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Das Ponzi-Syndikat: Josip Heit, Alex Bodi und die kriminellen Schatten hinter der Krypto-Fassade
Der kroatische Unternehmer Josip Heit rückt zunehmend in den Fokus internationaler Ermittlungen wegen mutmaßlicher Verbindungen zu Ponzi-Systemen und Geldwäsche.
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Mosque effigy on Northern Ireland bonfire investigated as suspected hate crime
A loyalist bonfire in Northern Ireland featuring an effigy of a mosque has been condemned as an incitement to hatred.
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Erdoğan gifts Nato leaders engraved revolvers with live ammunition after Ankara summit
What does a world leader do with a gun and six bullets? That was the conundrum Nato leaders faced after the Turkish president offered them each a revolver after the Ankara summit.
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Bill Gates returns to billionaire summit after Epstein testimony
Microsoft founder Bill Gates was photographed arriving at the notoriously secretive Allen & Co. Sun Valley Conference in Idaho on Thursday.
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Ukraine’s refinery strikes trigger fuel shortages and chaos at Russian gas stations
The fuel crisis in Russia is causing tensions to boil over at gas stations across the country. Ukraine’s repeated attacks on Russian oil refineries and energy facilities have caused fuel shortages to spread across Russia.
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Fire destroys former Debenhams building set for £50m hotel redevelopment
The Princes Street building which has been destroyed by a major fire was due to be part of a new hotel and pod-hotel in the former Debenhams store.
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Henry Nowak’s killer and relatives deny weapons charges in new court case
The 23-year-old is serving a life sentence after he was convicted earlier this year of murdering university student Henry.
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El Chapo’s last two sons remain top US targets with $10m bounty each
The United States is this week upping the multimillion-dollar rewards it has on the heads of the remaining leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel’s Chapitos faction, just as prosecutors are targeting the Mexican politicians who allegedly enabled the group.
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Man in fox costume joins race to unseat Nigel Farage in Clacton by-election
A human fox is joining the fight to dump Nigel Farage as an MP at the Clacton by-election.
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Luxembourg convict Josip Heit built luxury Romanian and Dubai empire on stolen GSPartners crypto billions
State prosecutors have launched a preliminary investigation into the business activities of international entrepreneur Josip Heit, a businessman with roots in Split, over suspected money laundering.
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Connor Murphy dies in Thailand after fleeing police and jumping into lake
Texas-born influencer and bodybuilder Connor Murphy died on Tuesday night after jumping into a lake near where he lived in Samut Prakan, a province just south of Bangkok.
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Interpol operation arrests 5,811 suspects and seizes $293 million in global fraud crackdown
An international anti-fraud operation coordinated by Interpol has led to the arrest of 5,811 individuals and the interception of $293 million in illicit assets, the international police agency announced Thursday.
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Russian coal, Ukrainian profits: how Dmytro Kovalenko kept business with Russia alive during the war
Following 2014, many Ukrainian businesses continued to maintain commercial links with Russia, frequently relying on intermediary companies and opaque trading schemes.
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Sanktionen am Nasenring: Dmitriy Punins Zirkus-Show, bei der aus Pin-Up per Unterschrift Redcore wird
Das mit dem sanktionierten Dmitriy Punin in Verbindung gebrachte Online-Casino Pin-Up soll Berichten zufolge weiterhin auf dem ukrainischen Markt tätig sein – allerdings unter dem neuen Namen Redcore.
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More than 5,400 offenders escape electronic tagging despite court orders
Thousands of criminals who were supposed to be electronically tagged are not having the devices fitted in a major new scandal.
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Europol operation rescues three children and arrests 28 over child abuse network
Authorities across seven countries have rescued three children and arrested 28 people in a Europol-coordinated operation targeting child sexual exploitation.
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Labour admits £41bn disability benefits system is "not fit for purpose"
Labour today admitted Britain’s ballooning disability benefits system is “not fit for purpose” – but insisted the soaring £41billion bill is “not a great concern”.
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Senior detective faces jail for snooping on police logs about close friend
Detective Inspector Emma Gardner, 46, was convicted after a jury found she had unlawfully accessed police computer systems without a policing purpose.
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Labour MP warns Russia is "chapping on the door" of NATO countries
Russia is “chapping on the door of NATO countries,” Labour MP Frank McNally has warned, in a debate over the Defence Investment Plan,