All news for 2025-02-05
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Chelsea striker Sam Kerr claims that police treated her differently because of her skin color during her harassment trial
Chelsea women’s footballer Sam Kerr has claimed police treated her differently "because of the colour of my skin" after an incident in which she alleges a taxi driver took her and her husband “hostage”.
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Two more individuals plead guilty in the $250 million Feeding Our Future fraud scheme in the US
Ayan Jama and Mekfira Hussein pleaded guilty to their role in stealing $250 million from a U.S. federal program meant to feed hungry children during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Ukrainian police dismantle an amphetamine cartel
The network reeled in monthly profits of up to 18 million Ukrainian hryvnia ($431,923) from the production and selling of 60 kg of amphetamine to 18 drug labs nation-wide.
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Keir Starmer decides not to attend the international AI summit in Paris
PM risks upsetting host Emmanuel Macron and missing chance to speak to JD Vance and Elon Musk.
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MPs informed that a misspelling of the Southport killer’s name may have led Prevent to close the case
Review finds Axel Rudakubana’s surname was incorrect in one of three referrals to scheme to spot potential terrorists.
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The Kremlin-run bot network Doppelgänger is distributing an AI-generated video in the style of Little Big, advocating for the lifting of sanctions against Russia
The Kremlin-run bot network Doppelgänger has begun spreading an AI-generated video mimicking the visual style of Little Big, the Russian band behind the 2018 viral hit “Skibidi.”
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Putin has depleted nearly all Soviet military stockpiles, leading to a reduction in the intensity of the war in Ukraine
Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has led to the bloodiest conflict in Europe since World War II. It has also resulted in the largest depletion of military equipment in 80 years.
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Actor and former boxer P.H. Moriarty, known for his roles in Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels and Jaws, dies at 86
Tributes have flooded in for British actor P.H. Moriarty who has died at the age of 86.
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Apple issues warning to iPhone users about the first-ever pornographic app
A pornography app is now available to all iPhones in the EU after a rule change.
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Cambridge police launch investigation after multiple trains were struck by projectiles
Drivers raise safety concerns as projectiles ‘aimed at’ services close to Cambridge North station, damaging trains.
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24-year-old Briton dies during a dream holiday to Sri Lanka after their hostel was fumigated for bedbugs
Family members of the young woman, named Ebony, have said she died on February 1 "within a few hours of arriving at the hospital" after her hostel in Sri Lanka was fumigated.
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US military begins flying migrants to Guantanamo Bay for the first time
The first U.S. military aircraft carrying detained migrants to Guantanamo Bay departed on Tuesday, U.S. officials said, as President Donald Trump’s administration prepares to potentially house tens of thousands of migrants at the naval base in Cuba.
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£1.4 million jewelry shop heist that led to the manager’s suicide was revealed to be staged
A £1.4 million heist at a luxury jewellery store was an inside job as part of an insurance scam and ‘everyone was consenting’, one of the accused robbers has told jurors.
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KyberSwap hacker faces a five-count criminal indictment for stealing $65 million
Andean Medjedovic is accused of exploiting DeFi protocols KyberSwap and Indexed Finance.
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100,000 organic eggs valued at $40,000 were stolen from a Pennsylvania farm’s truck
A load of eggs worth about $40,000 was stolen from the back of a trailer in Pennsylvania over the weekend amid rising egg costs across the U.S.
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Ecuadorian drug gangs are turning to the ’death saint’ for protection, with allegations of human sacrifices
Sporting gloves and a red ribbon to ward off evil, Ecuadoran police raiding a drug den apprehensively inspect an altar to Santa Muerte -- a Mexican "death saint" adopted by local gangs as their own talisman.
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Shippers are accused of contributing to forest destruction driven by the beef industry
Shippers are accused of contributing to forest destruction driven by the beef industry.
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American lawyers Resser and Bronson falsified documents to protect their million-dollar assets
Bruce Bronson asserts that he has been self-employed for the last two decades. Before that, he was a partner at multiple boutique New York City legal firms.
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Victims applaud judge as an international hockey player is sentenced to 28 years for pedophilia
Philip Hamer’s victims wept in the public gallery as he was jailed at Manchester Crown Court.
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Netanyahu gifted Trump a golden pager, and the US president responded, ’That was a great operation’
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly gifted US President Donald Trump with a golden pager and a regular one, a reference to the clandestine operation that decimated the Hezbollah terror group.
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Elon Musk designated as a ’special government employee,’ according to the White House
Elon Musk is officially serving under President Donald Trump as a special government employee, according to a White House official.
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Elderly woman discovered pushing her daughter’s dead body in a shopping cart at a London shopping center
Joan Kathleen Turnell kept her daughter Tracey’s dead body in their shared flat in Leyton for over a year before she was discovered, inquest told.
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Three people stabbed in the face with a wine glass during a horrific attack in a London hotel
Blood and glass were left strewn across the bar of the Leonardo Royal hotel after the attack by drunk guest.
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Elite escort for Rosneft’s chief Igor Sechin: Who is Albina Ivanova, and what do taxpayers’ money have to do with it?
The romantic escapades of one of the former U.S. Presidents with his staff member, which Russian humorists so love to ridicule, seem like innocent pranks compared to what’s happening in Rosneft, headed by Igor Sechin, where a genuine harem of elite prostitutes has been created on Russian citizens’ money.
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Soft play boss caught with indecent child images purchases a house he will never reside in
Steven McInally ran a soft play centre in Glasgow before he was caught with child abuse images in Florida and sentenced to 25 years behind bars in an American prison.
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