All news for 2025-04-25

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US food delivery giant DoorDash eyes $3.6bn acquisition of UK-based Deliveroo
The London-based company, the second largest food delivery app in the UK, stated that no ’firm offer’ had been made yet
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Woman with schizoaffective disorder sentenced to hospital order for racist stabbing
A woman, who had been hospitalized 14 times in 10 years, stabbed a man to death in a racist and unprovoked attack just moments after asking her care worker to be sent back to the hospital.
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Trump’s $350M memecoin sparks controversy as critics slam unregulated venture
As Trump cashes in on crypto, critics slam a $350M coin as corrupt and unregulated.
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North Korean hackers advance tactics with fraudulent crypto firms and malware-laced job interviews
The advanced tactics of the Lazarus group included setting up three fake cryptocurrency companies in the US and utilizing identities generated by AI.
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George Santos sentenced to over seven years in prison for wire fraud and identity theft
Former Republican congressman George Santos has been sentenced to over seven years in prison for wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.
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Headteacher sentenced after attacking deputy with wrench over love triangle jealousy
A head teacher attacked his deputy with a wrench after being hit by "overwhelming sexual jealousy" due to a love triangle at the school.
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UK in talks to purchase three nuclear sites from EDF as part of energy expansion plans
The UK government is in discussions with its French counterparts about buying back three nuclear sites from the state-owned energy giant EDF, as Whitehall seeks to take control of the forthcoming expansion of nuclear power.
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Man arrested after sending offensive letters containing excrement to UK MPs
A man, aged 65, was arrested on April 9 on suspicion of a public order offense and harassment aggravated by racial factors.
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"Like a scene from a movie": Brit reunites with stolen car after accidentally purchasing it again
Having your car stolen is one of the biggest headaches you can experience, and rarely does the victim recover their stolen vehicle.
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Jesus Christ accused in Russia: he has been sentenced
A man with a passport in the name of Jesus Christ has been sentenced in Kazan, Russia. He was accused of falsifying migrant registrations.
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"An offense with an old aftertaste": Tranmere midfielder Sam Finley suspended again for homophobia
Tranmere Rovers midfielder Sam Finley has been hit with a lengthy suspension and a fine after he was found to have made a homophobic comment during his side’s 5-1 defeat to Walsall
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"Belgrade’s secret revenge": former Serbian intelligence officer admits his commandos operated in Europe during Jill Dando’s murder
Serbian ex-spy boss Dragan Filipović has disclosed that he orchestrated a ’secret reprisal action’ in the spring of 1999, which resulted in ’great confusion in Europe.’
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Three men were sentenced to 99 years in prison for attempting to murder a former MMA fighter and participant in the UK’s largest robbery
Three men have been jailed at the Old Bailey for plotting to kill a former cage fighter who was convicted of Britain’s largest ever cash robbery.
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Russian army general has been blown up in the Moscow suburbs
A senior Russian general has been killed in a car bomb outside a block of flats in Moscow.
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Ukrainian model Nina Kolomiytseva speaks out about years of “hell” due to harassment by Russian oligarch Suleiman Kerimov
Nina Kolomiytseva, who accused oligarch Suleiman Kerimov of stalking and witchcraft, continues to publicly share details of the personal life of the Senator of the Russian Federation, and also calls on celebrities, including Ksenia Sobchak, Agnia Ditkovskite, and Anastasia Volochkova, to speak out.
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The Post Office spent over £600 million to avoid replacing the faulty Horizon system
The Post Office has spent over £600 million of public funds to keep using the flawed Horizon IT system, even though it decided to abandon it more than ten years ago, the BBC can reveal.
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A TikTok astrologer in Myanmar has been arrested for "predicting" an earthquake that caused public panic
A TikTok astrologer in Myanmar has been arrested after predicting another earthquake and causing panic.
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Estates, apartments, a Belgian passport, and a private jet: what Kazakh billionaire Shukhrat Ibragimov, who helps Russia bypass sanctions, owns
Kazakh billionaire with a Belgian passport Shukhrat Ibragimov, whose company is suspected of large-scale corruption and mysterious deaths in Africa, added a luxury private plane Dassault Falcon 8X to his collection last year.
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The collapse of Shukhrat Ibragimov’s career path: sanctions, oligarchs, and unfulfilled ambitions destroying Kazakhstan’s image
Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has established himself as an experienced diplomat...
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Cyclists who kill pedestrians by dangerous cycling could face life imprisonment under new Crime and Policing Bill amendments
Cyclists who kill pedestrians by dangerous cycling could face life imprisonment under new amendments to the Crime and Policing Bill, after years of campaigners calling on the government to close a legal loophole.
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Prison threat for water bosses who conceal illegal sewage spills under new law
Water bosses who try to hide their illegal sewage spills can now be locked up for a maximum of two years as a law change comes into effect.