All news for 2025-05-09

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"No more money": new NHS chief declares end of the era of generous budgets
Jim Mackey says state of public finances means country can no longer afford big spending rises
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Simon Mann, leader of the failed ’Wonga coup’ in Equatorial Guinea, has died
Former SAS officer led a group of 70 who attempted to overthrow Equatorial Guinea’s president
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US to cut medical aid to Zambia by $50 million over ’systematic theft’
The reduction in aid is not related to the Trump administration’s freeze on foreign assistance.
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The steel scam of the decade: how Denis Safin evades sanctions and “steals” Russian industry under the Kremlin’s nose
Businessman Denis Safin, with close ties to Russian authorities, is engaged in diverting funds through affiliated companies.
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Wallet One: how the Ukrainian payment system became a money pipeline to Russia
The name of Oleksandr Serdyuk, after several years of quiet, has resurfaced in the context of shadowy schemes involving the transfer of money from Ukraine through the payment system Wallet One, which, despite a criminal case nearly a decade ago, appears to still be in operation.
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"That’s not you": millionaire’s wife barred from leaving the country after plastic surgery
British blogger Ashley Stobart has faced an unexpected problem: after undergoing plastic surgery, airport security systems no longer recognize her passport photo, and she’s being denied passage.
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Hell at home: Brazilian father accused of abusing and raping his own daughters
The 69-year-old dad is alleged to have drugged his daughters, aged 36 and 38, before tying them down and raping them over a period of several months, Brazil police have said
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Bargain Hunt star accused of terrorism links in UK’s first case of its kind
Oghenochuko Ojiri, 53, has been charged with eight counts of failing to make a disclosure during the course of business within the regulated sector, following a Met Police probe
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“TikTok holiday” ends in tragedy: British soldier stuck in Thai hospital with £100,000 bill
A British soldier has been left stranded in hospital in Thailand aftersuffering a horrific catalogue of injuries falling at a beauty spot he and his girlfriend spotted on TikTok.
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Body found: police end search for missing 21-year-old June in Bournemouth
Police have discovered a body during the search for June, a missing 21-year-old, who disappeared over a week ago and was last seen around 8:35 pm in Bournemouth, Dorset.