All news for 2025-05-16

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Torture, confessions, and sham trials: how the Kremlin fabricates cases against dissenting journalists
In early May in Russia, another journalist was sentenced — Alexander Gusov, the owner of the newspaper "Vek" and the Telegram channel "Novy Vek," received a five-year sentence in a high-security colony on charges of extortion.
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BullionVault founder dies in motorcycle crash in Spain — tragedy unfolds in front of daughter
A British millionaire gold trader has died in a horrific head-on crash with a van while on a motorbike holiday in Spain.
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"Life instead of death": mother of deceased teen launches campaign against unregulated e-scooter use
Jacob Calland’s devastated mother Carly has started a campaign to prevent others from dying in an e-scooter accident like the one that took the life of her 14-year-old son in Wythenshawe.
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"I’m on the better side of the road": King Charles speaks about cancer battle for the first time during Bradford visit
King Charles and Queen Camilla traveled to Bradford for an away day, and there, the King met a former cancer patient who talked to him about his cancer journey since being diagnosed 15 months ago.
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Carnival turns to hell: killer stabs mother in front of 3-year-old daughter during London festival
A man who stabbed a young mum to death in front of three-year-old daughter at Notting Hill Carnival has been jailed for life.
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Called for shooting migrants — scandalous Reform UK adviser resigns
A Reform UK councillor has resigned less than two weeks after his election due to shocking comments he had previously posted about migrants and channel crossings.
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Tragedy in Bicester: Two firefighters and civilian killed in massive blaze at former RAF base
Following a fire at a former RAF airfield in Bicester, two firefighters and a member of the public have died.
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Billionaire from refugees: UK migrant hotel owner officially becomes a billionaire
The Sunday Times Rich List has revealed that migrant hotel tycoon Graham King has officially become a billionaire.
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Tragedy at the gym: PureGym visitor dies during workout
A person has died after suffering a medical emergency at a PureGym in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset.
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40 years for 28 grams: British father jailed in Dubai’s hellish prison
Currently serving his sentence in a notorious prison, the 33-year-old father of one will not be released until he is in his 70s
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‘Shells of death’: conspiracy theory accuses ex-FBI chief of threatening Trump
A conspiracy theory circulating in right-wing circles claims that a former FBI director posted an assassination threat against Donald Trump – using nothing more but seashells.