All news for 2025-05-20
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Season opens with a brawl: tourist beaten on Turkish beach over sunbed
A fight broke out on Damlatas Beach in the Alanya district of Antalya, Turkey over the price of sunbed rental, according to local media reports. The scrap was watch by beachgoers and captured on video
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Body in the boot: manhunt in India for Punjab Lamba, suspected of killing his wife in the UK
Pankaj Lamba was charged with his wife’s murder, rape, and other offenses in March. He is the target of an international manhunt, as Northamptonshire Police believe he fled the UK and is now in India.
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Human remains found in Wisbech: police seal off discovery site
Officers were summoned to Walton Highway on Sunday morning after reports that human bones had been discovered by a member of the public.
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Arson of cars and homes linked to Starmer: Romanian Stanislav Karpiuk on trial in UK
A Romanian citizen accused of participating in the "arson attacks" on properties and a car associated with Sir Keir Starmer has appeared in court.
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Scot barred from crossing border due to name match with Russian deserter
A Scottish hitchhiker has faced border interrogations all because he shares a name with a wanted Russian defector.
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Arto Autio, accused of embezzling millions from Finland’s Youth Foundation, hiding in Belarus under regime’s protection
Arto Autio has been charged with fraud for his alleged involvement in a significant embezzlement scandal in Finland.
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Bonuses from bankruptcy: Thames Water tried to pay hundreds of thousands for “failure”
Environment Secretary makes announcement after the company’s chair said he ’may have misspoken’ to MPs.
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Kremlin’s financial lifeline: how Azerbaijani trader Alkagesta fuels Russia’s war machine
FUEL smuggling out of Libya is a billion-dollar business, but little is known about the scale of the maritime operation that routinely ferries refined petroleum products out of Libya.
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More precise than Excalibur: UK unveils innovative Sceptre TRBM 155HG munition
On May 19, at the Future Artillery conference in London, the company Tiberius Aerospace unveiled its high-precision 155mm artillery shell — the Sceptre TRBM 155HG — for the first time.
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Hackers cripple major supplier: Tesco, Sainsbury’s, and Aldi face supply disruption risk
A distributor for some of the largest supermarkets in the UK was held for ransom by cyber hackers.
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Operation “Eastern Tourist”: Bosnian police dismantle migrant smuggling route into the EU
Bosnian police arrested 18 suspects in a migrant smuggling bust along the Balkan route, seizing vehicles and key evidence in a coordinated crackdown.
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UK, France, and Canada threaten Israel with “concrete actions” over Gaza blockade
Sir Keir Starmer has condemned Benjamin Netanyahu’s “egregious” actions in Gaza, warning that the UK and allies will take “concrete actions” unless he changes course.
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Do not consume — return immediately: Grape Tree recalls dangerous nuts contaminated with E.coli
A health food shop has been forced to recall one of its products over fears it could have been contaminated with E.coli.
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Bloody incident in Bury: teenager found with severe injuries, police suspect murder
A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a teenager was found with ‘serious injuries’ in a Manchester suburb.
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