All news for 2025-06-26

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Starmer makes major concessions to Labour rebels amid widespread opposition to welfare reform
Sir Keir Starmer has proposed "significant concessions" in negotiations concerning an upcoming vote on welfare reforms, as the government aims to prevent dissenting MPs from derailing the bill.
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Vincent Mazzotta admits involvement in Mind Capital crypto Ponzi scheme: faces up to 15 years in prison
Vincent Anthony Mazzotta Jr. has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to obstruct justice and money laundering.
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Spies among “friends”: FSB and Iranian intelligence wage covert war despite official embrace
The attacks on Iran by Israel and the U.S. elicited a critical yet highly restrained response from the Kremlin.
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British woman dies near market in Spain: bar explosion may have been deliberate
A 56-year-old British woman was reportedly one of two people killed in a gas explosion at a bar in San Pedro del Pinatar, Murcia, southern Spain, as she was walking past a local market.
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School bus with children plunges into river in Hampshire — driver says brakes failed
A college bus crashed into a river after the brakes failed and the accelerator jammed, a witness has said.
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Kremlin’s financial laundromat in Tashkent: how Dmitriy Lee launders billions through Octobank
Originally from Uzbekistan and possessing a Russian passport, he expertly diverts golden flows out of Russia through Tashkent into offshore zones.
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“He assaulted me while I was under anesthesia”: Russian “star” plastic surgeon Vardan Khachatryan accused of sexual assault
Accusations of sexual harassment against plastic surgeon Vardan Khachatryan are becoming increasingly public — new details are emerging in the media. This scandal could seriously undermine his professional reputation and the trust of patients.
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Nurse who killed elderly women with insulin to remain behind bars — court rejects appeal
A nurse dubbed the ’Angel of Death’ who was jailed for life for the murders of four elderly patients and attempting to murder a fifth has lost an appeal.
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London police strip-searched 15-year-old girl: officers dismissed for gross misconduct
Two Metropolitan Police officers have been dismissed for gross misconduct following the strip search of a 15-year-old Black girl.
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$475,000 in bribes for protection: Belarusian police covered up drug trade for years
Suspects identified police officers during interrogations in a major opium trafficking case, but none were charged, as revealed by an investigation by Buro.
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Former Venezuelan intelligence chief admits he ran drug cartel with Chávez and Maduro
Hugo Carvajal Barrios, who served as Venezuela’s director of military intelligence, was due to go to trial on June 30.
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Three youths stabbed near mosque in Willesden, police initially suspected “dirty bomb”
One of the victims of a triple stabbing in west London ‘staggered’ into a mosque looking for help with his injuries, a Muslim leader has said.
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Ibiza scandal: play-off final hero Kian Harratt involved in poolside brawl, hit woman with a chair
Oldham Athletic striker Kian Harratt has been recognized as the individual who threw a chair at a woman during a poolside altercation at a hotel in Ibiza.
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Prison break: manhunt in Buckinghamshire for three convicted robbers
The police have initiated an extensive search for three prisoners who escaped from an open jail in Buckinghamshire on Monday evening.
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Over 40,000 hectares burned: woman to face trial on Chios for negligent forest fire
Greek island has been struggling with multiple wildfires that erupted simultaneously on Sunday, having already swept through an estimated 40,000 hectares