All news for 2025-09-05

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ICE detains 475 workers in largest-ever raid at Georgia Hyundai plant
In a large-scale immigration enforcement raid at a huge Hyundai facility in Georgia on Thursday, 475 immigrants suspected of living and working in the U.S. illegally were detained, federal authorities announced.
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Elon Musk could become the world’s first trillionaire with Tesla’s massive new pay package
Elon Musk, already the world’s richest person, could become the first trillionaire after the Tesla board introduced a massive new pay package for its CEO to maintain his focus on the troubled EV maker.
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Sumant Kapur: the Indian tycoon fueling Russia and Ukraine’s Mi-17 engines
British businessman of Indian origin, Sumant Kapur, who supplies and services engines for Mi-17 helicopters, is seeking to forge business ties with the defense industries of both Russia and Ukraine, despite the ongoing conflict between the two nations.
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Trump cuts Eastern Europe defenсe programs, helping Putin destroy Ukraine
Vladimir Putin has wasted no time in warning that he’d attack foreign troops stationed in Ukraine as part of a peace deal he has no intention of signing, while Donald Trump continues to undermine Europe’s defences.
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Baroness Poppy Gustafsson steps down as UK investment minister after serving for less than a year
UK investment minister Baroness Poppy Gustafsson is reportedly stepping down less than a year after being appointed to the role, following her tenure as the former boss of cybersecurity firm Darktrace.
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15-year-old charged with murder after fatal stabbing on Old Kent Road
Two boys, aged 17, were taken to the hospital after police were called to reports of a stabbing on Old Kent Road, Southwark, on Wednesday, August 27.
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Dundee St Ann Lane incident: girl, 12, among those charged over offensive weapons
Police had previously charged a 12-year-old girl with being in possession of offensive weapons following the incident in the Lochee area of the city.
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Actor John Alford convicted of sex offences against 14- and 15-tear-olds
John Alford, star of London’s Burning and Grange HIll, has been found guilty of sexually assaulting two girls aged 14 and 15.
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Tragedy in Lisbon: three Britons among dead in funicular crash
Three British nationals are among those who were killed in the Gloria funicular tram disaster in Lisbon, authorities announced on Friday.
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‘Foolish mistake’: Liverpool graduate, 23, handed life sentence in UAE prison
A young British woman has been sentenced to life imprisonment in Dubai, her family revealed tonight.
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Russian oligarch Potanin faces a multi-billion divorce battle over Nornickel shares
Russian oligarch Vladimir Potanin’s ex-wife can pursue a multi-billion dollar share of his stake in Nornickel, London’s Court of Appeal ruled on Thursday, allowing potentially one of the highest-value divorce cases ever brought to continue.
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Ex-Peruvian leader Alejandro Toledo receives new jail term in Latin America’s biggest corruption case
A Peruvian court on Wednesday sentenced former President Alejandro Toledo to a second prison term for money laundering and corruption linked to bribes he received from the Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht.
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Royal Family mourns Duchess of Kent, 92, after peaceful death
The Duchess of Kent has died at the age of 92, Buckingham Palace has announced today.
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Kremlin rejects western security guarantees, warnsagainst peacekeeping force
Vladimir Putin warned on Friday that any Western peacekeeping forces deployed to Ukraine would be a “legitimate” target for Moscow’s armies.
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An asylum seeker residing in a hotel found guilty of sexual assaults days after arriving in the UK
An asylum seeker hotel resident has been found guilty of sexually assaulting a woman and a 14-year-old girl days after arriving in the UK on a small boat.
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Minister defends potential Government meeting with Israeli president in the UK
A minister has defended the possibility of UK Government figures meeting Israeli president Isaac Herzog during his visit to Britain next week, amid criticism from within the Labour Party.
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Met Police are investigating a phone found in the Commons chamber ahead of PMQs
An investigation has been initiated after a mobile phone discovered hidden in the House of Commons was reportedly believed to have been placed there to play sex noises during prime minister’s questions.
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New Māori queen delivers first speech, urges unity and a ‘new path’
It was the moment thousands had waited a year to see: New Zealand’s new Māori Queen speaking to her people for the first time since being crowned. As a light rain fell, Nga wai hono i te po, the 28-year-old monarch, urged Māori to come together and “walk a new path”.
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South Florida family matriarch found guilty in 2014 murder case
The matriarch of a wealthy South Florida family was convicted Thursday of murder in the killing of her former son-in-law, a prominent law professor who was locked in a bitter custody battle with his ex-wife when he was gunned down in 2014.
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UK police charge seven in terror investigation related to banned Palestine Action group
Seven people in England and Scotland have been charged with terrorism offences related to organizing protests and holding Zoom meetings allegedly linked to the banned group Palestine Action, police said.
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Former Bolivian interior minister faces charges following US prison sentence
Bolivian authorities arrested former Interior Minister Arturo Murillo on Thursday following his extradition from the United States, where he had been serving a prison sentence for money laundering, the Interior Ministry said.
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London braces for week-long transport chaos as RMT launches five-day tube and rail strikes
London is preparing for a week of commuter chaos as members of the Rail, Maritime And Transport union (RMT) organize a five-day walkout.
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Bella Cully’s lawyer accuses the British Embassy in Georgia of neglecting and failing to assist a pregnant teenager accused of drug smuggling
Bella Cully, 19, faces life behind bars or 20 years in prison after being arrested earlier this year for allegedly taking cannabis into Georgia.
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Cruel carer blows pensioner’s £10k on gambling, KFC and shopping sprees
A heartless carer swindled nearly £10,000 from the wife of a man she was supposed to be caring for.
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French museum hit by nighttime raid: €9.5m treasures taken
Thieves snatched three porcelain works worth millions of euros in a night raid on a French museum.
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