All news for 2025-11-10

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Reform UK receives £225,000 from billionaire linked to cannabis business
Reform UK’s leader Nigel Farage has repeatedly attacked what he calls “globalist” figures getting involved in British politics.
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Ex-PM Johnson sparks media turmoil over alleged internal BBC coup
When Boris Johnson was Prime Minister, one of his senior advisers confided to me that one of the few things in politics his boss actually cared about was “killing off the BBC”.
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NCA seizes $16 million in dinosaur fossils and London homes from man tied to Singapore case
Authorities seized London properties — and dinosaur skeletons — from a man previously wanted for questioning in connection with a massive money laundering investigation in Singapore. Meanwhile, a fugitive in the case also purchased luxury London real estate.
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Doctor accused of driving into German Christmas market apologizes to family of slain boy
The doctor accused of driving a car into a crowded German Christmas market has apologized to the family of a nine-year-old boy who was killed.
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Southern Water takes responsibility for bio-bead spill on south coast beach
Southern Water has apologized for the spill of so-called ’bio-beads’, which have led environmental groups to warn of a potential local catastrophe.
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IDF troops testify civilians killed at discretion of officers, norms collapse
Israeli soldiers have described a chaotic situation in Gaza and a collapse of norms and legal constraints, with civilians killed at the discretion of individual officers, according to testimony in a TV documentary.
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Russian foreign minister left off G20 delegation amid diplomatic intrigue
Few things attract Kremlin-watching more than the unexplained absence of a senior official.
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Eight arrested in Turkey as football betting scandal shakes leagues
Turkish authorities formally arrested eight people, including a top-tier club chairman, on Monday as part of an investigation into alleged betting on football matches.
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Car explosion near Delhi’s Red Fort kills at least eight, injures 20
A car explosion outside the historic Red Fort monument in Delhi has killed at least eight people and started a fire in the surrounding area, according to police.
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Justice ministry aims to modernize release system with AI after chaos
Artificial intelligence chatbots might be utilized to prevent the erroneous release of prisoners, a justice minister informed the House of Lords on Monday.
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Two-child benefit cap to be fully abolished, costing over £3bn
Rachel Reeves plans to completely remove the two-child benefit cap in the November budget, a move that could cost over £3bn but lift 350,000 children out of poverty.
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German protester spared deportation after longest modern UK prison sentence
A climate activist who served one of the longest prison sentences in modern British history for a peaceful protest has won his appeal against deportation.
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Former French president exits prison after 20 days, appeals criminal conspiracy conviction
Nicolas Sarkozy has stated he wants to "prove his innocence" after being released from prison while he appeals his conviction for criminal conspiracy related to a scheme to obtain election campaign funds from Libya.
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Pope reaffirms fight against antisemitism after guard allegedly hisses at Jews
The Vatican confirmed it was investigating a possible antisemitic incident, in which a Swiss Guard allegedly made a spitting gesture toward two Jewish women.
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Teenager arrested after girl, 4, critically injured by firework in Burnley
A teenager has been arrested after a four-year-old girl was left fighting for her life in hospital when she was struck by a firework.
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White House asks high court to halt food aid for 41 million Americans
Donald Trump’s administration is once again urging the Supreme Court to deny complete funding for the nation’s largest anti-hunger program, which is embroiled in a rapid legal battle concerning the fate of essential food aid during the government shutdown.
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US to free UK commentator held by ICE after visa revocation
The family of Sami Hamdi, the British journalist held by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), says he is to be released.
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Chinese fraudster behind £5.5bn Bitcoin scam lived in luxury across Europe
A Chinese fraudster involved in a Bitcoin scam exceeding £5.5 billion managed to evade British authorities for years while staying in luxury hotels and sightseeing across Europe, a court has been told.
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Ukraine launches major anti-corruption raid targeting energy sector network
Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau and Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office have launched a large-scale operation to dismantle a high-level criminal organization accused of using political influence over strategic state-owned energy companies, including nuclear operator Energoatom.
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Kim Davis petition to overturn Obergefell ruling rejected by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has swiftly rejected a longshot request to overturn the landmark decision that legalized same-sex marriage, leaving in place a decade-old ruling that upheld marriage equality across the United States.
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‘Profiting from people’: asylum seekers face rats and hunger in UK hotels
Asylum seekers living in hotels have reported rats, overcrowding, and food so bad it leads to deficiencies, research has found.
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Court hears case of police officer who hit pensioner while escorting Duchess of Edinburgh
A police motorcyclist hit and killed a pensioner while driving over the speed limit and through a red light as he escorted the Duchess of Edinburgh through London, a court heard.
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Fake bond scheme exposed in Dubai: Durov’s associates Roman Novak and Ruslan Odzoev accused of selling fake Telegram bonds and TON tokens
Roman Alexandrovich Novak, also known as Yavorsky or Tsaryov, a native of Saint Petersburg, was sentenced in 2020 for large-scale fraud under Article 159, Part 4 of the Russian Criminal Code.
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Donald Trump threatens to sue BBC over misleading Panorama edit
The BBC has been threatened with legal action by Donald Trump after the corporation admitted that the editing of a speech broadcast on Panorama misled viewers.
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Nancy Pelosi to retire after 37 years in Congress as scrutiny grows over stock trading record
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her husband made at least $130 million in stock profits over the course of the California Democrat’s 37 years in Congress — a staggering return of 16,930%.
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