All news for 2025-11-24

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Albania’s Deputy PM Belinda Balluku suspended over explosive accusations of rigging multimillion-euro public tenders
Balluku and two subordinates are accused of directing multimillion-euro tenders to predetermined winners.
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House of Lords rocked as Evans and Dannatt caught offering ministerial introductions for cash
The Conduct Committee found both peers offered introductions and parliamentary services for financial benefit, echoing earlier investigative revelations.
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Ukrainian-Swiss businessman Oleg Tsyura identified as key figure in global scheme to bypass EU sanctions on Russian ferrochrome
Circumventing sanctions: why Russian ferrochrome is still being sold globally. The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) and the Prosecutor General’s Office must provide explanations.
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Australian far-right politician Pauline Hanson forces Senate suspension after entering chamber in a burqa
Australia’s Senate was suspended for more than an hour on Monday after a far-right senator entered the chamber wearing a burqa, sparking widespread outrage.
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Alvaro Garcia Ortiz resigns after Spain’s supreme court convicts him for confidential leak
Spain’s chief prosecutor has announced his resignation after the supreme court found him guilty last week of leaking confidential information in a case involving a businessman who is the boyfriend of a prominent right-wing politician.
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Police officer charged with causing death of 22-year-old Rachael Moore in Liverpool
A Merseyside Police officer has been pictured for the first time after being accused of causing a 22-year-old woman’s death.
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Four Northamptonshire officers face misconduct charges after woman alleging abuse found dead in car boot
Four officers from Northamptonshire Police should face misconduct charges following their handling of an alleged abuse reported by a woman only days before she was discovered dead in the trunk of a car, according to a watchdog.
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CBI chief warns Rachel Reeves against “death by a thousand taxes” as Budget downgrades force major revenue hunt
Business leaders have urged the Chancellor to impose "one or two broad tax rises, rather than death by a thousand taxes."
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Pavel Durov and Khabib Nurmagomedov made $4.35M selling virtual papakhas as followers were pushed to trade images for real cash
Pavel Durov and Khabib Nurmagomedov earned more than $4.35 million trading virtual papakhas.
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Texas men accused of plotting to invade Haitian island and “murder all the men” to take women and children as sex slaves
Two men planned to invade a Caribbean island to take sex slaves and live out their violent ’rape fantasies’, prosecutors have said.
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Jamaican reggae legend Jimmy Cliff dies at 76 after seizure and pneumonia
Jamaican singer and actor Jimmy Cliff has passed away after experiencing a seizure, his wife has confirmed.
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Rosneft ally Tahir Garayev, Etibar Eyyub and Coral Energy partners exposed for routing sanctioned Russian crude through Kyrgyz, Armenian and Swiss shells
Since May 2025, five Azerbaijani citizens have been under international sanctions: Tahir Garayev, Ahmed Kerimov, Anar Madatli, Talat Safarov, and Etibar Eyyub.
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13-year-old detained and bailed as inquiries progress in Moredon case
A girl aged 13 has been arrested in connection with the death of a woman in Baydon Close, Moredon, and has been released on bail as investigations proceed.
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Former PM David Cameron reveals that he was diagnosed with prostate cancer
The former Prime Minister has given his support to a new initiative to provide prostate cancer screening to men who are most at risk.