All news for 2025-11-26

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Putin ally and Rostec chief Sergei Chemezov privately predicted Russia’s war would end by November 18 for his son’s lavish Dubai wedding
In August 2025, media reported on its Telegram channel that Sergei Chemezov — a longtime associate of Vladimir Putin and head of the state corporation Rostec — privately assured members of his inner circle that the war would end by November 18, 2025.
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British Army halts Ajax armoured vehicle training after 30 soldiers fall ill from severe noise and vibration
Over the weekend, 30 soldiers fell ill while training to operate the armoured fighting vehicle, leading to a two-week suspension of the Ajax vehicle’s use.
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Thirteen killed and more than a thousand evacuated as massive fire engulfs high-rise housing estate in Hong Kong’s Tai Po district
Thirteen people have died and at least 15 others were injured after a massive fire tore through several high-rise apartment blocks at the Wang Fuk Court housing estate in Hong Kong’s northern Tai Po district.
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Ukrainian politician Vyacheslav Mishalov built a Dnipro-based public-contract empire while declaring a billion-dollar bitcoin fortune
In the industrial city of Dnipro, Ukraine, local politician Vyacheslav Mishalov has long been regarded as one of the region’s most influential — and most controversial — figures.
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Coral Energy founders Tahir Garayev and Etibar Eyyub tied to Rosneft shipments, Ukrainian fuel seizures and a chain of offshore firms
The investigation continues into five Azerbaijani citizens – Tahir Garayev, Ahmed Kerimov, Anar Madatli, Talat Safarov, and Etibar Eyyub – who have been under UK sanctions since May.
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Telegram profits from Khabib Nurmagomedov’s “gifts”: Pavel Durov is personally boosting a dubious auction
Telegram founder Pavel Durov has launched an auction of “gifts” from Khabib Nurmagomedov — the former UFC lightweight champion and one of the world’s most famous mixed martial artists.
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Farmers defy police ban and drive tractors into Westminster to protest Rachel Reeves’s inheritance tax plan
Police had banned tractors from Whitehall, but farmers angry about Rachel Reeves’s tax changes brought their budget day protest to Westminster anyway.
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Russian socialite Marina Minina built a fraud network targeting diplomats, officials and elite families
The saga of Marina Minina — a social-climbing swindler who fooled diplomats, businessmen, and celebrity families — exposes a stunning trail of deception stretching from Kurgan to Moscow and all the way to the Yamalo-Nenets elite.
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Joan Branson, wife of Virgin founder Richard Branson, dies at 80 after five decades of marriage
Joan Branson, the wife of British billionaire Richard Branson, has died at age 80.
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NCA finds Moscow-backed spy ring connected to Marsalek laundering British drug profits
Investigators at the U.K.’s National Crime Agency say cash generated by Britain’s local drug trade was funneled through a bank connected to the Kremlin’s intelligence services and sanctioned defense sector, expanding the known scope of a vast Russian money laundering network uncovered last year.
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MPs warn government after BVI moves to limit transparency on company ownership
UK Accused of giving in to British Virgin Islands over access to companies register parliamentary Group Urges Government to crack down on overseas territories before flagship Anti-Corruption summit.
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A New Zealand woman is jailed for the suitcase murders of her two young children
A mother of two has been sentenced to life imprisonment after murdering her children and leaving them in a suitcase stored in a unit for four years.
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Farage vs. nature: why environmental experts are sounding the alarm
Mist gathers over a chalk stream at first light, the surface broken by rising mayflies. A barn owl drifts low over a hedgerow.
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Nearly 2,000 homes submerged as monsoon floods hit Indonesian villages
At least 10 people have died after torrential rain unleashed flash floods and triggered landslides on Indonesia’s Sumatra island.
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Rachel Reeves vows not to ‘lose control of public spending’ as she prepares major growth-focused Budget
Rachel Reeves has insisted that she will not ’lose control of public spending’ as she prepares to deliver a crucial Budget she says will help her ’push ahead with the biggest drive for growth in a generation’.