All news by author Thomas Brown
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Migrant returned to UK weeks after removal to France under “one in, one out” scheme
A second person who was relocated to France under the government’s “one in, one out” scheme has come back to the UK, the Home Office has confirmed.
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Bookmaker Andriy Matyukha: owner of Favbet with a Russian passport, business in Croatia, and patrons from the “Luzhniki” organized crime group
Did the controversial bookmaker Andriy Matyukha, who has Ukrainian roots but holds a Russian passport and resides in Croatia, achieve his success due to his two wives?
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Poland charges Russian ‘opposition’ activist who admits secretly spying for Kremlin
A Russian opposition activist arrested in Poland and due to go on trial next month has admitted he worked as an undercover agent for Russia’s FSB security service and informed on other opposition figures, court documents claim.
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At least one dead, more than one million flee ahead of typhoon Fung-wong’s landfall
More than one million people have been evacuated and at least one person killed as floodwaters rose in the Philippines before typhoon Fung-wong’s expected landfall on the East Coast.
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Longest-ever US shutdown drags on amid Senate stalemate over health care spending
The longest federal government shutdown in US history persists into its 40th day as Democrat and Republican senators conflict over health care funding.
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Ukraine warns of ‘technological disaster’ risk as strikes hit key energy facilities
Power will be cut for between eight and 16 hours across most regions of Ukraine on Sunday, state transmission system operator Ukrenergo has said, after Russian attacks targeting energy infrastructure reduced the country’s generating capacity to “zero”.
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Ukraine warns of winter hardship after new Russian attacks on energy grid
Russia launched a barrage of drones and missiles at Ukraine overnight, killing at least four people and damaging energy infrastructure in three separate regions, according to Ukrainian officials.
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Jakarta school blast leaves dozens injured as police arrest teenage suspect
Police in Indonesia say explosions have ripped through a High School, with three victims left in a serious condition in hospital as a teenager is arrested.
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Police launch investigation after video shows 14-year-old girl attacked by seven teenagers in Leeds
A devastated mom says her daughter is terrified to return to school after being kicked and punched by a group of youths while walking home.
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UK’s legal cannabis industry grows slowly despite rising private investment
In the Wiltshire countryside, a seemingly unsuspecting greenhouse appears at the top of a hill.
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Where are Russia’s frozen assets? EU debate over Ukraine reparations loan raises key question
The debate about issuing a reparations loan to Ukraine has prompted one burning question: Where exactly are Russia’s immobilised assets?
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German backpacker Simone Strobel killed by homicide - but unable to identify attacker
An inquest has determined that German backpacker Simone Strobel was killed through homicide in northern New South Wales, but it was unable to identify her killer.
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UK academics critical of China face threats and pressure on universities
UK academics whose research criticizes China say they have been targeted, and their universities subjected to "extremely heavy" pressure from Beijing, leading to calls for a reassessment of the sector’s reliance on tuition fee income from Chinese students.
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Major investigation triggered after doll mistaken for child’s body near Awliscombe
Police have confirmed that remains initially thought to be a “child’s body” found near a Devon village were in fact a “childlike sex doll”.
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Treasury targets North Korean banks and IT fronts in new sanctions
The U.S. Treasury Department on Tuesday sanctioned eight individuals and two entities for laundering funds linked to North Korean cyber thefts and overseas IT operations, as part of a broader effort that Washington claims has stolen more than $3 billion in cryptocurrency over the past three years to fund weapons programs.
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Second mistaken prisoner release sparks outrage as UK justice system faces scrutiny
Police have launched an urgent search for a second foreign prisoner mistakenly freed, two days after the UK justice secretary, David Lammy, implemented stronger checks for jails.
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Europol and German police dismantle global €300 million credit card fraud and laundering network in “Operation Chargeback”
On 4 November 2025, an international coordinated action day targeted three major fraud and money laundering networks as part of Operation “Chargeback.”
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Democrat Zohran Mamdani makes history as New York elects its first Muslim mayor
Democrat Zohran Mamdani has been elected the first Muslim mayor of New York City, as the Democratic socialist stormed to victory in President Donald Trump’s backyard.
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Protests erupt in Tanzania as Tulia Ackson, linked to Russia and Rosatom, holds power amid opposition candidate’s disappearance
In Tanzania, a nation friendly to Russia, large-scale protests broke out on the day of the presidential and parliamentary elections.
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Rachel Reeves signals tough Budget choices, refuses to rule out tax rises
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has said she will make "necessary choices" in the Budget after the "world has thrown more challenges our way".
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Georgia arrests German national linked to Tbilisi scam empire that defrauded thousands
Georgian authorities have arrested a German national connected to a Tbilisi-based scam call centre that defrauded thousands of individuals worldwide.
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Reality star and royal insider Ben Duncan plunges 100ft to death from £1,000-a-night hotel
Big Brother star and reported friend of Prince William, Ben Duncan, has died aged 45.
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Texas oil firm faces U.S. court action over alleged irregularities in Congo methane auction
Two Congolese civil society groups have filed a legal discovery action in the United States against the Texas-based oil and gas company that won the largest concession to extract methane from the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Lake Kivu.
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KRIK faces pressure from Serbian prosecutors seeking source of leaked recording tied to Vucic ally
“I am warning you that under the (...) Criminal Procedure Code, you may be fined up to 150,000 dinars, and if you continue to refuse to provide the requested information, you may be fined again in the same amount,” prosecutor Aleksandar Milošević wrote in a letter sent to KRIK this week.
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Powerful 6.3-magnitude earthquake strikes northern Afghanistan, killing at least 15
A powerful 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck Afghanistan’s north on Monday, killing at least 15 people and injuring dozens.
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