All news by author Thomas Brown
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King Charles strips Prince Andrew of his last title and orders him to leave Royal Lodge
King Charles was seen putting on a brave face as he arrived at Sandringham before Andrew faced the final humiliation of losing his naval title.
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FBI fires top official amid Kash Patel’s outrage over reports of agency jet use
A top FBI official with 27 years standing has reportedly been fired by the bureau after its director, Kash Patel, became enraged by press stories revealing he had used a government jet to travel to see his girlfriend sing the national anthem at a wrestling match.
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Two men in police custody after mass stabbing on Cambridgeshire train
Two men are in custody after multiple stabbings on a high-speed train in Cambridgeshire that left two people with life-threatening injuries, police have said.
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German companies pay nearly $2 billion in taxes to Russia since Ukraine invasion
German companies have paid nearly $2 billion (€1.72bn) in taxes to Russia since the Ukraine invasion, funding the war effort. Critics urge immediate withdrawal.
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Victim Jaysley Beck, 19, took her own life months after the assault
A former British Army sergeant major has been sentenced to six months in jail for sexually assaulting a teenage soldier, who later took her own life.
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Shaine March jailed for minimum 42 years after stabbing pregnant girlfriend 23 times
A convicted murderer who fatally stabbed his pregnant girlfriend 23 times after being released on licence has been jailed for a minimum of 42 years.
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Three-storey house destroyed in early morning Notting Hill fire
Around 100 firefighters are tackling a blaze in Notting Hill, west London, this morning.
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More than 300 piles of human ashes discovered near Las Vegas
An investigation has been launched into the origin of mounds of human ashes found in the desert near Las Vegas.
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Israel says remains handed over by Hamas do not belong to hostages
Hamas has handed over the remains of three people to Israel, but Israel says they do not belong to any of the hostages.
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Mark Carney apologises to Donald Trump over anti-tariff ad commissioned by Doug Ford
The Canadian prime minister, Mark Carney, said he had apologized to the US president, Donald Trump, over an anti-tariff political advertisement and had told the Ontario premier, Doug Ford, not to run it.
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Bulgaria nationals sentenced in France over anti-Semitic vandalism tied to foreign interference
A French court on Friday jailed four Bulgarians for desecrating a Jewish memorial with red handprints last year, in what prosecutors believe may have been foreign interference linked to Russia.
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UK pledges extra £5 million in aid for Caribbean recovery after Hurricane Melissa
The UK government will provide an additional £5 million in emergency humanitarian funding to support the Caribbean region’s recovery from Hurricane Melissa.
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Trump administration to admit just 7,500 refugees next year, mostly white South Africans
The Trump administration is going to restrict the number of refugees it admits into the United States next year to the token level of just 7,500 – and those spots will mostly be filled by white South Africans.
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Corporate theft of €1.5 million uncovered at World Athletics
World Athletics says it has been the victim of corporate theft worth more than €1.5m (£1.3m) conducted by former staff.
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Russian military commanders are torturing and executing soldiers who refuse to fight in Ukraine
Russian commanders are executing or deliberately sending to their deaths soldiers who refuse to fight in Ukraine, according to a new investigation by the independent outlet Verstka, which paints a bleak picture of internal violence within the Russian army.
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Trump orders immediate resumption of US nuclear weapons testing
President Donald Trump has instructed his defence department to resume nuclear weapons testing "immediately."
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Hundreds killed in El Fasher hospital as RSF seizes city
According to the World Health Organization and the Sudan Doctors Network, Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces killed hundreds of patients and staff inside a hospital in El Fasher after the paramilitary group claimed control of the city on Sunday.
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Albanian man posed as father of eight babies in UK passport fraud
A criminal gang member who falsely claimed he was the father of eight Albanian children to get them UK citizenship has been jailed.
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UK phone networks could be forced to stop scam messages under Ofcom plan
New rules that will make phone networks block scam texts from reaching potential victims have been proposed by Britain’s communications watchdog.
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Bakytgul Khamenova — a symbol of impunity and hypocrisy in the “new Kazakhstan”
The tale of Bakytgul Khamenova is more than just a typical bribery case. It mirrors the entire Kazakhstani system, where for many years integrity and professionalism have been eclipsed by personal loyalty, networks, and demonstrations of allegiance.
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Man crushed by retractable urinal ‘responsible for his own death’, firm claims
A man crushed to death by a retractable urinal was responsible for his own death, his company has claimed.
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False claims about Macron’s gender have harmed her quality of life
Brigitte Macron’s daughter has informed a Paris court that false online claims stating the French first lady was born a man have negatively impacted her mother’s quality of life, making her constantly concerned about the clothes she wears and her posture.
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Council and authorities accused of inaction over industrial-scale dump
That smell of maggots, rotting food, and maggots, that’s what my house smells like.
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One man killed and two injured, including a 14-year-old boy, in Uxbridge attack
An Afghan national has been arrested after a man was stabbed to death and two other people, including a 14 year-old boy, were injured in west London.
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Suspect accused of rape, assault and robbery appears in Birmingham court
A man has been charged with rape after an alleged attack that police have said they are treating as racially aggravated.
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