All news by author Thomas Brown

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Hudson Joseph Meek, young star of Baby Driver, dies at 16 after falling from a moving vehicle in Vestavia Hills
The young star of hit 2017 film Baby Driver has died at just 16 years of age after a freak accident involving a moving vehicle.
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“The unwilling were tasered or had their papers signed for them”: Russia’s fall conscription drive intensifies in brutality
Russia’s fall military draft is drawing to a close. The nearer the end, the harsher the methods employed by recruitment officers tasked with meeting quotas.
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Azerbaijan Airlines plane ‘shot down by Russian air defense,’ shocking footage reveals
Children are among the 32 people who have so far been rescued alive from the wreckage of a passenger plane that crashed on Christmas Day.
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Incredible moment as survivors are pulled from the wreckage of the Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash
An Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane carrying 67 people has crashed in Kazakhstan.
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Olympic snowboarder Sophie Hediger, 26, dies in avalanche
Olympic snowboarder Sophie Hediger has died in an avalanche at the age of 26.
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Complete list of popular brands stripped of Royal Warrants by King Charles
King Charles appears to have booted several famous brands off the Royal Warrants list, including Cadbury chocolate, Elizabeth Arden and Vauxhall.
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Kremlin denies claims that Asma al-Assad is seeking a divorce and planning to return to London
The UK-born wife of Syria’s ousted leader is a controversial figure globally and, like her husband, is subject to sanctions.
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Nationwide ‘locks down accounts’ leaving people without access
Nationwide has blocked ‘lifeline accounts’, leaving users without access to vital funds as the bank will stop offering the account type altogether beginning today.
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Teenager stabbed to death shortly before Christmas; two men face murder charges
Two teenagers have been charged with murder after a 19-year-old was stabbed to death in Hampshire.
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Woman burned to death after being set on fire in New York subway, man arrested for ’depraved’ attack
A woman died after being set on fire on a New York subway train on Sunday, with a man arrested on suspicion of carrying out the "depraved" attack.
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Horror as Brits, from a teenager to a seriously ill pensioner, are stranded in Dubai jails over Christmas
As most families look forward to spending a few days together this Christmas, some are dealing with the glaring absence of their loved-ones - who are detained in Dubai
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Assad’s British wife ’files for divorce’ from Syrian dictator and plans to move to London
The British wife of Syrian tyrant Bashar al-Assad, who is currently in exile in Moscow, has reportedly filed for divorce and wants to move to London as she is not happy in Russia
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Tottenham 3-6 Liverpool: Spurs torn apart by rampant Reds in festive goal fest
Reds head into Christmas with a four-point, and one-game, lead over title rivals
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Four-month-old boy found dead in caravan, man arrested on suspicion of ’neglect’
A man has been arrested on suspicion of child neglect after a four-month-old baby boy was found dead in a caravan.
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Mum forced to swallow wedding ring before being beaten to death by husband, who was ’failed by police’
A three-week inquest into the death of Lucy-Anne Rushton heard that both Dorset Police and Hampshire Constabulary missed opportunities to save her from her murderer husband
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Belgian money laundering investigation intersects with probe into Ukraine war profiteering
Belgian prosecutors have seized about $2 million as part of an investigation into Iryna Kut and her diamond company.
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Mysterious explosions reported near Putin’s Arctic weapons testing site
Mystery explosions have rocked the Russian Arctic, a few miles from a naval base of Vladimir Putin’s northern fleet.
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Missing plane flight MH370 search to resume after Malaysia makes bombshell announcement
Malaysian authorities will resume the search for missing flight MH370, more than 10 years after the Boeing 777 carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew, vanished on March 8, 2014
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New Labour veteran Mandelson likely to become ambassador to Trump’s US as Starmer aims to prevent ’dangerous’ tariffs
Lord Peter Mandelson, one of the architects of New Labour, is expected to be the next UK ambassador to the US.
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EU to investigate TikTok over Romania’s canceled presidential elections
The European Commission has opened an investigation against TikTok for facilitating interference in Romania’s 2024 presidential elections.
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UK proposes allowing tech companies to use copyrighted material for AI training
Consultation suggests opt-out scheme for creatives who don’t want their work used by Google, OpenAI and others
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Dmitry Medvedev says editors of the Times are ‘legitimate military targets’
Former Russian president’s Telegram post follows paper’s editorial about assassination of a Russian general
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Children as young as 10 involved in terror plots as police disclose prevention of three late-stage attacks
The terror threat to the UK is currently “smouldering”, according to one of the country’s lead Counter Terror officers.
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How Greek entrepreneur Roman Spiridonov uses Petroruss to support Russian oil exports
Greek businessman Roman Spiridonov, through his company Petroruss, not only launders money for large Russian state oil companies but also handles maritime transport for them, managing to avoid Western sanctions in the process.
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Putin deploys nuclear bombers as Keir Starmer visits eastern Europe
Russia sent two Tu-22M3 nuclear-capable bombers over the Baltic Sea as Prime Minister Keir Starmer visited British troops in Estonia.