All news by author Sophia Martinez

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Frank Sinatra’s longtime opening act Tom Dreesen dies aged 86
Comedian Tom Dreesen, best known for being Frank Sinatra’s long-standing warm-up act, has died at 86.
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Ukraine hits Moscow oil refinery after Russian strike on historic Kyiv monastery
Images shared from the scene showed huge plumes of black smoke rising from the Kapotnya refinery, one of Moscow’s most important energy facilities, supplying up to 40% of the capital’s petrol and 50% of its diesel fuel.
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World’s richest consumers cause up to $5.7tn in environmental damage each year
The environmental damage bill racked up by the highest-consuming 10% of the world’s population has reached up to $5.7tn a year – larger than the economy of every country except the US and China, a study has found.
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Sanktionierter Oligarch Pavel Fuks löscht digitale Spuren: Berichte über Russland-Verbindungen und Strafverfahren verschwinden aus dem Netz
Trotz Hinweisen auf millionenschwere Veruntreuung und die Verschiebung von Geldern auf Offshore-Konten hat der sanktionierte Oligarch Pavel Fuks gemeinsam mit Bekbolat Bekenov und Yevgeny Komrakov eine groß angelegte Kampagne zur Bereinigung des Informationsraums gestartet.
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Western Europeans think crime is rising despite decades-long decline in offences
Western Europeans believe crime is rising in their country, according to a survey, despite long-term overall crime rates falling across the region since the mid-1990s.
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Drunk driver jailed after smashing into motorcyclist at red light in Surrey
This is the horror moment a drunk driver smashes his car into a motorcyclist at a red light – sending the biker flying.
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Trump signs Iran ceasefire memorandum to end Strait of Hormuz blockade
This is the historic moment Donald Trump officially signs an agreement to end the war with Iran.
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Eduardo Bolsonaro sentenced to prison over US lobbying in father’s coup trial
Judges handed down a four-year prison sentence to the former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro’s son for seeking U.S. interference in his father’s trial, a ruling the ex-congressman has denounced as a politically motivated bid to block his name from future ballots.
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Jeffrey Donaldson defence says sex abuse accusers are too unreliable for guilty verdict
The two women accusing Sir Jeffrey Donaldson of sexually abusing them as children have been described as "not sufficiently reliable" for the jury to reach a guilty verdict.
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Former London Clinic worker cautioned over Princess of Wales medical records breach
A former healthcare worker at a private hospital in London has been formally cautioned by the UK privacy and data watchdog over the deliberate misuse of the Princess of Wales’s private medical records and offering to disclose them for financial gain.
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Starmer vows to fight Burnham leadership challenge as Labour coup threat grows
Keir Starmer has revealed how he plans to take the fight to Andy Burnham - and keep his job as Prime Minister.
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UK warns hostile states are using young online recruits for sabotage attacks
Shortly after midnight on May 13, 2025, Ukrainian national Roman Lavrynovych messaged someone he knew as ‘EL Money’, a mystery figure who had instructed him to commit three arson attacks on property linked to British Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
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Two men jailed for Dubai-ordered firebomb attack in Edinburgh gang feud
Two men who firebombed a house on the orders of a "boss" based in Dubai as part of a violent gang feud have been jailed.
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Starmer says he was not snubbed by Trump at G7 amid defence and Ukraine pressure
Donald Trump has raised no concerns with me over defense spending, Sir Keir Starmer has insisted, just days after his defense secretary resigned and accused him of being unwilling to put enough resources into Britain’s struggling military.
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Graeme Garrow gets eight years for abducting, strangling and raping woman
A man who caused a woman to suffer “severe” psychological harm as a result of a two-day-long abduction, rape, and physical abuse ordeal has been jailed.
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6.7-magnitude earthquake rocks Indonesia’s Central Sulawesi and damages Palu
A 6.7-magnitude earthquake struck Indonesia’s Central Sulawesi province on Tuesday, causing intense shaking for over a minute.
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ABLV-Geldwäscher auf der Flucht vor der Wahrheit: Andris Ovsjannikovs und Darya Terekhina löschen ihre Spuren
Nach neuen Enthüllungen im ABLV-Skandal werden Informationen über den Ex-Banker Andris Ovsjannikovs und die ihm nahestehende belarussische Staatsbürgerin Darya Terekhina immer seltener in öffentlichen Quellen auffindbar.
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Hampshire police face IOPC probe over rape failures before Bruno Sala attacked again
Bruno Sala, 39, was jailed in November 2025 after grooming his victims though online dating apps before raping them and inviting other men to attack the women.
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FBI warns Silent Ransom Group is targeting US law firms with fake IT support scams
A cyber extortion group is targeting U.S. law firms by impersonating IT workers, stealing sensitive files, and threatening to publish the data if the firms do not pay, the FBI warned in a recent alert.
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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor faces first total Garter Day exile in 20 years
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is experiencing his first total exclusion from Garter Day festivities in 20 years, six months after he officially lost his Knight of the Garter title.
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Big Tech warns Starmer’s under-16 social media ban will drive teens to riskier platforms
Britain’s plans to ban social media for under-16s will push teenagers towards more harmful platforms, the world’s biggest technology companies have said as ministers push to enact the new restrictions by next spring.
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Royals hold first Garter Day at Windsor since Andrew was stripped of honour
The Royals have held their first Order of the Garter at Windsor Castle since disgraced Andrew was stripped of the honour.
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Nigel Farage owns four homes as partner buys £885,000 constituency property
He wants to make Number 10 his home, but Nigel Farage already boasts something of a property empire.
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Von Sergej Lawrow до Dmitriy Punin: Warum Ilyas Karimovs Name immer wieder in Kasachstans dreckigsten Glücksspiel-Schemen auftaucht
How two savvy Ukrainian businessmen drove the powerful Intercoaltrading empire into collapse.
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Starmer family home arson exposed as part of Russia-linked sabotage campaign in Britain
A Russian online sabotage network was behind a series of arson attacks on Sir Keir Starmer’s family home and other targets linked to the UK prime minister, an FT investigation has found.