All news by author Sophia Martinez

02 Oct 2024 635

Chris Kaba had "no space to escape" when a Metropolitan Police firearms officer shot him, the court has heard

Met Police officer Martyn Blake is accused of killing 24-year-old Chris Kaba on September 6, 2022. Mr Kaba died after being shot once in the head through the windscreen of an Audi car

Crime

01 Oct 2024 627

An East London drug dealer who boasted about being ’like Pablo Escobar’ has been caught

A prolific drug gang leader who compared himself to notorious Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar has been arrested.

Finance

01 Oct 2024 574

Monitoring UK bank accounts for benefits fraud would deal a "significant blow to privacy"

Privacy and rights groups fear government may resurrect Tory plan for mass algorithmic surveillance

World

01 Oct 2024 597

Iran planning imminent ballistic missile attack on Israel, US warns

Israeli forces at ‘highest readiness’ after White House officials see ‘indications’ of strike following Lebanon incursion

World

30 Sep 2024 881

Israel has initiated "limited" ground operations along the Lebanese border

The Israeli military have begun small ground raids against Hezbollah and communities along its border with Lebanon.

Politics

30 Sep 2024 669

UK’s top civil servant, Simon Case, to stand down on health grounds

Cabinet secretary, who has served four prime ministers, says he will go at the end of the year

Tech

30 Sep 2024 786

Chinese police crack over 3,500 cyberbullying cases in H1

China’s public security authorities cracked over 3,500 cyberbullying cases in the first half of 2024, said the Ministry of Public Security (MPS).

News

27 Sep 2024 754

Ex-councillor in West Yorkshire jailed for ’voyeurism on a vast scale’

Robert Holden used hidden cameras to film 28 women in bathrooms and bedrooms over a period of almost 15 years

World

27 Sep 2024 1103

Sanctioned Cambodian senator linked to alleged Chinese crime figures

A Cambodian tycoon and ruling party senator – who the U.S. recently sanctioned, citing links to human trafficking – had business relationships with alleged organized crime figures from China, company records show.

Investigation

26 Sep 2024 1084

How Europeans are recruited via Telegram for sabotage, arson, and murder: ’Make a Molotov cocktail’

The cases are multiplying across Europe: Young men with pro-Russian views instructed on Telegram to carry out sabotage attacks. Western security officials point to the Russian special services. For this story, journalists went undercover to reveal how the recruitment works.

World

26 Sep 2024 795

A Russian ‘floating bomb’ carrying explosive cargo has been spotted off the coast of Kent

A Russian ship with 20,000 tonnes of explosive cargo has been spotted off of the Kent coast today.

Crime

25 Sep 2024 829

Three men detained over alleged scheme to sell counterfeit airbags, with 500 fakes uncovered in police raid

Three men arrested in connection with a suspected scheme to sell counterfeit airbags.

World

25 Sep 2024 797

Hezbollah missile strikes Tel Aviv for the first time, targeting Mossad HQ, as footage shows the launcher being destroyed

Watch as Israel blew up the rocket using its high-tech interception system named David’s Sling

World

25 Sep 2024 854

Putin warns the West of nuclear consequences in response to strikes on Russia from Ukraine

President Vladimir Putin warned the West on Wednesday that Russia could use nuclear weapons if it was struck with conventional missiles, and that Moscow would consider any assault on it supported by a nuclear power to be a joint attack.

Crime

25 Sep 2024 702

A report indicates that e-commerce fraud is experiencing significant growth worldwide

Fraud is involved in around 20 percent of the world’s online sales each year, netting criminals trillions of dollars, according to a report from a national security research group.

Tech

24 Sep 2024 580

AI has been trained to identify buildings and settlements in areas that are under-mapped

AI is being trained to spot buildings in low-resolution images to try to end inequality between the global North and South when it comes to mapping.

Investigation

24 Sep 2024 842

The covert supply chain transporting EU trucks to Syria

The Syrian army is getting its hands on new-looking EU-branded trucks. An undercover investigation found evidence of a secretive supply chain routing vehicles from Europe to Syria through neighboring countries such as Jordan and Lebanon.

Finance

24 Sep 2024 844

Dulux owner AkzoNobel has announced plans to cut 2,000 jobs globally

Dutch group has not said how many of its 3,500 employees in the UK and Ireland will be affected

World

24 Sep 2024 605

Swiss police have made arrests in connection with a suspected death involving a "suicide capsule"

Criminal case opened after Sarco capsule – which releases nitrogen gas at the touch of a button – used in Merishausen

World

24 Sep 2024 732

Israel claims to have killed senior Hezbollah commander in targeted strike on Beirut

Israel has claimed to have killed Ibrahim Qubaisi, the head of Hezbollah’s missile systems, in what it described as a targeted attack on the southern suburbs of Beirut.

News

23 Sep 2024 845

Nurses in England reject the government’s 5.5% pay offer

Royal College of Nursing union says members ‘do not yet feel valued and they are looking for urgent action’

News

23 Sep 2024 1022

A737 crash: Woman and four horses killed in a horrific collision between a Mercedes and a van

Police and paramedic crews attended the horror crash on the A737 involving a vehicle and van that sadly resulted in the death of a 59-year-old woman who was a passenger in a Mercedes

World

23 Sep 2024 810

Women, children, and paramedics are among over 100 killed and 400 wounded by Israeli strikes on Lebanon, according to the health ministry

More than 100 people have been killed and 400 wounded, “including women, children and paramedics”, from ongoing Israeli airstrikes in south Lebanon today, the country’s health ministry said.

World

22 Sep 2024 716

What we’ve learned about the Hungarian, Bulgarian, and Norwegian connections to Hezbollah’s pagers

A Bulgarian company with Norwegian links has surfaced in the supply chain of the pagers that detonated in Lebanon this week, killing 37 people and injuring several thousand others.

World

22 Sep 2024 881

More than 100 people have been killed or are missing as the Sinaloa Cartel’s violent conflict intensifies in Mexico

Some 53 people have been killed and 51 others are missing in Mexico’s western Sinaloa state since rival factions of the Sinaloa Cartel began clashing on Sept 9, local authorities said on Friday, with gruesome violence showing no signs of abating.