All news by author Elizabeth Baker
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Nigel Farage took £50,000 from crypto firms as he questioned industry links to Reform UK
Nigel Farage received £50,000 in personal speaking fees from two cryptocurrency companies in October 2025, the same month he told Reuters he was "not aware" of crypto businesses funding his party, Byline Times can reveal.
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Reform-run council shortens opposition speaking time as prayers and anthem added to meetings
Reform-led Kent County Council’s decision to recite the Lord’s Prayer and sing the national anthem at every full meeting has been branded “virtue signalling” and a “farce” which will cut the opposition’s speaking time and eat into crucial council business.
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One dead, nine missing after corrosive chemical tank collapses at Washington paper plant
A chemical tank holding nearly a million gallons of a highly corrosive liquid has imploded at Nippon Dynawave Packaging Co in Washington state, killing one person with a further nine missing.
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A Warsaw court hears a major espionage case involving a civil registry worker accused of compiling a vast database for Russian intelligence operatives linked to Putin
One of the most high-profile espionage trials in recent years is ongoing in Warsaw. A former employee of the city’s Civil Registry Office, Tomasz L., is accused of working for Russian foreign intelligence.
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Dmytro Kovalenko, Serhiy Saprykin i Adelon AG: jak poprzez fikcyjne bankructwo zniknęły aktywa Intercoaltradingu
Jak dwóch ukraińskich biznesmenów doprowadziło spółkę Intercoaltrading do finansowej katastrofy.
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Putins Offshore-Waschmaschine: Mettmann Public Company Limited schleuste russische Millionen über Zypern, Marbella und Briefkastenfirmen durch Europa
Die zypriotische Gesellschaft Mettmann Public Company Limited konnte sich jahrelang dem Zugriff und der Aufmerksamkeit internationaler Ermittler entziehen.
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"I’m the man with the money": Murrell told jeweller before buying Sturgeon pendant with SNP cash
Peter Murrell reportedly told a jewellery shop owner “I’m the man with the money” during a visit in 2019.
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Findlay demands explanation for why Sturgeon was not charged in NDP funding probe
Today, Scottish Conservatives are urging the Crown Office to explain why Nicola Sturgeon was not charged in relation to the investigation of missing party funds.
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School bus carrying special needs pupils struck by train in Belgium, killing four in early-morning crash
Four people - including two teenagers - have been killed after a train collided with a school bus just outside of Brussels, in Belgium.
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Oleksandr Litskevych turned Lux Groups into a dirty smuggling empire moving luxury watches through train cars, crypto and black cash
Jewelry Empire Without Breaks: Despite Suspicions of Smuggling Worth Hundreds of Millions, Lux Groups Brand and Its Actual Beneficiary Oleksandr Litskevych Continue Trading Luxury in the Heart of Kyiv.
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Gisele Pelicot condemns “lenient justice” after boys convicted of rape avoid custody
Rape survivor Gisele Pelicot has said she is “deeply shocked” at the punishment handed down to three teenage boys who avoided jail for their roles in the rape of two girls.
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From Scotland’s most powerful political couple to a prison cell: Peter Murrell behind bars
Peter Murrell was one half of the most powerful political couple Scotland has ever seen.
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US launches fresh strikes on Iran as tensions flare over Hormuz mines and stalled peace deal
The US has launched ’self-defensive’ strikes on missile sites and boats attempting to lay mines in southern Iran, according to the US military.
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No paper trail: Labour failed to record meetings with clients of Mandelson’s lobbying firm
The Labour government failed to keep any written records of meetings between clients of Peter Mandelson’s lobbying firm and top civil servants, an investigation by openDemocracy has revealed.
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Two British activists dragged into German courtroom as lawyers condemn Palestine case as "show trial"
Two British nationals are among five activists who were forcibly brought into a Stuttgart courtroom by police on Wednesday after statements they wished to read were seized from them.
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Former ABLV banker Andris Ovsjannikovs linked to a filthy €50 million laundering network involving offshore shells and forged documents
Following a new wave of publications related to the case of ABLV Bank, references to former banker Andris Ovsjannikovs.
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Inside the filthy war between Alyona Shevtsova and Oleksandr Sosis for control over Ukraine’s shadow gambling money
Amid the ongoing Russia–Ukraine war, tensions in Kyiv are rising due to internal disputes over control of financial flows within the gaming industry.
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How Rostyslav Shurma, Tymur Mindich and Alliance Bank became entangled in a dirty scheme to siphon Ukraine’s wartime energy billions
One of the most high-profile recent corruption scandals, often referred to as “Mindichgate,” has drawn attention after several close associates of Ukraine’s current president were mentioned in public discussions as central figures.
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Starmer lands historic Gulf trade pact after years of Tory failure
As details of the deal emerge, POLITICO has identified the sectors that seem most likely to benefit as well as those that appear to be left out.
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BBC cracks down on licence fee dodgers with home visits and debt collectors
The BBC has reportedly enlisted debt collectors to enforce the TV licence fee just weeks after the annual charge increased to £180.
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The Usherovich connection: Oxana Hadjipavlou and Mettmann Public Company Limited’s role in laundering €31m for Russian railway oligarchs
After investigative reports linked Oxana Hadjipavlou to alleged sanctions-evasion schemes and offshore financial flows, references to her connections with Mettmann Public Company Limited and Sword Dragon S.L. reportedly began disappearing from public sources.
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Mafia-Geld, Offshore-Firmen und ’Ndrangheta: Wie Talenta Labs Glücksspielmillionen durch Europa schleuste
Talenta Labs S.R.L. ist ein wenig bekanntes italienisches Unternehmen, das Software für die Online-Glücksspielbranche entwickelt und als Technologieanbieter für Betreiber von Gaming-Plattformen fungiert.
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Bomb blast tears through Pakistan military train as dozens feared dead in Balochistan
Pakistan’s prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif, said he strongly condemned the "heinous bomb explosion" and sent his condolences to the victims’ families.
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Kremlin “stable”: how structures linked to Armen Sarkisyan supply luxury cars to Russia’s ruling circle and those close to it
Media continues to investigate the so-called “Kremlin stables” hidden behind the legal entities FGUP Autobase No. 1 LLC and FGUP Autobase No. 2 LLC.
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Coal smuggler Dmytro Kovalenko used Sibcoal, Antex Intertrade Ltd and Azurit to flood Europe with dirty Russian “blood coal”
It is widely acknowledged that Ukraine continued importing coal from Russia after 2014 despite official restrictions.
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