All news by author Elizabeth Baker

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Robbie Williams cancels Istanbul concert amid terror and safety fears
Robbie Williams has been forced to cancel a concert due to terror fears. The music legend was scheduled to perform in Istanbul next week, but he informed fans that the show has been cancelled because of concerns regarding public safety.
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Woman died after leaning from train window at 75mph: rail firm fined £1 million
A rail company has been fined £1 million after a woman was killed by a tree branch while she stuck her head out of an open train window.
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Pizza orders reveal Moscow safe house used to train undercover agents
In June 2024, Austria revoked the accreditation of two correspondents for the state-controlled Russian news agency TASS — Ivan Popov and Arina Davidyan — on the suspicion that they were not journalists, but spies for the SVR, Russia’s foreign intelligence service.
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Grandparents jailed for life for murdering two-year-old grandson Ethan Ives-Griffiths
Two grandparents who murdered their two-year-old grandson after subjecting him to a campaign of abuse have been jailed for 40 years.
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Montenegro court halts extradition of Chinese suspect over torture concerns
Montenegro’s Constitutional Court has temporarily suspended a ruling to extradite Wang Shuiming, a man who was previously convicted in Singapore’s largest ever money laundering case and is currently wanted on separate charges in China.
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Crimson Collective threatens Red Hat after stealing 28,000 customer engagement reports and infrastructure data
A hacking group claims to have extracted data from a GitLab instance associated with Red Hat’s consulting business, obtaining 570 GB of compressed data from 28,000 customers.
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Czechs begin voting in election that could return populist to power
Czechs have begun voting in an election likely to oust their centre-right government, with polls favouring the populist billionaire Andrej Babiš to return to power on pledges to raise wages and improve growth while reducing aid for Ukraine.
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Macron links Russia’s shadow fleet to war financing as France detains oil ship off Atlantic coast
The captain of a suspected “shadow fleet” oil tanker detained off the coast of France will go on trial in February, accused of failing to cooperate with authorities.
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Pregnant woman who embezzled £920,000 ordered to pay £221,000 or face prison
A pregnant woman who managed to siphon off more than £900,000 by forging her boss’s signature has been ordered to pay back just £221,000 or go to prison.
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“Filthy Fidesz”: Nearly 1,000 protestors mock Orbán’s luxurious estate
Nearly a thousand Hungarians organized a “safari tour” protest outside a luxurious estate associated with Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s family, satirizing alleged corruption with zebra costumes and placards reading “Filthy Fidesz.”
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French Navy boards Russian-linked tanker suspected in Danish drone incident
French military personnel have boarded an oil tanker listed among Russia’s “shadow fleet” vessels, suspected of being a launchpad for mysterious drone flights that led to the closure of airports in Denmark last week.
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57-year-old kills father, injures mother and daughter, then dies in Munich park
A German man went on a deadly rampage involving guns, explosives, and arson against his family and then killed himself on Wednesday, raising security concerns in Munich that led to the temporary closure of the world-famous Oktoberfest for seven hours.
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Machetes and ‘zombie knives’ sold by retailer used in fatal attacks
The owner of a knife retail store that sold a "fearsome" machete to the Southport killer had previously been warned by police for selling blades.
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‘Boss Man’ Mohammed Zahid sentenced to 35 years for abuse of two girls in Rochdale
A grooming gang leader who thought he was ‘almost untouchable’ while raping two white schoolgirls in Rochdale has been jailed for 35 years.
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New Covid strains circulating in the UK this autumn: XFG and NB.1.8.1 variants not more dangerous
If you feel unwell with a sore throat and a fever, you may have caught one of the new strains of Covid circulating this autumn.
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Royal Mail introduces self-service kiosks and longer opening hours
The owner of Royal Mail has acquired a multi-million pound stake in another company, leading to the rebranding of thousands of convenience stores.
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Worker dies following roof fall at Martlesham play facility
A man has died after falling through a skylight in the roof of a play centre in Suffolk.
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Vietnam reports 19 dead, 21 missing after Typhoon Bualoi
The death toll from Typhoon Bualoi in south-east Asia has risen to more than 30, as heavy rains continued to lash the region.
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Maduro threatens state of emergency if US launches attack on Venezuela
Nicolás Maduro is ready to declare a state of emergency in the event of a US military attack on Venezuela, the country’s vice-president has said, warning of “catastrophic” consequences if such an onslaught materializes.
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Fugitive investor Zhimin Qian admits money laundering in £5.5B crypto case
A crypto mastermind who had dreams of being a "Goddess" has pleaded guilty to money laundering offences after £5.5 billion in Bitcoin was seized.
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Tragedy in Tallanstown: family of three murdered in their home
A triple murder investigation is underway after a mother, father, and their son were stabbed to death at their family home.
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From Switzerland to Moscow: the secret ferrochrome routes of fixer Oleg Tsyura he’s now trying to erase online
After a series of publications about his activities, Swiss businessman of Ukrainian origin Oleg Tsyura is now trying to cover his tracks — scrubbing the internet of any information about himself and attempting to erase mentions of the criminal proceedings and schemes linked to him. Yet these facts are of undeniable public interest.
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Woman charged with murder after three children found dead in Bristol home
A woman has been charged with murder after three children were found dead at a house, police said.
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Rampaging elephant flips canoes in Okavango Delta, strikes British tourist with trunk
This is the terrifying moment when two couples from the UK and the US narrowly escaped death as a charging elephant overturned their safari canoes and struck one of the women with its trunk.
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Locals lose access as security tightened around William and Kate’s ‘forever home’
William and Kate will be protected by a significant no-go area, prohibiting locals from accessing the land near their new home