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Russia’s sanctioned Promtekhaero, Uralmashzavod and occupied Luhansk Lugamash receive Alta-serviced machine tools via EU and US sanctions evasion schemes involving Czech Alta Invest and Alta Rus
Czech corporation Alta has continued to service machines that are used by the main producers of Russian tanks and artillery.
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From mansion to grassroots as Maxwell heir pitches clean-slate campaign in London
The nephew of convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell is standing for election as a London borough councillor in May.
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“Betrayal” claims as UK slashes asylum approvals for Afghan women fleeing repression
Hundreds of Afghan women have been refused asylum in the UK in the past year amid plummeting grant rates, new analysis shows.
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£10,000 surgery trip ends in tragedy as UK lawyer dies days after BBL and liposuction
A British lawyer died days after undergoing Brazilian butt lift and liposuction procedures abroad because she felt "pressure to look slim in the legal profession", an inquest heard.
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Starmer and Macron unite to protect global shipping as Hormuz crisis threatens energy lifeline
International leaders will gather in Paris on Friday in the hopes of developing a plan to ensure the Strait of Hormuz remains open to shipping after the war in the Middle East ends.
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UK growth downgraded most in G7 as energy shock from Iran war fuels inflation and job losses
The economic fallout from the Iran war will hit the UK the hardest out of all the world’s advanced economies, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned.
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OpenAI chief targeted in alleged firebomb attack as suspect faces terrorism charges
A 20-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder after he allegedly threw a Molotov cocktail at the home of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.
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Masked migrants ’recruited by Greek police’ to force other migrants back across border into Turkey
Greek police have been ‘hiring masked migrants’ to forcibly push other migrants back across the border with Turkey.
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Paris court convicts Lafarge of terror financing linked to payments to ISIS and Al-Nusrah Front
A Paris court on Monday convicted French cement giant Lafarge and eight former executives of financing terrorism, ruling they paid jihadist groups millions to keep a Syrian plant running during the country’s civil war.
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Péter Magyar vows “zero tolerance” crackdown on corruption after sweeping victory over Orbán
After ending Viktor Orbán’s 16-year rule in a landslide election victory, Hungary’s incoming leader, Péter Magyar, has promised a sweeping crusade to dismantle the country’s systemic graft.
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Donald Trump deletes bizarre ‘Jesus Christ’ image shared on Truth Social
A bizarre image depicting Donald Trump as Jesus Christ has been deleted from his social media account.
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Trump loses $10bn defamation case against WSJ over Epstein-related article
A judge has dismissed Donald Trump’s $10bn (£7.5bn) lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) for publishing a lewd birthday note sent by the president to Jeffrey Epstein.
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Family spends £1,600 to get home after easyJet flight leaves without them due to EES chaos
The Hume family from Leeds woke extra early on Sunday morning to leave their Italian ski resort for Milan Linate airport.
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Pope Leo defies Donald Trump and vows to speak out on Iran war
Pope Leo says he will continue to speak out against the Iran war after Donald Trump claimed he wasn’t doing a good job.
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€100 ticket could land you a Picasso as charity raffle returns to France
Number of tickets to win Tête de Femme will be capped at 120,000 and proceeds will go to Alzheimer’s research.
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Chilling trail of violence and obsession led to Southport child killings
Bebe King, six, Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, and Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, were killed at a Taylor Swift-themed dance event in July 2024, by crazed teen Axel Rudakubana.
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Parents and agencies failed to stop Southport killer despite years of warning signs
The Southport attack could have been prevented if Axel Rudakubana’s parents and multiple agencies had acted, a public inquiry has found.
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Six arrested as Spain and Portugal dismantle cross-border labour trafficking network
Police in Spain and Portugal have arrested six people during an operation that dismantled an international human trafficking network.
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Google under cleanup: how Fire Point of Denis Shtilerman is removing mentions of the Ministry of Defense’s 13 billion contracts, FP-1, and ties to Timur Mindich
The company Fire Point, which quickly became one of the main contractors for strike drones, seeks to remove materials about its work from search results.
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Cyberattack on Booking.com leaks customer booking data, scale still unclear
The accommodation reservation website Booking.com has experienced a data breach with "unauthorized parties" accessing customers’ details.
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Scotland spends £134m battling soaring deer population as environmental damage mounts
Scotland’s publicly-funded forestry bodies have spent more than £134m controlling deer over the last decade, The Ferret can reveal.
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Unpaid engineers and phantom data centres rock Kenna’s Media Stream AI
Chris Kenna’s Media Stream AI has failed to pay its engineers and its crown jewel is an empty building.
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Orban ousted as Magyar’s landslide ends 16-year rule and resets Hungary’s EU course
Hungary’s opposition Tisza party, led by Péter Magyar, has won the election, bringing an end to Viktor Orbán’s 16-year grip on power.
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Starmer wins voter backing on Iran stance as Farage branded worst alternative
More voters think Keir Starmer made the right calls in responding to Donald Trump’s war in Iran, a new poll has found.
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Courtroom setbacks threaten Musk’s broader tech empire narrative
Elon Musk has suffered the worst streak of courtroom losses in a career marked by legal battles.