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’Drunken soldiers’ caught in Apache cockpit romp prompt military safety review
Two soldiers who were caught having boozy late-night sex in the cockpit of a Apache helicopter have triggered a safety review by the military.
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’Major’ Turkish supplier of small boats for Channel migrant crossings arrested as UK’s ’British FBI’ conducts airport operation
A suspected people smuggler has been arrested in Amsterdam, accused of supplying small boats for English Channel crossings.
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Europol warns that organized crime groups are recruiting minors
Roughly 70 percent of criminal markets now involve minors to some extent, Europol said.
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U.S. blocks access to records on Nigerian president’s alleged drug connections
The FBI, CIA, and DEA face legal scrutiny as they invoke Glomar responses—provisions allowing them to withhold confirmation of records to protect privacy and national security—amid requests for information on Nigerian President Bola Tinubu’s alleged ties to drug trafficking.
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Dead drops, publicity stunts, and punishment beatings: the rapid ascent of Russia’s powerful darknet drug industry
Tech-savvy organised crime groups profiting from billion-dollar enterprise that is spreading beyond Russian borders
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Mafia-linked VAT fraud syndicate: €520 million seized in European investigation
Investigators across Europe froze more than half a billion dollars in mafia-linked revenue generated from Value Added Tax fraud
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Armoured Toyotas worth over £4.1 million abandoned by the UK in Afghanistan
More than £4 million worth of armoured civilian cars were left behind by the UK as the Western allies withdrew from Afghanistan.
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How a famous surgeon died in an Israeli prison after being taken from Gaza hospital
When war in Gaza erupted last year, Dr Adnan Al-Bursh worked around the clock while documenting the horror unfolding around him. Then he was detained. Now, Sky News has spoken to people who claim to have witnessed the circumstances leading to his death.
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New photo of King Charles released to mark his 76th birthday
The monarch is marking the occasion with a visit to a surplus food festival in Deptford, south London.
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"Moby Dick" operation uncovers VAT fraud scheme: 195 people investigated, key arrests made
There are 195 people under investigation in the operation of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office "Moby Dick"...
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Premier League referee David Coote filmed ’snorting white powder’ while ’working at Euro 2024’
David Coote was suspended on Monday after a clip thought to have been filmed several years ago leaked - and now another video has been released of the under-fire referee
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Owner of Aberdeen and Glasgow airports sold in £1.53bn deal
Spanish construction giant Ferrovial and joint venture partner Macquarie agreed to sell AGS Airports to AviAlliance.
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DVLA could ’revoke’ over 600,000 driving licences due to a single rule
Thousands of road users are at risk of having their driving licence taken away on safety grounds.
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Ginsters owner fined £1.28m over worker death
Pasty maker Ginsters’ parent company has been fined £1.28m after an employee was killed by a lorry that was delivering supplies.
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P&O Ferries spent £47m on mass layoffs amid financial woes, accounts show
Delayed filings reveal cost of sacking 786 seafarers and replacing them with lower-paid agency staff in 2022
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Bus carrying schoolchildren collides with lorry on major road
Sixteen people have been injured after a bus carrying schoolchildren was involved in a crash.
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Armenia’s former deputy PM managed project that benefited his family company
Armenia’s former deputy prime minister, Tigran Avinyan, was swept to power by the country’s “Velvet Revolution” in 2018. His family company went on to indirectly benefit from a state agricultural program he oversaw.
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Drug kingpin’s son released after pleading in shark fin trafficking case
Less than two months after a four-year sentence for wildlife trafficking, a Colombian court has released Fernando Rodríguez Mondragón—a son of the late drug lord Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela—following a deal with prosecutors.
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Italian authorities charge 38 people in $215M art forgery ring
Italian authorities dismantle a forgery network selling fake works attributed to Banksy, Warhol, Picasso, and Miró, averting $215 million in potential losses.
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Russian ’spy’ beluga whale ’was trained to guard Kremlin’s military base but fled due to its rebellious nature’
A Beluga whale that was branded a Russian spy by some onlookers fled a training programme to guard a military base, a scientist has claimed.
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Sara Sharif’s father admits to beating her over the head with a phone months before her death but claims he did not intend to kill her
Sara Sharif’s father told jurors he "did not intend to kill" his daughter, despite admitting he repeatedly hit Sara over the head with a mobile phone in the run-up to her death.
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Two women sentenced after being involved in ’sickening and sadistic’ monkey torture network
Two women - who were part of a "utterly horrifying" global network of torturing monkeys - have been jailed.
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A London-based Russian chef and Putin critic has died mysteriously aged 52
Alexei Zimin, who ran the Zima restaurant and media organisation in Soho, was found dead in Serbia, with no reason given for his death.
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Brian Whitelock: Convicted murderer charged with killing and torturing neighbour
The trial at Swansea Crown Court heard Whitelock had been jailed for life in 2001 for murder and manslaughter, before his release in 2018. He is accused of murdering Wendy Buckney, 71, which he denies.
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Man Utd, Liverpool, and Arsenal prepare early legal action if Man City is found guilty
Four Premier League clubs have pre-emptively registered a notice for the right to be compensated if Manchester City are found guilty of their 115 breaches of Premier League rules