WhatsApp chat used to send cash for crime and extremism
A single WhatsApp group of 532 members became the key to unraveling a sprawling underground cash-transfer operation that moved hundreds of millions of euros
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Burnham gets the early prison release changes he wanted – but at what cost?
The prime minister's announcement that he will keep hundreds of criminals behind bars who would otherwise have been released early is one…
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PC Harper’s killers to stay in jail as PM announces changes to early release scheme
The English and Welsh prison system, operating at more than 97 percent of its stated capacity, has been thrust into the centre…
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I was spending £700 a month: How I beat my late-night shopping addiction
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Jacob Elordi on why The Dog Stars had him asking ‘What am I missing’ in life?
Sir Ridley Scott's latest feature, The Dog Stars , drops audiences into a Colorado landscape where a lethal influenza has wiped out…
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Hypermobility – the little-known ‘bendy disease’ that causes pain and fatigue
For decades, Vivienne Duval assumed her extraordinary flexibility was simply a quirk of her body. She could perform every yoga posture without…
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Watch: What caused the Nepal-Tibet flash floods?
When torrents of meltwater tore through valleys along the Nepal-Tibet border, the immediate question was what had unleashed such force from the…
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‘High risk’ of lake breaching and causing second flood, warns China
Chinese authorities have issued an urgent warning that a newly formed barrier lake, sitting just upstream of the zone devastated by Wednesday's…
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Families fly to Nepal in search for 33 missing British nationals
Poudel says he has not heard from his wife in days Families of missing UK nationals have flown out to Nepal to…
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Trump administration illegally retaliated against Anthropic, judge rules
A federal district court has delivered a sweeping rebuke to the Trump administration's decision to label AI startup Anthropic a national supply-chain…
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