- Abramovich’s close associate misled UK court in £1bn oil-fields case, documents suggest BBC
- Deloitte helped in falsifying documents to evade tax on Abramovich’s wealth, BBC finds BBC
- Roman Abramovich aides falsified paperwork to disguise assets and dodge tax, records suggest The Guardian
- Abramovich’s team presented sham documents to London high court TBIJ
- Abramovich aides accused of hiding mansions and jets to avoid tax The Telegraph
Fridges in French supermarkets hit by cyber attack
Hundreds of stores were targeted by the overnight hack, which spoiled fresh and frozen food estimated to be worth millions of euros.
UK PM says RAF base incidents ‘likely coordinated’ by Iran
UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham says the incidents at RAF Fairford and RAF Molesworth were likely coordinated by Iran.
Egypt’s press union chief rejects pressure over detained journalists
Six journalists from independent platform Matsadaash allege torture in detention, which Egypt denies.
Security for high-profile public figures to be reviewed after Ann Widdecombe’s murder
Home secretary vows to defend against ‘threats from without and within that target our democracy’
Security arrangements for high-profile public figures including politicians and members of the royal family are to be urgently reviewed in the wake of the killing of Ann Widdecombe, Shabana Mahmood said on Monday.
The home secretary said former MPs, party leaders who are not MPs, peers, former members of devolved parliaments and party spokespeople will also be offered police support.
Continue reading...UK PM Andy Burnham met Man City chairman during time as Manchester mayor
Statement comes after criticism of Burnham's initial response to City being found guilty of serious financial breaches.
Stolen Renoir paintings found behind wall in France following arrests
Renoir art heist suspects were planning 'imminent' second robbery, prosecutors say.
Poland: Germany detains 2 in connection with Starlink fire – DW.com
- Poland: Germany detains 2 in connection with Starlink fire DW.com
- Germany detains fourth person over Starlink fire in Poland, RMF FM reports Reuters
- Poland blames Starlink sabotage on Russia ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
- Poland says two Turks arrested over Russia-linked Starlink station fire Al Jazeera
- Poland accuses Russian intelligence of sabotaging Elon Musk’s Starlink USA Today
Ethiopian forces enter strategic Tigray town of Adwa, witnesses say – Al Jazeera
Ethiopian forces enter strategic Tigray town of Adwa, witnesses say
Ethiopian Airlines resumed flights to Tigray's capital, Mekelle, on Sunday.
Democrats rebuke federal raid of Ilhan Omar’s home: ‘rogue abuse of power’
Top House Democrats question the ‘corrupt weaponization’ of federal government against Trump’s adversaries
Ilhan Omar’s Democratic colleagues have condemned federal agents’ search of the Minnesota congresswoman’s home on Monday morning, describing it as “deeply disturbing” and emblematic of the Trump administration’s “corrupt weaponization” of the US government.
House Democratic leaders, including minority leader Hakeem Jeffries, party whip Katherine Clark and caucus chair Pete Aguilar, issued a joint statement excoriating the president for the search.
Continue reading...Man rescued from cave on Sardinia after being trapped by rockslide for 26 hours
Luca Olmetto was trapped roughly 10 metres below ground in the Gorroppeddu cave in the Urzulei mountain range
A 31-year-old man has been pulled alive from a cave on the Italian island of Sardinia after being trapped roughly 10 metres below ground for 26 hours following a rockslide.
In a huge and complex operation, rescuers worked non-stop after Luca Olmetto became trapped in the Gorroppeddu cave in the rugged Urzulei mountain range in central-eastern Sardinia on Sunday afternoon.
Continue reading...Burnham says ‘public will be the boss’ in any future decision about closer relationship with the EU – as it happened
The prime minister tells MPs the next summit with the EU will be held on 20 November
Burnham to urge MPs to embrace closer ties with EU
Zia Yusuf, Reform UK’s home affairs spokesperson, is speaking now. He started his speech with an account of a 73-year-old woman dying in North Wales after having to wait 23 hours for an ambulance, and he sought to link this to immigration.
He said:
The Royal College of Emergency Medicine estimates that 15,000 people across Britain died last year due to excess wait times for emergency treatment. That’s 300 people a week, 300 lives destroyed, 300 families devastated.
And that number has increased tenfold over the last decade. This is a moral outrage, and it is a direct result of decisions made by Tory and Labour governments.
I don’t think that’s because he wants to have a fight over the European Union. I think that’s because he knows what we’re talking about today impacts hard in what is known as the red wall.
Continue reading...Niall Ferguson: Why Europe Is Burning – The Free Press
- Niall Ferguson: Why Europe Is Burning The Free Press
- From farms to high schools, France is a nation on edge Le Monde.fr
- 'Fantasy economics' hit reality: Boomer vs. Gen Z fight roils France as pension costs drive debt crisis and education cuts that fuel student riots Fortune
- France is flirting dangerously with the end of capitalism The Telegraph
- Opinion | France Keeps Digging a Hole WSJ
Stellantis and Renault back UK to get EU car industry protection
Bosses of Citroën owner and French carmaker also urge UK government to consider limiting imports from China
Stellantis and Renault have backed the UK car industry for inclusion in proposed rules to protect EU industry, but urged the British government to consider limiting imports of Chinese cars.
Emanuele Cappellano, who leads Stellantis’s European brands including Fiat, Citroën, Opel and Vauxhall, and François Provost, the chief executive of France’s Renault, said the UK should effectively be counted as one of the EU’s 27 member states for the purposes of the proposed “Made in Europe” legislation.
Continue reading...Iran’s Revolutionary Guards ‘almost certainly’ behind RAF Fairford threats, says Burnham
UK to bring further sanctions against Tehran and IRGC after assessment Iran was likely to have coordinated incident
Andy Burnham said Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps were “almost certainly” behind threats to RAF Fairford, the firmest attribution of responsibility made so far by the UK after an incident late last month.
The prime minister told MPs the UK would bring further sanctions against Tehran and the IRGC in the aftermath of an ambiguous episode that, despite over a fortnight of police investigation, has yet to lead to anybody being charged.
Continue reading...Burnham: Iran’s IRGC ‘highly likely’ to be behind RAF Fairford terror plot – POLITICO.eu
- Burnham: Iran’s IRGC ‘highly likely’ to be behind RAF Fairford terror plot POLITICO.eu
- Joint Statement on the United Kingdom’s Attribution of Iran’s Involvement in Attempted Terrorist Attack at RAF Fairford U.S. Department of State (.gov)
- Suspected terror plot to target key UK base 'highly likely' to be 'coordinated in Iran,' PM says Fox News
- MI5 chief says Iran is targeting military sites and suspected plot at RAF Fairford is ‘not unique’ The Hill
- Iran’s Revolutionary Guards ‘almost certainly’ behind RAF Fairford threats, says Burnham The Guardian
Supertankers Turn From Gulf Oil Transfer Hub Amid Iran’s Attacks – Bloomberg.com
- Supertankers Turn From Gulf Oil Transfer Hub Amid Iran’s Attacks Bloomberg.com
- Live - Trump says midterms won’t affect Iran policy, war to end ‘very soon’ Iran International
- After oil increasingly left the Gulf, Iran is trying to regain its stranglehold on shipping CNN
- Tanker attacks in Strait of Hormuz surge to wartime high as Iran tries to choke off oil exports CNBC
- IRGC Targets Third Tanker in Strait of Hormuz, Warns US Allies IranWire
South Africa’s deputy police chief resigns after being charged with sexual offences
Shadrack Sibiya had denied grooming a 16-year-old and raping an 18-year-old.
South Africa’s deputy police chief resigns after being charged with sexual offences
Shadrack Sibiya had denied grooming a 16-year-old and raping an 18-year-old.