Police investigating former prince Andrew to visit US to interview Giuffre’s relatives

Thames Valley police reportedly wish to talk to brother and sister-in-law about her allegations of sexual assault

Detectives investigating Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor are to travel to the US to speak with the family of his accuser Virginia Giuffre, it has been reported.

Thames Valley police are believed to want to talk to Giuffre’s brother and sister-in-law, Sky and Amanda Roberts, about their sister’s allegations of sexual assault by the former Duke of York. He has denied the claims of Giuffre, who took her own life in April last year, aged 41.

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Was Erdoğan’s gun gift a faux pas or an old-school diplomatic tradition? – Euronews.com

  1. Was Erdoğan's gun gift a faux pas or an old-school diplomatic tradition?  Euronews.com
  2. Turkey’s leader gives revolvers to every NATO leader as parting gift  CNN
  3. Nato leaders surprised by Turkish president’s gift of guns after summit  The Guardian
  4. NATO leaders came to Turkey to discuss security. Erdogan gave them each an engraved revolver  ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
  5. Guns Gifted to NATO Leaders Cause Travel Faux Pas After Summit  Bloomberg.com
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Big tech platforms will have to ban scam ads under UK plans to tackle fraud

Range of potential measures announced by Ofcom include reducing risk of accounts being hijacked for scams

Big tech platforms will be required to ban scam advertisers in the UK under proposals to tackle online fraud.

Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, X and YouTube will have to block bad actors who post fraudulent ads and prevent them from creating new accounts in a range of measures targeted at the biggest services.

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Migrant suspect in mom’s murder got passport back from Irish authorities — experts fear he’ll never be charged – New York Post

  1. Migrant suspect in mom’s murder got passport back from Irish authorities — experts fear he’ll never be charged  New York Post
  2. Cause of death revealed for American mother murdered in Ireland: report  Fox News
  3. US woman murdered in Killarney died from suffocation, postmortem finds  The Irish Times
  4. Jamey Carney: Murder investigation launched after woman's body discovered  BBC
  5. US mother found dead in Killarney as police hunt ‘asylum seeker’  Yahoo
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Child abuser who preyed on orphans housed at Christian Brothers property

Exclusive: Records obtained by the Guardian show property owned by Catholic order used to house at least two brothers with horrific histories of child sexual abuse

Christian Brothers properties have been used to house convicted child sexual abuse offenders, including one brother who preyed on orphans and another who was kept in teaching positions for almost three decades after senior officials became aware of his offending.

The Christian Brothers prompted fury from survivors last month when it declared it was about to go broke, and could no longer afford to meet their claims in court.

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Journalist Richard Guilliatt resigns from Walkley awards board after critic wins reporting prize

Exclusive: Resignation comes after abuse survivor said she was devastated her father, who was jailed for 48 years, was interviewed for the Shadow of Doubt podcast

The journalist Richard Guilliatt has resigned from the Walkley awards judging board after the Walkley Foundation dismissed complaints about his podcast and then handed an award to the journalist whose reports were critical of him.

Nina Funnell won a mid-year Walkley for freelance journalist of the year for a series of three articles in news.com.au about a survivor of sexual assault who was abused by her own parents for 14 years.

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Democrat running for Texas AG claims $110m in grants for Starlink ‘sure looks’ like corruption

Nathan Johnson says if elected he’ll investigate state’s deal with Elon Musk’s SpaceX to provide rural internet

A Texas Democrat running to become the state’s attorney general has said he will investigate Elon Musk’s SpaceX company if elected, saying it “sure looks like” corruption was involved in a deal he said handed the world’s richest man $110m of taxpayers’ money.

Nathan Johnson made the comment in an interview with the Dallas News on Friday, in which he called for greater legislative scrutiny of state grants funneled to SpaceX for its Starlink satellite program, which provides fast internet access for customers in remote areas.

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Jewish groups push back against likely next UK PM Burnham over Israel comments – The Times of Israel

  1. Jewish groups push back against likely next UK PM Burnham over Israel comments  The Times of Israel
  2. Andy Burnham apologises for Labour’s stance on Gaza and says it ‘didn’t get it right’  The Guardian
  3. Starmer got Labour off to bad start on Gaza, Lammy says  BBC
  4. Andy Burnham apology for Labour stance on Gaza: Is UK’s position shifting?  Al Jazeera
  5. UK Jewish groups express concern as the likely next PM Andy Burnham criticizes Israel over Gaza  The Jerusalem Post
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Ukraine chokes fuel to Crimea, Russian consumers, targeting military supply – Al Jazeera

  1. Ukraine chokes fuel to Crimea, Russian consumers, targeting military supply  Al Jazeera
  2. American-made technology guiding Ukraine's strikes into Russia  CBS News
  3. Ukraine's drone commander posts video showing strikes on 14 Russian vessels overnight  Українська правда
  4. Ukraine strikes Russian ships near Crimea, escalating attacks on fuel supplies  BBC
  5. Omsk Residents Describe 'Huge Shock' At Surprise Ukrainian Attack  Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
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Unclaimed airstrikes hit Iran, raising possibility of Gulf state involvement – The Times of Israel

  1. Unclaimed airstrikes hit Iran, raising possibility of Gulf state involvement  The Times of Israel
  2. US military denies involvement after explosions heard in Iran  Al Jazeera
  3. Tehran launches more strikes after explosions reported in southern Iran  BBC
  4. It's a mystery who launched the latest airstrikes against Iran  Yahoo
  5. ‘It was back-to-back explosions’: Iranians recall 48 hours of terror after US attack on port cities  The Guardian
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Putin Faces Humiliating Dilemma as Domestic Crisis Rages – The Daily Beast

  1. Putin Faces Humiliating Dilemma as Domestic Crisis Rages  The Daily Beast
  2. Russians are growing anxious and angry  The Economist
  3. I have visited Russia every year since the Ukraine war began. The mood has changed  The Independent
  4. Putin Has Lost the War in Ukraine  National Review
  5. The 3 signs a desperate Putin is about to lash out against Europe  The Independent
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Mahmood’s cutting of protections for UK-France ‘one in, one out’ asylum deal ruled unlawful

Asylum seekers win ruling against home secretary’s reduction of safeguards for potential victims of trafficking

The British home secretary’s decision to reduce protections for potential trafficking victims to allow the “one in, one out” asylum returns deal to proceed was unlawful, a high court judge has ruled.

The legal challenge was brought by five small boat asylum seekers earmarked for return to France – four from Eritrea and one from Sudan. It related to a change in guidance on the one in, one out scheme, which meant that those denied trafficking protections no longer had the right to ask for it to be reconsidered.

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How Terrorist Groups Are Using A.I. to Gain an Edge in Battle – The New York Times

  1. How Terrorist Groups Are Using A.I. to Gain an Edge in Battle  The New York Times
  2. ISIS-Backed Terror Group Using Major AI Tools to Plan Attacks and Build Bombs, UK Study Finds  Homeland Security Today
  3. Could AI help al-Qaeda and other groups plan terror attacks?  DW.com
  4. The Counterterrorism Blind Spot: AI as a Radicalisation Environment  Global Network on Extremism and Technology
  5. How Boko Haram uses AI to build bombs, improve attacks — Report  Punch Newspapers
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Ryanair passenger almost sucked out of shattered window during flight

Serbian man reportedly saved by wife hanging on to his legs after window shattered on journey from Greece

A passenger on a Ryanair flight was reportedly almost sucked out of a window after it shattered in mid-air during a journey from Greece.

The man was said to have been lifted out of his seat into the plane’s slipstream and hung headfirst out of the window after an engine failure resulted in parts smashing the acrylic window, according to local reports.

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