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All news for 2024-12-18

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Pope Francis reveals British spies thwarted ISIS suicide bomb plot targeting him
Pope Francis has revealed that British spies foiled a suicide bomb plot after ISIS targeted him during a visit to Iraq.
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Assad’s ’last act to save his skin’: dictator allegedly sold military secrets to Israel to escape, triggering IDF strikes
In a final act of betrayal, Assad gave sensitive military information in exchange for his freedom.
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From Canada to Lagos: Police intercept Christmas drug haul worth millions
NDLEA Operatives foil Christmas drug smuggling attempt, seizing multi million dollar worth of methamphetamine and "loud" cannabis coming in from Canada into Nigeria
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Afghan national and Taliban agent sentenced to 30 years for narco-terrorism
Haji Abdul Satar Abdul Manaf was found guilty of engaging in narco-terrorism on behalf of the Taliban.
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Rapist actor, claiming to be Brad Pitt’s body double, jailed in ’stealthing’ case
An actor who claimed he was a stand-in for Brad Pitt has been jailed for raping five women and attacking two others in a decade-long campaign of abuse.
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Eddie Stobart dies as tributes flood in for lorry firm legend
The founder of the Eddie Stobart trucking firm was born in 1929 in Cumbria and worked as a farmer before becoming the famous face of the business which named every new truck
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Counter-terror chief warns of ’smouldering’ UK threat as three late-stage attacks are foiled
Counterterrorism Policing coordinator Vicki Evans said today said terror groups can “capitalise on chaos and galvanise support” which can lead to a "change in threat level"
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Mother jailed after seven-month-old son drowned in bath while she played on her phone
Danielle Massey, 31, became ’distracted’ by a game on her mobile phone which she engaged with for nearly 30 minutes as her seven-month-old son Charlie Goodall drowned
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Police seize more than £2 million from controversial influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan
Police have successfully seized more than £2 million from controversial influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan in relation to
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Luxury in Dubai at clients’ expense: crypto scammer and owner of Coinsbit and Qmall, Bohdan Prylepa, accused of large-scale fraud
The owner of cryptocurrency exchanges Coinsbit, Qmall, and other platforms, Bohdan Prylepa, has been put on the wanted list in Ukraine due to suspicion of large-scale fraud and misappropriation of clients’ funds amounting to over a billion hryvnias.