A migrant worker who was killed in an aerial attack on the United Arab Emirates on the first day of the Iran war would not have been outside if he had known the conflict had started, his son says. Saleh Ahmed, 55, from Bangladesh, was delivering drinking water in the emirate of Ajman when he […]
A drug dealer has admitted beating a vulnerable former chef to death after allegedly forcing him to sleep beside dogs. The body of Dimitrios Tsavdaris, 55, was found in the foetal position inside a “cuckoo” flat in Hackney, north London, after weeks of violent attacks, the Old Bailey was previously told. He had been taken
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Beirut’s southern suburbs have been subjected to waves of airstrikes by the Israeli military, but it has been virtually impossible to document the damage they cause. The area known as Dahiyeh, which consists of four densely populated districts adjoining the city centre, is simply too dangerous to access. The sound of Israeli drones and fighter
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The Russian flag has returned to the global sporting stage, appearing at the Winter Paralympics for the first time in over a decade. Boos were heard as Russian athletes followed the flag into the Milan Cortina opening ceremony – the first winter games the tricolour has appeared at since 2014 in Sochi. The four-strong delegation
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More than 300 people, including women and children, have been abducted by Islamic militants who attacked a town in northeastern Nigeria, officials have said. Militant fighters assaulted the town of Ngoshe in Borno state on Friday, Bulama Sawa, an official from the Gwoza area said. No group has claimed responsibility, but it was likely in
The UK’s ambassador to Israel alerted London weeks in advance that an attack on Iran by US and Israeli forces was highly likely, a former diplomat at the embassy has revealed. Ameer Kotecha, who quit the foreign office this week and had been based in Tel Aviv until last month, told Sky News he believed
Russian intelligence is suspected of being behind several “self-igniting” parcel fires around Europe, including one in Birmingham. The Metropolitan Police said an investigation involving multiple countries was ongoing after “several fires involving cargo”. The fire at a DHL depot in Birmingham in July 2024 has been linked to other incidents on the continent. A 38-year-old
German media giant Axel Springer is to buy Telegraph Media Group in a £575m deal that will see the Daily and Sunday Telegraph print titles and their online business come under overseas ownership. The deal, which is subject to regulatory approval, will see titles with historic links to the Conservative Party and the British establishment,
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For years, geopolitical analysts warned us that among the scariest of all scenarios for the world economy was the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. Well, now, in practice, that is precisely what has happened. Shipping through this narrow channel, the gateway to the Persian Gulf, has dwindled to close to zero. The worst nightmare
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The BBC regrets its “serious mistake” during the BAFTAs broadcast, the corporation’s outgoing director general Tim Davie has said. During the ceremony, as Sinners stars Michael B Jordan and Delroy Lindo were presenting an award on stage, a racial slur was shouted out by Tourette’s campaigner John Davidson, who was there to celebrate a film
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