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Watch store boss denies ‘criticising seller who killed himself after £1,400,000 raid’  The owner of a London jewellery shop has denied accusing a salesman of being in on a £1.4 million raid just hours before he killed himself. Store manager Oliver White, 27, was restrained with cable ties and placed in a headlock during the robbery at 247 Kettles store in Richmond on May 25. He was later found dead in a wooded area in Shepperton, Surrey, by a close friend, Woolwich crown court heard. More than 70 watches ranging between £3,000 and £70,000 were taken from the shop. Prosecutor Edward Brown…

Alexander brothers’ alleged victims recount terrifying attacks Prosecutors released footage this week of alleged victims detailing their claims of sexual assault by the Alexander brothers, accused of drugging and then sexually assaulting and raping dozens of women across multiple states. Miami-Dade prosecutors released the videos on Tuesday as part of the state’s cases against Oren and Alon Alexander, according to NBC6. Tal, 38, and Oren Alexander, 37, two prominent jet-setting brokers in New York and Miami, and their brother Alon Alexander, Oren’s identical twin, were arrested in Miami Beach on Dec. 11 and have since been taken into federal custody.…

Britain and its former colony reached a deal in October 2024 to hand the Chagos Islands back to Mauritius, an archipelago in the Indian Ocean. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his Mauritian counterpart Navin Ramgoolam spoke directly for the first time about the Chagos Archipelago deal on Friday. The deal would end Britain’s direct control of the islands but give it a lease of 99 years on a joint UK-US military base on the largest island, Diego Garcia. UK presses Mauritius on deal In the Friday call, Starmer “underlined the need for a deal to secure the military base on Diego…

Long-term sick may need to find jobs. As Liz Kendall blamed the Conservatives for failing to control welfare spending. Long-term sick may need to find jobs in Liz Kendall’s welfare shake-up. The £137.4bn welfare cap set for 2024-25 is on course to be exceeded by £8.6bn. Which is leading to unfair cost-cutting by Labour. Concerned citizens on social media have posted their disgust in the decision and are suggesting there are billions to be saved by the government in other areas of government expenditure. With a some suggesting the UK should cut aid to Israel before cutting it to the…

The third sector of Social Action conducted 47 million interventions in 2023 and its action in economic terms, accounts for 1.44% of GDP-with economic revenues slightly above 19,000 million euros per year–, according to The Barometer of the Third Sector of Social Action (TSAS), presented by the Social Action NGO platform at the headquarters of the Eleven Foundation of Madrid. Among other data, the document reveals that the sector has more than 600,000 salaried people; That 7 out of 10 are women and more than 70% have university studies, and that there are about 1.5 million volunteers. The barometer is…

A small plane carrying 6 crashes in Philadelphia. It was a medical plane crashed shortly after takeoff in the US city of Philadelphia on Friday. Jet Rescue Air Ambulance, the company that operated the plane, said its aircraft was carrying six people. The plane crashed near shopping mall in a residential area. That included four crew members, one child medical patient and the patient’s mother on board. There is no confirmation that any survived, the company said. Small plane carrying 6 crashes in Philadelphia All six people on the plane were Mexican nationals, the Mexican Foreign Ministry said. The ministry added on…

Moment BMW driver smashes into man who flips and lands in backseat of convertible. The victim’s shoe was sent flying into the air in Shropshire. BMW driver smashes into man who flips and lands in backseat of convertible Ahmed Lal was driving his friend’s BMW M4 at speeds of 68mph along Watling Street in Wellington, Shropshire, when he struck the pedestrian crossing the road. The victim was left with a fractured pelvic bone, fractured left foot and fractured hip, as well as significant bruising to his chest and left eye. When officers arrived at the scene on 18 June, 2023, Lal…

Israel to free 183 Palestinians on Saturday in the fourth prisoner exchange under the Gaza ceasefire deal, a Palestinian advocacy group said, more than doubling the previous reported figure. Israel to free 183 Palestinians The advocacy group published two separate lists of names due for release on Saturday. The first comprised 72 prisoners arrested before Hamas’ 7 October 2023 attack on Israel. A second list of Palestinian hostages to be freed contained 111 names of Gazans detained after the attack that sparked the war in the Palestine. Since the truce took effect on 19 January, Hamas has released 15 Israeli…

France captain Antoine Dupont lived up to expectations as the mercurial scrumhalf made his Six Nations comeback in style to lead France to a 43-0 crushing of Wales in this year’s curtain riser on Friday. Antoine Dupont marked his return to Six Nations duty in stunning style as he underlined his billing as the ultimate all-round rugby player by helping France to a crushing 43-0 victory over Wales in Paris on Friday. Dupont missed last year’s championship as he battled for a place on France’s rugby sevens squad for the Paris Olympics. Needless to say, he made the side and…

In tonight’s edition, calm returns to the DRC’s eastern city of Goma while M23 is advancing south.  Also, the Southern African Development Community held a special meeting in Zimbabwe to discuss the situation in DR Congo. And in Kenya, it’s time to fight back after a surge in violence against women. Congo's army slows M23 rebel's southern march