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Harshita Brella ‘told family she believed husband will kill her’ Satbir Brella breaks down saying he wants justice for his daughter Harshita Brella allegedly told her mother that her husband “was going to kill her” weeks before her body was found in the boot of a car in east London. Police believe the 24-year-old was … Read more
Russian Lawmakers Expand Criteria for ‘Terrorists and Extremists’ Registry – The Moscow Times Russian lawmakers on Thursday passed a bill that expands the grounds for adding individuals to the “terrorists and extremists” registry maintained by state financial watchdog Rosfinmonitoring. Current law allows the authorities to include individuals accused in criminal cases of extremist and terrorist … Read more
King joins Raye and Apple boss at Battersea Power Station market PA Media The King met Apple boss Tim Cook and singer Raye on a visit to Apple HQ King Charles got into the festive spirit with an enthusiastically received visit to a Christmas market in the redeveloped halls of Battersea Power Station in south-west … Read more
Top Russian Cruise Missile Engineer Gunned Down Near Moscow – Reports – The Moscow Times A senior Russian cruise missile engineer was shot dead near Moscow, with Ukrainian media reporting he was assassinated by Ukraine’s intelligence. Mikhail Shatsky was found dead in the Kuzminki forest park in the suburb of Kotelniki southeast of Moscow this … Read more
Housing plans not war on rural England, says minister PA Media The government is not “waging war on rural England” with plans to force councils to allow more homes to be built in their areas, the housing minister has said. Matthew Pennycook hit back at Conservative claims the government was “concreting over” green belt land. … Read more
Russian-Ukrainian Man Jailed 22 Years for Pro-Kyiv Treason – The Moscow Times A Russian court in its western Kursk region on Thursday sentenced a Russian-Ukrainian man to 22 years in prison for trying to blow up a political office and handing information to Kyiv. Russia has sentenced dozens of people to years in prison on … Read more
Bowel-cancer rates rising among younger people Rates of bowel cancer are rising among younger adults, with no clear reason why, experts are warning. Although the disease still affects older people far more often, the increase in many countries among the under-50s is concerning, Cancer Research UK says. England is one the countries with the biggest … Read more
Russia Jails 10 Men for Anti-Israel Riots at Dagestan Airport – The Moscow Times Two courts in the southern Russian Stavropol region sentenced 10 men to more than eight years in prison on Wednesday, each for an anti-Israeli riot at an airport in the southern republic of Dagestan, according to the Stavropol Regional Prosecutor’s Office. … Read more
Energy bills: Plans for new tariffs with no standing charge Getty Images Energy firms will be forced to offer customers tariffs with no standing charges, under a proposed shake-up of bills by regulator Ofgem. All households pay the fixed daily charges covering the costs of connecting to a supply, but there have been widespread calls … Read more
Russian-Linked U.K. Package Fire Strong Enough to Down Plane – Guardian – The Moscow Times A suspected Russian incendiary device that caught fire inside a British shipping warehouse this summer was powerful enough to down an airplane, the Guardian reported Tuesday, citing newly surfaced images. In July, a series of igniting packages at logistics depots … Read more