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Perfume boss captured on video admitting he ignored Russia sanctions
Facebook David Crisp sold his high-end perfume in Russia A British businessman caught on camera confessing he was illegally selling luxury perfume to Russia is not facing criminal charges, the BBC has learned. David Crisp admitted to an undercover investigator that he had “ignored government edicts” on sanctions by selling £1,000-a-bottle “Boadicea the Victorious” perfume…
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'Don't forget us': Teenage refugee reminds Gen Z of silenced Afghan girls
Getty Images Nila Ibrahimi beat 165 other nominees to be named this year’s International Children’s Peace Prize winner When Nila Ibrahimi set out to build a website telling the stories of Afghan girls, it wasn’t just to give them a voice. The 17-year-old Afghan refugee was also determined to remind her fellow Gen Zs in…
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'We knew Christmas before you' – the Band Aid fallout
AFP Orthodox Ethiopian Christians celebrate Christmas on 7 January Forty years on from the original recording, the cream of British and Irish pop music past and present are once again asking whether Ethiopians know it is Christmas. In 1984, responding to horrific images of the famine in northern Ethiopia broadcast on the BBC, musicians Bob…
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India's 'rebel' Muslim princess who shot tigers and drove a Rolls-Royce
Shams Ur Rehman Alavi Abida Sultaan was the eldest daughter of the last Nawab of Bhopal, Hamidullah Khan Abida Sultaan was nothing like your typical princess. She wore her hair short, shot tigers and was an ace polo player. She flew planes and drove herself around in a Rolls-Royce from the age of nine. Born…
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'I don't like crisps, but I collect the packets'
BBC Frank Munford says he “can’t help” but collect crisp-related items A man who collects vintage crisp packets and memorabilia has said he does not actually like the snacks. Seventy-year-old Frank Munford, from Lincoln, began his collection five years ago. Alongside packets from long-gone brands such as Tudor Crisps, he has limited edition mugs, a…
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Russia ready to wage cyber war on UK, minister to say
Russia is ready to carry out cyber attacks on the United Kingdom and other allies in a bid to weaken support for Ukraine, a senior minister will warn later. Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Pat McFadden is set to tell a Nato meeting that the Kremlin could target British businesses and leave millions without…
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No ‘red lines’ when it comes to support for Ukraine, says French foreign minister
The French foreign minister, Jean-Noël Barrot, has told the BBC in an interview that western allies should not put any limits on support for Ukraine against Russia, and “not set and express red lines”. Barrot’s comments are significant, coming a few days after US and UK long-range missiles were used in that way for the…
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The ‘Russian agent’ inside Trump’s White House
… still a Democratic member of Congress, Tulsi Gabbard travelled to Syria … met the country’s authoritarian president, Bashar Assad. She also accused … blamed the United States and NATO for provoking the war by … Source: politics.einnews.com…
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Israel prosecutors indict prime minister’s aid for leaking information to German newspaper
Israeli prosecutors Thursday indicted one of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s aides, Eli Feldstein, for leaking classified information on Hamas and most likely harming national security, the latest development in a web of legal scandals that has entangled Netanyahu. Feldstein now faces a sentence of up to life in prison for leaking information which allegedly jeopardizes…
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ICC issues arrest warrants for Israeli prime minister, ousted regime war minister
Naqaa Hamed Press TV, Ramallah The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for the Israeli regime’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former minister for military affairs Yoav Gallant over war crimes committed in the Gaza genocide. This report has discussed the ruling and its impact on Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. Press TV’s…