3 d. ago Six arrested after €12m armed raid on gold refining lab in France

Robbery in Lyon left five employees slightly injured after explosion in latest high-profile incident to hit country Six people armed with military-grade weapons have used explosives to break into a gold refining laboratory in Lyon, slightly injuring five employees in the latest high-profile daytime heist to hit France.The audacious raid took place on Thursday afternoon, with police quickly arresting the suspected perpetrators and recovering the loot estimated to be worth €12m (£10.5m), officials said. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago ANOTHER big robbery hits France as armed crooks dressed as cops raid gold laboratory

A group of men dressed as police officers have raided a gold laboratory in Southern France.

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5 d. ago 60 people killed as ‘biggest gang raid in history’ sparks shootouts in Rio de Janeiro

The massive raid by thousands of cops followed a year of investigation into the criminal group

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5 d. ago Ten people killed as ‘biggest gang raid in history’ sparks shootouts in Rio de Janeiro

The massive raid by thousands of cops followed a year of investigation into the criminal group

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7 d. ago Cops raid 100 Scots shops in crackdown on money laundering and fake goods

Operation Machinize blitz hits organised crime with police, HMRC, Home Office, DWP and Trading Standards

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8 d. ago Crime writer hit with £100 fine for stopping to buy ticket in ‘daylight robbery’

Legendary crime novelist Tony Bassett had been looking to park his car and had gotten out in order to pay for a ticket when he was slapped with a bizarre £100 fine

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2 w. ago TikTok star dubbed 'Las Mafias' who survived direct hit arrested for armed robbery

Joselyn Yahaira Hernández, who has 1.2 million TikTok followers, is accused of carrying out the robbery while on a motorbike in Mexico City. She was arrested after a police chase

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2 w. ago Gaza ceasefire live: Israel says body handed over by Hamas is not one of the hostages

Four bodies were handed over by Hamas on Tuesday to ease pressure on the fragile ceasefire, after the first four on Monday Israel reportedly pulls back from threat to slash humanitarian aid entering GazaThe Israeli military said on Wednesday that one of the bodies handed over by Hamas the previous day as part of the ceasefire deal is not that of one of the hostages who was held in Gaza. Four bodies were handed over by Hamas on Tuesday to ease pressure on the fragile ceasefire, after the first four on Monday – when the last 20 living hostages were released. The military said that “following the completion of examinations at the National Institute of Forensic Medicine, the fourth body handed over to Israel by Hamas does not match any of the hostages”.In the north of the territory, as Israeli forces withdrew from Gaza City, the Hamas government’s black-masked armed police resumed street patrols, reports Agence France-Presse (AFP).Our message is clear: There will be no place for outlaws...

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2 w. ago Gaza ceasefire live: Israel says one of the bodies handed over by Hamas is not a hostage amid reports vital aid crossing to reopen

Israel previously said the flow of aid would be cut by half and Rafah crossing would not open as planned due to delay in returning bodies of hostagesIsrael limits aid into Gaza in dispute over hostages’ remainsThe Israeli military said on Wednesday that one of the bodies handed over by Hamas the previous day as part of the ceasefire deal is not that of one of the hostages who was held in Gaza. Four bodies were handed over by Hamas on Tuesday to ease pressure on the fragile ceasefire, after the first four on Monday – when the last 20 living hostages were released. The military said that “following the completion of examinations at the National Institute of Forensic Medicine, the fourth body handed over to Israel by Hamas does not match any of the hostages”.In the north of the territory, as Israeli forces withdrew from Gaza City, the Hamas government’s black-masked armed police resumed street patrols, reports Agence France-Presse (AFP).Our message is clear: There will be no place for ...

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2 w. ago The gospel according to Peter Thiel: why the tech svengali is obsessed with the antichrist

The influential billionaire investor has been giving secret lectures warning about Armageddon. Here’s why it mattersHello, and welcome to TechScape. For the past week, my brain has been marinating in billionaire Peter Thiel’s byzantine musings about the antichrist and Armageddon. At this point, I’m pickled.Why, you might ask, does it matter what a billionaire thinks about the antichrist? Good question!Over the past month, Thiel has hosted four lectures on the downtown waterfront of San Francisco philosophizing about who the antichrist could be and warning that Armageddon is coming. Thiel, who describes himself as a “small-o Orthodox Christian”, believes the harbinger of the end of the world could already be in our midst and that things such as international agencies, environmentalism and guardrails on technology could quicken its rise. It is a remarkable discursion that reveals the preoccupations of one of the most influential people in Silicon Valley and the US.Thiel was on the for...

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4 w. ago Thieves swipe fat jabs from Scots chemist in late night raid as cops launch probe

BRAZEN thieves nicked a haul of fat jabs from a Scots pharmacy during a late night raid. Louts smashed their way into the East Craigs Pharmacy in Edinburgh shortly after midnight on Sunday. They made off with a large quantity of Mounjaro, which is used as a weight loss injection. It is not known how...

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4 w. ago Mounjaro stolen from Scots chemist in overnight raid as cops launch probe

"We are working closely with Police Scotland and would like to offer a reward for any information that leads to the arrest and subsequent conviction of the person responsible."

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