28 h. ago Children investigated over Russian and Iranian plots against UK, says police chief

Teenagers suspected of being hired by criminals paid to carry out acts on behalf of states, it is understoodSchoolchildren have been arrested by detectives investigating Russian and Iranian plots against Britain, a police chief has said, as he warned hostile state aggression was rising and youngsters were at risk.Commander Dominic Murphy, head of the Metropolitan police’s counter-terrorism unit, said children in their “mid teens” had been investigated. It is understood they were suspected of being hired by criminals paid to carry out acts for Russia and Iran. Continue reading...

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33 h. ago Brit kids 'being groomed by Russian and Iranian spies to carry out attacks in UK'

Russia and Iran are grooming children and convincing them to carry out attacks in the UK as part of a sophisticated proxy network, according to Scotland Yard officials

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43 h. ago Additional 800 children to be tested for STIs as police investigate accused Melbourne childcare paedophile Joshua Dale Brown

Four more childcare centres added to list of Brown’s workplaces and additional employment dates added for 10 other centresFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMore than 800 additional children are being recommended for testing for sexually transmitted infections after four more childcare centres were added to a list of known workplaces of alleged paedophile Joshua Dale Brown.More dates have also been added for 10 other childcare centres, with police citing incomplete records from the providers for the discrepancies.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news emailKids Academy Waratah Estate in Mickleham on 29 August 2024Milestones Early Learning Tarneit on 10 September 2024 and 13 September 2024Milestones Early Learning Braybrook on 4 December 2024 and 6 December 2024Milestones Early Learning Greensborough on 5 December 2024, 31 January 2025 and 27 February 2025 Continue reading...

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3 d. ago 'Putin tells Iran to accept US nuclear deal supporting zero enrichment'

The Russian President is said to have told both Donald Trump and Iranian officials that he supports the deal, despite Russia being one of the Middle Eastern country's key allies.

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2 w. ago The chilling messages revealing how cocaine kingpin plotted rival's brutal murder...and the moment gang realised the police were on to them

EXCLUSIVE: Following their conviction at the Old Bailey trial, MailOnline has obtained EncroChat logs which reveal how they went about planning the hit.

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3 w. ago Arizona Police uncover chilling 'murder plot by 5th grade girls against cheating boyfriend'

Police said the girls planned to lure the boy into an outside bathroom at Legacy Traditional School's West Surprise campus and stab him to death.

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3 w. ago Four nurses investigated over death of boy, 5, at flagship children’s care home

Exclusive: Nurses facing fitness to practise probe as The Independent reveals a litany of failings at one of Britain’s biggest care homes for disabled children

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3 w. ago Iran says it will Vladimir Putin just hours after Donald Trump's nuke sites attacks

Iranian officials have confirmed they will now meet with Russian leader Vladimir Putin following several missile strikes sent over from the US in the early hours

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3 w. ago Iran says it will meet Vladimir Putin just hours after Donald Trump's nuke sites attacks

Iranian officials have confirmed they will now meet with Russian leader Vladimir Putin following several missile strikes sent over from the US in the early hours

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3 w. ago Third of kid's sunglasses from Amazon and Temu 'unsafe' and 'illegal' in the UK

A recent Which? investigation found that a third of children's sunglasses bought from online marketplaces including Amazon, AliExpress, eBay and Temu did not provide the required protection and were unsafe

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last month Police watchdog to reopen investigation into death of Michelle Pearson and four children

The family say that they accept the delay into the full hearing with a "heavy heart"

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last month Ukraine war briefing: Russian drone factory attacked, 1,000km away in Tatarstan

Factory making Iranian-designed Shahed drones is hit, far from Russia-Ukraine border; Russian strikes damage energy and other civilian facilities in Poltava oblast. What we know on day 1,209See all our Ukraine war coverageUkraine’s military said on Sunday it had attacked a Russian drone factory in the city of Yelabuga in Russia’s Tatarstan region. The target is around 1,000km from Ukraine. The Ukrainian military general staff said the factory produced, tested, and launched drones at Ukraine, in particular against energy and civil infrastructure. Videos on social media showed an explosion said to be at the factory in Yelabuga, also known as Alabuga, which builds Iranian-designed Shahed drones. The Russian local governor confirmed the attack.Russian forces hit the Kremenchuk oil refinery in Ukraine’s Poltava region with missiles and drones, Russia’s defence ministry said on Sunday. Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, denounced the attack on the central Poltava region as a vile s...

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