1 hour ago Republican furious over accusations Congress has been on an eight

A Republican Congresswoman fired back after it was suggested she had an eight-week “taxpayer-funded vacation”.

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4 h. ago Virginia Republican furious over accusations Congress has been on an eight

A Virginian Republican Congresswoman fired back after it was suggested she had an eight-week “taxpayer-funded vacation”.

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8 h. ago Sir Jim Ratcliffe told 'not a penny' as Man Utd get huge New Trafford stadium plan update

Manchester United are planning to build a new 100,000-seater stadium and controversial co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe suggested taxpayers could help fund the £2billion project

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12 h. ago Chaos at COP30 as indigenous protesters force their way into climate summit and clash with security guards

Dozens of Indigenous protesters forced their way into the COP30 climate summit venue on Tuesday and clashed with security guards at the entrance to demand climate action and forest protection.

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15 h. ago Security guards injured as Indigenous protesters barge into Cop30 climate summit

Indigenous community leaders express outrage at ongoing industrial developments in Amazon

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19 h. ago Tussles break out between protesters and security at Cop30 in Brazil

Dozens storm venue at climate conference that has encouraged NGOs and Indigenous groups to play unprecedented role in talksThere were tussles between protesters and security guards at the Cop30 climate talks late on Tuesday night, when a group of Indigenous and non-Indigenous people stormed the conference centre in Belém.Several dozen men and women, some in brightly coloured feather headdress, ran through the entrance, pushing at least one door off its hinges, before striding through the metal detectors and entering the Blue Zone. Continue reading...

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34 h. ago Eritrean asylum seeker attacked three police officers at migrant hotel after going berserk in the taxpayer

Ismail Ahmedsalih, from Eritrea in northeast Africa, was sentenced to 12 months in prison at Cheltenham Magistrates' Court following the incident at the Ibis Hotel in Gloucester last year.

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41 h. ago Eritrean migrant, 26, who drunkenly attacked security guards at his taxpayer

Samuel Million, 26, launched the assault after returning to his accommodation drunk in Bournemouth, Dorset in October last year.

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46 h. ago Eritrean migrant, 26, who drunkenly attacked security guards at his taxpayer funded hotel is jailed

Samuel Million, 26, launched the assault after returning to his accommodation drunk in Bournemouth, Dorset in October last year.

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49 h. ago Disgraced Andrew 'had Asian prostitutes brought to hotel on taxpayer

Andrew Mountbatten Windsor had several Asian prostitutes brought up to his hotel room during a taxpayer-funded trip to Hong Kong in 2010, his unofficial biographer has claimed

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55 h. ago Medicaid head falsely claims $1bn is being spent on healthcare for ‘illegal immigrants’, say experts

Mehmet Oz made claim about audits, but experts say he misidentified routine administrative errorsThe administrator for the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Mehmet Oz, recently claimed that an audit revealed “more than $1bn of federal taxpayer dollars were being spent on funding Medicaid for illegal immigrants”, but experts say the audits were unrelated to immigration, and that rhetoric like this could make immigrant families – regardless of legal status – afraid to seek necessary medical care.Leo Cuello, a research professor at Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families, noted that he has not “seen what this audit is”, but “based on the reporting, it appears that it is related to administrative errors in state claiming for matching funds, which is a relatively common occurrence, and which CMS monitors closely as they should”. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Security guard let woman use toilet in his hut, then raped her

'Mughal abused his position of authority to sexually assault a woman who had asked him for help'

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3 d. ago Migrant helpline advising on issues including how to fix kettles is part of £120million call centre funded by the taxpayer

Operators at the call centre, run by charity Migrant Help, are being told to record every call concerning a broken item - no matter how minor.

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5 d. ago Migrant wanted for child sex offences in Germany was given taxpayer

Izalden Alshaik Suleman - understood to be a convicted paedophile - was arrested last month at the Britannia Ashley Hotel in Hale, Greater Manchester.

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7 d. ago Israeli hostage's sex attack horror as kidnappers 'did things even the Nazis wouldn't do'

A security guard kidnapped during the Hamas-led atrocity on October 7, 2023, has told how his kidnappers used sexual violence to torture him as he spoke for the first time since his release

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7 d. ago Louvre heist suspect is social media star and former museum guard, reports say

Man, identified as Abdoulaye N, is one of four accused over theft of historic jewels worth tens of millions of poundsOne of the men arrested on suspicion of stealing €88m (£77m) of crown jewels from the Louvre museum is a minor social media star with a passion for motorbikes who has worked as a security guard at the Pompidou centre, French media have reported.Identified by justice officials as Abdoulaye N, the 39-year-old man was arrested at his home in Aubervilliers, the suburb north of Paris where he was born, six days after the 19 October heist. He faces charges of organised theft and criminal conspiracy. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Sex attack horror of male Israeli hostage: First male victim details how he was abused while tied up naked by torturers who 'did things even the Nazis wouldn't do' as he prayed to God to make it stop

Rom Braslavski, 21, was violently abducted by Palestinian Islamic Jihad on October 7, 2023 while he was working as a security guard at the Nova music festival.

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9 d. ago Plane passenger, 34, goes on the run after 'drunkenly attacking holidaymakers, cabin crew and a police officer', court hears

Brendan Lyons is said to have gone berserk during the flight from Muscat to London Heathrow on March 25.

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9 d. ago Dutch court tries an Eritrean man accused of brutal migrant smuggling

A Dutch court has opened a trial for an Eritrean man accused of running a brutal migrant smuggling network

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9 d. ago Suspected shoplifter threatened to smash bottle over supermarket security guard’s head

Serial offender Thomas Talent, 35, admitted threatening or abusive behaviour at Asda in Blantyre on December 17, 2023.

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