44 m. ago Oklahoma sex offender and ‘10 Most Wanted’ suspect arrested in New York 13 years after faking disappearance, officials say

Anthony Lennon has been wanted on eight counts of possession of child pornography since March 2012

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53 m. ago ‘Judges doing politics’: can Spanish PM survive corruption cases against family and allies?

Facing allegations he insists are politically motivated, Pedro Sánchez has cast doubt on independence of some members of judiciaryDespite spending the past 18 months variously defending his wife, his brother, his party, his attorney general and his government against a relentless slew of corruption allegations, Spain’s socialist prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, has not entirely lost his sense of humour.Three weeks ago, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, the leader of the opposition conservative People’s party (PP), rattled off the familiar litany of accusations and concluded by suggesting the man sitting opposite him in congress was neither “a decent or worthy prime minister” but rather a seasoned enabler of corruption. After the giddy applause that greeted Feijóo’s speech from the PP benches had died down, Sánchez rose to his feet and uttered two words. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Illinois man charged with threatening to execute Trump during chilling Instagram video

Trent Schneider, 57, was arrested at his home in Winthrop Harbor on Monday by a local SWAT team.

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3 h. ago Woman arrested for allegedly allowing underage drinking near London

Woman arrested for allegedly allowing underage drinking near London  FOX 56 News

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3 h. ago Rachel Reeves Autumn Budget could hit pensioners with £1k bills

Pensioners could be among the hardest hit by rumoured changes to income tax and National Insurance rates

Economics

3 h. ago Albanian drug dealer who 'entered UK illegally' says he can't be extradited to Italy as lack of hot water in its prisons breached his human rights

Maringlen Qefalia, 41, is being pursued by Italian authorities to serve a five-year jail term for supplying 1.5kg of cocaine. But the dealer is now citing he ECHR to make sure he stays in the UK.

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4 h. ago Chancellor needs £26bn and must break income tax pledge, says Labour's own favourite thinktank

The Resolution Foundation said the scale of the hikes needed meant the Chancellor (pictured) should ignore the election promise.

Economics

5 h. ago Reeves to lay groundwork for tax rises in ‘candid’ speech about budget

Chancellor to promise ‘fairness and opportunity’ but will not repeat manifesto pledge on tax, after PM’s hint at breachRachel Reeves will lay the groundwork for a tax-raising budget that could break Labour’s election promise on income tax, in a major speech in which she will be “candid” about the tough choices ahead.The chancellor will give the speech as the markets open on Tuesday, when she will promise to make fair choices at this month’s budget but decline to repeat her manifesto pledge of no rise in income tax, VAT or national insurance. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Reeves to promise ‘fairness’ in Budget as income tax hike speculation mounts

No 10 repeatedly refused to say whether Labour’s manifesto pledge not to raise income tax still stands.

Economics

5 h. ago ‘Faster progress needed’ for Briton who has spent eight years in Indian jail

Jagtar Singh Johal’s wedding ring, confiscated from him when he was arrested in 2017, has gone missing it has been revealed.

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7 h. ago Kash Patel releases images of suspect as he doubles down on claims FBI stopped ISIS

Patel announced Friday that the FBI arrested multiple suspects in Michigan ‘who were allegedly plotting a violent attack over Halloween weekend’

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7 h. ago Married NJ cop who 'had sex in front of his kids' found dead in park

Brian DiBiasi, 40, and his fellow cop wife, Elizabeth DiBiasi, 43, were arrested in January after allegedly sharing nude images of themselves with their children in the background.

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8 h. ago Guinea’s junta leader decides to run for president four years after leading a coup

Guinea’s junta leader has submitted his bid to run for president in the election scheduled for December 28

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8 h. ago Agent arrested after Premier League footballer 'threatened with gun on London street'

Agent arrested after Premier League footballer 'threatened with gun on London street'  London Evening Standard

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8 h. ago Agent arrested after Premier League footballer 'threatened with gun in north London street'

A Premier League footballer was allegedly threatened with a gun by an agent in early September

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8 h. ago Emmanuel Macron makes impassioned plea for release of Aung San Suu Kyi amid health concerns

The former Burmese leader has been detained since the 2021 coup

Politics

9 h. ago Arsenal hope to move Everton fixture after Palace match set for 23 December

Premier League leaders face two matches in three daysEFL blames schedule for ‘undermining’ Carabao CupArsenal have called on the Premier League to rearrange their game against Everton after they were ordered to face Crystal Palace in the Carabao Cup quarter-finals on 23 December.In a strongly worded statement that blamed the expanded European schedules for “undermining” the reputation of the competition, the EFL confirmed on Monday that it had accepted Palace’s request to push the game back a week from its original date of 16 December that would have left Oliver Glasner’s side facing three matches in five days. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Home Office statement after convicted paedophile arrested at asylum hotel

A 32-year-old man was arrested by the National Crime Agency at the Britannia Ashley Hotel in Hale

Society

11 h. ago Gym instructor who called himself Anglo Jihadi is found guilty of planning a bomb and chemical attack on a major shopping centre

Muslim convert Jordan Richardson, 21, was arrested on December 19, carrying around a recipe for mustard gas in his rucksack, as well as plans to 'shoot', 'stab' and 'throw grenades' at a crowd.

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11 h. ago Israeli military’s top lawyer arrested after leaking footage of soldiers ‘abusing’ Palestinian detainee

Military advocate general Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi resigned over the footage which allegedly shows soldiers abusing a captive

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