LONDON (Reuters) -UK Athletics and the former head of sport for a Paralympic event have been charged over the death of Abdullah Hayayei in 2017 when the Paralympic athlete was training in London, British prosecutors said on Wednesday. Hayayei, from the United Arab Emirates, was preparing for the 2017 World Paralympic Athletics Championships at the …
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DUBAI (Reuters) – The United Arab Emirates has placed 11 individuals and eight British-based entities on its terrorism list for alleged affiliation with the Muslim Brotherhood, which it designates as a terrorist organisation, the UAE state news agency (WAM) reported on Wednesday. (Reporting by Nayera Abdallah; Editing by Kevin Liffey)
LONDON (Reuters) -Britain used counter-terrorism laws to freeze the assets of “Blood and Honour”, an entity which it described as an “extreme right wing group” in what it said was a first use of its domestic sanctions regime to target far-right terrorism. The government said on Wednesday that all assets and economic resources in Britain …
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LONDON (Reuters) -British police said on Wednesday that an earlier security incident involving a suspicious vehicle in central London was being stood down after officers carried out a number of controlled explosions as a precaution. The vehicle was found to be non-suspicious, police said on social media platform X. An earlier post had said road …
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(Reuters) -Britain’s Topps Tiles said on Wednesday its Chief Executive Officer Rob Parker would retire after 18 years with the tile retailer, after it reported a 4.6% jump in group sales in the first quarter, sending shares up as much as 8%. Parker is departing at a time when Topps Tiles is refining its strategy …
By Andy Bruce (Reuters) – Universities and other higher education establishments have joined a retreat among British institutions from Elon Musk’s X social media platform, citing its role in spreading misinformation that fuelled race riots last year. A Reuters survey on Tuesday showed several universities have scaled back usage of X to the bare minimum …
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LONDON (Reuters) – British police said on Wednesday they had arrested a third man over the stabbing of a journalist working for a Persian language media organisation in London in March last year. Pouria Zeraati, a British journalist of Iranian origin who works for Iran International, sustained leg injuries in the attack near his home …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Meghan, Britain’s Duchess of Sussex, has said she has shed “too many tears to count” following the death of her rescue dog called Guy. Meghan, wife of King Charles’ younger son Prince Harry, adopted the beagle in Canada in 2015 when she was an actress working on the TV show “Suits” and …
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By Catarina Demony LONDON (Reuters) – A British minister who Elon Musk has described as a “rape genocide apologist” said on Tuesday the U.S. billionaire knew “absolutely nothing” about the child sexual abuse scandals he has recently been commenting on. Musk, an ally of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, has spent days posting messages on his …
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(Reuters) – Tottenham Hotspur manager Ange Postecoglou said his team are struggling to such an extent that even in-form Liverpool winger Mohamed Salah would fail to make much of an impression as part of the side. Spurs, who face the Premier League leaders in the first leg of their League Cup semi-final later on Wednesday, …
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