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Carbon credits pioneer charged with fraud after Channel 4 News probe
A carbon offset pioneer who sold hundreds of millions of dollars in carbon credits has been charged with fraud by US authorities following an investigation by Channel 4 News.
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FactCheck: why did Iran attack Israel, why did Israel invade Lebanon, and is ‘world war’ likely?
Here are some of the questions FactCheck readers are asking about the conflict.
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‘People have fled with almost nothing’, says Unicef in Lebanon
We spoke to Tess Ingram of Unicef about Lebanon’s brewing humanitarian crisis.
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‘Fringe voices have been mainstreamed’ in Conservative Party says Baroness Warsi
We spoke to Baroness Warsi and asked whether she thinks the Conservatives have moved too far to the right.
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UK hands Chagos Islands to Mauritius – PM’s special envoy on decision
We spoke to Jonathan Powell, the Prime Minister’s special envoy for negotiations between the UK and Mauritius over the Chagos islands.
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UK to hand Chagos Islands to Mauritius after decades long dispute
Now Britain has agreed to give up sovereignty over a group of remote islands described as its last African colony – after a dispute stretching back for fifty years.
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Chris Kaba was not posing imminent danger, jury told
Prosecutors have told the Old Bailey that the moment a police marksman opened fire, fatally shooting Chris Kaba – there had been no imminent danger to officers surrounding his car.
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Oil prices spike after Biden’s comments on possible Israel attack on Iran
Oil prices have spiked up today on speculation that Israel may respond to Iran’s missile strike by targeting the country’s oil infrastructure.
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A long war will damage Lebanon economy to ‘point of no return’, says Lebanese economy minister
We spoke to Amin Salam, Lebanese Economy and Trade Minister.
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Hundreds of thousands fleeing homes in southern Lebanon
Israel warned residents of more villages and towns in southern Lebanon to evacuate to areas over 30 miles north of the border.
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Nine killed in Israeli strike on Hezbollah-linked medical centre
Nine people were killed during the night here, when an Israeli strike hit a medical centre run by a group aligned with Hezbollah in the heart of the city, not far from the parliament building and western embassies.
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Israel continues aerial attack on Lebanon – what next?
Airstrikes have continued to bombard this city throughout today – one apparently hitting Hezbollah’s media department in the south of Beirut.
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‘Bedlam’: Allegations of toxic prison where inmates are goaded by staff
Even at a point when the entire system is in crisis, Parc’s problems have been particularly acute. It’s had more inmate deaths than any other jail so far this year.
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Why are Mexican cartels using Irish ports to smuggle drugs?
The Sinaloa cartel is one of Mexico’s most feared groups and there has been increasing evidence that it is expanding its networks in Europe and funnelling drugs through less obvious, more unsuspecting ports.
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Met Police settle civil case for ‘racial profiling’ of Black bank manager
Wrongly accused of gun crime, drug dealing, human trafficking, money laundering and even terrorism – homes repeatedly raided, stopped and searched by firearms officers, bank accounts frozen, suspended from work.