
Rishi Sunak Moves to Curb Migration Citing Strain on UK Services
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak this week will move to cut the flow of migrants, saying the UK government
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Australia’s Rate Outlook in the Air as Inflation Still Untamed
Economists and money markets are divided over which way Australia’s central bank will move Tuesday as lingering price
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Russia-Ukraine war – latest: Putin’s troops unlikely to hold onto Bakhmut, says military expert
Vladimir Putin’s troops “may not hold on to Bakhmut,” a military analyst has said. Michael Kofman of the Center for Naval Analyses, a US research group, said Russian forces will “find it difficult to defend” Bakhmut now Wagner mercenary fighters are withdrawing from the city. “And so they may not hold on to Bakhmut, and the whole thing may have ended up being for nothing for them down the line,” he told the War on the Rocks podcast in an interview on Tuesday. Russian forces declared victory in the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut last month after a nine-month battle with Ukrainian forces. However, Ukrainian deputy defence minister Hanna Maliar has warned that “the battle for the Bakhmut area hasn’t stopped,” she said. “It is ongoing, just taking different forms.” Maliar said artillery shelling still goes on in Bakhmut at levels similar to those at the height of the battle to take the city. It comes as Wagner Group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin said his men would withdraw from the city, after a dispute with the Kremlin over a lack of ammunition received from Putin’s government. Read More The drone attack on Moscow imperils Putin like never before A six-year-old Ukrainian girl saved by adoption or a murderous adult imposter: Who really is Natalia Grace? The tension between Kosovo and Serbia has deep roots. The EU and US are still struggling to find a solution...
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Lufthansa Urges Europe to Ease Rules on Consolidation
Deutsche Lufthansa AG is hoping the European Commission will water down its stance on competition as the German
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NATO Chief Pushes Turkey to Allow Sweden to Join Alliance
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Sunday that Sweden has “fulfilled its obligations” to Turkey to bolster its
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Your Sunday US Briefing: Shangri-la Handshake, Big Rate Decisions
Hello from New York, where we’re looking to fill the hole left by last week’s Succession finale. Back
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Bitcoin Coders Feud Over Whether to Crush $1 Billion Frenzy for Memecoins
The coders who maintain Bitcoin’s blockchain are clashing over whether to stamp out the meme tokens swarming the
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Wall Street Misses Out on Unexpected Rally in Local EM Bonds
Wall Street is caught by surprise by a rally in local emerging-market debt, an asset class that’s been
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Christian B ‘claims five chilling words made him prime Madeleine McCann suspect’
The prime suspect in the Madeleine McCann case has claimed he became the focus of the investigation after a former friend alleged he made a chilling comment about the case, according to reports. German prisoner Christian Brueckner was first named in connection with the unsolved mystery in the summer of 2020, and officially named as a suspect last year. His yellow and white VW T3 Westfalia campervan was reportedly identified as having been near to the Praia da Luz resort in Portugal where the young girl went missing on May 3, 2007. Three-year-old Madeleine disappeared from the bed of her holiday apartment while her parents and family friends dined 180 feet away. The Metropolitan Police took over the investigation, Operation Grange, in 2011 but they hit dead ends. There has not been another significant suspect in the case since 2007 until Brueckner. Brueckner is in prison in Germany for the rape of a woman in Praia da Luz in 2005, and is suspected of further rapes and child sexual abuse committed in the area between 2000 and 2017. During his time in prison, he is said to have written several letters in a bid to clear his name and complain about his treatment in prison. According to a letter seen by the Daily Mail, Brueckner claimed he became a key suspect after his former friend told police he said “yes, she did not scream” when talking about the case around one year after Madeleine disappeared. According to the newspaper, Brueckner said the claim is "not even worthy of comment.” He said he was then hunted by police after his friend made the allegation to police. The Daily Mail said Brueckner refers to a statement made to the police by Helge Busching - who reportedly contacted police in 2017 saying he had information on the case. He wrote: “The following sentences from the ‘witness’ Helge B in 2017 were responsible for all the public hunting and hatred against me by the German authorities.” Then Brueckner relates an alleged conversation at a festival in Spain in 2008, one year after Madeleine disappeared. He quotes Busching as having said: “(Seyferth another witness) was also there as well and Michael (Tatschl another witness), Manfred, Christian and I then started talking about Portugal. "It was then Christian made a comment about the missing girl. Christian asked me if I was still going to Portugal, I replied; ‘I’m no longer going to Portugal because there are too many problems there, Portugal has too many police for me on account of the missing child. "It is indeed strange that she disappeared without a trace. Christian replied:’’Yes, she did not scream.’’ Brueckner’s lawyer Friedrich Fulschertold the newspaper: “It remains to be seen whether this conversation took place at all as we have other witnesses who said it didn’t.” Brueckner claims that the last time he had a conversation with Busching was in 2007 about a drug deal between them. Busching was arrested in 2017 while trying to smuggle migrants from Greece to Italy. It is claimed that he gave the statement to the police after his arrest. Read More What happened to Madeleine McCann? Sixteen years and countless heartbreaks as Madeleine McCann’s family wait for answers Madeleine McCann evidence will be hard to find after 16 years, expert warns Madeleine McCann case: Timeline of the missing child’s disappearance Sixteen years and countless heartbreaks: Where are Madeleine McCann’s family now? Who is Christian Brueckner? Madeleine McCann suspect and the accusations against him
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Your Sunday UK Briefing: CBI’s Crucial Vote; Sunak Visits Biden
Hello from London. Here’s what we’re looking at heading into the new week. The big vote: The Confederation
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A Major Showdown Is Brewing Over What Counts as a Carbon Credit
A few sentences in a note from an obscure United Nations group has ignited a firestorm in the
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Turkey Markets Hope Simsek Can Revive Orthodoxy Erdogan Shunned
Turkish investors are betting that the return of former Wall Street banker Mehmet Simsek as economic czar will
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