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LONDON—A Moroccan asylum seeker was “motivated by terrorism” when he murdered a 70-year-old man in Hartlepool at the weekend, a prosecutor has told the Old Bailey. Ahmed Alid, 44, is accused of the murder of Terrence Carney and the attempted murder of Javed Nouri in the early hours of Sunday Oct. 15, 2023. Mr. Carney is believed to have been attacked shortly after withdrawing money from a cash machine in the town centre. Ben Lloyd, prosecuting, told the Old Bailey on Thursday: “Just before 5:15 a.m. the police received a report of an ongoing fight at a house in Wharton…

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MET POLICE ROLL OUT FACIAL RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY Tackling London’s worst shoplifters Britain’s biggest police force is using facial recognition technology to tackle London’s worst shoplifters by matching CCTV stills to mugshots. The Metropolitan Police said 149 suspects were identified within days after asking the capital’s 12 leading retailers last month for images of their 30 most prolific unidentified offenders. Some of the suspects have links to serious crime, while all of them have previously been arrested for crimes including drug dealing, sexual offences, burglary, violence and possession of firearms. Met Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley called the results “game-changing” as his…

More than a third of water courses contain ‘forever chemicals’ linked to cancers and fertility issues, analysis has found. The Royal Society of Chemistry’s (RSC) analysis found 35% and 37% of English and Welsh water courses that were tested contain a medium or high-risk level of perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) respectively. These are two of thousands of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), which hardly degrade in nature and are very mobile in water. Serious health conditions have been linked to PFAS, including testicular cancer, thyroid disease, increased cholesterol levels, liver damage and fertility issues. The current guideline…

TONALI UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR ILLEGAL BETTING – Newcastle midfielder Sandro Tonali is subject to investigation by the Italian FA Newcastle United’s Italian midfielder Sandro Tonali is under investigation in relation to illegal betting, the Premier League club said. Tonali joined Newcastle from AC Milan in July for a reported fee of £63m, a record sum for an Italian player. Legal and sporting authorities are investigating the use of illegal betting platforms by football players in Italy. “Newcastle United can confirm Sandro Tonali is subject to investigation by the Italian Prosecutor’s Office and Italian Football Federation (FIGC) in relation to illegal…

UK’S SUNAK IN ISRAEL Expressing ‘Solidarity with Israeli people’ from ‘horrific’ Hamas attack British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak landed in Israel, beginning a visit in which he will meet Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Isaac Herzog before traveling on to other regional capitals. Sunak shared his condolences for the loss of life in Israel and Gaza as a result of the Oct. 7 attack on Israel by Gaza-based Palestinian Hamas gunmen. In a statement ahead of his visit, Sunak said a deadly blast at a Gaza hospital on Tuesday which killed hundreds of Palestinians should be “a watershed moment…

SCHOOLS CLOSED AND ‘DANGER TO LIFE’ WARNINGS ISSUED 70mph winds from storm Babet Some schools will close and people are being told to stay at home as Storm Babet bears down on parts of the UK. The Met Office has issued a rare red warning for “exceptional and persistent” rain in eastern Scotland, as well as amber and yellow warnings for wind and rain in other areas. The red alert covers parts of the east of Scotland between the Dundee and Aberdeen areas from 6pm on Thursday until midday on Friday, “with some locations likely to see 200-250mm” of rainfall.…

CHINA PRESIDENT XI AND PRESIDENT PUTIN HOLD TALKS IN BEIJING They have met 42 times in the past 10 years Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday held talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is in Beijing for the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation (BRF). The two have met many times and this is the third time they have met at the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation.   Earlier this year Xi visited Russia.   The two countries have maintained close and effective strategic coordination and bilateral trade volume has reached a historical high, which is…

COST OF LIVING CRISIS: 1 million emergency food bank parcels to be handed out this winter More than one million emergency parcels are expected to be distributed by food banks this winter due to an “unprecedented need” for help, a charity has warned. The Trussell Trust network, which supports more than 1,300 food bank centres across the UK, has forecast that more than 600,000 people will rely on food banks from December this year until next February. That will mean almost 100,000 more emergency food parcels are required compared to the same period last year, when a total of 904,000…

HEWA RAHIMPUR THE SMUGGLER GANG LEADER Smuggled up to 10,000 migrants across Channel jailed A man granted asylum in east London has been convicted of helping to lead a criminal gang that smuggled up to 10,000 people across the Channel. Hewa Rahimpur, 30, was sentenced to 11 years in prison and fined €80,000 at a court in Bruges, Belgium.  He was convicted in one of the biggest people-smuggling trials held in Europe – with 20 out of 21 defendants found guilty. He was arrested in London more than a year ago after a police operation that involved officers in Germany,…