On the trail of migrant smugglers 1/3: The fall of Calais trafficker Idrees G.
• Nov 1, 2025, 7:04 AM
1 min de lecture
Seven people died when a migrant boat thought to be carrying 68 people sank in the Channel between Britain and France on August 12, 2023. The ensuing investigation quickly focused on two Iraqi smugglers who seemed ready to do anything to protect their lucrative business.
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Five things to know about the new Grand Egyptian Museum in Cairo
• 10:32 AM
1 min
More than two decades in the making, Cairo’s Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) is finally opening its doors on Saturday, unveiling a vast collection of artefacts detailing life in ancient Egypt. Below, five things to know about the museum.
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USA China Superpower Showdown, Who can help Sudan, Prince no more
• 10:26 AM
1 min
It’s been a week that saw Britain’s king strip his brother Andrew - formerly Prince Andrew - of his last title, and ask him to leave the Royal Lodge, just days after the release of Virginia Giuffre’s posthumous memoir.A week where Donald Trump and Xi Jin
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Inside Paris Games Week 2025: Gaming, cosplay and pop culture
• 10:05 AM
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Paris Games Week, one of the world’s most visited video game trade shows, is currently underway in the French capital. In addition to the usual video game cosplay, this year the event’s organisers have been trying to attract fans of pop and rap culture a
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USA China Superpower Showdown, Who can help Sudan, Prince no more
• 9:43 AM
1 min
It’s been a week that saw Britain’s king strip his brother Andrew — formerly Prince Andrew — of his last title, and ask him to leave the Royal Lodge, just days after the release of Virginia Giuffre’s posthumous memoir.A week where Donald Trump and Xi Jin
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Israel says latest remains returned from Gaza are not bodies of hostages
• 9:41 AM
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The Israeli military said Saturday that the remains of three people handed over by Hamas to the Red Cross this week do not belong to any of the remaining Israeli hostages. Palestinian militants have released the remains of 17 hostages they held in Gaza,
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On the trail of migrant smugglers 1/3: The fall of Calais trafficker Idrees G.
• 7:04 AM
1 min
Seven people died when a migrant boat thought to be carrying 68 people sank in the Channel between Britain and France on August 12, 2023. The ensuing investigation quickly focused on two Iraqi smugglers who seemed ready to do anything to protect their lu
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Tanzania President Hassan wins disputed election amid deadly protests
• 6:56 AM
1 min
Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan won a landslide election victory, official results showed Saturday. The opposition Chadema party, barred from taking part in the poll, said that hundreds of people have been killed by security forces since protests
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Flights resume at Berlin airport after suspension over drone scare
• 6:21 AM
1 min
Flights were suspended for almost two hours at Berlin Brandenburg Airport on Friday evening due to sightings of unidentified drones, the latest in a series of drone alerts around airports and military sites in Europe.
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China to ease export ban of Nexperia semiconductors to Europe
• 3:25 AM
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China said Saturday it will exempt some Nexperia computer chips from an export ban that threatened to seriously disrupt EU car production. European automakers had warned that shortages of chips supplied by Nexperia would force stoppages at production lin
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