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Three men being hunted in connection with the death of a Scottish businessman whose body was found in a sack of pineapples carried out a similar attack last year, police have said.

Bodycam footage released today showed the moment Orlin Roussev, 46, from Bulgaria, was apprehended at his home on February 8, 2023.

The hike in tourist taxes comes after a summer of discontent last year in which thousands of locals marched in Palma during two large demos to protest at the effects of mass tourism.

Yasir Khan, 40, is filmed being arrested at gunpoint in Birmingham after armed police stopped his vehicle in a suburban street and ordered him to the ground last July.

D'Wayne Wiggins, a founding member of the R&B group Tony! Toni! Toné!, has died at the age of 64 after a private battle with bladder cancer .

The spectacular collapse of fintech middleman Synapse has left $200 million in customer money frozen and up to $95 million missing, with no clear answers about where the funds went. After Synapse, a financial technology company connecting other fintechs to banks, filed for bankruptcy in April 2024, customers of apps like Yotta, Juno, and Copper found themselves locked out of their savings. Founded in 2014 by Sankaet Pathak, Synapse connected consumer-facing fintech platforms with banks holding customer deposits. The disaster unfolded after relationships with regional bank Evolve and unicorn client Mercury deteriorated, triggering a chain reaction through the financial infrastructure. Nearly a year later, Fortune reports that a Department of Justice criminal investigation is underway, while the bankruptcy's court-appointed trustee called the situation an "awful, awful" mess. The debacle, the outlet writes, exposes the risks lurking beneath popular financial apps operating in a regulatory frontier where customer funds travel across an invisible bridge of intermediaries.

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Two criminals involved in a Hatton Garden money laundering scheme have been jailed after attempting to smuggle £190million worth of drugs into the UK.

Dr Grant Harting, founder of CrushCost and licensed pharmacist, claims that gel capsules are a long-standing scam in comparison to tablets.

Anthea Rowan's moving memoir takes us through her years caring for her mother who suffered from dementia, and tells us how she plans to avoid the same fate.

Natalie Portman showed her 'cheating' ex Benjamin Millepied what he's missing as she confirmed her new romance with a famous French music producer.

The Duchess confirmed the news on her Instagram this afternoon, when she uploaded a story with the caption 'I'm thrilled to share that season 2 of With Love, Meghan is coming!'

It's been 31 years since 4 Non Blondes took to the studio and the stage as a band. And now they are back and in the studio as a photo the What's Up singer, 59, shared on her Instagram Stories.

But in reality, crews from reassuringly professional-looking Elev8 Civils and Utilities vans were in fact part of an astonishing covert criminal network fuelling illicit drug profits worth millions.

Daisy May Cooper has lifted the lid on how her incredible 10-stone weight loss and lip filler treatment delayed the filming of season two of Am I Being Unreasonable?

Ashley Walters has opened up about how his struggles with alcoholism impacted his family and revealed how he is now working to rebuild his relationships with his kids.

The Duchess of Sussex 's lifestyle series With Love, Meghan was released by the streamer on March 4 after a six-week delay in response to the Los Angeles wildfires.

The CDC will study the long disproven link between vaccines and autism, sources have revealed. It's unclear if Robert F Kennedy Jr will be involved in the bombshell research.

The soldiers were arrested for breaching safety protocols when the dictator observed exercises at their special forces base in September.

The plants seized were worth £546,000

Global telecom operators are struggling to shut down aging 2G networks despite pressure to free up spectrum for 4G and 5G services, as the transition threatens to exclude millions of vulnerable users. While Vietnam successfully decommissioned 2G in November 2024 by providing free 4G phones to low-income users, countries like South Africa and India have delayed shutdowns over concerns about cutting off phone access for millions. According to GSMA Intelligence, 61 countries have planned or initiated 2G network shutdowns to enhance bandwidth and reduce maintenance costs. For 2.5 billion people worldwide, smartphones cost about 30% of monthly income, keeping basic phones essential despite declining global feature phone sales.

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