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[ad_1] Companies controlled by Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich donated tens of millions of pounds to a highly controversial group of Israeli settlers accused of displacing Palestinian families from Jerusalem, according to leaked documents seen by BBC News Arabic. The billionaire Russian oligarch, who was granted Israeli citizenship in 2018, has …

[ad_1] Where was Boris Johnson? Typically, whenever the Medical Director and Senior Scientific Advisor give a Downing Street briefing, the Prime Minister, or failing that, a Cabinet Minister, is in full view alongside them. But on Monday, Patrick Vallance and Chris Whitty came out as a double act. Either because …

[ad_1] With another edition of the Tour de France finished and dusted off, Philippa York looks back on the French race and chooses its winners and losers from the last three weeks of racing. The race saw Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) travel to Paris after an exciting conclusion to …

[ad_1] The Prince of Wales has warned that we will need “four planets like Earth to survive or provide enough for everyone.” Speaking today for Climate Week 2020, Her Royal Highness urged companies to focus on ‘green recovery’ after the coronavirus, adding that ‘there is a better world out there’. …

[ad_1] A far-right Italian Brothers candidate appears ready to end 27 years of left-wing rule in eastern Marche and take the party’s second regional presidency. However, the center-left is likely to retain its stronghold in Tuscany, according to exit polls for key Italian regional elections. Brothers of Italy, led by …

[ad_1] Theresa May has launched a searing attack on the government’s plan to grant itself powers to renege on the special deals for Northern Ireland in the Brexit deal. She described the plans as “reckless” and “irresponsible” and said they “put the integrity of the UK at risk” as they …

[ad_1] WWhen someone at the Perugia airport decided to get some publicity about soccer player Luis Suárez’s flight to Italy, they were probably expecting a couple of lines somewhere on the sports pages. They got much more than that. Four days later, an innocuous press release about celebrity guests spotted …

[ad_1] image copyrightReuters Toxins produced by microscopic algae in the water caused the previously inexplicable deaths of hundreds of elephants in Botswana, wildlife officials say. Botswana is home to a third of Africa’s declining elephant population. The alarm arose when elephant carcasses were seen in the country’s Okavango Delta between …

[ad_1] Surveillance cameras made by Hikvision, the Chinese company that has been implicated in serious human rights violations and has been blacklisted by the US government, are used across the UK, from entertainment venues in London to school toilets in West Norfolk. While the use of surveillance cameras had already …

[ad_1] image copyrightfake images Bytedance, the owner of TikTok, says it has not heard of a $ 5bn (£ 4bn) contribution to a new education fund requested by US President Donald Trump at a rally in North Carolina. North. The firm released a statement on its website in Chinese. He …