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Married couple who set up bogus charities and flew hundreds of Bangladeshis to Britain to claim £1.6million in benefits are facing jail

Chowdhury Muyeed, 51, and Asma Khanam, 47, to be sentenced on April 8  Essex couple set up fake companies to pay wages to Bangladeshi migrants ‘Sophisticated’ rouse allowed the migrants to claim housing benefit Accomplice Habibur Rahman, 36, also faces jail for similar con Judge Nigel Peters, QC, said it was ‘housing benefit fraud on a huge scale’   A married ...

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Turkey plans to strip terrorism supporters of citizenship

Turkey will work on a new rule to strip citizenship from Turks found to be supporting terrorism, the justice minister said on Wednesday, a day after President Tayyip Erdogan said he wanted such a measure. Erdogan first floated the idea on Tuesday in a speech to lawyers. Since becoming president, he has transformed the largely ceremonial role into a more ...

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Permanent residency for expats, a welcome move

Expatriates have overwhelmingly welcomed the announcement by Deputy Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Slman, second deputy premier and minister of defense, that Saudi Arabia was planning to give permanent residency to foreign workers similar to the US Green Card system. “The Green Card-like program and a plan to allow employers to hire more foreign workers above their official quotas for a ...

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Angela Wrightson: Girls found guilty of murder

Two 15-year-old girls who “battered and tortured” a woman to death in her own home have been found guilty of murder. Angela Wrightson, 39, was found in her living room with more than 100 injuries – including 80 to her face – in Hartlepool in December 2014. The girls, then aged 13 and 14, used a variety of weapons including ...

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China restricts North Korea trade over nuclear tests

China has said is restricting trade with North Korea, announcing bans on gold and some coal imports and jet fuel exports, in line with UN sanctions. The commerce ministry is also banning the importation of so-called “rare earth metals” used in high-tech goods. The UN Security Council voted in March to increase the sanctions. The unanimous decision came after North ...

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Two aeroplanes collide at Jakarta airport

Two planes collided at an airport in Indonesia’s capital Jakarta, resulting in a wing bursting into flames. A Batik Air passenger plane was taking off when its wing clipped the tail of a TransNusa aircraft being towed across the runway. Authorities said there were no injuries in the Monday night incident, and all passengers were evacuated safely. Indonesia has had ...

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Donald Trump would ‘cut off cash to Mexico’ to pay for border wall

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has said he would cut off cash sent to Mexico to force them to pay for a border wall with the US. In a memo to the Washington Post, Mr Trump writes that he would change a law to cut off money transfers to Mexico. “It’s an easy decision for Mexico,” the candidate writes in ...

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Panama Papers: Iceland prime minister seeks early poll

The prime minister of Iceland has asked the president to dissolve parliament after allegations he concealed millions of dollars worth of investments in an offshore company. PM Sigmundur Gunnlaugsson faced growing pressure over documents showing he and his wife owned offshore firm Wintris. A big protest was held in front of parliament in Iceland on Monday. Dozens of high-profile global ...

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Syria war: IS ‘used mustard gas’ on Assad troops

State media in Syria have accused militants from so-called Islamic State (IS) of using mustard gas against government forces in the north-east. Troops came under fire at an air base which IS has been trying to capture in Deir al-Zour, they say. Meanwhile, rebels have shot down a Syrian fighter plane over the province of Aleppo. Unconfirmed reports say militants ...

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Masood Azhar: The man who brought jihad to Britain

Masood Azhar, today the head of one of Pakistan’s most violent militant groups, was once the VIP guest of Britain’s leading Islamic scholars. Why, asks Innes Bowen. When one of the world’s most important jihadist leaders landed at Heathrow airport on 6 August 1993, a group of Islamic scholars from Britain’s largest mosque network was there to welcome him. Within ...

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