A free-to-air British TV station is the butt of jokes on social media after a host’s disastrous attempt to deliver breaking news went horribly wrong.
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UK: Former MP Threatens Lagal Action Over Outing Her Family’s Links To Slavery
A former Conservative party MP has been slammed after trying to get a university to delete her family’s links to slavery.
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UK: Man In Viral BBC Guest Interview Clip To Sue 17 years After
Seventeen years after Guy Goma was mistaken for an IT expert and dragged into a live broadcast interview, he is back to sue the public broadcaster over a non-payment of royalties stemming from the now viral clip.
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UK: Crime Agency Charge Nigeria’s Ex Minister Alison-Madueke Bribery
UK’s leading anti- organized crime agency NCA has charged Nigeria’s former oil minister Diezani Alison-Madueke on suspicion of accepting financial rewards for awarding multi-million-dollar oil and gas contracts.
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UK: Madagascar President’s Aide In Court For Bribe Solicitation
The chief-of-staff to President Andry Rajoelina of Madagascar is facing charges in the UK for seeking a bribe from a gem mining firm.
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TANZANIA: Australian Mining Firm Wins $109m Compensation Against Nation
The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) has reportedly ordered the Tanzania government to pay more than $109 million to a group of companies fronted by Australian miner Indiana Resources Ltd in compensation for the controversial 2018 expropriation of a nickel mine project.
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UK: Liz Truss Addresses Lettuce Stunt
Former British Prime Minister Liz Truss on Monday described as ‘puerile’ the newspaper stunt that compared her brief tenure as prime minister to a lettuce.
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UK: National Crime Agency Burst £100m Money Laundering Network
The UK National Crime Agency has dismantled a network of criminal cash couriers that laundered more than £100m by smuggling it out of the UK to Dubai in the UAE.
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UK: Pensioner Jailed Over Offensive Sikh Community TikTok Post
A pensioner has been jailed after posting an offensive video on TikTok aimed at the Sikh community.
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UK: Record £19.2m Fine For Leading Gambling Company’s Failings
Three gambling firms owned by William Hill- a leading British gambling company are to pay penalties of £19.2m for failing to protect consumers and weak anti-money laundering controls.
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