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A relentless stalker has been snared after his victim doused him with a canister of Smartwater – enabling police to prove he had breached bail conditions. Neil Leddon, 54, has pleaded guilty to...
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Russia is increasingly using social media to fuel its large-scale disinformation campaign over the war in Ukraine, a new report has warned. It claims an army of more than 100,000 Russian social media...
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A tomb found in 1977 was originally "conclusively" believed to contain the remains of Alexander the Great's son Alexander IV, elder half-brother Philip III, and his father Philip II. However, a...
27 lives per kilometre: How Russia took record losses in Ukraine in 20242 hours agoOlga IvshinaBBC News Russian Special ReporterEPA-EFE/REX/ShutterstockLast year was the deadliest for Russian forces...
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