David Cameron and billionaire financier Lex Greensill went on a desert camping trip with Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman months after the Saudi leader was accused of ordering Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination, it has been claimed The lobbying trip to Saudi Arabia in early 2020 for now collapsed Greensill Capital took place following global condemnation of Bin … Read more
What was Greensill Capital and what did it do? Greensill Capital was an Anglo-Australian finance company set up by billionaire banker Lex Greensill in 2011. The company focused on supply chain funding. In doing this, it essentially acts as a middle-man for large business transactions – making its money by taking a cut during the … Read more
Former CIA Director John Brennan said President Joe Biden should not ‘turn a blind eye’ to actions of Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman after report blamed him for murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018. Brennan, who served as the CIA chief from March 2013 to January 2017, called on Biden to prevent bin … Read more
President Joe Biden raised human rights issues when he spoke to Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz on Thursday but the White House didn’t say if the two men discussed murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi. In their conversation, President Biden ‘affirmed the importance the United States places on universal human rights and the rule of law,’ the White House … Read more
President Joe Biden’s administration will name Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman as the man who approved the 2018 killing of Jamal Khashoggi when it releases an intelligence report on the journalist’s murder. Four U.S. officials told Reuters the forthcoming declassified U.S. intelligence report – to which the CIA was the main contributor – assesses that … Read more
The Manchester Arena bomber was addicted to painkillers and had attended anger management classes after punching a woman in the head at college, the inquiry into the attack as heard. Salman Abedi also spent time in Libya with an Islamist group called the February 17 Martyr’s Brigade and attended raids in the hunt for supporters … Read more
A convicted terrorist who has refused to tell the Manchester Arena inquiry about his contact with bomber Salman Abedi is set to be released from jail this week. Abdalraouf Abdallah, 27, was jailed in 2016 after he was found guilty of helping people travel to Syria to join so-called Islamic State. While he was in … Read more
A convicted terrorist who has refused to tell the Manchester Arena inquiry about his contact with bomber Salman Abedi is set to be released from jail this week. Abdalraouf Abdallah, 27, was jailed in 2016 after he was found guilty of helping people travel to Syria to join so-called Islamic State. While he was in … Read more
Salman Rushdie’s son Zafar and his wife Natalie introduce baby daughter Rose Anastasia Clarissa in first family shoot The award-winning author, 72, was one of the first family members to meet baby Rose after travelling to the UK from his home in New York in full PPE for 12 hours PR executive Zafar, 41, and … Read more
Suicide bomber Salman Abedi was smiling as he walked to his death and murdered 22 people in Manchester Arena, the public inquiry heard today. Abedi, 22, was also on his mobile phone as he made his ‘final walk’ after waiting for crowds to emerge at the end of the Ariana Grande concert. Showsec security guard … Read more