Fears of a coup in Mali are growing after mutinous troops today seized the country’s president and several government ministers, sparking condemnation by UN chiefs. Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, 75, was seized in a dramatic escalation of a months-long crisis in the fragile West African country. Prime Minister Boubou Cisse has also been seized, say … Read more
The new chair of Parliament’s intelligence watchdog today accused Boris Johnson of an ‘improper’ bid to seize control after the PM’s favoured candidate was outflanked in a vote. Julian Lewis hit out after No10 kicked him out of the Tory party in revenge for his dramatic ambush of Chris Grayling last night, which saw him … Read more
Boris Johnson wants to take back control of NHS England and hand it to to Matt Hancock Ministers are planning to overhaul the NHS amid coronavirus crisis frustrations They want to ‘clip the wings’ of NHS England’s chief executive Simon Stevens There has been anger among ministers at the role of Stevens during the crisis … Read more
Police seize £100,000 cash, luxury watches, high-powered scooters and a machete in dawn raids on ‘county lines drugs network’ in south London A south London drugs raid resulted in a huge haul of cash and weaponry Police took two designer watches, a machete, high-powered scooters and jewels Raids took place on a series of addresses, … Read more
Life goes on almost as normal in Taiwan. The schools are full of children, the streets thronged with shoppers, the bars busy. Even the national sport of baseball has resumed – albeit with no more than 1,000 fans in the stadium. This makes the island nation of 23million people almost unique among locked down developed … Read more
Border Force in France seize £20million worth of cocaine within plywood boxes in a lorry carrying consignment of car parts to Britain The haul, which had a potential street value of around £20 million, was discovered within a number of plywood boxes in a lorry Border Force officers use hi-tech search equipment to combat immigration … Read more
Traveller funeral is broken up by police as mourners flout social distancing rules after they demanded body back from the undertaker the night before ceremony – and drove it to the church in the back of a Transit van About 60 grievers – some swigging beer – moved on by Bedfordshire Police at Dunstable Cemetery … Read more
A businessman was arrested at his luxury Cotswolds hotel as police investigate a crime group believed to be sexually exploiting women in London brothels. Jason Guo, 27, was arrested on suspicion of money laundering offences as police seized a Bentley and a Rolls-Royce in Stow-on-the-Wold. He and a second person arrested in Gloucestershire have since been … Read more
China abandons bid to seize control of chip maker Imagination Technologies after Westminster backlash By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 22:57 BST, 7 April 2020 | Updated: 23:19 BST, 7 April 2020 Chinese investors have abandoned an attempt to seize control of a British technology star after a furious backlash in Westminster. A … Read more