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Fugitive and drugs boss Richard Wakeling was arrested on Friday as he went to collect his car at a garage in Thailand. — courtesy NCA
Convicted Essex drug gang boss arrested in Thailand
BANGKOK — A drug gang boss who has been on the run for five years has been arrested in Thailand, the National Crime Agency (NCA) has said.Richard Wakeling, 55, of Brentwood, Essex, fled the country in January 2018 on the eve of his trial.He was convicted in his absence of trying to import £8 million of amphetamines in 2016 and jailed for 11 years in April 2018 at Chelmsford Crown Court.Wakeling had been on the NCA’s most wanted list.He was arrested by Thai police on Friday at a Bangkok garage as he went to collect his car after repairs.The NCA said he was found in possession of a passport in another identity.Wakeling, who had been living in the beachside town of Hua Hin, remains in custody and extradition proceedings are under way.David Coyle, NCA regional manager for Thailand, said:...
February 12, 2023

Convicted Essex drug gang boss arrested in Thailand

Aid agencies have warned that the death toll is likely to rise as rescue efforts continue. — courtesy EPA
Quake-hit Turkey issues 113 building arrest warrants
ISTANBUL — Officials in Turkey say 113 arrest warrants have been issued in connection with the construction of buildings that collapsed in Monday’s earthquake.Turkish police have already taken at least 12 people into custody, including building contractors. Meanwhile, unrest in southern Turkey has disrupted rescue efforts in some places.The number of people confirmed to have died in Turkey and Syria has risen to more than 28,000.More arrests are expected — but the action will be seen by many as an attempt to divert overall blame for the disaster.For years, experts warned that many new buildings in Turkey were unsafe due to endemic corruption and government policies.Those policies allowed so-called amnesties for contractors who swerved building regulations, in order to encourage a...
February 12, 2023

Quake-hit Turkey issues 113 building arrest warrants

Ukrainians clear up the debris after Russian strikes in the Donetsk region.
Russia launches ‘massive’ drone and missile attack on Ukraine
KYIV/ MOSCOW — Russian forces struck critical infrastructure in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, and launched multiple strikes on energy infrastructure in Zaporizhzhia early Friday as Moscow stepped up its attacks in Ukraine’s south and east and air raid sirens went off across much of the country.The strikes happened just one day after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited several European countries, lobbying for long-range weapons. Kyiv said it’s already submitted a request for F-16 fighter jets from the Netherlands.Ukraine’s military chief also confirmed two Russian cruise missiles flew over Moldova’s airspace before entering Ukraine. The missiles were fired from the Black Sea, said Valery Zaluzhny.Moldovan authorities corroborated the Ukrainian statement, but...
February 11, 2023

Russia launches ‘massive’ drone and missile attack on Ukraine

Volunteers from the Akut foundation have joined the government’s main disaster agency in searching for survivors. — courtesy Akut
Turkey earthquake failures leave Erdogan looking vulnerable
ANKARA/ LONDON — Turkey’s most devastating earthquake since 1939 has raised big questions about whether such a large-scale tragedy could have been avoided and whether President Erdogan’s government could have done more to save lives.With elections on the horizon, his future is on the line after 20 years in power and his pleas for national unity have gone unheeded.Recep Tayyip Erdogan has admitted shortcomings in the response, but he appeared to blame fate on a visit to one disaster zone: “Such things have always happened. It’s part of destiny’s plan.”Turkey lies on two fault lines and has earthquake building codes dating back more than 80 years. But last Monday’s double earthquake was far more intense than anything seen since 1939.The first quake registered magnitude 7.8 at...
February 11, 2023

Turkey earthquake failures leave Erdogan looking vulnerable

A border crossing between Armenia and Turkey opened for the first time in 35 years Saturday to allow aid through after Monday's earthquake.
Erdogan reiterates government would take action against looters, criminals
ANKARA — The death toll from Monday's quake has now surpassed 24,500 — including 21,043 people who have died in Turkey and a reported 3,553 in Syria.Search operations are still under way and despite hope fading that many more people will be found alive, there have been reports of miraculous rescues, including one boy who was reportedly stretchered out of the rubble in Turkey after 128 hours.Further aftershocks have been felt in the city of Gaziantep, located near the quake's epicenter, while in neighboring Syria, one aid worker says traumatized children still think the ground is shakingTurkey's most devastating earthquake since 1939 has raised big questions about whether such a large-scale tragedy could have been avoided and whether President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's...
February 11, 2023

Erdogan reiterates government would take action against looters, criminals

Martin Griffiths in the Turkish province of Kahramanmaras Saturday. — courtesy Reuters
UN aid chief: Quake was worst event in region for 100 years
ANKARA — The devastating earthquake that has left more than 24,000 people dead and displaced millions in Turkey and Syria has been described as the "worst event in 100 years in this region" by the UN's aid chief.Martin Griffiths is visiting the Turkish province of Kahramanmaras Saturday, which is close to the quake's epicenter in the south-east of the country.Speaking during a news briefing, Griffiths said the scale of the disaster — and the response to it — was unprecedented."What happened here on Monday...was the worst event in a hundred years in this region," he told reporters."The response as you have seen here... is also unique. There has never been an international response, a Turkish response, to a natural disaster as we've seen in these...
February 11, 2023

UN aid chief: Quake was worst event in region for 100 years

Mangushev’s wife complained that nobody was investigating his shooting, — courtesy Telegram/BeregTime
Notorious Russian nationalist Mangushev shot dead in Ukraine
MOSCOW — Notorious Russian army captain and mercenary Igor Mangushev has died in hospital, days after he was shot in the head at close range in occupied Ukraine, his friends have said.Mangushev’s wife Tatyana described his killing as an execution.He commanded an anti-drone unit in occupied Luhansk, but had also been one of the founders of a mercenary group fighting Ukrainian forces in 2014.He took to a stage last summer holding a man’s skull. In a video posted on social media in August, Mangushev was filmed saying the skull belonged to a Ukrainian fighter killed defending the Azovstal steel works in the southern port of Mariupol.An extreme nationalist, Mangushev said Russia was not at war with people, but with an idea of Ukraine as an “anti-Russian state”, and it did not matter...
February 08, 2023

Notorious Russian nationalist Mangushev shot dead in Ukraine

The Energy Charter Treaty has been widely criticised for providing legal protection to fossil fuel projects.
Brussels recommends EU-wide exit from controversial Energy Charter Treaty
BRUSSELS — In a notable U-turn, the European Commission has proposed a collective and coordinated exit of all 27 member states from the controversial Energy Charter Treaty (ECT), an obscure international agreement that protects energy investors from unexpected circumstances that might hurt their profit expectations.With 53 signatories, it is considered the most litigated investment deal in the world.The policy change comes after the European Commission's proposed reform to modernize the treaty collapsed in late November due to the opposition of Germany, France, Spain and the Netherlands, who had previously announced plans to unilaterally withdraw.The blocking minority left the reform process in a no man's land, with more countries, such as Poland, Luxembourg, Belgium and Austria,...
February 08, 2023

Brussels recommends EU-wide exit from controversial Energy Charter Treaty

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky
Zelensky arrives in UK for first visit since Russia's war
LONDON — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has arrived in London, to meet British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and address parliament at Westminster.He will also have an audience with King Charles III in the afternoon, according to Buckingham Palace.This is only Zelensky's second foreign visit since Russia invaded Ukraine on 24 February, at a time when Kyiv is urging the West to deliver more weapons to help it drive Russian forces out.The UK has pledged to expand the training of Ukrainian troops to include fighter jet pilots and marines, and said the training would ensure Ukrainian pilots were able to fly "sophisticated NATO-standard fighter jets in the future".Western countries have scaled up their pledges of military support for Ukraine since the start of the new year,...
February 08, 2023

Zelensky arrives in UK for first visit since Russia's war

Entire city blocks have been turned to rubble in the city of Antakya
Bodies in street after Turkey quake as anger grows over aid
ANTAKYA — Bodies of people killed in the earthquake in southern Turkey on Monday are being left out on the street as the hunt continues for survivors.More than 7,000 people are known to have died in Turkey and northern Syria, which was also devastated by the quake.The United Nations warned that thousands of children may be among the dead.Monday's 7.8 magnitude quake struck at 04:17 (01:17 GMT) near the city of Gaziantep.A later tremor was nearly as big, with its epicentre in the Elbistan district of Kahramanmaras province.Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced a three-month state of emergency in the 10 provinces worst affected by the earthquake.He said the measures would allow relief workers and financial aid into the affected regions but did not give further...
February 08, 2023

Bodies in street after Turkey quake as anger grows over aid

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