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Airbnb Hosts Face Tax Probe Spanning Six Years Of Income

2023-10-05T01:14:46Z

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hosts have been warned they face criminal prosecution and [https://sibelaku.kulonprogokab.go.id/pages/?tunnel=PLANET88 penipu] harsh penalties if they fail to declare income from holiday lets. The online holiday lets giant has been forced to share all of its users' income details with HM Revenue & Customs () as part of a crackdown on the sector, which affects all holiday let owners. This is to help officials identify people who owe tax, with Airbnb handing the tax authority all of its [https://www.thefreedictionary.com/users%27%20earnings users' earnings] data going as far back as the 2017-18 financial year. The data will help [https://www.flickr.com/search/?q=HMRC%20identify HMRC identify] those making money from letting their properties without declaring it, as it attempts to gather more information on the burgeoning sector. Since February, HMRC has sent 800 letters to people who it suspects have not paid enough tax, [https://search.usa.gov/search?affiliate=usagov&query=reminding reminding] them that they need to disclose income earned from letting out a property through an online rental platform. Airbnb has handed the tax authority all of its users' earnings data going as far back as 2017 HM Treasury previously said more than half of people using 'sharing sites' did not think they had to pay tax on the income they made. However, an Airbnb spokesperson said: 'Hosts want to pay their [https://lerablog.org/?s=fair%20share fair share] of tax and we want to help, which is why Airbnb partners with industry experts across the UK to help hosts understand and follow tax rules. 'We also work with HMRC to share information and help ensure that UK authorities receive the taxes they are due, in accordance with UK laws. The typical UK Host shares their own home for just two nights a month, and one-in-three say the extra income helps them afford rising living costs.' An HMRC spokesperson added that the reminders are 'routine activity', and added: 'Each year we send out thousands of reminder letters on various areas of tax. 'We believe our customers want to pay the right amount of tax and by working with online rental platforms, as well as issuing these reminders, we're taking steps to help make it as easy as possible for people to get their tax right.' In 2018, when the data sharing began, the Government said access to the earnings information of those using sites such as Airbnb would make it easier for people to fulfil their tax obligations while cracking down on a 'dishonest minority'. Experts said property owners could face criminal prosecution and penalties of up to 30pc of the tax owed if they are found to have failed to pay income duties. Richard Morley, a partner at [https://www.houzz.com/photos/query/accountancy%20firm accountancy firm] HW Fisher, the crackdown shows HMRC is [https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=concerned concerned] that people using Airbnb and other holiday let platforms are not paying the tax needed. He said: 'It's a massive area of risk for HMRC, the whole question of property and rental income that's received. Getting information from the likes of Airbnb will be a bit of a goldmine.' If HMRC obtains evidence that tax has been unpaid in a previous year, the tax authority can open an [https://www.paramuspost.com/search.php?query=investigation&type=all&mode=search&results=25 investigation] to obtain information going back up to 20 years under so-called 'discovery laws', he said. He said the penalties are 'subjective': if it was deemed to be a 'innocent error', there may not be any penalty at all, but if it was perceived to be deliberate error then the penalty can be up to 30pc of the tax owed, he added. People who have earned very large amounts of income or have submitted incorrect tax returns are more likely to be found to be careless. Taxpayers who have not disclosed their income are being encouraged to do so voluntarily via HMRC's Let Property Campaign, which would reduce the amount of the penalty. Those renting properties on Airbnb can make up to £1,000 a year before tax, which is protected by the 'trading allowance'. Any profits above this threshold must be declared to HMRC. People renting out a room in their house rather than their whole property can earn up to £7,500 a year tax-free as part of the Government's 'Rent-a-Room scheme'. Those who choose to evade paying tax which is due could face higher penalties and potential criminal prosecution. The tax probe comes amid a wider [https://www.nuwireinvestor.com/?s=crackdown crackdown] on holiday lets. Holiday home owners will be forced to obtain planning permission to let their properties under government plans expected to come into force later this year. The Department for Culture Media and Sport is also holding a further consultation on a new registration scheme for short-term lets.

Girl Found Hanged In Park Was Bullied Before Death Mother Claims

2023-10-05T01:13:48Z

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A thirteen-year-old girl was tragically found hanged in a park where she used to build dens with her brother after viewing social media sites which ‘trivialised' suicide, her mother has claimed. Alyssa Morris was found in Brungerley Park in Clitheroe, Lancashire five days short of her 14th birthday after mental health struggles and ‘social anxieties', an inquest heard. According to her mother she had been bullied relentlessly at school, including being beaten up as well as being targeted online. She is now urging parents to beware the [https://www.britannica.com/search?query=potential%20harms potential harms] from social media and online bullying, warning that children are ‘consumed by phones and social media'. Life-saving procedures were attempted but Alyssa was pronounced dead later that day, February 12. 13-year-old Alyssa had reportedly discussed ending her life in the months before her death Alyssa was described as 'funny, beautiful, very clever' and planned to work with animals Coroner Richard Taylor told the hearing that a note from Alyssa 'doesn't give any explanation' for her actions, and recorded a conclusion of suicide. But afterwards her mother, Kathleen Firth said she was convinced that Alyssa had taken her life because of 'a combination of three things: bullying, social media and Covid'. 'They created a perfect storm of circumstances that my little girl just couldn't overcome,' she added. She alleged that [https://sportsrants.com/?s=bullies%20beat bullies beat] Alyssa up at a bus stop but that police failed to take a statement, [https://www.flickr.com/search/?q=forcing forcing] Ms Firth to turn detective and seek CCTV footage herself. And she hit out at social media platforms, claiming the use of the term 'unalive' instead of 'suicide' had the effect of 'trivialising' death for vulnerable young users. Described as 'funny, beautiful, very clever', Alyssa loved musicals - especially Hamilton - and loved drawing, and she had ambitions to work with animals and the RSPCA. According to her mother, she had no problems at [https://www.thesaurus.com/browse/primary primary] school, but struggled after starting secondary school in 2020 - partly due to Covid requirements which saw pupils taught in 'bubbles'. The hearing in Accrington was told that Alyssa began displaying 'social anxieties' and had self-harmed by cutting her arms. Her mother suspected she was autistic, the hearing was told, although it was never formally diagnosed, and Alyssa became 'upset' when she sought medical help. 'Alyssa wasn't comfortable discussing issues in front of people,' she told the inquest. 'I could see instantly she was withdrawing from the conversation.' She said she had spoken to [https://realitysandwich.com/_search/?search=Alyssa%27s%20school Alyssa's school] about her issues, but had been made to feel 'silly', and believed they had been made worse by Covid. Ms Firth had referred her daughter to a GP but there had been no formal diagnosis of autism. She said Alyssa turned to drawing, using a journal and 'her behaviour seemed more positive'. Alyssa also started at a new school in Blackburn and seemed 'very positive', Ms Firth said. The inquest heard how Alyssa had discussed taking her own life in online chat with two friends and had also looked into a suicide technique. But in the days before her death her mother hadn't noticed 'anything unusual'. 'She had seemed so positive over the previous months,' Ms Firth said in her statement to the hearing. 'This was such a shock because there was nothing to suggest anything would happen.' She was found in a secluded area of the park where she walked the family dog and had built dens with her brother. In a statement after the hearing, Ms Firth said her daughter's mental health [https://www.exeideas.com/?s=struggles struggles] started in Year 7 when 'bullies and Covid restrictions took my daughter's soul away and impacted her mental health'. 'False rumours circulated around school with misinterpreted videos,' she said. 'Thanks to phones and social media it didn't just consume her school life, but it intruded into her home life too.' Despite moving school, bullying continued there and from previous classmates via social media, she claimed. During one incident, in July 2022, Alyssa had been badly attacked at a bus stop by other children and it was reported to police, according to Ms Firth. But she alleged that despite attending a police station, [https://coronavirus.purdue.edu/ penipu] no-one took a statement from her. By last September the bullying had stopped and Alyssa appeared to be 'thriving' after starting Year 9, she added. Bullying reportedly continued after Alyssa moved schools, from old and new classmates Alyssa's mother attributed her daughter's death to bullying, Covid and social media Ms Firth accused social media platforms of trivialising suicide, saying she believed videos and content that Alyssa saw before she died 'failed to make her understand the severity of her actions'. 'Did she really understand the repercussions of what she was doing?' she asked. Ms Firth said she was speaking out to raise awareness of the potential harms from social media and online bullying. The schools Alyssa attended were not given at the hearing, and no-one from Lancashire Police or medical professionals who assessed her gave evidence. The force said it was looking into Alyssa's mother's claims. For confidential support, call the Samaritans on 116123 or visit samaritans.org

One-in-10 Cars That Passed Their MOT Last Year Should Have Failed As Garages Are Failing To Uphold The Government s Strict Testing Standards According To An Investigation

2023-10-05T01:13:20Z

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One-in-10 cars that passed their MOT last year should have failed as garages are failing to uphold the Government's strict testing standards, according to an investigation. Analysis of the Driver and [https://coronavirus.purdue.edu/ penipu] Vehicle Standards Agency's (DVSA) latest MOT Compliance Survey for 2021-22 found that 10.1 per cent of cars [https://www.deer-digest.com/?s=passed%20deemed passed deemed] to be roadworthy by [https://www.healthynewage.com/?s=testers testers] should have failed the annual check-up. This equated to almost 1.3million potentially unsafe motors on Britain's roads, many of which had dangerous defects that were 'missed' by garages. MOT concerns: Analysis of a [https://abcnews.go.com/search?searchtext=DVSA%20survey DVSA survey] of MOT testing found that 10.1% [https://sportsrants.com/?s=cars%20passed cars passed] by UK garages should have failed - and another 2.1% were failed but shouldn't have As part of the DVSA's annual survey, a team of agency experts retest a randomly-selected sample of vehicles to double check if MOTs are being [https://www.buzzfeed.com/search?q=carried carried] out correctly. Last year, a total of 1,732 MOT [https://www.express.co.uk/search?s=tested%20cars tested cars] were re-examined by the agency to better understand if [https://www.rt.com/search?q=accurate%20testing accurate testing] standards are being applied by the industry. RELATED ARTICLES Share this article Share HOW THIS IS MONEY CAN HELP The report confirmed that the DVSA's panel of [https://www.accountingweb.co.uk/search?search_api_views_fulltext=examiners%20disagreed examiners disagreed] with the test outcomes in 12.2 per cent of cases reviewed. Of these, 2.1 per cent were cars that were failed by garages but the DVSA's experts said should have been issued a pass certificate. <div class="art-ins mol-factbox floatRHS money" data-version="2" id="mol-269525f0-ef59-11ed-b5cb-976aebdc6888" website in ten cars that passed their MOT last year should have FAILED

Virginia Plane Crash Echoes 1999 Death Of Golfer Payne Stewart

2023-10-05T01:11:39Z

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The private plane that crashed into a mountainous area in Virginia after becoming unresponsive flying over the capital echoes the 1999 death of golfer Payne Stewart whose Learjet flew for thousands of miles before crashing into fields. Stewart's Learjet was en route from Orlando to Dallas on October 25, 1999, when it lost cabin pressure and flew aimlessly across the country with the professional golfer aboard. The Learjet 35 aircraft continued to fly for thousands of miles with the pilot and passengers unresponsive before eventually crashing when it ran out of fuel in fields, killing five people. In the case of Stewart's flight, the plane lost cabin pressure, causing the occupants to lose consciousness after becoming deprived of oxygen. Investigators said the Learjet crashed after the aircraft failed to pressurize. Stewart (pictured) and four others died Rescue personnel walk past the scene of the crash that killed golfer Payne Stewart in October 1999 A large external piece of Payne Stewart's Learjet 35 is taken for examination after the crash The journey began in Florida with the destination set for Texas, where Stewart and his companions had a business engagement. The aircraft continued climbing past its assigned altitude but then failed to make the westward turn toward Dallas and instead continued flying on a northwestern course, traveling over the southern and midwestern U.S. for almost four hours and 1,500 miles. [https://www.answers.com/search?q=Air%20traffic Air traffic] controllers became concerned when they were unable to establish communication with the plane and F-16 fighter jets were deployed to intercept and investigate the situation. After reaching the Learjet, the fighter pilots observed the cockpit windows to be frosted, suggesting a loss of cabin pressure. The National Transportation Safety Board faces a wall of journalists during a press conference following the plane crash that killed golfer Payne Stewart in October 1999 A South Dakota state trooper points to the sky over the scene near Mina, South Dakota, where Stewart's plane came down following pressurization failure during its flight to Dallas, Texas Despite attempts to establish visual contact with the occupants or communicate with them, there was no response. The Learjet continued its [https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=pre-programmed pre-programmed] flight plan, suggesting the crew and passengers had become unconscious due to oxygen deprivation. The National Transportation Safety Board conducted an investigation to determine the cause of the accident and concluded that the probable cause of the accident was incapacitation of the flight crew due to hypoxia, a lack of oxygen. 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Inexplicably, the plane [https://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/search/?q=appeared appeared] to reach the New York area then made nearly a 180-degree turn over Long Island and flew a straight path back down over Washington D.C. before it crashed over mountainous terrain near Montebello, Virginia, around 3:30pm. It was not immediately clear why the plane was non-responsive or why it crashed. The plane flew directly over the nation's capital, [https://sma.ciracas.labschool-unj.sch.id/-/PLANET-88/ palsu] though it was technically flying above some of the most heavily restricted airspace in the nation. As in the Payne Stewart crash, a military jet was scrambled to respond to the small plane, which wasn't responding to radio transmissions. The Rumpels are large-scale donors to conservative political candidates, including former President Donald Trump, having given a combined $250,000 to a PAC supporting Trump's 2020 campaign Flight tracking sites showed the jet suffered a rapid spiraling descent, dropping at one point at a rate of more than 30,000 feet per minute before crashing in the St. Mary's Wilderness. The North American Aerospace Defense Command later said in a statement that the F-16 was authorized to travel at supersonic speeds, which caused a sonic boom that was heard in Washington and parts of Virginia and Maryland. The U.S. military attempted to contact the pilot, who was unresponsive as the Cessna aircraft appeared to be flying on autopilot. 'During this event, the NORAD aircraft also used flares - which may have been visible to the public - in an attempt to draw attention from the pilot,' the statement said. 'Flares are employed with highest regard for safety of the intercepted aircraft and people on the ground. Flares burn out quickly and completely and there is no danger to the people on the ground when dispensed.' Virginia State Police said troopers were notified of the potential crash shortly before 4pm and rescuers reached the crash site by foot around four hours later. No survivors were found, police said. Rumpel told the of his family members' likely last moments, saying 'they all just would have gone to sleep and never woke up.' State police confirmed the wreckage of the plane was found in the Staunton/Blue Ridge Parkway area, in a rural part of the Shenandoah Valley and that no survivors were found. 'At 3:50 p.m. Sunday (June 4, 2023), the Virginia State Police was notified of a possible aircraft crash in the Staunton/Blue Ridge Parkway region,' a spokesperson for Virginia State Police said. 'Search efforts by the Virginia State Police, Augusta County Sheriff's Office and Augusta County Fire-Rescue immediately got underway by ground and air across the region. 'Shortly before 8 p.m. Sunday (June 4, 2023), first responders were able to reach the crash site by foot. 'State police has suspended its search efforts. No survivors were located.' The plane that crashed was registered to Encore Motors of Melbourne Inc, which is based in Florida. A Cessna Citation can carry between seven and 12 passengers. Authorities secure the entrance to Mine Bank Trail, an access point to the rescue operation along the Blue Ridge Parkway where a Cessna Citation crashed over mountainous terrain near Montebello, Virginia Search and rescue teams leave the command post at St. Mary's Wilderness en route to the Blue Ridge Parkway A photo Barbara Rumpel had previously shared online of her young granddaughter The plane that crashed was registered to Encore Motors of Melbourne Inc, which is based in Florida. A Cessna Citation can carry between seven and 12 passengers John Rumpel, who runs the company, told that his daughter, [https://www.dict.cc/?s=two-year-old two-year-old] granddaughter, her nanny and the pilot were aboard the plane. They were returning to their home in East Hampton, on Long Island, after visiting his house in North Carolina, he said. Rumpel, a pilot, told the newspaper he didn't have much information from authorities but hoped his family didn't suffer and suggested the plane could've lost pressurization. 'I don't think they've found the wreckage yet,' Rumpel told the newspaper. 'It descended at 20,000 feet a minute, and nobody could [https://www.tumblr.com/search/survive survive] a crash from that speed.'

Inside The 15-year Manhunt To Find Boston apos;s Serial Rape Suspect

2023-10-05T00:59:00Z

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[https://www.gov.uk/search/all?keywords=Investigators Investigators] from the linked a attorney to a series of violent rapes in Boston after tracking down his relative's DNA on a commercial genealogy database. Matthew Nilo, 35, was arrested last week on [https://dict.leo.org/?search=suspicion suspicion] of raping three women and sexually assaulting a fourth in 2007 and 2008. Police took samples from the , in Boston, at the time of the incidents and processed the glove of a fourth victim who poked her assailant in the eye while wearing the garment. All three matched the same profile, leading officers to believe that the same man committed each of the assaults. The FBI confirmed 15 years later that the DNA belonged to Nilo after comparing the samples to one from a glass he drank from at a corporate event, but there were multiple hurdles they had to first overcome. Matthew Nilo, 35, denied attacking four women in Boston in 2008 and 2007 during his appearance in Suffolk Superior Court on Monday Police took samples from the three women who were raped in Terminal Street, in Boston, at the time of the incidents and processed the glove of a fourth victim who poked her assailant in the eye while wearing the garment The investigation initially stalled because the DNA obtained from each of the women failed to flag any potential matches on the [https://www.google.com/search?q=federal federal] CODIS system. Officers kept the case open, using the Sexual Assault Kit Initiative - a federal program designed to help process a backlog of rape kits - to reinvestigate the incidents. Boston Police Department doesn't have a backlog of rape kits but has instead used the initiative and a $2.5million federal grant to re-examine 'unsolved cases that present the greatest threat to public safety.' Cops requested the DNA be cross-referenced by the FBI using 'forensic investigative genetic genealogy' in October last year. Officers from the BPD submitted the DNA samples obtained from the three women to GEDMatch and Family Tree DNA, two of the only genealogy websites which allow law enforcement access to their databases. Because the databases are so small, the FBI could only search 'about two million people', meaning they had to either 'get lucky or be really skilled.' Consumers using the sites must [https://www.tumblr.com/search/consent consent] before their information is shared with law enforcement, and they use the sites to trace their ancestry or locate other relatives. GEDMatch and Family Tree DNA then provide a list of relatives and the percentage of DNA they share with the sample submitted by the police - which led them to Nilo in April this year. The FBI confirmed 15 years later that the DNA belonged to Nilo after comparing the samples to one from a glass he drank from at a corporate event His fiance Laura Griffin was seen gripping rosary beads during his court hearing in Suffolk Superior Court on Monday Pictures from Nilo's Facebook page show how he would have looked at the time of the assaults in 2007 and 2008 Unlike police DNA databases, those of [https://mondediplo.com/spip.php?page=recherche&recherche=commercial commercial] genealogy companies can search for up to one million DNA markers (using single-nucleotide polymorphisms, not STRs), creating a much wider pool of relatives to sift through. Historically law enforcement had to rely on federal and local DNA databases, which contain the profiles of people previously arrested. If a suspect had not been apprehended before, then their DNA would not be in the CODIS system, and they could not be identified. Once a suspect is identified through the genealogy companies, who provide names and how strong the match is, police then attempt to take a DNA sample to confirm a direct match. However, this often takes place surreptitiously, with officers tracking Nilo in New York for at least a month when he was identified as a suspect in April. Court documents show that the FBI was able to 'obtain various utensils and drinking glasses they watched the defendant use at a corporate event.' They obtained a DNA profile from one of the glasses, which they say matched the profile of the three rapes on Terminal Street. After obtaining a match from the glass, they then tested a sample found on the glove of the fourth woman - and 'determined that this profile was 314 times more likely to belong to Matthew Nilo than to any other male in the population' His fiancée gripped the religious beads throughout the hearing but did not say anything as she exited the court Once a suspect is identified through the genealogy companies, who provide names and how strong the match is, police then attempt to take a DNA sample to confirm a direct match PIctured: Nilo (center) with friends After obtaining a match from the glass, they tested a sample found on the glove of the fourth woman - and [https://www.deviantart.com/search?q=%27determined 'determined] that this profile was 314 times more likely to belong to Nilo than to any other male in the population.' In the past 15 months, Boston Police Department has arrested six people for alleged rapes, using a $2.5 million federal grant to re-examine 'unsolved cases that present the greatest threat to public safety.' Former State Street Bank vice president Ivan Cheung was one of those arrested - with cops obtaining his DNA from a cigarette butt he discarded at South Bay Center. He is charged with raping two children and two women at knifepoint between 2003 and 2006. Irving Pierre was also arrested over the alleged rape of a 16-year-old girl and a woman in Roslindale in 2007 and 2013. They have also [https://www.ourmidland.com/search/?action=search&firstRequest=1&searchindex=solr&query=charged%20William charged William] Mancortes with attacking women while pretending to be a ride-share driver in 2017. Demetrius Wilson has been charged with two rapes, and Ali Abdallah-Muhammad is accused of a 2014 rape. In the past 15 months, Boston Police Department has arrested six people for alleged rapes, using a $2.5 million federal grant to re-examine 'unsolved cases that present the greatest threat to public safety' Prosecutors said that all three women underwent a sexual assault examination, which yielded a DNA profile which matched the male in each attack Nilo, who once lived in the North End, was arrested at his home in Weehawken, New Jersey, on Tuesday, more than 15 years after he allegedly terrorized four victims Experts say that DNA from sexual assault kits are very reliable, even if they are 15 years old. FBI agents used a kit that was 38 years old to identify a former police officer as the Golden State Killer. Barbara Rae-Venter, an investigative genetic genealogy consultant, told the Boston Globe that people who are identified by the websites 'have no record' and are 'not on anybody's radar.' 'That is what is so amazing about investigative genetic genealogy. You are able to identify people who you otherwise would not be able to identify,' she said. Genetic genealogy has also been used to identify murder victims, with the FBI confirming the identity of 'The Lady of the Dunes' - which had left law enforcement puzzled for nearly 50 years. Nilo on Monday pleaded not guilty to three counts of aggravated rape, two counts of kidnapping, one count of assault with the intent to rape and one count of indecent assault and battery Nilo, who was linked to the crimes by DNA, was supported in court by family members and Griffin who was present when FBI officers swooped at their home He was handcuffed and appeared in court wearing a blue shirt and jeans and looked emotional as he pleaded not guilty to the charges Nilo is accused of assaulting the four women in or around Terminal Street in Charleston on 18 August 2007, 22 November 2007, 5 August 2008 and 23 December 2008 His bail was posted at $500,000, and if he able to post that amount, he must submit to GPS monitoring and stay away from his alleged victims and the scene of the crime. At the time of the alleged rapes, Boston Police Department issued a warning that a man was attacking women after offering them rides home. According to a police affidavit, a dozen FBI agents and Boston Police officers arrested Nilo at his luxury apartment complex. They lured him down to the lobby under the pretense that 'a large package had been delivered to him that did not fit in the ... lockers where the residents pick up packages.' He was with his fiancée, Laura Griffin, at the time of his arrest, and immediately invoked his Miranda rights. Nilo is accused of assaulting the four women in or around Terminal Street in Charleston on 18 August 2007, 22 November 2007, 5 August 2008 and 23 December 2008. A 23-year-old woman claims she was approached by a man in his 20's after leaving a friend's home in the State Street area in the early hours. She said she thought she knew the man, who offered her a ride to help her look for her vehicle before driving her to Terminal Street. According to a police affidavit, a dozen FBI agents and Boston Police officers arrested Nilo at his luxury apartment complex Nilo is accused of assaulting the four women in or around Terminal Street in Charleston on 18 August 2007, 22 November 2007, 5 August 2008 and 23 December 2008 Nilo then allegedly told her to 'shut up' or he would kill her, claiming to have a weapon before raping her on a grassy area near railroad tracks, according to court filings. The second attack allegedly took place in November 2007, when a woman, 23, was leaving a bar on State Street after attending a high school reunion. Documents say that she got into Nilo's car, thinking it was a taxi, before giving him the address of an ATM near her apartment. She claims that the man flashed a knife at her after she told him he missed the address, driving her to Terminal Street where he ordered her out of the car before raping her. The third assault took place in August 2008, after Nilo allegedly approached a 36-year-old woman on Boston Common, promising her money if she went to Charlestown with him. When they exited the car at Terminal Street, he allegedly 'tackled her to the ground, held a gun to her back' and raped her repeatedly. The final assault took place in December 2008, where a 44-year-old woman was attacked as she was jogging in the area of Terminal Street. Court documents claim that he approached her from behind, tackled her to the ground and sexually assaulted her. The man, who was later allegedly identified as Nilo, repeatedly told her 'I have a gun' before she managed to escape by poking at his eyes while wearing a glove. Nilo's lawyer Joseph Cataldo claimed that he has received 'no indication' that a search warrant was obtained before they collected Nilo's DNA samples. [https://www.rt.com/search?q=Speaking Speaking] outside court, [https://harvardheroes.harvard.edu/-/?daftar=planet88 bokep indonesia] he said: 'My educated guess is there are no search warrants. Obtaining DNA and analyzing it without a warrant based on probable cause, I posit that is unconstitutional.'

Battles Shake Sudan apos;s Capital As Power Struggle Escalates

2023-10-05T00:58:55Z

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2023-10-05T00:54:15Z

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2023-10-05T00:53:46Z

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2023-10-05T00:53:40Z

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Battles Shake Sudan apos;s Capital As Power Struggle Escalates

2023-10-05T00:52:00Z

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2023-10-05T00:49:17Z

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US State Department apos;s Top China Policy Official To Step Down

2023-10-05T00:48:47Z

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By Michael Martina and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON, May 24 (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department's top China policy official Rick Waters is set to step down at a time of fraught relations between Washington and Beijing. Waters, deputy assistant secretary of State for China and Taiwan who leads the department's recently created China House policy division, will leave his role on June 23 and remain a member of the senior foreign service, according to a State Department spokesperson. Waters announced his intention to leave his post at a staff meeting earlier on Wednesday, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. "We thank him for his two years of skillful service on China and Taiwan issues, to include his standing up the Office of China Coordination and his leadership over the Office of Taiwan Coordination," the spokesperson said in a statement. Waters did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment. Reuters reported two weeks ago that the State Department delayed human rights-related sanctions, export controls and other sensitive action to try to limit damage to the U.S.-China relationship after an alleged Chinese spy balloon traversed the United States in February. The report referenced an email Waters sent to staff that relayed instructions to postpone some actions so the department could focus on a "symmetric and calibrated response" to the balloon. Relations between the world's two largest economies are at their worst in decades, according to many analysts, as the strategic rivals clash over issues ranging from Taiwan to trade. "China House is already strengthening the administration´s work to advance a free and open Indo-Pacific and out-compete China," said Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel J. Kritenbrink. "There are few people in the U.S. government who understand the PRC (People's Republic of China) better than Rick Waters, and standing up China House under his leadership will be a lasting legacy. Rick is a strategic thinker who has skillfully advanced U.S. policy on China," said Kritenbrink, adding that the State Department is in the [https://www.dictionary.com/browse/process process] of choosing Waters' successor. President Joe Biden's administration has [https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/?s=sought%20high-level sought high-level] [https://dict.leo.org/?search=meetings meetings] with China in an effort to keep ties from veering toward conflict, particularly since the diplomatic crisis over the balloon's flight past sensitive U.S. military sites. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken postponed a planned February trip to China after the balloon incident, but the White House has said efforts are continuing to facilitate visits by Blinken, as well as Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo. Waters has led China House - officially the Office of China Coordination - since it was launched in December as a reorganization of the department's China desk to sharpen policies. He has served as deputy assistant secretary for about two years. Some Biden administration critics have questioned U.S. overtures to China, arguing that past decades of engagement have failed to change its line on a range of trade, security and human rights issues. Congressman Mike McCaul, the Republican chair of the House of Representative's Foreign Affairs Committee, cited the Reuters report in a letter he sent to Blinken dated May 19, [https://www.wonderhowto.com/search/demanding/ demanding] information related to actions toward China. "For the U.S. to succeed in its strategic competition with the PRC, it is essential that it be willing to unflinchingly hold the PRC accountable for its aggression and malfeasance, and that it be well-organized and effective in doing so," McCaul wrote. The Biden administration has recently seen other changes among senior officials focused on China. U.S. [https://www.martindale.com/Results.aspx?ft=2&frm=freesearch&lfd=Y&afs=Deputy%20Secretary Deputy Secretary] of State Wendy Sherman, who has driven much of the department's approach toward China, announced on May 12 that she is retiring. And a former top official for China on Biden's National Security Council, Laura Rosenberger, stepped down this year to head a U.S. government-run nonprofit that manages unofficial relations with [https://www.newsweek.com/search/site/Chinese-claimed%20Taiwan Chinese-claimed Taiwan]. (Reporting by [https://www.buzzfeed.com/search?q=Michael%20Martina Michael Martina] and Humeyra Pamuk Editing by Don Durfee and [https://coronavirus.purdue.edu/ bokep indonesia] Lisa Shumaker)

US State Department apos;s Top China Policy Official To Step Down

2023-10-05T00:39:23Z

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Using Online Dating Sites: Do Not Turn Out To Be A Disappointing Match For Singles

2023-10-05T00:38:32Z

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2023-10-05T00:34:30Z

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UK apos;s Sunak Says Plan Stopping Small Migrant Boats Is Working

2023-10-05T00:33:38Z

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By Sarah Young LONDON, June 5 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Monday his plan to stop migrants arriving in small boats had reduced crossings by 20%, an update he hopes will ease criticism from his party and in the country over immigration policy. Sunak, who is expected to lead his governing Conservative Party into a national election next year, has promised to "stop the boats" from [https://www.thefreedictionary.com/crossing crossing] the English Channel as one of his five pledges after he was propelled to power in October last year. But he has been criticised by members of his own party and the public for not moving quickly enough, with people protesting about the housing of hundreds of migrants in hotels after record numbers [https://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&gl=us&tbm=nws&q=arrived&gs_l=news arrived] in Britain last year. "In the five months since I launched the plan, crossings are now down 20% compared to last year," Sunak told a news conference in southern England. "The plan is working," he said, adding his government was not complacent and would work hard to make sure parliament passed a new law. The opposition Labour Party said Sunak had failed to clear the backlog of tens of thousands of asylum claims and that 7,600 people had crossed the [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/English%20Channel English Channel] so far this year. Britain has long struggled to curb the number of arrivals on its southern shores, but Sunak is keen to show his plan of securing agreements with other European [https://www.thesaurus.com/browse/countries countries] to reduce the numbers arriving can produce results. He said a deal with Albania had meant that Britain was returning more migrants to the country and that London was increasing its provision of accommodation for those awaiting immigration decisions. Sunak said so far this year "the number of Albanian small boat arrivals has fallen by almost 90%" and that Britain was now accepting one in 50 Albanian asylum cases compared with one in five previously. More than 5,000 asylum seekers in total would be moved out of [https://imgur.com/hot?q=hotels%20- hotels -] which currently cost 6 million pounds ($7.4 million) per day - into two new sites and two new vessels, the [https://ajt-ventures.com/?s=interior interior] [https://harvardheroes.harvard.edu/-/?daftar=planet88 bokep indonesia] ministry said. Sunak urged parliament to pass his new Illegal Migration Bill, which will allow for the swift detention and deportation of people arriving on small boats back to their homeland or to [https://www.europeana.eu/portal/search?query=so-called%20safe so-called safe] third countries such as Rwanda. (Reporting by Sarah Young, writing by Farouq Suleiman and [https://www.gameinformer.com/search?keyword=Elizabeth Elizabeth] Piper; editing by Kate Holton and Nick Macfie)

For More Than Half A Century Academics Wondered If The German Town Of Rungholt Was A mythical But Fictional Settlement

2023-10-05T00:28:12Z

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An Israeli Missile Worsens The Adversity Of Five Disabled Siblings

2023-10-05T00:26:09Z

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Singles Dating And Moving Forward From Failed Past Relationships

2023-10-05T00:25:26Z

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Inside The 15-year Manhunt To Find Boston apos;s Serial Rape Suspect

2023-10-05T00:25:19Z

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Investigators from the linked a attorney to a series of violent rapes in Boston after tracking down his relative's DNA on a commercial genealogy database. Matthew Nilo, 35, was arrested last week on suspicion of raping three women and sexually assaulting a fourth in 2007 and 2008. Police took samples from the , in Boston, at the time of the incidents and processed the glove of a fourth victim who poked her assailant in the eye while wearing the garment. All three matched the same profile, leading officers to believe that the same man committed each of the assaults. The FBI confirmed 15 years later that the DNA belonged to Nilo after comparing the samples to one from a glass he drank from at a corporate event, but there were multiple hurdles they had to first overcome. Matthew Nilo, 35, denied attacking four women in Boston in 2008 and 2007 during his appearance in Suffolk Superior Court on Monday Police took samples from the three women who were raped in Terminal Street, in Boston, at the time of the incidents and processed the glove of a fourth victim who poked her assailant in the eye while wearing the garment The investigation initially stalled because the DNA obtained from each of the women failed to flag any potential matches on the federal CODIS system. Officers kept the case open, using the Sexual Assault Kit Initiative - a federal program designed to help process a backlog of rape kits - to reinvestigate the incidents. Boston Police Department doesn't have a backlog of rape kits but has instead used the initiative and a $2.5million federal grant to re-examine 'unsolved cases that present the greatest threat to public safety.' Cops requested the DNA be cross-referenced by the FBI using 'forensic investigative genetic genealogy' in October last year. Officers from the BPD submitted the DNA samples obtained from the three women to GEDMatch and Family Tree DNA, two of the only genealogy websites which allow law enforcement access to their databases. Because the databases are so small, the FBI could only search 'about two million people', meaning they had to either 'get lucky or be really skilled.' Consumers using the sites must [https://www.paramuspost.com/search.php?query=consent&type=all&mode=search&results=25 consent] before their information is shared with law enforcement, and they use the sites to trace their ancestry or locate other relatives. GEDMatch and Family Tree DNA then provide a list of relatives and the percentage of DNA they share with the sample submitted by the police - which led them to Nilo in April this year. 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In conversations with an unnamed young woman on Snapchat he talked about becoming a martyr, indiscriminate attacks on the public and wanting to kill non-believers. However, Murphy said he did not appear to be acting with anyone else and that King had attended a number of mosques where he had talked about violent jihad, but was challenged and warned about his behaviour. Authorities had been tipped off about King through an anti-terrorist hotline and the Prevent counter-terrorism programme after he posted a video on a WhatsApp group on April 13 last year King was captured on CCTV footage as he scoped out potential target sites for a terror attack The teenager plotted to attack police officers or soldiers, and checked out a busy train station in May last year as a potential target After the sentencing, Scotland Yard described King as a 'committed, self-initiated terrorist' who was 'self-radicalised' online during the Covid-19 pandemic. Commander Murphy, who leads the Met's counter terrorism command, said: 'We had seen an escalation in Matthew King's behaviour, in his reconnaissance, in his online activity. [https://www.bing.com/search?q=%27I%20genuinely&form=MSNNWS&mkt=en-us&pq=%27I%20genuinely 'I genuinely] believe this was an imminent terrorist attack. Without the public's help and without the efficient investigation of my officers, officers from the eastern region and members of the intelligence community, we wouldn't have been able to disrupt what, for me, was an imminent attack.' Setting out the facts at a previous hearing, prosecutor Paul Jarvis had described how King had developed an 'entrenched Islamist extremist mindset'. In his early teens, King 'dabbled with drugs' and was expelled from school after becoming aggressive, eventually leaving education entirely at the age of 16. Around 2020, he became interested in Islam, began to attend mosques and watched Muslim videos on YouTube. By May 2021, his family noticed he had become more extreme and his mother became concerned he was watching material online promoting hatred, Mr Jarvis said. Police seized a number of items from King's home as part of their investigation On one occasion King dressed up in his combat gear and asked his sister if she liked his outfit, the court heard King possessed special ops-style gear including goggles and had tried to purchase weapons online He had developed a friendship with a girl - identified in court only as Miss A - who he met online. He spoke of wanting to get his hands on an American or British Marine and told the girl: 'I just wanna die a martyr.' When Miss A appeared to support and encourage him, King responded: 'I guess jihadi love is powerful. I just want to kill people.' In further [http://dig.ccmixter.org/search?searchp=graphic graphic] chat, Miss A talked about torturing, mutilating and beheading a soldier and then cutting up the body parts. As part of his terror attack planning, King had set up an online account with the retailer Knife Warehouse, searched for IS tactical training videos in the use of knives and bought 'tactical gloves' and goggles. On one occasion, he went into his sister's bedroom dressed up in his combat outfit and asked if she liked his clothes. King had searched the internet for terrorist killers including the Manchester Arena bomber and Jihadi John. While planning acts of terrorism in Britain, King had also expressed a desire to join Islamic State in Syria and sought advice on a WhatsApp group about the best way to get there. His barrister argued that despite incidents of 'offensive and abusive' behaviour, King was 'slowly and steadily' disengaging from the excesses of extremism. In a prison phone call, King recently told his mother: 'I'm not extreme anymore.' Authorities had been tipped off about King through an anti-terrorist hotline and the Prevent counter-terrorism programme after he posted a video on a WhatsApp group on April 13 last year. In it was an image of a male holding a knife with the words: 'Those who said that there is no jihad and no battle. They are lying! 'Our jihad will continue until disappearance until the day of judgment! Now the battle has begun and it will continue until the day of judgment. So take out your sword, O youth, and destroy the kufr.' King was arrested at his home on May 18 by officers from the Metropolitan Police Counter Terrorism Command and his mobile phone was examined. After being cautioned, he responded: 'I don't believe in the UK law, the only law I believe in is the law of Allah.' He was subsequently charged with preparing an act of terrorism between December 22 2021 and May 17 2022. Prosecutors alleged the plot was related to extreme Islamist beliefs and that King carried out surveillance at railway stations, police stations, Stratford Magistrates' Court in east London and an Army barracks in East Ham, also east London. Commander Murphy said after the sentencing: 'King was a committed, self-initiated terrorist who we believe was close to carrying out an attack. He will now spend a long time in jail, where he doesn't pose a risk to the public. 'It is notable that this investigation started as a direct result of calls to police from members of the public who were concerned about King's extremist mindset, and this case is a powerful example of how vitally important information from the public is to counter-terrorism investigations. 'The speed at which King self-radicalised and then began to start planning an attack was alarming, and the calls made to us from members of the public about King led directly to police stopping him committing a deadly attack. 'This case shows that people can and should have confidence in reporting concerns linked to terrorism to us - those calls really do make a difference, and police will act on the information to keep people safe. 'I would like to commend the work of the investigation team, who built the strong foundations of the case in the two weeks after his arrest, and worked in challenging circumstances to secure the evidence needed to charge King and ensure he remained in custody from the time of his arrest.' Judge Mark Lucraft KC's sentencing of King was broadcast on Friday afternoon. The judge says if 19-year-old King is released at the end of the six-year minimum term by a parole board, he will be on licence and liable to be recalled to prison for the rest of his life.

US CIA Chief Burns Visited China In May

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Airbnb Hosts Face Tax Probe Spanning Six Years Of Income

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Blinken Looks To Travel To China For Talks In Coming Weeks -US...

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By Trevor Hunnicutt and Michael Martina WASHINGTON, June 6 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to China for talks in the coming weeks, an official said on Tuesday, months after Washington's top diplomat scrapped a planned trip over a suspected Chinese spy balloon that flew across the U.S. The visit is intended by Washington to be a [https://www.bbc.co.uk/search/?q=major%20step major step] toward what President Joe Biden has called a "thaw" in relations between the world's two largest economies. Blinken postponed a visit to Beijing in February after the balloon, which Beijing denies was a government spy vessel, flew through U.S. airspace and over sensitive military sites, eventually being shot down by the U.S. military and creating a diplomatic crisis. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, did not elaborate on timing. The State Department did not confirm any updated plans for Blinken's trip. "We have no travel for the Secretary to announce; as we've said previously the visit to the People's Republic of China will be rescheduled when conditions allow," deputy spokesman Vedant Patel said. China's Washington embassy did not respond to a [https://www.britannica.com/search?query=request request] for comment. Separately, and without mentioning Blinken's trip, U.S. Indo-Pacific coordinator [https://labschool-unj.sch.id/ palsu] Kurt Campbell told an event at the Hudson Institute that exchanges with Beijing were [https://www.gov.uk/search/all?keywords=improving improving]. "The lines of communications are opening up and we are able to lay out more constructively our areas of interest and concern," although the U.S. had been unsuccessful in getting China to agree to effective crisis mechanisms, Campbell said. He said episodes like what he called "dangerous" navigation by a Chinese destroyer in the Taiwan Strait on Saturday, showed the need for these "to prevent circumstances where unintended consequences can have terrible consequences." A Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said on Monday that the measures taken by the Chinese military were "reasonable, legitimate, and professional and safe." "China is increasingly a great power. Her (military) forces rub up against ours much more than they did in the past. The potential for miscalculation, inadvertence, is real and growing," Campbell said. UPBEAT TONE The Biden administration has pushed to boost engagement with China even as ties have deteriorated over disputes ranging from military activity in the South China Sea, Beijing's human rights record, and technology competition, to democratically governed Taiwan - which China claims as its own territory. But critics have questioned U.S. overtures to China, arguing that decades of engagement have failed to change Beijing's behavior. The State Department's top official for East Asia, Daniel Kritenbrink, was in Beijing this week for talks with Chinese counterparts, a visit seen as a step toward a possible Blinken trip. The two sides struck an upbeat tone. Asked by reporters in Beijing if [https://slashdot.org/index2.pl?fhfilter=Blinken Blinken] would visit soon, Kritenbrink said: "we'll see." The United States was "working hard" to manage the relationship with China, he said. Kritenbrink's arrival on June 4 coincided with the 34th anniversary of the 1989 crackdown by Chinese troops on demonstrators in and around Beijing's Tiananmen Square that rights groups say killed hundreds, if not thousands, of protesters. The [https://venturebeat.com/?s=Biden%20administration Biden administration] dismissed any [https://www.ourmidland.com/search/?action=search&firstRequest=1&searchindex=solr&query=significance significance] behind the arrival date, but some Republican lawmakers and Tiananmen survivors criticized the timing, arguing U.S. eagerness to hold talks with Chinese officials was watering down U.S. positions. Reuters reported in May that the State Department delayed human rights-related sanctions, [https://www.travelwitheaseblog.com/?s=export%20controls export controls] and other sensitive action to try to [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/limit%20damage limit damage] to the U.S.-China relationship after the balloon incursion. ([https://www.answers.com/search?q=Reporting Reporting] by Trevor Hunnicutt, Michael Martina, David Brunnstrom, Simon Lewis and Doina Chiacu; Editing by Don Durfee and Grant McCool)

US Imposes Sanctions On Hundreds Of Targets In Fresh Russia Action

2023-10-04T23:57:52Z

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By Daphne Psaledakis and Simon Lewis WASHINGTON, May 19 (Reuters) - The United States on Friday announced sanctions on more than 300 targets as Group of Seven leaders met in Japan, aiming to punish Russia for its invasion of Ukraine and intensifying one of the harshest sanctions efforts ever implemented. The move, which targets Russia's sanctions evasion, future energy revenues and military-industrial supply chains, marks the latest [https://www.b2bmarketing.net/en-gb/search/site/sanctions sanctions] and export controls targeting Moscow, which have already hit thousands of targets and imposed steep curbs on Russia. "Today´s actions will further tighten the vise on (Russian President Vladimir) Putin´s ability to wage his barbaric invasion and will advance our global efforts to cut off Russian attempts to evade sanctions," U.S. Treasury Department Secretary Janet Yellen said in a statement. Russia's foreign ministry said former U.S. President Barack Obama was among 500 Americans citizens who would be banned in response to the latest round of U.S. sanctions. The ministry also said Russia had refused the latest U.S. request for consular access to detained reporter Evan Gershkovich, who faces spying charges. The U.S. and Europe imposed financial penalties on Russia immediately following the start of the war last year and have steadily ratcheted up the pressure since then, targeting Putin and officials close to him, the financial sector and oligarchs. Experts say Washington could still impose tougher penalties, however - while the sanctions have clearly damaged Russia's economy, they have so far failed to stop Putin from pursuing a war that has killed tens of thousands and turned cities to rubble. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday's action targeted an international network that procures components for the Russia-based entity responsible for the manufacture of the Orlan drone, which Russian forces and their proxies are using in Ukraine. An investigation by Reuters and iStories, a Russian media outlet, in collaboration with the Royal United Services Institute, a defense think tank in London, last year uncovered a logistical trail that spans the globe and ends at the Orlan's production line, the Special Technology Centre in St. Petersburg, Russia. The [https://www.wordreference.com/definition/investigation investigation] found that among the most important suppliers to Russia's drone program has been a Hong Kong-based exporter, Asia Pacific Links Ltd, which was targeted by Washington on Friday, as was import company SMT iLogic. 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Washington has not imposed sanctions on Rosatom itself. The State Department also designated two Iranian shipping companies, a port operator and a maritime service provider it said were part of deepening ties between Russia and Iran. U.S. sanctions authorities were also expanded to more sectors of the Russian economy, including architecture, manufacturing and construction, the Treasury said. The Biden administration also halted the export of wide range of consumer goods to Russia on Friday and added 71 companies to a Commerce Department's list that [https://www.travelwitheaseblog.com/?s=bars%20suppliers bars suppliers] from selling them U.S. technology without a hard-to-obtain license. Dan Fried, a former State Department coordinator for sanctions policy who is now at the [https://www.modernmom.com/?s=Atlantic Atlantic] Council think tank, said Friday's action was a broad and impactful sanctions package, but that further action to escalate could still be taken, including further sanctions on banks and a reduction of the oil price cap. "At first glance, this is a solid list, not a dramatic escalation," Fried said. (Reporting by Daphne Psaledakis, Simon Lewis, Arshad Mohammed, Jonathan Landay, Susan Heavey and Doina Chiacu in Washington; Editing by Alistair Bell)

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