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Legal
Ex-MSF worker testifies at trial of IS ‘Beatle’
(AFP) A former Doctors Without Borders (MSF) worker held for three months in Syria in 2014 by the Islamic State group testified on Thursday to the particularly brutal treatment meted out to American and British hostages. Frida Saide, a Swede, revealed details […]
Health & Medicine
Barber shop owner who sent COVID grants money to Islamic State fighters jailed Police identified transfers of money with a total of about £11,280 — while the court heard Tarek Namouz was recorded telling a visitor in prison he had sent around £25,000.
(Sky News) A barber shop owner who sent thousands of pounds to Islamic State (IS) fighters in Syria after claiming COVID grant payments has been jailed for 12 years. Tarek Namouz, 43, from Hammersmith in west London, had received the bounce-back loans […]
Law Enforcement
Manchester Arena inquiry: Transport Police ‘did not share critical info’
(BBC) British Transport Police failed to share vital details with other emergency services after the Manchester Arena attack, a senior officer said. Assistant Chief Constable Sean O’Callaghan told the public inquiry into the atrocity how a declaration of a major incident was […]