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Bitcoin hitting record highs, the continuation of a rally that has been building for a couple of months. There are a couple of factors the mainstreaming of bitcoin. You may recall earlier this year regulators in the us open and investing opportunities attached to crypto currencies to more investors, and since then funds have been pouring into that. There was a report that huge figures have been raised. That has definitely increased things on the demand side. On the supply side, there is a 0n the...

It took 19 years to bring iain packer tojustice, leaving him free to attack other women. Emma caldwell� s family lawyer says she was failed by a toxic culture within the police of misogyny and corruption. Our correspondent steve godden is at the First Ministers residence, bute house. Like bring us the latest. The Caldwell Family arrived here around ten minutes ago and have gone into the building behind me. We expect the building behind me. We expect the meeting to last around an hour. It is an...

Ministers committed to ending rough sleeping by the end of this year. An inquiry into how a serving metropolitan Police Officer was able to abduct and kill Sarah Everard has concluded he remained on the force because of failures in recruitment and vetting. The inquiry said red flags were missed at the three Different Police forces where Wayne Couzens served over several years. He was off duty when he kidnapped the 33 year old in march 2021. He is now serving a whole Life Sentence for rape and mu...

There looking at our own insider threat. There is looking at our own insider threat. There is still so much to do in policing there is still so much to do in policing and across society. I would like to policing and across society. I would like to finish by talking directly and speaking directly to women, you will be and speaking directly to women, you will be right to be angry today, about will be right to be angry today, about what you are reading and hearing about what you are reading and hea...

Tortured for three years on president putins orders and then murdered. Applause in her address in strasbourg, which received a Standing Ovation, Yulia Navalnaya said that people outside russia need to understand that Vladimir Putin is not a politician, but the head of an organised crime gang. She said he cant be negotiated with, and is capable of anything. She promised to continue his work towards a free russia. Heres some of that speech. On his orders, alexei was tortured for three years. He wa...

Butjust one single episode exposed how he operated inside the ira while on the states books. This is a story of a spy who got away with murder. West belfast in the 1980s. An irish republican enclave where many were subject to the iras rules. Such warnings to so called touts were frequently borne out. Archive charlie mcilmurray� s body was found in this van on sunday. Charlie mcilmurray, a west belfast taxi driver, suspected of being a tout slang for an informer was shot dead in 1987. I think t...

The famous sta keknife. He was obviously someone who had access to the higher levels of the ira. An ira spy catcher skilled at interrogating Suspected Informers. An ira enforcer and executioner. Theres not one killing that Freddie Scappaticci was involved in that the ira did not sanction. Freddie scappaticci denied his double life when exposed. I am not guilty of any of these allegations. His death was announced while a multiMillion Pound Police Investigation into his activities is ongoing. Much...

where we are hearing a briefing on the very latest on those allegations made against president biden. there was a report published into to present biden�*s handling of classified documents. as part of that report, special council question president biden�*s memory, accusing him of forgetting key dates. of course that has raised questions about his fitness and suitability to run in this years presidential elections. that is the scene at the white house. we will stay right across tha...

yesterdays proceedings, tim edwards shouted at the word cowered at him as he was taken down upon conviction. —— the word coward. and at the words rat and scumbag baird were shouted at him today. he was told what you did to the six people who were injured were shocking and he murdered and tried to kill two other men, fired at close range, your intention was to kill the two men who were seriously injured, kieran salkeld and jake duffy, who are members of a rival gang. you are are mem...

from paris, heres our europe editor katya adler. —— lets cross straight to paris and my colleague rajini vaidyanathan. well, that id is young here, but so far, were not hearing of any major disturbance it appears to be a calmer night, but for example in paris, the tensions really flared up. its difficult to say what this evening will hold for us. but of course, this all comes after the grandmother of 17—year—old nahel issued an appeal and other family members have also spoken t...