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Content warning: Contains graphic descriptions of sexual assault and disturbing content. A Dubai sex trafficking network has been linked to the deaths of at least two women and the abuse of dozens of others, according to a BBC exposé on the dark underbelly of the Gulf emirate. An investigation by the BBC World Service has identified a former West London bus driver as an alleged key figure in a prostitution ring that forces Ugandan women to undertake extreme sex work for wealthy, mainly white European clients. He told an undercover reporter posing as a client that he could provide women who wou...

Lebanon's public prosecution is preparing an extradition request for Igor Grechushkin, the owner of the Rhosus vessel linked to a stockpile of ammonium nitrate, which detonated at Beirut port on 4 August 2020, killing more than 220 people, injuring over 7,000, and devastating large parts of the capital. Grechushkin, a 48-year-old Russian-Cypriot citizen, was arrested in Bulgaria on 5 September based on an Interpol red notice requested by Lebanese judicial authorities in 2020. He was detained at Sofia airport after arriving from Cyprus, Bulgarian media reported. A Sofia city court has confirmed...

Cinema legendRobert Redford, a screen great both in front of and behind the camera whose career spanned six decades, died early on Tuesday morning at his home in Utah, his publicist said. He was 89. Redford died in his sleep, and a specific cause was not given, according to a statement by Cindi Berger, the chief executive of publicity firm Rogers & Cowan PMK. "Robert Redford passed away on September 16, 2025, at his home at Sundance in the mountains of Utah -- the place he loved, surrounded by those he loved," Berger said. The tousled-haired and freckled heartthrob made his breakthrough alongs...