Epstein had two key aides

The court filings claim that, on one occasion, Indyke took two cheques to a New York bank to withdraw cash - $7,500 from one of Epstein's personal accounts and $4,000 from Indyke's business account. He cashed one of the cheques and, the papers claim, said he would return the following day to cash the second in order to "avoid all the paperwork". Source link

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Air strikes cause black rain and ‘unprecedented’ pollution in Tehran, scientists say

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it hit "fuel depots" near Tehran in a post on X on 7 March, which included a photograph showing damage to the Tehran oil refinery. BBC Verify provided the coordinates of this facility, along with three other locations we identified, to the IDF and the Pentagon for comment. The Pentagon did not reply, while the IDF said there were "no IDF strikes at those sites". We have asked for clarification. Source link

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Russia seeks diplomatic and economic gains from Iran war

In Monday's telephone conversation with US President Donald Trump, according to the Kremlin, Putin "expressed several thoughts aimed at a swift diplomatic resolution of the Iran conflict, based among other things on contacts with leaders of Gulf states, the president of Iran, and leaders of other countries". Source link

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War expands to central Beirut as Israeli strike kills Iranians in luxury hotel

But one staff member told the BBC that the third and fourth floors had been blocked off for the police investigation, with the displaced people staying on them moved elsewhere. He said the hotel was large and busy, and he and his work friends did not know who had been staying in the specific room that was hit, but had heard the reports. Source link

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Russia’s deportation of Ukrainian children amounts to crime against humanity, UN says

The children who manage to return suffer from "trauma, anxiety and fear of abandonment", the report says, often due to harsh treatment in Russia. One child was told by staff in a Russian orphanage that his country, Ukraine, "does not exist anymore, everything has burnt down, and your parents have probably died". Source link

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BBC visits key Dubai port in Iran’s firing line

Trade through the Middle East's biggest port has been hit hard since Iran began its blockade of the Strait of Hormuz - one of the world's most important global shipping routes. Oil prices rose to a peak of $120 (£89.2) a barrel on Monday and experts have told the BBC they are worried about a big drop in food coming into the region if the US-Israel war with Iran continues. BBC correspondent Nick Beake reports from Dubai's Port…

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