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UK 3 hours ago Josh Milton

The Met has dismantled a suspected international smuggling gang and seized thousands of stolen devices in its largest ever operation to tackle phone theft in London. After an investigation lasting nearly a year, officers disrupted a major criminal network suspected to have smuggled up to 40,000 stolen phones from the UK to China over the past 12 months ? up to 40 per cent of all phones stolen in London. A further 15 people were arrested in relation to street-level offending such as robberies and pickpocketing ? and by targeting offenders at all levels, the Met has significantly disrupted the stolen phone market.

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UK 2 hours ago By John Dunne

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Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg raises her fist, upon arrival alongside activists who were sailing aboard vessels from the Gaza-bound aid flotilla before being stopped and detained by Israeli forces, greeted by a crowd of supporters, at the arrivals area of Athens International Airport on October 6, 2025. Greece's foreign ministry said 161 nationals from 16 European countries landed in Athens on Ocotber 6, 2025, after being expelled by Israel for taking part in a Gaza aid flotilla. Israel on Monday deported more activists who were on the flotilla bound for the devastated Palestinian territory, including Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg. The 45-vessel flotilla had been aiming to break an Israeli blockade to deliver aid to Gaza, where the United Nations says famine has taken hold after two years of devastating conflict (Photo by Aris MESSINIS / AFP) (Photo by ARIS MESSINIS/AFP via Getty Images)

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President Donald Trump speaks upon departing a news conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in foreground, in the State Dining Room of the White House, Monday, Sept. 29, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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