‘Tripadvisor for smugglers’ Welsh car wash owners plead guilty

Post Views: 42 Wales people smugglers ask migrants to rate their journeys Two men have pleaded guilty midway through their trial to people smuggling. Dilshad Shamo, 41, and Ali Khdir, 40, were convicted for their roles in an operation which ran through Europe labelled “Tripadvisor for people smugglers”. They brought about 100 migrants illegally to … Read more

Netanyahu ICC war crimes arrest warrant ‘outrageous’ says Biden

Post Views: 39 US President Joe Biden has called an International Criminal Court war crimes arrest warrant for the Israeli prime minister “outrageous”. The ICC also issued an arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu’s now sacked defence minister Yoav Gallant, and a Hamas commander, Mohammed Deif, who Israel says was killed in July. Judges said there … Read more

Dutch police find 2kg gnome made of MDMA during drug bust

Post Views: 37 Officers in the southern Netherlands have found a garden gnome weighing nearly 2kg (4lb) and made of the drug MDMA. “Drugs appear in many shapes and sizes, but every now and then we come across special things,” Dongemond Police said in a translated social media post. The gnome was found among suspected … Read more

Plane passengers film Iceland volcano lava from above

Post Views: 48 Passengers have filmed lava floes and smoke as their plane passed over a volcano on Iceland’s Reykjanes Peninsula. It was erupting for the seventh time in less than a year. Down below, the car park at Iceland’s world-famous Blue Lagoon was engulfed in lava. Hotel guests and nearby homes were evacuated but … Read more

No 10 indicates Benjamin Netanyahu faces arrest if he enters UK

Post Views: 28 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces arrest if he travels to the UK, after an international arrest warrant was issued for him, Downing Street has indicated. A No 10 spokesman refused to comment on the specific case but said the government would fulfil its “legal obligations”. On Thursday the International Criminal Court … Read more

Lava, letters and a loch: Photos of the week

Post Views: 44 A selection of striking news photographs taken around the world this week. ANTON BRINK/EPA-EFE Lava flows across one of the roads near Grindavik on the Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland. The Icelandic Meteorological Office said a new fissure erupted in the area on 21 November, spewing hot lava into the air. Lia Toby/Getty Images … Read more