Daniel De Simone
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Investigations Correspondent for BBC News /[email protected] / Threema secure messenger ID: D3EHEVBK
London, United Kingdom
Joined May 2015
Police failed to act on historic sex abuse claims against rapist Met officer
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In 2016, his local police force was made aware of sex abuse claims decades before he joined the Metropolitan Police.
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Staff asleep, unhygienic food and triggering language - just some of the conditions we’ve been investigating at Schoen Clinic’s Eating Disorder Care Unit in York. Read more here 👇 @AnnaCollinson @JournoJoJo
https://t.co/z3JJ6q1zTF
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Patients at Schoen Clinic York say they witnessed staff sleeping on a number of occasions.
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Staff at a specialist eating disorder unit have been photographed sleeping when they should have been looking after severely ill patients who were at risk of harming themselves. I have been told about multiple "unsafe" incidents at Schoen Clinic York. https://t.co/xhLAzc04o3
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Patients at Schoen Clinic York say they witnessed staff sleeping on a number of occasions.
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Kneecap rapper's terror case thrown out
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The case against Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh is thrown out following a technical error in the way the charge against him was brought.
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Prosecutors allege he used five makeshift knives to conduct a terrorist attack on the prison officers while shouting "Allahu akbar" https://t.co/UMLKlBzLak
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Hashem Abedi appears in court over an alleged attack on prison officers earlier this year.
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The Manchester Arena bombmaker Hashem Abedi appearing in court today via video link from HMP Belmarsh He was flanked by five prison officers dressed in riot masks and protective body armour He's accused of attempting to murder three prison officers in April
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More than a year's worth of investigation into the very Russian life of ex-Wirecard COO, and wannabe Russian super-spy Jan Marsalek: in English:
theins.press
Ever since the summer of 2020, when German payments giant Wirecard collapsed after failing to account for €1.9 billion in missing assets, its former COO Jan Marsalek has been a wanted man. The...
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The prime minister has ordered a new investigation into how MI5 gave false evidence to three courts The case centres on abusive, misogynistic neo-Nazi state informant known as Agent X, who attacked his girlfriend with a machete https://t.co/PVL51uXRK8
bbc.co.uk
It will look at why the security service gave false evidence to three courts about conversations with BBC News.
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MI5 has admitted that it illegally obtained communications data from the mobile phone of former BBC correspondent @vincekearney
https://t.co/w0mZVHr6N0
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The Investigatory Powers Tribunal has heard that MI5 conceded unlawfully obtaining communications data twice.
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5 journalists among 20 killed by Israel in strike on hospital -Gaza officials say. They were documenting the suffering, the bombings, the starvation until their last breaths. Reuters cameraman Hussam al-Masri was operating a live camera at the time of the strike ( one of two).
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Prominent Al Jazeera Gaza correspondent Anas Al Sharif targeted + killed by Israel, with 4 colleagues. At least 178 Palestinian journalists killed by Israel since Oct 7 2023, says Committee to Protect Journalists. Israel claims Anas was a terrorist but has not provided proof.
Al Jazeera condemns the assassination of its journalists by Israeli occupation forces Al Jazeera Media Network condemns in the strongest terms the targeted assassination of its correspondents Anas Al Sharif and Mohammed Qraiqea, along with photographers Ibrahim Al Thaher, and
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BBC and news agencies warn journalists in Gaza at risk of starvation
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News organisations say local journalists are increasingly unable to feed themselves in Gaza, facing the same "dire circumstances as those they are covering".
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Wurden. Einem Mordauftrag aus der Ecke, über den ich vergangene Woche von der Polizei unterrichtet wurde, ist das der nächste Versuch mich und uns kritische Journalisten zum Schweigen zu bringen. Motiviert mich sehr, weiterzumachen. Unterstützt uns dabei mit einem Abo.
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Ich erfahre aus der Kleinen Zeitung, dass mich Egisto Ott verklagen will. Wegen einem Posting von @christogrozev, das ich bejahend retweetet habe. Das ist freilich ein Versuch unsere Berichtetstattung abzudrehen. Nach russischen Spionen, die mir und Christo hinterhergeschickt
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Dear @christogrozev and I did an investigation on how Russian kids help make weapons for the war in Ukraine. Big thanks to @Dobrokhotov @the_ins_ru for the help! Link to the video is here. https://t.co/SzoCc7vcD1 If you have anything that could help with future investigations,
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Massive congrats to the @chloeandliam24t for raising over £1 million to support young people in sport and performance - a truly amazing achievement https://t.co/M7eiJLZyKI
shieldsgazette.com
The Chloe & Liam Together Forever Trust has marked a huge milestone.
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‘But in the beginning - and in the end - it is a story about violence against women and girls, about the importance placed on that crucial issue by the state, and about how covering up for abusive misogynists never ends well.’
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Security Service continued to provide misleading evidence even after its lie was exposed, BBC can reveal.
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How MI5 piled falsehood on falsehood in the case of a spy who abused women
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Security Service continued to provide misleading evidence even after its lie was exposed, BBC can reveal.
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Footballer Thomas Partey has been charged with five counts of rape and one count of sexual assault. The offences are reported to have taken place between 2021-2022. https://t.co/9bsTFmiCCK
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The ex-Arsenal player is charged with five counts of rape relating to two women, and one count of sexual assault over a third woman.
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MI5 false evidence was a serious failing, Cooper says
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The home secretary says the government accepts the high court’s ruling that an independent investigation should take place.
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