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Three charged following armed robbery of Rolex shop in London – as police hunt three others | UK News
Three men have been charged following the armed robbery of a luxury watch shop in London.
Six men with weapons, including machetes, stormed a Rolex store in Knightsbridge around 10.50am on Tuesday 20 January.
They threatened staff before leaving with several high-value watches, which sell for thousands of pounds, police said.
No injuries were reported.
The Met’s Flying Squad launched an investigation, and three men were arrested in the early hours of Thursday.
Dean Dinan, 29, from Islington, north London, was charged with robbery, possession of a firearm, possession of ammunition and possession of criminal property.
Elliot Campbell, 31, also from Islington, was charged with robbery, possession of criminal property and possession of drugs.
And Dyllan Gowie, 27, from Tower Hamlets, was charged with robbery and possession of drugs.
At the time of the robbery, Detective Chief Inspector Scott Mather said: “This robbery was carried out in a busy part of London, and we understand the alarm it has caused.”
He added: “Officers were on scene within minutes, and investigators are working at pace to piece together the offenders’ movements. We are determined to find those involved and bring them to justice as swiftly as possible.”
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The trio will appear at Highbury Magistrates’ Court later on Friday.
The investigation continues to hunt for three other men.
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‘When stopped at the gate, he blew himself up’, what have we known so far about the Islamabad suicide blast?
31 people died and 169 were injured in a suicide blast during Friday prayers in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad. This massive explosion took place in Khadijatul Kubra Masjid-cum-Imambada located in Tarlai area of Islamabad. The suicide bomber blew himself up after being stopped at the entry gate of the mosque. Eyewitnesses said that the terrorists first opened fire and then detonated the bomb.
When stopped at the gate, he blew himself up – eyewitness
According to the report of Geo News, when the guard stopped the terrorist near the main gate of the mosque, he started firing. Eyewitnesses said that he went towards the place where Namaz was offered and blew himself up. The attacker had used such heavy explosives to blow himself up that the windows of nearby houses were broken. This attack has happened at a time when Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev is on a visit to Pakistan. He arrived on a two-day state visit to Pakistan on Thursday.
31 people have died so far in the bomb blast
The district administration spokesperson said in a post on Twitter that at least 31 people were killed and 169 others were injured in the blast. At present no group has taken responsibility for this blast. According to the report of news agency PTI, police sources said that the attacker was a foreign national and had links with ‘Fitna Al Khawarji’. This term is used for Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). The rescue team and police reached the attack site and started the rescue operation.
Pakistani army surrounded the area
Army soldiers and Rangers have surrounded the area and security operations are being conducted around the blast site. President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Leader of the Opposition in Parliament Allama Raja Nasir Abbas have condemned the attack.
Zardari said, ‘Targeting innocent civilians is a crime against humanity.’ Strongly condemning this attack, Abbas said that targeting religious places is a direct attack on humanity, religion and social values, which cannot be tolerated under any circumstances.
Emergency after blast in Islamabad
Emergency has been imposed in the capital’s Polyclinic, Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) and CDA Hospital. On the instructions of the Executive Director (ED) of PIMS, emergency has been imposed in the hospital. A spokesperson said that the main emergency, orthopedic, burn center and neurology departments have been activated. Pakistani media quoted Islamabad district administration as saying that about 15 injured have been shifted to Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences.
Winter Olympics in Milan offers unity lessons for divided America
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Divisions are intensifying across the nation, with a recent poll finding that over half of Americans fear the U.S. is on a path toward civil war and two-thirds believe that American democracy is under serious threat. More than ever, both politicians and everyday Americans need a reminder that we are still one country, and that competition without guardrails quickly becomes something else entirely.
While not erasing complicated geopolitical realities, the upcoming Winter Olympics from Feb. 6 to Feb. 22 in Milan, Italy, can be a reminder of the power of unity. Sports can offer a counterweight to divisions at home and abroad. Rather than a distraction from politics, they can be an example of how to do it better. On the world stage and in our own communities, athletic participation shows us the value in finding common ground.
As we watch the world’s great athletes gather in Milan, we should carry the Olympic spirit beyond our television screens and into our Little League fields, school gyms, community leagues and even our most contentious civic spaces. Our legislators should carry that spirit into the halls of Congress and their state capitols. We should apply its lessons of rivalry without hatred and national pride without resentment to how we live alongside one another at home.
The Olympics began in ancient Greece over 2,000 years ago as an opportunity for the citizens of Greek city-states to come together, display their athletic prowess and trade truly violent conflict — ubiquitous at the time — for rules-based sport. Rulers instituted the “Olympic Truce,” ensuring safe participation for the duration of the games.
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People take photos in front of the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics and Paralympics rings, in Cortina D’Ampezzo, Nov. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)
The first modern Olympic Games took place in 1896 in Athens, Greece, mirroring the spirit of unity, cultural exchange and excellence exemplified by their historical predecessor. Beginning in the 1990s, the United Nations General Assembly even revived the tradition of the Olympic Truce, adopting a resolution before each Summer and Winter games that calls on member nations to suspend hostilities during the Olympic period.
The Games do not deny conflict, of course, but they show how it can be bound. And they reveal how sports can be a diplomatic language when politics fail.
A recent example comes from the 2018 Winter Olympics, when North Korean and South Korean athletes competed together on the same women’s ice hockey team and marched under the same Korean Peninsula flag in the opening ceremonies, amidst ongoing political tensions between the two nations.
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Sports serve diplomatic ends by bringing countries together and facilitating conversations. Such meetings don’t resolve disputes head on, but they lower threat perception between rivals and reopen channels of communication. They show us how common ground can be found even with people very different from ourselves.
North Koreans and South Koreans have vast cultural differences, but they also share a history, language and a desire for dignity for their people. Teamwork on the ice briefly brought these shared interests into focus.
Viewers can likewise find common ground with their fellow countrymen from watching athletes of all different backgrounds compete together. It’s natural to feel patriotic watching your country’s great athletes walk together, compete and raise the national flag in victory. Global sporting events show how a shared national pride can flourish and rise above prejudice or divisions.
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Competing fiercely while respecting rules is consistent with American constitutional values. The principles we can learn in sports — discipline, respect for our adversaries, fair play, restraint in victory and defeat — carry over in other elements of our lives. These same habits make elections hard-fought but respectable, with the most rough-and-tumble matches ending in a handshake.
While a sports event with the global scale of the Olympics or World Cup only takes place every few years, what happens among nations during the Games reflects what is already happening — quietly — in American communities every weekend. At Little League baseball and softball fields and Friday night high school football games, church leagues and rec centers, our children learn how to compete without hating their opponents, how to follow rules even when emotions run high and how, by working as teams, we can achieve more than by ourselves.
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The Games do not deny conflict, of course, but they show how it can be bound. And they reveal how sports can be a diplomatic language when politics fail.
Just as the Olympic village is a microcosm of the globe, a 12-and-under girls basketball team is a microcosm of a local community. Different backgrounds, different beliefs, different family stories, all bound together by love of the sport and shared rules and goals.
Sports create civic habits that are so needed in our civility-starved world: restraint, respect, discipline and team-focused cooperation. Whether in our small towns or on the world’s stage, shared athletic rituals sustain our nation and remind us that all Americans play for the same team, under the same flag.
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In times of great division, our leaders need reminders that another way is possible. Polarization is not inevitable. Civility can wane, but it can also flourish.
It’s important that we protect the global institutions that allow us to compete without hostility and participate in the local ones that do the same thing. The next time you watch a global sporting event or participate in a local one, remember that the spirit on display is not reserved for the world’s greatest athletes. It’s a model for how free people, at every level of society, can live, compete and still recognize one another as fellow citizens.
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Navjot Kaur Sidhu, expelled from Congress, has a big attack on Rahul Gandhi, ‘Pappu in his name…’
Expelled Congress leader Navjot Kaur Sidhu has attacked Rahul Gandhi. Former cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu’s wife taunted and said that ‘Pappu has finally stamped his name’. A leader who considers himself the only honest and knowledgeable one, is completely oblivious of the ground realities. People close to him succeed in keeping him in exile and sell tickets long before he takes any decision.
Attacking Navjot Kaur, she said, “It takes more than 6 months for them to respond in case of emergency, by then the loss is certain to happen.” Before joining people with him, he should find out from his so-called supporters whether they are ready to be honest? Are they ready to work honestly for Punjab?”
Pappu has finally put a stamp on his name. A leader who thinks that he is the only honest and knowledgeable person, totally unaware of the ground realities. People working for him in his inner circle succeed in keeping him in exile and enjoying luxuries of life selling tickets…
— Dr Navjot Sidhu (@NavjotSidh42212) February 6, 2026
Rahul Gandhi’s people are busy filling their pockets – Navjot Kaur Sidhu
Navjot Singh Sidhu also said, “Many of his (Rahul Gandhi) followers are not ready for selfless service, rather they are busy filling their pockets because they know he will not return. If you have the guts, ask him to speak against the present government and be ready to disclose his files. Learn to speak and face the truth which is, was and will always be. The advice to a good friend is to be more conscious, mature and practical.”
BJP recognized my talent- Navjot Kaur Sidhu
Praising BJP, Navjot Kaur Sidhu said, “BJP recognized my talent and on the basis of its surveys without any bias, gave me the MLA ticket in 2012. When I was working in the hospital and being a doctor, I was made the Chief Secretary of the Health Department. I had the privilege and freedom to speak the truth and work with integrity. I could go to any department and get my work done.”
BJP recognized my talent and through their surveys not influenced by anything, offered me a MLA Ticket in 2012 while I was working in the hospital and made me CPS, health because of my being a doctor. I had the privilege and liberty to speak truth and work with integrity and…
— Dr Navjot Sidhu (@NavjotSidh42212) February 6, 2026
‘Rahul Gandhi has no time to listen to the ground reality’
He further said, “Rahul Gandhi ji, you do not have time to listen to the ground realities because you like to live in the heaven of your own making. Do you think people like me, who have struggled to become a post graduate, will make time for you? No, my time is only for the people of Punjab and I can work for them by staying away from politics. Most of your supporters have gone to BJP offices. Neither have I met anyone till date nor has anyone contacted me.
Respect honest and hardworking people- Navjot Kaur Sidhu
Navjot Kaur further said that I may work through a foundation, but my time and energy is only for the welfare of Punjab. While giving advice to the Congress leader, he said that learn to respect honest and hardworking people, otherwise your existence in politics will end.
The woman forgot to close the tap after bathing, water kept flowing the whole night, everyone was left in tears after seeing what happened in the morning!
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A small mistake of forgetting to close the tap at night turned the entire colony into a slippery road of ice. In China, due to a woman’s carelessness, flowing water froze for 9 hours and in the morning people got to see a scene like an ice rink.
Sometimes a small carelessness on our part creates such a big problem that we cannot even imagine. Imagine, if you step out of the house in the morning and the roads of your colony have suddenly turned into an ice skating rink? People are slipping while walking, vehicles have stopped and only snow is visible everywhere. A small mistake of a woman in China did something similar. There was no storm, no snowfall, yet the entire area froze overnight. This strange incident is now becoming increasingly viral on social media and people are both surprised and laughing.
According to South China Morning Post, a woman living in Lanzhou city of Gansu province of China, named as Wang, forgot to turn off the tap of her solar water heater after taking bath at night. Usually this seems like a small mistake, but that night the temperature had fallen to minus 8 degrees Celsius. In such a situation, the water flowing continuously from the tank started freezing due to cold.
Water kept flowing for 9 hours
The woman told that the water kept flowing continuously for about nine hours. Water kept falling from the tank on the roof onto the road below and due to the severe cold, the entire road gradually turned into a thick layer of ice. When people woke up in the morning, they saw that the entire colony road was covered with slippery snow. It seemed as if someone had deliberately made an ice skating track. According to SCMP, at around 6 in the morning the woman’s father went out for a walk as usual. He saw that there was snow on the road and water was still flowing. Initially he thought that this water might be coming from a neighbor’s house, but after some time he came to know that it was flowing from the tank of his own house. The whole family was surprised to see this.
The family immediately took control of the situation
As soon as the family realized the mistake, they immediately started taking action. The woman’s mother bought salt from nearby shops so that the ice could be melted. The father and the woman themselves started cleaning the road with a shovel. The property management staff of the colony also helped them and together they cleared the way. After this incident, the woman released a video on social media and apologized to everyone. The good thing is that no one was injured in this accident. However, this incident definitely taught people that even small carelessness can become a big problem in winter.
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Man pleads guilty to hacking nearly 600 women’s Snapchat accounts
An Illinois man pleaded guilty to hacking nearly 600 women’s Snapchat accounts to steal nude photos that he kept, sold, or traded online, including accounts he compromised at the request of a former university track coach who was later convicted of sextortion.
26-year-old defendant Kyle Svara admitted in federal court in Boston to phishing access codes from hundreds of victims between May 2020 and February 2021, and accessed at least 59 Snapchat accounts without permission to download private photos.
According to court documents, Svara used social engineering tactics to obtain victims’ emails, phone numbers, and Snapchat usernames, then texted more than 4,500 targets requesting access codes while impersonating Snap representatives. Using these tactics, he successfully harvested credentials from roughly 570 victims and accessed at least 59 accounts without permission to steal compromising images.
Svara advertised his “services” on multiple online platforms, trading stolen content, offering to “get into girls snap accounts” for clients, and asking potential clients to contact him through the encrypted messaging app Kik.
One of his clients, former Northeastern University track and field coach Steve Waithe, hired Svara to hack Snapchat accounts of students at Northeastern and members of the women’s track and field and soccer teams. Waithe was sentenced in March 2024 to five years in prison for cyberstalking, cyber fraud, and sextortion after targeting at least 128 women.
Between paid hacking jobs, Svara also independently hacked into the accounts of women in Plainfield, Illinois, and students at Colby College in Maine.
Svara now faces charges of aggravated identity theft (carrying a minimum sentence of two years), wire fraud (up to 20 years in prison), computer fraud (up to five years), and making false statements related to child pornography (maximum of eight years).
“When Svara was interviewed by investigators, he falsely stated that he did not know anything about hacking Snapchat,” the Justice Department said on Thursday.
“Additionally, he falsely stated that had no interest in child pornography and had never actively sought out or accessed child sexual abuse material (CSAM). Contrary to these statements, the defendant collected, distributed and solicited CSAM.”
Svara is scheduled for sentencing in federal court before U.S. District Court Judge Brian E. Murphy on May 18th.
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