Politics

Prince Andrew is facing calls for an inquiry after claims that he acted as a fixer in a multi-million deal in Kazakhstan. Leaked emails reveal that the Queen’s son was allegedly in line for nearly £4 million in commission from a murky deal in the oil-rich country, while also working as a special trade envoy for Britain. He used his royal status to help kickstart the £385million venture on behalf of Greek and Swiss clients. The Mail Online reports: Anti-monarchy campaigners last night called for an inquiry.

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The world’s most famous whistleblower, Edward Snowden, took Twitter by storm when he created an account last year. Since, he has criticized everyone from the FBI to Google, so his latest post on the CIA should come as no surprise.

Commenting on revelations the CIA “inadvertently” destroyed a copy of the 6,700-page torture report, Snowden questioned the agency’s official story.

EgyptAir Flight MS804’s flight path took passengers directly through an area where the military were conducting active training exercises in the Mediterranean Sea, new reports suggest.  The flight path took a route directly through the Phoenix Express 2016 joint naval drills shortly before it disappeared.

Lawyers representing family members from the 9/11 victims have accused Saudi Arabia of orchestrating a huge cover-up in their role in the attacks and of “whitewashing” history.  Saudi Arabia has been lobbying members of Congress by distributing an odd white paper that details its “counter-terrorism efforts”, in a bid to convince American lawmakers that they had nothing to do with the September 11 attacks. Presstv.com reports: Riyadh is providing “more whitewash than white paper,” lawyers for the family members said in a statement on Friday, following the Politicoreport.

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