Tom Porter

Reporter

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Tom reports on domestic and foreign affairs for IBTimes UK. His interests include Russia, crime and security. Previously Tom worked at the BBC and the East London Guardian.

Tom Porter

Maoist activist Aravindan Balakrishnan

Aravindan Balakrishnan: Brixton Maoist cult leader 'sexually abused followers' for over a decade

Followers believed that 'Comrade Bala' was all powerful, jurors hear.

Che Labastide-Wellington

Che Labastide-Wellington murder: Two arrested following stabbing of teenager in Kenton

A 21-year-old and 19-year-old remain in custody.

The fire this morning in Old St

London firefighters battle blaze raging in Old Street building near Silicon Roundabout

Eight fire engines and 58 firefighters are battling the blaze

Prime Minister David Cameron delivers a speech

David Cameron moans about government cuts in his Witney constituency embarrassing leak reveals

Letter to Oxfordshire County Council reveals PM is 'disappointed' at cuts ordered by his chancellor.

Waco shoot out

Grand jury charges 106 bikers from deadly Waco shoot out

Nine bikers were killed and 20 injured during gun battle between rival gangs in May.

Sepp Blatter

Fifa president Sepp Blatter in hospital with 'stress'

Blatter reportedly fell ill as result of pressure faced following Fifa investigation.

Antoni Macierewicz

Poland's defence minister backs notorious anti-Semitic conspiracy forgery

Antoni Macierewicz suggested infamous anti-Semitic forgery may contain truth.

Dieudonne

European Court of Human Rights rejects appeal from 'anti-Semitic' French comedian Dieudonne

Controversial comedian claims French court decision contravened his freedom of speech.

Immigrants board a train bound for Sweden

Sweden: 'We have no more room' for refugees and migrants, says liberal Nordic nation

Statement comes with army called in to help manage influx of immigrants to country.

Helmut Schmidt

Former West German chancellor Helmut Schmidt dies, aged 96

Breaking: Schmidt oversaw West Germany's ascent to economic might between 1974 and 1982.

baggage at Sharm el-Sheikh airport

Russian plane crash: Fake bomb detectors allegedly being used in Sharm el-Sheikh hotels

Devices similar to those sold by British conman James McCormick.

cockfight

Ten shot dead in gun battle at Mexican cockfight

A 12-year-old boy is believed to be among those killed.

Uk police

Man dies in 13th fatal stabbing of a teenager in London this year

Victim, 18, was stabbed near West Ruislip tube station on Monday evening.

A sea lion in Berlin zoo

Germany: Dortmund police launch investigation after sea lion found beaten to death in zoo

21-year-old Holly was found with crushed skull.

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev

Russian plane crash: PM Medvedev admits terrorist bomb may have brought down Sinai flight

Comments mark first public acknowledgement by Russian officials that terrorists may have been involved.

Pyotr Pavlensky set fire to the doorofthe

Russian artist and activist Pyotr Pavlensky arrested after setting fire to Moscow's FSB HQ

In video footage Pavlensky stands before blazing doors of Lubyanka holding petrol can.

Isis Tomislav Salopek hostage

Al-Gharabli dead: Isis commander behind kidnapping of Tomislav Salopek killed by Egyptian forces

Al-Gharabli was also wanted in connection with attacks near Libyan border.

Men walk in underground galleries, part of Nazi Germany 'Riese' construction project under the Ksiaz castle in the area where the 'Nazi gold train' is supposedly hidden underground

Poland: Teams to begin scanning site in search for Nazi gold trains

Up to three trains containing treasure are believed to be buried near Czech border.

Charlie Hebdo

Kremlin denounces 'blasphemous' Charlie Hebdo Sinai air crash cartoons

Russian fury at cartoons published in wake of air crash.

The devastated town of Bento Rodrigues

Brazil: Survivors describe terror as wall of toxic mud from burst BHP Billiton dam swept through town

Fifteen feared dead as survivors are decontaminated amid fears mud contained toxic chemicals.

Former US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld

Donald Rumsfeld claims George HW Bush is 'getting up in years' after 'arrogant' criticism

Former US president criticised Rumsfeld for mistakes made in Bush Jnr's administration.

Maria Zakharova

Russia angry UK 'did not share' plane crash intelligence

"If they do have it and don't share it with us, this is shocking," said Russian foreign ministry.

Downing Street protests

Sisi UK visit: London police arrest Egyptian president opponents outside Downing Street

Five people covered in fake blood were arrested for attempting to block entry to Downing Street.

Remains of the Russian passenger plane that

UK cancelled Sharm flights 'to put pressure on Moscow over Syria air strikes'

Claim made by chairman of the foreign committee in Russia's upper house of parliament, Konstantin Kosachyov.

Philip Hammond

Russian plane crash: 'Significant possibility' of Isis bomb says UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond

Emergency 'short term measures' are in place to transport 20,000 UK tourists home.

Matthew Heimbach

Matthew Heimbach: White nationalist banned from UK by Theresa May, accuses England of being 'drunk'

Heimbach has been described as "the face of a new generation of white nationalists".

Corbyn side eye

Jeremy Corbyn says Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi 'threatens' UK national security

Egyptian government "shows contempt for human and democratic rights," claims Labour leader.

Detail view of a wood railway boxcar at the Drancy internment camp memorial in Drancy, near Paris

France to pay Holocaust victims $60m

It is believed 76,000 people were transported to Nazi concentration camps by French state rail company.

victor Ponta

Romanian PM Victor Ponta resigns after mass protests over nightclub fire that killed 32

Resignation comes after death toll climbs to 32.

The late King Fahd of Saudi Arabia

Secret wife of Saudi king wins £25m in UK court payout

Janan Harb claims she was married to late Saudi monarch King Fahd in 1968.