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British Turkish Cypriot racing prodigy Ilyas Sami, 10, crowned European karting champion

A 10-year-old British Turkish Cypriot has been crowned European Champion after a dramatic season-long battle against some of the continent’s leading young karting talents.London-based Ilyas Sami secured the 2026 IAME Euro Series X30 Mini Championship following the fourth and final round of the...

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Girne passenger ferry disaster: live updates

T-VINE Magazine is providing live updates on the key developments following Sunday’s tragic Filo Jet passenger ferry disaster off the coast of Girne, which has claimed at least eight lives and left a further 20 people missing.Our ongoing coverage includes the search for those still unaccounted for,...

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British MP and High Commissioner send condolences as Sir Stelios offers €260,000 to North Cyprus ferry victims’ families

Messages of condolence and solidarity have continued to pour in following Sunday’s devastating ferry disaster off the coast of North Cyprus, which has left at least eight people dead and 20 others missing.Among those expressing their sympathies are British Turkish Cypriot MP Nesil Caliskan, Britain’...

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Girne ferry disaster: eight dead and 18 missing after Filo Jet passenger boat capsizes and sinks off coast of North Cyprus

At least eight people have died and 18 remain missing after a passenger ferry carrying 267 people capsized and sank shortly after leaving Girne in one of the worst maritime disasters in Cyprus in decades.A massive search-and-rescue operation involving Turkish Cypriot and Turkish ships, aircraft, hel...

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PKK says nearly 26,000 fighters died during 50-year struggle as peace process advances

A senior commander of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has said nearly 26,000 members of the Kurdish movement and affiliated armed groups have died during five decades of conflict and insurgency, as Türkiye and the PKK take unprecedented steps towards bringing their long-running confrontation to a...

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‘Topal Ali’: pioneering British Turkish supermarket businessman Ali Gül Güneş dies aged 85

Ali Gül Güneş, the pioneering British Turkish businessman affectionately known across London’s Turkish community as “Topal Ali”, has died aged 85.Güneş, who died on 14 August, was one of the best-known figures among the first generation of migrants from Turkiye to settle in Britain and played an imp...

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Azerbaijan sues CNN for defamation over claims Israel used its territory to attack Iran

The Republic of Azerbaijan has launched a defamation lawsuit against CNN in the United States, accusing the American news giant of falsely reporting that Baku allowed Israeli forces to use Azerbaijani territory to conduct military and intelligence operations against neighbouring Iran.The case centre...

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Miracle IVF rejects BBC donor claims as TRNC Health Ministry calls on concerned families to come forward

A North Cyprus fertility clinic has issued a detailed rebuttal to allegations raised in a BBC investigation into the possible use of incorrect sperm and egg donors, as the TRNC Health Ministry called on families with concerns about past IVF treatment to come forward.Miracle IVF Centre, where Dr Fird...

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Acun Ilıcalı: taking Hull City to the Premier League is my ‘number one’ business achievement

Hull City owner Acun Ilıcalı has described taking the Tigers into the Premier League as the greatest achievement of his business career, as his side prepares to start life back in the English top flight against Manchester United on Saturday.In a new BBC Radio Humberside interview released ahead of H...

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BBC IVF donor investigation widens to 30 children as TRNC Health Ministry faces calls to publish findings

At least 30 children, most of them British, may have been conceived at fertility clinics in North Cyprus using sperm or egg donors different from those selected by their parents, according to an expanding BBC investigation.The new figure represents a significant increase on the seven children w...

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