Mexican cops and former Mossad agents raid 'Jewish Taliban' cult: Boy, three, is reunited with his overjoyed father in Israel as two leaders of extremist sect are charged with human trafficking and rape

• Police in Mexico raided the Lev Tahor compound in Tapachula on Friday

• The far-flung group has been dubbed a 'dangerous cult' by Israeli courts

• Women and children were taken into protective custody

• Three-year-old boy returned to Israel with his father, who quit the sect years ago

• Two sect leaders were charged with human trafficking and rape

• Five others were arrested on alleged immigration violations

• Lev Tahor is known as the 'Jewish Taliban' for its strict rules for women

>Mexican federal police, with the help of a volunteer team of Israelis including former Mossad agents, stormed the Lev Tahor compound near Tapachula on Friday morning, according to a BBC report citing Israeli sources close to the operation.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11255949/Mexican-cops-raid-Lev-Tahor-sect-Chiapas.html

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US Navy engineer and his wife who plotted to sell nuclear submarine secrets to Brazil both face LIFE in prison after entering new guilty pleas

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11255409/US-Navy-nuclear-engineer-wife-enter-new-guilty-pleas-scheme-sell-secrets.html

• Jonathan and Diana Toebbe of Annapolis, Maryland, pleaded guilty on Tuesday

• They admitted bungling plot to sell secrets about US warships

• Plan to sell secrets to Brazil was reportedly motivated by contempt for Trump

• Federal judge rejected their first guilty pleas for carrying lenient sentences

• Now the couple both face life in prison, though prosecutors seek less time

> The couple were first arrested in October 2021, after trying to sell submarine secrets to Brazil, a plan reportedly motivated in part by Diana Toebbe's outrage over Donald Trump's election as US president.

Controversial Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is promoted to be the country's Prime Minister by his father King Salman

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11255639/Controversial-Saudi-Crown-Prince-Mohammed-bin-Salman-promoted-countrys-Prime-Minister.html

• Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has become prime minister

• Saudi King Salman ordered the cabinet reshuffle, promoting his son in process

• His other son, Khalid bin Salman, has risen from deputy to the defence minister

• And Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman has remained Saudi Arabia's energy minister

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Philippines to shut 175 offshore gambling firms, deport 40,000 Chinese workers

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/philippines-shut-175-offshore-gambling-135402371.html

MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines will stop operations of 175 offshore gambling firms and deport about 40,000 Chinese workers, a justice ministry official said on Monday, part of a crackdown on the notoriously opaque online gaming industry.

The sector emerged in the Philippines in 2016 and grew exponentially, as operators capitalised on the country's liberal gaming laws to target customers in China, where gambling is banned.

At their peak, Philippine offshore gambling operators, or POGOs, employed more than 300,000 Chinese workers, but the pandemic and higher taxes have forced many to operate elsewhere.

>"The crackdown was triggered by reports of murder, kidnapping and other crimes committed by Chinese nationals against fellow Chinese nationals," justice ministry spokesperson Jose Dominic Clavano said.

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Haiti looting caused loss of some $6 million in relief supplies, WFP says

(Reuters) - Looting in Haiti this month led to the loss of at least $6 million of relief assistance including 2,000 tonnes of food, a World Food Programme official said on Monday, as the Caribbean nation struggles with civil unrest and chronic gang violence.

Protests flared across Haiti following Prime Minister Ariel Henry's Sept. 11 announcement of a fuel price increase, triggering protests and street violence that included the sacking of WFP warehouses.

"Over the course of one week, WFP in Haiti lost one third of our food stocks as two of our four warehouses were deliberately targeted, looted and pillaged," said Valerie Guarnieri, WFP deputy executive director during a meeting of the UN Security Council.

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