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Daily Mail
03-06-2025
- General
- Daily Mail
British nurse describes horrific scene inside Spanish bar where Scottish gangsters were shot dead - and reveals moving gesture she made to help one of the men as he lay dying
A British nurse who was in a local bar when Scottish gangsters were assassinated has described the bloodbath inside the Costa Del Sol pub. The unnamed woman in her 50s said there 'was blood everywhere, on the floor and around the service hatch to the kitchen' after career criminal Ross Monaghan, 43, was shot dead. Just moments before, the unknown hitman had killed the gangster's associate, Eddie Lyons Jnr, outside the pub. Although she was in a nearby bar, the brave nurse decided to selflessly run towards the carnage when she learnt that someone had been shot. She discovered Lyons Jnr's body on the terrace but he was already dead by what she presumed was a bullet wound in his chest and another in his abdomen. The bar lady told the nurse there was another person inside but when she found Monaghan with a bullet hole in his chest, he was struggling to breathe. In a heartbreaking gesture, she stroked the man's hair as he lay dying and held his hand during his final moments. She told The Mirror: 'He was lying on the floor and was still alive but his breathing was laboured. 'There was nothing I could do, he wasn't bleeding from his mouth so I just held his hand, stroked his hair and waited for the emergency services.' The courageous woman also led other tourists having a drink in the bar inside to safety when she heard the shots initially fired. Graphic footage of the gangland warfare was broadcast on Spanish TV yesterday that showed a gunman dressed in black striding towards Monaghan as he stumbles and drops to his knees in front of him. The gangster appeared to turn to look at his killer after a desperate attempt to scramble away. Bystanders are seen running for their lives before the assailant fires at least four rounds into Monaghan from close range. The shooting occurred late on Saturday, after the Champions League final between PSG and Inter Milan. Spanish police said on Monday they had yet to make any arrests. 'The investigation is continuing into the fatal shooting of two men at a pub in Fuengirola, with nothing new at the moment,' a spokesperson said. Career criminal Monaghan, who fled Scotland for Spain after a failed attempt on his life outside a Glasgow primary school in 2017, was tried but acquitted over the murder of notorious Glasgow hood Kevin 'Gerbil' Carroll at an Asda car park in 2010. In August 2017 he and Eddie Lyons Jr, both members of the Lyons Glasgow crime family, were cleared of being involved in a brutal street attack on three men outside the Campsie bar in Bishopbriggs, East Dunbartonshire. The shooting in Spain comes amid a violent gang war that has ripped through Scotland since March, said to have started over a fallout over drugs. In the CCTV footage, Monaghan is seen sat upright against a wall after being shot, motionless, with clear wounds to his stomach. Local reports said Monaghan had seconds to try to escape after the gunman's weapon jammed. Spanish police earlier pushed back on claims that a third person had been hurt and was in hospital. 'There is no record of another person or people being injured,' a spokesperson said. The wife of one of the victims witnessed the attack, according to Malaga-based news outlet Sur. The outlet did not say which man's partner it was. The gunman in understood to have fled on foot before rejoining an accomplice in a car who had driven him to the murder scene. Police have so far retraced part of their escape route to the old N-340 dual carriageway heading towards Benalmadena. Details on the getaway vehicle have not yet been released. Officers from an elite Spanish National Police Costa del Sol-based Anti-Drug and Organised Crime Unit UDYCO are heading the ongoing probe, although they are reporting to a local investigating judge coordinating the operation. Court officials are expected to confirm later today a secrecy order has been placed on the investigation, preventing public officials from making any detailed public comment. Such orders, called a 'secreto de sumario' in Spanish, are often placed on criminal probes especially in their infancy to protect investigations by limiting the number of people who have access to sensitive information. Some local reports cite witnesses in identifying the assassin as a 'blond man. Investigators are working on the theory that British nationals are behind the gangland killing, but detectives have not commented. The National Police has confirmed two men were killed but declined to name them. 'Around midnight on Saturday an incident with firearms occurred in Fuengirola, specifically at an entertainment venue along the seafront,' reads the only official statement to date. 'Two males died as a result from gunshot wounds. The investigation is ongoing and no arrests have been made so far.' A British woman answered the phone at the Irish bar, said to be owned by Ross Monaghan, yesterday morning but said she had been told by the police not to comment. Monaghans Fuengirola describes itself online as a place 'where you can relax and spend the day enjoying great home cooked meals on a sunny terrace and watch live sporting events.' It also bills itself as a 'family friendly sports bar and restaurant located in Torreblanca, Fuengirola opposite one of the area's most popular beaches.' Torreblanca is to the east of Fuengirola town centre and a stone's throw from an area called Los Boliches. Saturday night's gun murders follow the fatal shooting nearly six weeks ago of a 32-year-old British man in nearby Calahonda a 15-minute drive from the Irish bar towards Marbella. He was shot dead around 8pm on April 21 in a professional hit as he headed back to his car after finishing a football match with friends. The killers fled in a getaway car that was later torched. Police are investigating the brutal assassination as a drug-related gang shooting but have yet to make any arrests. The victim has not been named but was known to come from Liverpool. Reports at the time described the incident as the fourth shooting so far that month on the Costa del Sol, where rival gangs have increasingly used extreme violence to settle scores and a number of international mafias are known to have a base. Four days before the Calahonda shooting a 34-year-old man was rushed to the Costa del Sol Hospital in Marbella after being shot outside a nightclub in the famous Costa del Sol resort.
CBS News
19-05-2025
- Politics
- CBS News
Trump and Putin to speak today on "stopping the 'bloodbath'" in Ukraine, Trump says
Trump holding calls with Putin, Zelenskyy to push for ceasefire in Ukraine President Trump is set to speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin Monday morning about the war in Ukraine and will then talk with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and NATO leaders. In a post on Truth Social, the president said, "THE SUBJECTS OF THE CALL WILL BE, STOPPING THE 'BLOODBATH' THAT IS KILLING, ON AVERAGE, MORE THAN 5000 RUSSIAN AND UKRAINIAN SOLDIERS A WEEK, AND TRADE." The president is speaking with Putin at 10 a.m. ET, and then with Zelenskyy when the call concludes, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said. On Saturday, Mr. Trump said he and Putin would discuss the "bloodbath" in Ukraine. Vice President JD Vance met Sunday in Rome with Zelenskyy, their first face-to-face conversation since their explosive February Oval Office meeting. "I don't want to get ahead of those very important conversations, but of course, you will hear directly from the president or me after those calls conclude today, so you can expect that" Leavitt said in a Monday morning press briefing. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in an interview that aired Sunday on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that "one of the things that could help break this log jam — perhaps the only thing that can — is a direct conversation between President Trump and Vladimir Putin."
CBS News
19-05-2025
- Politics
- CBS News
Trump and Putin to speak today
President Trump is set to speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin Monday morning about the war in Ukraine and will then talk with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and NATO leaders. In a post on Truth Social, the president said, "THE SUBJECTS OF THE CALL WILL BE, STOPPING THE 'BLOODBATH' THAT IS KILLING, ON AVERAGE, MORE THAN 5000 RUSSIAN AND UKRAINIAN SOLDIERS A WEEK, AND TRADE." The president is speaking with Putin at 10 a.m. ET, and then with Zelenskyy when the call concludes, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said. On Saturday, Mr. Trump said he and Putin would discuss the "bloodbath" in Ukraine. Vice President JD Vance met Sunday in Rome with Zelenskyy, their first face-to-face conversation since their explosive February Oval Office meeting. "I don't want to get ahead of those very important conversations, but of course, you will hear directly from the president or me after those calls conclude today, so you can expect that" Leavitt said in a Monday morning press briefing. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in an interview that aired Sunday on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that "one of the things that could help break this log jam — perhaps the only thing that can — is a direct conversation between President Trump and Vladimir Putin."
News.com.au
18-05-2025
- Politics
- News.com.au
‘Stop the bloodbath': Trump's promise on war
US president Donald Trump has boldly declared he will 'stop the bloodbath' of Russia's invasion of Ukraine adding the 'very violent war' should never have happened. He revealed he would speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday to end the war a day after the first direct talks between Russia and Ukraine in more than three years. Mr Trump, who has been pressing Russia to agree to a 30-day unconditional ceasefire, said he would speak with him by phone. 'The subjects of the call will be, stopping the bloodbath that is killing, on average, more than 5000 Russian and Ukrainian soldiers a week, and trade,' Mr Trump revealed on the social media platform Truth. Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov told the state TASS news agency the call was 'being prepared'. Mr Trump said he would also speak with Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelensky and various members of NATO. 'Hopefully it will be a productive day, a ceasefire will take place, and this very violent war, a war that should have never happened, will end,' he added on Truth. Earlier on Saturday, the Kremlin had said that a meeting between Putin and Mr Zelensky would be possible only after both sides reach an agreement. That came a day after direct talks between the two countries led to an agreement for another exchange of prisoners. Early Saturday, a Russian drone attack on a minibus carrying evacuated civilians in Ukraine's eastern Sumy region killed nine people and wounded five, local authorities said. Mr Zelensky, denouncing the attack and Russia's refusal so far to agree a ceasefire, repeated his call for fresh sanctions against Moscow. 'Without stronger sanctions, without stronger pressure on Russia, there will be no real diplomacy there,' he insisted. On Friday in Istanbul, the first direct Ukraine-Russia talks since the spring of 2022 – shortly after Moscow's full-scale invasion that February – led to an agreement to exchange 1000 prisoners each. Ukraine's top negotiator, Defence Minister Rustem Umerov, said the 'next step' would be a meeting between Mr Zelensky and Putin. Russia said it had taken note of the request. 'We consider it possible, but only as a result of the work and upon achieving certain results in the form of an agreement between the two sides,' the Kremlin's spokesman said. Trump denounces 'bloodbath' Russia's top negotiator Vladimir Medinsky said Moscow and Kyiv would 'present their vision of a possible future ceasefire'. The Kremlin said that the POW swap had to be completed first, and both sides needed to present their visions for a ceasefire before fixing the next round of talks. 'For now, we need to do what the delegations agreed on yesterday' in Turkey, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, which meant 'first and foremost to complete a 1000 for 1000 swap'. The head of Ukraine's military intelligence, Kirillo Budanov, told broadcaster TSN he hoped the exchange would happen next week. Both Moscow and Washington have already stressed the need for a meeting on the conflict between Putin and Mr Trump. Mr Trump has argued that 'nothing's going to happen' on the conflict until he meets Putin face-to-face. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio welcomed the latest prisoner exchange in a telephone call with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. And in an interview with CBS, he said Lavrov had told him Moscow was preparing a document outlining its requirements for a ceasefire. If Russia and Moscow can both provide 'serious and viable' proposals 'then there's been real progress, and we can work off of that,' Rubio said. Fighting goes on The attack on the bus happened near the city of Bilopillya, local community head Yuri Zarko told Suspilne TV. A family of three were among the dead, the authorities said. Elsewhere on the front lines, the Russian army said its troops captured Oleksandropil village in the eastern Donetsk region, a site of some of the most intense fighting. As well as Sumy, Russia also pounded eastern Ukraine with missiles and drones, killing six and wounding more than a dozen, officials said. In Kherson, Russian shelling hit a truck carrying humanitarian aid Saturday morning. Mr Zelensky accused Putin of being 'afraid' after he declined to travel to Turkey for talks and argued that Russia was not taking the talks seriously. 'Yesterday in Istanbul, everyone saw a weak and unprepared Russian delegation with no significant powers. This must change. We need real steps to end the war,' Mr Zelensky said Saturday. On Friday, Mr Zelensky had called for a 'strong reaction' from the world, including new sanctions, if the Istanbul talks failed. Mr Macron said European nations were co-ordinating with Washington on additional sanctions should Moscow continue to refuse an 'unconditional ceasefire.' On Saturday, Mr Zelensky said he had spoken to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney about fresh and effective sanctions against Russia. During the Istanbul talks, the Ukrainian side said Russia had made 'unacceptable' territorial demands. Moscow claims annexation of five Ukrainian regions – four since its 2022 invasion, and Crimea, which it annexed in 2014.
Yahoo
18-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Trump to talk to Putin on Monday about Ukraine ceasefire proposal and trade
Donald Trump said that he will speak to both Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy in an effort to stop what he called the 'bloodbath' war in Ukraine amid a barrage of new social media posts that included baseless conspiracy theories and a demand that Walmart not raise prices for customers because of tariffs he has imposed. Trump, posting on his Truth Social account on Saturday, wrote that he will speak to Putin on Monday morning. 'THE SUBJECTS OF THE CALL WILL BE, STOPPING THE 'BLOODBATH' THAT IS KILLING, ON AVERAGE, MORE THAN 5000 RUSSIAN AND UKRAINIAN SOLDIERS A WEEK, AND TRADE,' Trump wrote, in his customary all-capitalized prose. The president has repeatedly cited a death toll for the conflict that is much higher than any official figures, or estimates based on an open-source investigation, without explaining why. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov confirmed to a state-run Russian news agency that preparations were under way for a call between the US and Russian presidents. Related: 'Very disturbing': Trump receipt of overseas gifts unprecedented, experts warn Trump's call with the Russian president will be followed by a separate conversation with Zelenskyy, Ukraine's leader, and Nato leaders as part of the US effort to end the war that has raged since the full-scale Russian invasion in 2022. 'HOPEFULLY IT WILL BE A PRODUCTIVE DAY, A CEASEFIRE WILL TAKE PLACE, AND THIS VERY VIOLENT WAR, A WAR THAT SHOULD HAVE NEVER HAPPENED, WILL END,' Trump wrote. Russia and Ukraine have just concluded mostly fruitless talks, the first of their kind since the start of the war, in Istanbul. Ukraine said it was ready for a ceasefire but was faced by 'unacceptable' demands from Russia, which attempted to fully invade its neighbor and has occupied the eastern flank of the country. It's unclear what kind of progress Trump will be able to spur, if any, in the peace process. The US president has been heavily critical of Ukraine, freezing military aid and having an infamous argument with Zelenskyy at the White House in full view of the media, before appearing to soften after a face-to-face conversation at the funeral of Pope Francis in the Vatican. Trump had offered to travel to Turkey for the talks after his trip to the Middle East last week if Putin would also attend, and urged Zelenskyy to go, but Putin sent a team of low-level negotiators instead. Trump's ire with Ukraine's president does not seem to have abated, however, with the president telling Fox News on Friday he is upset with what the country has done with the aid handed to it by the US. 'What bothered me, I hated to see the way it was, you know, excuse me, pissed away,' he said. 'I think he's the greatest salesman in the world. Far better than me,' Trump said of the Ukrainian president. 'Where is all this money going?' In a social media post of his own, Zelenskyy mourned the death of nine civilians in 'a Russian drone strike on an ordinary passenger bus'. He added: 'Yesterday, as on any other day of this war, there was an opportunity to cease fire. Ukraine has long been offering this – a full and unconditional ceasefire in order to save lives. Russia retains nothing but the ability to continue killing.' Marco Rubio, the US secretary of state, reported on social media that he had spoken to his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, and told him that 'the death and destruction must stop'. Rubio added on X, formerly Twitter, that the US 'has presented a strong peace plan and we welcome the Prisoner of War exchange agreement reached in Istanbul. Let's not miss this huge opportunity. The time for ending this war is now.' In a separate Truth Social post on Saturday, Trump complained about the impact of tariffs he has imposed, after Walmart, among other retailers, warned it will have to raise prices for Americans in response. 'Walmart should STOP trying to blame Tariffs as the reason for raising prices throughout the chain,' Trump posted, adding that the company should ''EAT THE TARIFFS,' and not charge valued customers ANYTHING. I'll be watching, and so will your customers!!!' A further post from Trump featured a video of an evidence-free conspiracy theory that not only implied that Bill and Hillary Clinton were guilty of murder but also that Seth Rich, a Democratic staffer, was the source of Clinton campaign emails released by WikiLeaks in 2016. (Special counsel Robert Mueller indicted 12 Russian government hackers for hacking the email accounts of people close to Clinton in 2016 and delivering the hacked emails to WikiLeaks.) Rich was murdered in 2016 and his death provoked a slew of lies and wild conspiracy theories, fueled by Trump and other sources. Rich's family reached a confidential settlement with Fox News in 2020 over the peddling of these lies.
