43 minutes ago Six THOUSAND inmates escape from high security prisonin Mozambique as country erupts into violence after election results

Thirty-three prisoners died and 15 others were injured during a confrontation with the security forces.

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44 minutes ago World Health Organisation chief was at Yemen airport during Israeli airstrike that killed two

Israeli forces struck the airport in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa earlier today - killing at least two people.

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46 minutes ago Equestrian champion 'was tortured for 21 YEARS in Syrian jail' after he beat dictator Bashar al Assad's older brother in a competition

Adnan Kassar, who won several gold medals and captained the national equestrian team in the 1980s was a close friend of Assad, whose elder brother Bassel was also a fellow equestrian.

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52 minutes ago Boy killed in Colorado reservation shooting was in bed when he was hit

A man has been arrested in the fatal shooting of a 7-year-old boy on a tribal reservation in Colorado earlier this month

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1 hour ago An uneasy calm settles over Syrian city of Homs after outbreak of sectarian violence

Syria’s new security forces checked IDs and searched cars in the central city of Homs a day after protests by members of the Alawite minority erupted in gunfire and stirred fears that the country’s fragile peace could break down

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1 hour ago Mother livid at 'low life' Joe Biden for commuting sentence of her daughter's killer who shot her in cold

Katie Skeen, 36, and Donna Major, 59, were killed by an armed robber while they were working at a bank. But President Joe Biden's pardon of death row inmates includes their killer Brandon Council.

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1 hour ago Loving dad 'murdered' in own home in suspected Christmas Day attack named and pictured

Louis Price was killed in a suspected attack at the home where he lived with his parents in the sleepy Staffordshire village of Norton Canes

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2 hours ago Russia claims it foiled several Ukrainian plots to kill senior officers with disguised bombs

Moscow’s Federal Security Service has arrested four Russians accused of helping plan the attack

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2 hours ago Emmerdale character killed off in tragic twist as Joe Tate's real plan for Kim 'rumbled'

Emmerdale aired the shocking death of Dean Andrews' character Will Taylor on the ITV soap on Thursday night after a collapse, as Joe Tate continued to target Kim Tate

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2 hours ago London police say man pointed gun at officers before they shot, killed him

London police say man pointed gun at officers before they shot, killed him  Lexington Herald Leader

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2 hours ago Moment man shows he survived doomed Azerbaijan Airlines crash after filming final message

The Christmas Day disaster killed 38 people and has prompted an investigation following fears the Azerbaijan Airlines plane was downed by a Russian missile defence system

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3 hours ago 'Landlord kicked my family out 5 days before Christmas and served my child the eviction notice'

After being evicted and living in unsafe conditions, families like Emma, Aimee, and Zee are finding hope this Christmas, thanks to Shelter's support in securing safe, stable homes

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12 hours ago Kilmarnock skipper insists 'underachieving' squad need to start climbing the table

Killie host Aberdeen this afternoon aiming to make it four games unbeaten

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12 hours ago What it's really like to spend Christmas behind bars: From brewing their own booze, to carol singing and the turkey dinner, ex

EXCLUSIVE: Vanessa Frake-Harris, a former governor of security and operations at Wormwood Scrubs Prison in London , said Christmas was a 'difficult time'.

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16 hours ago Yusra Mardini and the power of sport in ‘the next steps’ of Syria’s new era

Exclusive interview: The former Olympian speaks candidly to Jack Rathborn about Syria’s future after President Bashar al-Assad was overthrown earlier this month

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16 hours ago Ceremonies held across Asia to mark 20 years since the Boxing Day tsunami

The waves, which towered as high as 30 metres, killed more than 220,000 people in 15 countries in the deadliest tsunami in history Ceremonies were being held in countries across Asia on Thursday to remember the more than 220,000 people who were killed two decades ago in the Indian Ocean Tsunami, the most deadly tsunami in history.On 26 December 2004, a 9.1-magnitude earthquake struck Indonesia’s Sumatra island, triggering huge waves that slammed into coastal communities across the Indian ocean. The waves, which towered as high as 30 metres, killed 227,899 people across 15 countries. Continue reading...

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17 hours ago Israel's plan to double the number of settlers in the Golan Heights is met with conflicting emotions

Earlier this month, Syrian leader Bashar Assad was ousted after nearly 25 years in power

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19 hours ago Harrowing videos from inside Azerbaijan Airlines plane show passengers' 'final calls to loved ones'

Footage shows survivors emerging from the wreckage of a plane crash in Kazakhstan which has killed 38 people, amid rumours it may have been shot down by Russians

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25 hours ago Body found in wheel well of United Airlines flight after landing in Hawaii

Stowaways who hide in wheel wells can be killed by hypothermia and hypoxia, or be crushed by the landing gear

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27 hours ago Clashes between Islamists now in power in Syria and Assad's supporters leave casualties

Clashes between Islamists who took over Syria and supporters of ousted President Bashar Assad’s government have killed two Islamic fighters and wounded others

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