40 minutes ago Susan Smith is up for parole 30 years after drowning her kids in a South Carolina lake

Susan Smith, the South Carolina mother convicted of killing her sons nearly 30 years ago by rolling her car into a lake while they were still strapped in, will be up for parole next month

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46 minutes ago Wolves boss Gary O'Neil could be in hot water following 'bias' comments after Man City winner

Wolves were beaten after a controversial, 95th minute winner for Manchester City, with manager Gary O'Neil hinting his side could be victims of 'sub-conscious bias' from officials

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49 minutes ago Boy, 16, arrested on suspicion of murder after death of woman in Bristol

The boy was arrested at the scene on suspicion of murder and remains in police custody.

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50 minutes ago Best phone cases to propel your handset to the next level, for iPhones and Android models

These cases quite literally think outside the box

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60 minutes ago The Guardian view on foreign powers in Sudan: struggling for advantage while civilians starve | Editorial

The role of the United Arab Emirates in fuelling the war is under the spotlight. But other countries too are exacerbating the deadly conflictThe often denied but obvious involvement of foreign powers in Sudan’s deadly civil war is now firmly in the spotlight. Tens of thousands of people, including many civilians, have been killed since it began last April. Now, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has accused the Sudanese armed forces (SAF) of bombing its ambassador’s residence in Khartoum, causing “extensive damage”. The SAF denied it, claiming that last month’s strike was the work of the rival paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), backed by the UAE.What’s not in doubt is that both sides are committing war crimes and that they are able to do so because foreign governments are supporting t...

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71 minutes ago Miranda Hart reveals 'phone stopped ringing and no one texted her' after she was forced to give up work due to her Lyme disease

The actress, 51, was recently diagnosed with Lyme disease after suffering the debilitating symptoms of fatigue, aches and loss of energy for three decades.

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81 minutes ago North Korean arms more significant than troops in Russia’s war against Ukraine

Intelligence builds that members of Pyongyang’s special forces are in Russia preparing for combat as munitions are also shippedUkraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, got to the point in his presidential address last night: “Another state,” he said, was “joining the war against Ukraine”. He was referring to the growing intelligence that shows elite soldiers from North Korea are in Russia preparing to join what has become a fight that, in effect, extends all the way across Asia.The effect will be greater than the numbers believed to be involved. On Friday, South Korea’s National Intelligence Service (NIS) reported that 1,500 members of Pyongyang’s special forces had crossed the border to Vladivostok in Russia’s far east to begin training and some degree of participation in the war in U...

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85 minutes ago Taylor Swift freebies: Sadiq Khan and City Hall aides were gifted 22 tickets to Wembley Stadium shows

Questions asked about why so many tickets - worth up to £500 each - were being offered to GLA officials

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87 minutes ago Hamas 'will keep new leader's identity SECRET to avoid another assassination' following Yahya Sinwar's death

An official from within the terror group told the BBC that the movement intends to elect its new head in March 2025 but until then it will be run by a five-member committee.

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1 hour ago MPs demand answers over fears UK officials’ phones hacked during Chagos negotiations

It comes after The Independent revealed that the British high commissioner was hit in huge leak of purported phone conversations between high-profile Mauritian figures

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