35 minutes ago It'll be lonely this Christmas! The faces of the Brits on death row this festive season in hell

Three British citizens will rot on death row in some of the world's worst jails this Christmas contemplating their upcoming executions by hanging, lethal injection and firing squad.

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79 minutes ago ‘I’ll starve myself until I collapse to secure my son’s release from Egyptian prison’, vows grandmother

Exclusive: Pro-democracy activist Alaa Abdel Fattah has been in prison in Egypt for more than 10 years on charges the United Nations says are unjust

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93 minutes ago How overflowing River Nile is forcing thousands to survive on edge of canal

As flooding worsens, the swamp is submerging villages, ruining farmland and killing livestock

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1 hour ago Christmas market attack suspect Taleb A in court after five killed including little boy

WARNING, GRAPHIC CONTENT: The Saudi man accused of mowing down hundreds of people at a Christmas market in Germany has appeared in court as the death toll rose to five

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1 hour ago China unleashes terrifying heavily armed robocop that can chase down suspects

The spherical robot, made by technological firm Rotunbot, is capable of travelling on land and water and thanks to its centre of gravity is incapable of toppling over

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1 hour ago Strictly stars Tess Daly and Pasha Kovalev fight back tears in special tribute to Caroline Flack

Strictly Come Dancing stars fought back tears as they paid a special tribute to former winner Caroline Flack.

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2 hours ago British government 'must take action to stop NHS hospitals working with firms subject to Chinese laws' amid warnings they could 'harvest patient data to manufacture bioweapons' 

China is looking to harvest health data from British patients which could be used to develop bioweapons, experts have warned.

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2 hours ago With Assad’s fall, Putin’s dream of world domination is turning into a nightmare | Peter Pomerantsev

Complaints about the president are growing among Russian military and business leaders. Now is the time for the west to turn up the heat As Bashar al-Assad fell, Russian nationalist military bloggers turned on the Kremlin. “Ten years of our presence,” fumed the “Two Majors” Telegram channel to its more than one million subscribers, “dead Russian soldiers, billions of spent roubles and thousands of tonnes of ammunition, they must be compensated somehow.” Some didn’t shy away from lambasting Vladimir Putin. “The adventure in Syria, initiated by Putin personally, seems to be coming to an end. And it ends ignominiously, like all other ‘geopolitical’ endeavours of the Kremlin strategist.” These weren’t isolated incidents. Filter Labs, a data analytics company I collaborate with, saw social media sentiment on Syria dip steeply as Assad fell.It was in stark contrast to Putin’s silly claim at his annual news conference last week that Russia had suffered no defeat in Syria. Unlike social med...

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5 hours ago Menaced by foreign foes, facing mutiny at home: how long before Iran goes nuclear? | Simon Tisdall

After Syria, Israel and the US fear Tehran will build an atomic bomb. Their threats may produce that very outcomeChoices, choices. In life, there’s always a choice, or so that complacent saying goes. It didn’t really hold true for the people of Syria, bound and gagged by tyranny for half a century. Yet finally, after infinite pain, they chose freedom. Now the Middle East spotlight shifts to other victims of state oppression. Who’s next for revolution? Step forward, Iran.A sudden collapse of the hardline theocratic regime in power since the Shah’s overthrow in 1979 is unlikely. True or false? Surprises happen, as all Syria knows. How Iran navigates the changing post-Assad landscape is fiercely debated in Tehran. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and senior mullahs face fateful decisions about the country’s path. Continue reading...

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6 hours ago China says US is 'playing with fire' after latest military aid for Taiwan

The Chinese government is protesting the latest American announcements of military sales and assistance to Taiwan, warning the United States that it is “playing with fire.”

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