66 h. ago Australia’s ambassador exits Iran as Baghdad lowers diplomatic links over alleged attacks

Iran said it has downgraded its relation with Australia a week after its ambassador left the country over accusations that Tehran was behind antisemitic arson attacks in Sydney and Melbourne

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3 d. ago GMB viewers threaten to 'report' Susanna Reid and Ed Balls to Ofcom over alleged 'attack'

Good Morning Britain viewers have threatened to report Susanna Reid and Ed Balls to Ofcom after they accused the presenters of 'attacking' new Green party leader Zack Polanski

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4 d. ago Danielle Mason shares horrendous image of her bruised and bloodied face as she claims ex

Danielle Mason has claimed she was pysically attacked by her ex-fiancé Lee Dopson, who she alleges has breached a court injunction regarding their split. 

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6 d. ago Woman who claims evil killer raped her as a teen calls for case to be reopened

The woman, who does not want her identity to be public, has come forward to tell her story and demand Andrew Kemp is reinvestigated for alleged attacks in Scotland.

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6 d. ago Young man 'raped' in centre of major city as two suspects, 29 and 52, arrested

Police have launched a rape investigation after a man was allegedly attacked in Birmingham. Two suspects, aged 29 and 52, were arrested and remain in police custody

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8 d. ago My cultural awakening: an Asian Dub Foundation song gave me the courage to take a stand against racism

The group’s campaigning single Free Satpal Ram, about a south Asian man jailed for murder after an alleged racist attack, led me to become an activist – with their lead singer as my mentorIt wasn’t New Labour, my politics A-level or the Tipp-Exed Woody Guthrie slogan “this machine kills fascists” on my friend Simon’s bag that set me on the path to activism. It was a CD single I found in a west London record shop, which I only picked up because it was by a bunch of brown guys.It was the summer of 1998, and I was 17 years old and browsing records in the Harrow Virgin Megastore, when I came across Free Satpal Ram by jungle-punk-rap band Asian Dub Foundation – a buzzing, brilliant, ramshackle protest song about a south Asian man who had been sent to jail after defending himself in an alleged racist attack in 1986. While at an Indian restaurant, Satpal Ram was stabbed with a broken bottle, and retaliated by stabbing his attacker with a penknife; the man late...

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8 d. ago Dad took family out for dinner and ended up in hospital with bleed on brain

WARNING, GRAPHIC CONTENT: Kaisen Kinsella, 27, was enjoying a meal with his partner and their two young children when he was allegedly 'brutally attacked' by a group inside a pub

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8 d. ago Dad took family out for dinner but ended up in hospital with bleed on brain

WARNING, GRAPHIC CONTENT: Kaisen Kinsella, 27, was enjoying a meal with his partner and their two young children when he was allegedly 'brutally attacked' by a group inside a pub

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8 d. ago Iran’s ambassador breaks silence after being expelled from Australia over antisemitic attacks

Sadeghi told reporters the allegations were ‘baseless’

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9 d. ago Brit tourist, 25, saved by alleged attacker after he's shot in Thailand bike row

Kitinan Pantarak, 40, allegedly shot the British tourist during a road rage attack, then rushed the injured man off to hospital and fled the scene before police arrived

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9 d. ago Iranian ambassador leaves Australia amid diplomatic rift over antisemitic attacks

Iran's ambassador to Australia has been seen preparing to leave the country as a result of a diplomatic rift between the two countries

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9 d. ago Protesters hurl rocks at Argentinian president Javier Milei during campaign rally amid corruption allegations

Attack comes as corruption allegations against his sister add pressure ahead of key elections

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1 week ago Australia has ‘high level of confidence’ Iran behind antisemitic attacks as ambassador spotted leaving embassy

There is no accusation Ahmad Sadeghi, the embassy or Iranian diplomats in Australia were involved in any attacksFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Australian government has rubbished denials from Iran over accusations its military wing had directed antisemitic attacks in Sydney and Melbourne, with the home affairs minister, Tony Burke, claiming evidence of direct links from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to the arson attacks.It comes as Iran’s ambassador to Australia, Ahmad Sadeghi, was spotted leaving the Canberra embassy on Wednesday after becoming the first ambassador to be booted by the federal government since the second world war. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Victoria police shooting live updates: suspect who allegedly killed two officers in ‘horrific’ attack at large and believed to be armed

Follow live updatesPorepunkah shooting: two Victoria police officers dead, one injured in attack at rural propertyWhat we know so far about the shooting in rural AustraliaWangaratta police have confirmed there is still an “active incident” ongoing and are continuing to urge people to avoid the area.In a statement published to its social media page a moment ago, the local police service said Victoria police “continues to respond to an incident at a property in Porepunkah”.This is still an active incident and we will provide more information when it’s operationally safe to do so.We ask people avoid the area.Tonight’s Ordinary Council Meeting has also been postponed, and will be rescheduled for two weeks’ time. Further details will be provided at a later date.We thank you for your patience and understanding. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Australia expels Iranian ambassador, accusing Tehran of antisemitic attacks

Australia’s PM has accused Iran of being behind at least two arsons in Jewish communities

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1 week ago Iran directed antisemitic attacks in Australia, PM Albanese says

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese accused Iran of directing at least two antisemitic attacks in Australia and said the country is expelling the Iranian ambassador on Tuesday

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1 week ago Lil Nas X charged with four felonies after allegedly attacking police in Los Angeles

Police say musician charged at them when they confronted him for walking naked down an LA street last weekLil Nas X was charged on Monday with four felonies after police say he charged at them when they confronted him for walking naked down a Los Angeles street last week.Prosecutors charged the musician, whose legal name is Montero Lamar Hill, with three counts of battery with injury on a police officer and one felony count of resisting an executive officer, the district attorney’s office said. He was initially booked on suspicion of misdemeanor obstructing an officer on Friday. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Man in court charged with 'permanently disfiguring' worker during 'robbery'

Colin McKay appeared at Glasgow Sheriff Court today in connection with alleged robbery and attack at a USave store on Hawthorn Street, Glasgow.

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1 week ago Black cab rapist John Worboys ‘investigated over alleged 1990s sex attack’

The 68-year-old was locked up in 2009 for drugging and sexually assaulting 12 women in London.

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1 week ago Russia accuses Ukraine of strike on nuclear plant in wave of drone attacks

Moscow says operating capacity of reactor at Kursk site reduced by 50% as Kyiv celebrates independence dayMoscow has accused Kyiv of launching dozens of drone attacks, including one that sparked a fire at a nuclear power plant, as Ukrainians marked 34 years since the country gained independence from the Soviet Union.The drone attack on the Kursk nuclear power plant in western Russia, 37 miles (60km) from the border with Ukraine, caused damage to an auxiliary transformer and forced a 50% reduction in the operating capacity of a reactor, Russian authorities said. Ukraine did not immediately comment on the alleged attack. Continue reading...

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