26 h. ago Child bride faces execution in Iran for killing her abusive husband unless she can pay £80,000 blood money

Goli Koukhan has spent seven years on death row in Gorgan, in Northern Iran and has a deadline of December to raise the huge sum of money.

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3 d. ago Man jailed after sending more than 100 ‘menacing’ messages to Labour MP

Lee White sent a series of abusive emails to Dr Rosena Allin-Khan before later threatening to kill the prime ministerA man who threatened to kill the prime minister and sent a flurry of “menacing” messages to a Labour MP has been jailed for 23 months.Cambridgeshire police said Lee White sent 109 messages to Dr Rosena Allin-Khan, the MP for Tooting in south London, over a four-day period between 29 August and 1 September 2024. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Mother keeps heartbreaking promise to her sons murdered by their father that no more children will die after decade of tireless campaigning

Claire Throssell, from South Yorkshire, has spent more than a decade fighting to change the law after her boys Jack, 12, and Paul, nine, were killed by their abusive father Darren Sykes.

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6 d. ago The massacre visible from space: Satellite images show pools of blood and scattered bodies at Sudanese city where 2,000 were executed in 48 hours

The satellite images also captured piles of bodies, of mainly women and children, who were tragically targeted during the two-day ethnic purge after the city fell to the Rapid Support Forces.

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1 week ago 'We paid £12,000 to attend our best friend's wedding... only to find out it was all fake': Bogus bride conned women into handing over cash to attend Turkish nuptials

Everything was planned; Charlotte Blackwell's intimate five-star summer wedding was, her friends agreed, going to be an event to remember.

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1 week ago 'I was groomed to be a child bride and how to please my husband from 14'

A tradition that used to be commonplace is now being fought by the very victims of the crime. Even leaders are stepping in and fining the aggressors a cow.

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1 week ago Monster raped his own children, taught them oral sex from age 8 and then killed them in cold blood

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Marcus Wesson killed nine of his own children after abusing them for decades

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1 week ago Algerian woman who 'tortured and killed girl, 12, murdered her because she was angry with her ex

Dahbia Benkired, 27, an Algerian migrant living in France, allegedly lured Lola Daviet into her apartment on October 14, 2022. She is currently on day four of her six-day trial at the Paris Assize Court.

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2 w. ago Two further arrests made after death of Ian Watkins in prison

The Lostprophets singer, a convicted child sex abuser, was killed in an attack earlier this month

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2 w. ago 'Monster' mum killed son, 2, after he suffered 'worst case of child abuse' in UK

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Rebecca Shuttleworth was found guilty of murdering her two-year-old son Keanu after a five-month trial

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2 w. ago Kelly Osbourne issues devastating tribute as family suffer loss after Ozzy's death

Sharon Osbourne revealed her family have been hit with another heartbreaking death just weeks after her rock star husband Ozzy Osbourne died as the family pay tributes

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2 w. ago Four men are arrested in France over plot to kill Putin critic who fled Russia after exposing prison abuses

Police in France have detained four people suspected of plotting to kill a high-profile Russian critic of Vladimir Putin.

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2 w. ago Fury over Michigan government's plan to euthanize rescued baby deer called Peanut

Several lawmakers have accused Michigan's state government of abusing its power after making the 'unnecessary and cruel' decision to kill Peanut, a rescued baby deer.

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2 w. ago 'My friends have been executed in Iran for writing slogans': Female resistance fighter speaks out as she vows to not stop until 'bloodthirsty regime is overthrown'

Fattaneh, 38, told the Daily Mail that, as a woman, she has no choice but to fight back against the regime in Iran , which has clung to power since 1979, even if it aggressively cracks down on dissident action.

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3 w. ago Domestic abuse victim who took her own life was 'unlawfully killed', coroner rules

Georgia Barter took her own life in 2020 after domestic abuse

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3 w. ago Father launches campaign to become sheriff as he faces murder trial for killing teenage daughter's abuser

Aaron Spencer, 37, has thrown his hat to be an Arkansas sheriff after he 'shot dead man found with teen daughter' and was charged with murder.

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3 w. ago Recruitment worker, 32, who took fatal overdose was unlawfully killed by her abusive on

Georgia Barter, 32, was subjected to 'coercion', 'control' and 'gender-based' violence over the course of her relationship with Thomas Bignell.

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3 w. ago A vampire novel that smells of garlic? Well, if it gets people reading | Carys Afoko

The special edition of Jennifer L Armentrout’s new ‘romantasy’ will stand out on any bookshelf, even if you’ve got your eyes closed. I refuse to be sniffy about itWould you like a book that smells like garlic? Didn’t think so. But that didn’t stop author Jennifer L Armentrout from using garlic-infused ink to print 1,000 copies of her new novel The Primal of Blood and Bone.Seem strange? Maybe less so if I explain that the book is the latest instalment in a “romantasy” series that features Vampry (vampires) and Craven (sort of zombie vampires). Even then, this garlic business doesn’t quite add up. In Armentrout’s six-book saga (not including its four-book prequel), there is literally no mention of garlic repelling vampires. It’s only when you open TikTok that the special edition makes sense – it’s a “partnership” with the mayonnaise brand Hellmann’s. A quick search and my screen is full of excited readers opening coffin-shaped packages that contain the special smelly book and a free b...

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3 w. ago Georgia’s story: how a domestic abuse victim’s suicide was ruled an unlawful killing by her partner

A London coroner found Georgia Barter’s death was caused by years of violence and coercive control by Thomas Bignell. Her family want justice, but the CPS won’t charge him and the police can’t find himOn 26 April 2020 Georgia Barter, a long-term victim of domestic abuse, died in hospital after taking a fatal overdose of painkillers. Last week, in an extraordinary verdict, a coroner ruled that Georgia, 32, was unlawfully killed by her abusive partner.A court heard how GPs, nurses and police officers all had chances to intervene in Thomas Bignell’s violent campaign against Georgia, but failed to do so. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Sia's estranged husband requests mammoth amount of spousal support and for HER to pay his legal fees

The 49-year-old Australian singer's - born Sia Kate Isobelle Furler - second husband Daniel Bernard has requested a mammoth amount of $250,856 per month from a judge according to TMZ .

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