2 h. ago Mayor 'stabbed 13 times' no longer in critical condition as daughter prime suspect

Iris Stalzer, 57, was believed to have been stabbed by several men on Tuesday but the mayor of Herbedecke is now understood to have told police her adopted daughter, 17, is a suspect

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3 h. ago Daughter suspected in an attack on a newly elected mayor in Germany

Investigators say that the newly elected mayor of a German town who was found at her home with stab wounds apparently was attacked by her teenage daughter, and her life is no longer in danger

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7 h. ago German mayor was found fighting for life with stab wounds after 'screaming' row in her house, neighbours reveal as she refuses to name attacker and her adopted daughter, 17, becomes suspect

Iris Stalzer, 57, mayor-elect of the town of Herdecke near the western city of Dortmund, was found at her home at around 12.40pm local time on Tuesday with life-threatening injuries.

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8 h. ago Stabbed Mayor refused to name attacker while going 'in and out of consciousness'

Newly-elected mayor Iris Stalzer was said to be 'in and out of consciousness' after being stabbed in the back and stomach multiple times, with her son and daughter being arrested on suspicion

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8 h. ago German mayor left fighting for life in frenzied stabbing refuses to name her attacker

Iris Stalzer, 57, mayor-elect of the town of Herdecke near the western city of Dortmund, was found at her home at around 12.40pm local time on Tuesday with life-threatening injuries.

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8 h. ago German mayor in critical condition after being stabbed multiple times in ‘abhorrent attack’

Chancellor Friedrich Merz has condemned the attack which happened just days after the mayor was elected

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10 h. ago German mayor fighting for life after being stabbed ‘13 times’ in ‘abhorrent attack’

Chancellor Friedrich Merz has condemned the attack which happened just days after the mayor was elected

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18 h. ago First picture of son quizzed by cops after brutal stabbing of his mayor mum as she fights for her life in hospital

THIS is the first picture of the son detained by German police and quizzed over the brutal stabbing of his mum. Police arrested the teenager and his 17-year-old sister after newly elected mayor Iris Stalzer was allegedly knifed in a frenzied attack near her home. Pictures show the teen being led away to a police...

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26 h. ago German mayor fighting for life after being stabbed ‘by several men’ in ‘abhorrent attack’

Chancellor Friedrich Merz has condemned the ‘terrible deed’ just days after the mayor’s election

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27 h. ago German mayor fighting for life after being stabbed in ‘abhorrent attack’

Chancellor Friedrich Merz has condemned the ‘terrible deed’ just days after the mayor’s election

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29 h. ago German mayor Iris Stalzer stabbed by ‘multiple men’ near home leaving her fighting for life as cops issue major alert

A NEWLY elected German mayor is reportedly fighting for her life after a brutal knife attack outside her home. Iris Stalzer, 57, was allegedly stabbed multiple times in the stomach and back by "several men" in North Rhine-Westphalia. Her son is said to have found the SPD politician seriously wounded inside her flat after Tuesday's...

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29 h. ago Herdecke stabbing LIVE: Mayor critical after attack by multiple suspects

Newly-elected mayor Iris Stalzer was found seriously injured by her son in her apartment in Herdecke-Herrentisch, Germany

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29 h. ago Mayor of German town Herdecke stabbed by 'multiple men' as cops issue red alert

Iris Stalzer, who was elected mayor of the Ruhr region city on September 28, is reportedly in 'critical condition' after she was allegedly attacked by several men in the street

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29 h. ago Mayor of Herdecke stabbed '13 times by multiple men' as cops issue red alert

Iris Stalzer, who was elected mayor of the Ruhr region city on September 28, is reportedly in 'critical condition' after she was allegedly attacked by several men in the street

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47 h. ago Conservatives pledge to rewrite London’s planning strategy if Tory mayor elected

Shadow housing secretary Sir James Cleverly said the Conservatives will ‘get a grip’ on building in London.

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1 week ago Rudy Giuliani and Dominion settle $1.3bn defamation suit over election lies

US voting machine maker sued ex-New York mayor and Trump lawyer in 2021 for repeatedly calling election riggedRudy Giuliani, the former New York mayor and personal lawyer to Donald Trump, has settled a long-running defamation lawsuit with Dominion Voting Systems over lies he told about the result of the 2020 presidential election.Details of the settlement, revealed in federal court in Washington DC in a filing late on Friday, are confidential. The Colorado-based voting machine manufacturer sued Giuliani for $1.3bn in 2021, citing more than 50 instances in which he made false or defamatory statements insisting the election was rigged against Trump, with the integrity of Dominion’s machinery at the heart of the conspiracy theory. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Can London survive 16 YEARS of Sadiq? Khan suggests he will run for a FOURTH term as the capital's mayor to stretch his rule to 2032

The Labour politician, who was first elected London mayor in 2016, said he had the 'best job in politics' as he set out an ambition to remain in City Hall.

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1 week ago Keir Starmer defiantly claims he will lead Labour into the next election as he swipes at Andy Burnham's economic plans after Greater Manchester mayor openly challenges the PM

The Prime Minister dismissed the 'personal ambitions' of the Greater Manchester mayor as he also swiped at Andy Burnham's economic agenda.

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1 week ago Labour at war as Andy Burnham openly challenges Keir Starmer

The elected Manchester mayor was told in no uncertain terms to stay up north and do his job after he used eve-of-conference interviews to lash out at the Prime Minister.

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2 w. ago I was elected mayor of Istanbul, but I write this from jail: Turkish democracy is under grave threat | Ekrem Imamoğlu

If our nation slides deeper into autocracy, the consequences will reverberate far beyond Turkey’s bordersLast year, I was reelected mayor of Istanbul with 51% of the vote. It was the second time I had defeated the government-backed candidate. The first was in 2019 when the mayoral elections were annulled on flimsy pretexts; voters returned to the polls and handed us a victory by an even larger margin.But this year, democracy in Turkey has entered its most perilous phase. The process started in March on the eve of my nomination as the presidential candidate of the CHP, the century-old Republican People’s party. This was when my university degree was abruptly annulled. Why is this relevant? Because, under the Turkish constitution, one must have a university degree to be able to run for president. Soon after, I was accused of corruption and “aiding a terrorist organisation”. For six months, I have been behind bars, arrested on politically motivated corruption charges based on “anonymou...

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