10 h. ago Mexican cartel issues chilling '24 hour' warning by dumping severed pig's head

Mexican cartel members sent a chilling warning by dumping the severed head of a pig outside the office of the Tijuana State Commission of Public Services, sparking terror

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27 h. ago Civil War reenactors’ love triangle ends in revenge porn and $10.5 million federal lawsuit

Exclusive: Reenactor Lisa Twark, a 54-year-old veterinarian, discovered her reenactor husband was having an affair with a fellow reenactor by installing spyware on his laptop, according to court papers

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35 h. ago The Underground Railroad went all the way to Canada – and a new photo exhibit preserves that legacy

For an estimated 30,000 Black people, the journey from enslavement in the US ended north of the borderBetween the late 18th century and the end of the American civil war, tens of thousands of Black Americans escaped the bondage of slavery by fleeing plantations to go north. The Underground Railroad had stops in states in which slavery was illegal, such as Michigan, Pennsylvania, Ohio and New York. But for an estimated 30,000 people, the journey continued beyond those states into Canada.Early Black American settlers in Canada – people who became Black Canadians before Canada was a country – made an indelible mark on their new home. They created thriving communities across Ontario and Nova Scotia and as far west as the Manitoba border; they founded abolitionist newspapers and paved the way for waves of migration that would follow. Continue reading...

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45 h. ago The attack on Zamzam refugee camp and what it means for the Sudan war

Guardian journalist Kaamil Ahmed reports on the devastating assault by the Rapid Support Forces on the camp in Darfur and what it tells us about the group’s plans in Sudan’s civil warZamzam, in Darfur, has been a place of refuge for decades. A sprawling camp in western Sudan, some have estimated that it houses up to 700,000 people – a place of relative safety from the violence that has engulfed the region over the last 20 years.It was also one of the last holdouts in Darfur, one of the few places in the region not yet under the control of the Rapid Support Forces. The paramilitary group has fought a devastating civil war with the Sudanese army since April 2023. Continue reading...

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53 h. ago ‘Still an open wound’: damning docuseries revisits Vietnam war 50 years on

Netflix series Turning Point: The Vietnam War goes back to retrace a devastating history from multiple perspectivesThis Wednesday, 30 April, marks a full half century since the fall of Saigon. The takeover of the South Vietnamese capital, renamed Ho Chi Minh City, by North Vietnamese forces reunited a country riven by a decades-long civil war that killed more than 3 million civilians – a triumph of one vision of Vietnam’s future at the violent expense of another, with many caught perilously in between.For the US, the fall of Saigon was an indisputable humiliation and the end to what was then its longest war, one that killed over 58,000 servicemen, divided a nation and has only grown more ignominious with time. Fifty years on, the picture is clear: the Americanization of the Vietnam War was an unfathomably costly, poorly run, incomprehensibly horrific folly based on political lies and dubious intelligence. It is taught as a brief but upsetting chapter in American schools – if it’s ta...

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56 h. ago Porn star accused of beheading couple then dumping body parts in suitcases on UK bridge

A man on trial for murder allegedly 'decapitated' a couple and stashed their body parts in a suitcase before dumping them on Bristol's Clifton Suspension Bridge

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58 h. ago Porn star 'murdered man while having sex with him on camera after killing his lover with a hammer

A man "decapitated and dismembered" a couple before freezing parts of their remains and bringing the rest in suitcases to the Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol, a court heard.

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59 h. ago Male porn star 'decapitated and cut up couple before freezing remains and dumping body parts at Clifton Suspension Bridge'

A man "decapitated and dismembered" a couple before freezing parts of their remains and bringing the rest in suitcases to the Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol, a court heard.

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60 h. ago Tony Blair backs down in Labour civil war over Net Zero targets: Ex

The former prime minister's consultancy insisted it 'supported' the Government's 2050 green energy target, the day after he said that such policies were 'irrational'.

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61 h. ago The chance discovery of a mass grave opens up old wounds in Greece

As many as 400 Yedi Kule prisoners were executed

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62 h. ago Labour Civil war over Net Zero as Tony Blair attacks 'irrational' green power push championed by Ed Miliband

In a thinly veiled swipe at the Energy Secretary, the former Labour prime minister said Western political leaders fear admitting that the current approach 'isn't working'.

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64 h. ago This £45 floral M&S dress could easily pass for Kate Middleton's designer favourite

M&S has launched a gorgeous floral tea dress that looks remarkably like a £245 frock from Rixo - the designer label loved by the Princess of Wales.

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3 d. ago Mexico's attorney general says ranch was used for cartel training, but no mass graves found

A ranch in the western Mexican state of Jalisco was used for cartel recruitment and training, but federal investigators found no evidence of bodies being burned there

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3 d. ago Kate Middleton just stepped out in a chic spring ensemble to mark her and Prince William's wedding anniversary

Shop the Princess of Wales' latest outfit or explore our curated picks to recreate the look for less.

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3 d. ago Kate Middleton backs British high street with one of her most affordable outfits yet

Kate Middleton was spotted wearing a blue button-up shirt during her recent visit to Mull, Scotland - and it's said to be one from Boden's new collection

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3 d. ago 'Explosion' rocks major UK city as flames and black smoke 'erupt' during rush hour

According to London's Fire Brigade, the source of the fire was at an electrical substation on Victoria Passage in Westminster, and it saw 10 fire engines and 70 firefighters descend on the area

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4 d. ago Alejandría shopping centre rocked 'by huge explosion' as cops lock down Colombian city

Police have reportedly activated a security operation around Alejandría Shopping Center in downtown Cúcuta - with an official cordon in place as the area goes into lockdown

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5 d. ago Daughter of cannibalistic murderer reveals what it was like to grow up with the notorious killer

Isakin Drabbad, now 46, became one of Sweden 's most infamous murderers after he brutally killed his girlfriend Helle Christensen in 2010 - decapitating her and eating parts of her body.

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6 d. ago 25 best Celtic title party pictures as Maeda tells Rangers who runs this city and a duck in a nappy rocks up

The Hoops clinched a fourth straight league title in style in the early-kick off at Tannadice

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7 d. ago Archaeologists find wreck of large medieval boat in Barcelona

Experts hope vessel’s old timbers and nails will help shed light on how boats were built during medieval periodArchaeologists excavating the site of a former fish market in Barcelona have uncovered the remains of a large medieval boat that was swallowed by the waters off the Catalan capital 500 or 600 years ago.The area, which is being dug up in order to build a new centre dedicated to biomedicine and biodiversity, has already yielded finds ranging from a Spanish civil war air-raid shelter to traces of the old market and of the city’s 18th-century history. Continue reading...

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