78 m. ago Lawsuit says migrants endure isolation and intimidation at US' Guantanamo detention center

Civil rights advocates have renewed concerns that immigrants detained at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base on Cuba are being held in extreme isolation, cut off from meaningful access to legal counsel or candid communication with relatives

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4 h. ago John Higgins to face Mark Williams in World Championship quarter

Scot Higgins held his nerve to win his marathon clash against Xiao Guodong.

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7 h. ago We tried the north west's only Indian gastro pub and had just one regret

It might look like a normal pub, but the food offering is quite unique

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7 h. ago This might look like just a normal pub, but it's anything but

It might look like a normal pub, but the food offering is quite unique

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7 h. ago Man 'carrying crossbow' detained after multiple people injured in Leeds

Police remain at the scene following the attack at around 3pm today.

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8 h. ago Shocking moment 'thug armed with a crossbow' is seen prowling the streets of Leeds as three people are injured in terrifying daylight attack and armed police swarm city to detain suspect

This is the shocking moment a man strolls along a street in Leeds with what appears to be a crossbow amid reports three people have been injured in a daylight attack in a major city today. 

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8 h. ago 'I was wrongly jailed for rapes carried out by evil killer – now I'm begging him to confess'

Romano van der Dussen spent 12 years in jail for rapes he did not commit in Spain before Sally Anne Bowman killer Mark Dixie's DNA was identified on one of the victims

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9 h. ago Carnage as three people are 'attacked by a man armed with a crossbow' in Leeds city centre

Three people have been left injured amid reports of a man spotted 'armed with a crossbow' in a major city today. 

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9 h. ago Drunk sex offender died after falling down stairs day after he got out of jail

At the time of Anthony Payne's death a warrant for his arrest was outstanding

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10 h. ago Indian, Pakistani protestors wave Israeli, Palestinian flags during London protests

Indian, Pakistani protestors wave Israeli, Palestinian flags during London protests  The Jerusalem Post

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10 h. ago Indian, Pakistani protesters wave Israeli, Palestinian flags during London protests

Indian, Pakistani protesters wave Israeli, Palestinian flags during London protests  The Jerusalem Post

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11 h. ago Detained Chinese immigrants carved their anguish into a wall a century ago. Those words inspired a ballet

Oakland Ballet Company takes on a harrowing chapter of US-Chinese history with a piece about Angel Island, ‘the Ellis Island of the west’One sunny March day on Angel Island, a hilly landmass in the middle of the San Francisco Bay, a dancer with a 40-ft braid attached to her head glided across a narrow concrete walkway. The audience sat on chairs in front of a long wooden building: a former detention center where – from 1910 to 1940 – half a million people, the majority Chinese, were held for months, even years, in prison-like conditions.Sometimes called “the Ellis Island of the west”, Angel Island’s immigration station is the unlikely setting, and inspiration, for an ambitious new work by the Oakland Ballet Company. It’s based on the people from 80 countries who were confined to the the island’s detention center, which was the result of the Chinese Exclusion Act and other racist laws designed to keep Asian people out of the United States. In response, the detainees carved over 200 p...

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12 h. ago India and Pakistan trade gunfire across Kashmir border after deadly attack

Tensions between the nuclear-armed countries have escalated after attack killed 26 people in disputed territory Indian and Pakistani troops have exchanged gunfire across the volatile frontier in Kashmir for a second day, amid spiralling tensions after a brazen attack that killed 26 people at a popular tourist resort.The massacre has sent relations between the nuclear-armed neighbours into a dangerous downward spin. India and Pakistan have fought three wars, two over Muslim-majority Kashmir, which is divided between them but claimed fully by both. Continue reading...

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17 h. ago London Police arrest Indian protesters for racial abuse outside Pakistan HC

London Police arrest Indian protesters for racial abuse outside Pakistan HC  The Express Tribune

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18 h. ago Anushka Sharma and Virat Kohli moved to London because they ‘can’t enjoy their success, raise kids normally’ in India, says Madhuri Dixit’s husband Dr Nene

Anushka Sharma and Virat Kohli moved to London because they ‘can’t enjoy their success, raise kids normally’ in India, says Madhuri Dixit’s husband Dr Nene  The Indian Express

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19 h. ago Pahalgam attack: Indian, Pakistani protesters face off in London; Pak diplomatic official makes threatening gestures

Pahalgam attack: Indian, Pakistani protesters face off in London; Pak diplomatic official makes threatening gestures  The Hindu

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21 h. ago Indian military says Pakistani troops fired at positions along border in disputed Kashmir overnight

The Indian military says Pakistani soldiers fired at Indian posts all along the highly militarized frontier in disputed Kashmir for a second consecutive night

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22 h. ago Harvard researcher held in Louisiana awaits judge's decision on deportation to Russia

Russian-born scientist Kseniia Petrova has been detained by U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement since February when she failed to declare frog embryo samples at Boston's Logan Airport

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30 h. ago John Higgins leaves John Virgo speechless after huge moment in World Championship match

John Higgins made a huge mistake when he potted the white in the World Snooker Championship clash with Xiao Guodong, with BBC commentator John Virgo was left stunned by the Scot's error

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33 h. ago Nearly 2,600 incarcerated people voted in Colorado last year under new law

As state is first to order in-person voting at jails, official says ‘one step closer to realizing our democracy’s full potential’It was a Sunday in late October 2024 when Jesus Rodriguez, then 29, voted for the first time.He voted in person for the presidential and state races, but his polling place wasn’t at a church, school or community center – it was inside the Jefferson county jail in Colorado. Continue reading...

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