20 h. ago How a psychotic episode led to a brutal schoolboy murder in London

How a psychotic episode led to a brutal schoolboy murder in London  NZ Herald

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32 h. ago How I catfished a killer: When Christine was found with her throat slashed, police failed to act. Then her niece Lehanne tracked the suspect down on Facebook, posed as a sexy air hostess

When Lehanne Sergison waved goodbye to her aunt, she could never have imagined the trauma that would follow and how she would spend the next six years trying to avenge her brutal murder.

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50 h. ago ‘A lot has been learned’: Lando Norris on McLaren talks after his crash into Piastri

British driver insists ‘things have come out stronger’‘It’s important Oscar and I keep the trust and honesty’Lando Norris has insisted he and McLaren will come back stronger after the British driver’s title ambitions took a blow when he had to retire at the Canadian Grand Prix having made an error in hitting his teammate Oscar Piastri on track.Norris was challenging Piastri for fourth place in Montreal when he attempted to pass and made what he later described as a “stupid” mistake. The pair were approaching turn one and Norris ran out of room when trying to take the inside line, clipped the back of Piastri’s car and was edged into the pit wall, sustaining damage that took him out of the race. Piastri went on to finish fourth and the championship leader is 22 points ahead of Norris in the title fight. Continue reading...

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56 h. ago Subpostmistress ‘vindicated’ by OBE but vows to continue Horizon scandal fight

Jo Hamilton, 68, was falsely prosecuted for a shortfall of £36,000 at her Post Office branch in South Warnborough, Hampshire in 2006.

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67 h. ago The chilling messages revealing how cocaine kingpin plotted rival's brutal murder...and the moment gang realised the police were on to them

EXCLUSIVE: Following their conviction at the Old Bailey trial, MailOnline has obtained EncroChat logs which reveal how they went about planning the hit.

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3 d. ago Shocking footage shows how Hainault sword attacker’s murderous rampage unfolded

CCTV and police body-worn cameras captured the brutal attacks of Marcus Arduini Monzo, who has been convicted of murder and attempted murder

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4 d. ago 'My sick killer boyfriend asked me for a kiss before forcing me to hear him stabbing my mum'

Damian Homer, 51, was convicted of murder and attempted murder in November 2024 after launching a brutal attack on his partner and her mum while their two young children were at home

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4 d. ago Ibiza San Antonio boat party erupts in violence as Brits continue brawl in sea

Shocking pictures show a mass brawl with British tourists in party hot spot Ibiza. The group of Brits were kicked off a boat and continued their fight in the waves

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4 d. ago US judge blocks Trump plan to bar international students from Harvard

President’s proclamation had barred foreign students from studying at top university, citing national security concernsA federal judge on Monday blocked Donald Trump’s administration from implementing his plan to bar foreign nationals from entering the United States to study at Harvard University.US district judge Allison Burroughs in Boston issued an injunction barring Trump’s administration from carrying out its latest bid to curtail Harvard’s ability to host international students amid an escalating fight pitting the Republican president against the prestigious Ivy League school. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Jon Jones walks out of interview over Tom Aspinall question: ‘You said something real wild’

The UFC heavyweight champion continues to avoid committing to a fight with the interim-title holder

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1 week ago Brit pilot jailed for baby's brutal murder could walk free as wife 'confesses'

London-born pilot Mohamed Barakat, 46, has spent five years behind bars after his one-year-old daughter was murdered - but an alleged 'confession' from his ex-wife could change his fate

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1 week ago Why Cambodia and Thailand continue to fight over border and what happens next

Tens of thousands of people gathered in Cambodia’s capital Phnom Penh on Wednesday for a march to show their solidarity with the government and military, amid soaring tensions with neighboring Thailand following a border row that erupted last month

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1 week ago Son, long thought to have nothing to do with his father’s 2003 death, arrested on second

This week, authorities in New Hampshire announced that a 39-year-old man was in custody in connection to the brutal murder of his father in 2003

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1 week ago Killer admits severing girlfriend's head and trying to remove her limbs in brutal murder

Ewan Methven killed Phoenix Spencer Horn, 21, at her home in East Kilbride, Lanarkshire last November.

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1 week ago Red Path review – Tunisian drama tells traumatic story of Islamic State’s horrific cruelty

Based on the true story of the brutal murder of a teenage shepherd, Lotfi Achour’s sombre film honestly attempts to encompass the unbearable grief suffered by the familyA low cloud of misery and horror settles on this sombre movie from Tunisian writer-director Lotfi Achour, inspired by a brutal event in his country from 2015. A teenage shepherd called Mabrouk Soltani was murdered and beheaded on Mount Mghila in central Tunisia by members of Jund al-Khilafah (“soldiers of the caliphate”), the Tunisian branch of Islamic State, which habitually hides out in that remote, rugged region. They videoed their grotesque homicide, claiming the boy was an army spy and ordered his terrified 14-year-old cousin, who was with him, to carry the severed head back to his village as a brutal “message” – and this boy obeyed, in a stricken state of trauma that can only be guessed at. This horrifying event was to assume the status of national scandal in Tunisia two years later when the victim’s elder brot...

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1 week ago I was disappeared under Argentina’s dictatorship. I know how autocracy begins | Miriam Lewin

Foreigners treated as enemies, judges under attack: the signs are everywhere in the US. But there are still reasons to hopeLike so many others, I watched the video of Rümeysa Öztürk, a Turkish student at Tufts University, as she was surrounded by men dressed in black, some wearing masks. They carried guns. One grabbed her by the collar. The men surrounded her, and one handcuffed her. You can hear her short shrieks of fear.She must have been terrified. I know I was when, as a 19-year-old student, I was kidnapped off the streets of Buenos Aires by members of an irregular taskforce. I know what it feels like and I know what it portends.Miriam Lewin is a leading Argentine journalist and survivor of the dictatorship. She is the author of six books, including Iosi, the Remorseful Spy forthcoming in English in July 2025 (Seven Stories Press). A seven episode podcast about Miriam Lewin’s experience as a prisoner of the state and her fight for justice is titled The Burden: Avenger Continue r...

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1 week ago Malala and Kiran faced violence, threats and shame. Now their fathers want ‘all men to stand with women’

Ziauddin Yousafzai and Ranjit appear in a new film in which they discuss fatherhood, courage, gender justice and bringing up strong daughtersThe day Ranjit’s daughter was born, he distributed sweets to the entire village – not just because he was thrilled to be a father for the first time, but because he was father to a girl. “God heard my heart and granted my wish,” he says. His devotion to baby Kiran* was immediate and unshakeable. He would rush home from his work in the fields to spend time caring for her.Millions of fathers around the world will relate to the joy Ranjit felt, but in deeply patriarchal rural India publicly celebrating the arrival of a girl is an unusual, even defiant, act. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Hitchins dismantles Kambosos inside eight to retain 140lb title at Garden

Hitchins stops Kambosos with vicious body shotBrooklyn native dominates from start in hometownAussie Kambosos suffers fourth defeat in six fightsRichardson Hitchins delivered a career-best performance on Saturday night at the Theater at Madison Square Garden, stopping George Kambosos Jr with a withering body shot in the eighth round to retain the IBF’s version of the light welterweight championship.In his first defense of the 140lb belt, and his first time headlining a card in his hometown, Hitchins (20-0, 8 KOs) controlled every round before putting Kambosos down with a sharp left hook to the midsection. The Australian rose to his feet before the count of 10, but referee Michael Griffin waved off the fight as Kambosos visibly grimaced in pain, unable to continue. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Private schools vow to continue fees VAT fight as High Court rejects challenge

Private schools and pupils challenged the government in court over its VAT fee policy

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2 w. ago As legal fight over Guard deployment plays out, Noem vows to continue Trump's immigration crackdown

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is promising to move forward with the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in Los Angeles despite the waves of unrest

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