43 h. ago ‘Calculated’ predator who spiked and raped students jailed as police fear there could be hundreds more victims

Chao Xu had also filmed and upskirted hundreds of other victims around London

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3 d. ago Family complains of ‘persecution’ as court rejects appeal by Chinese journalist jailed for spying

The former Guangming Daily editor was arrested in Beijing in February 2022 while lunching with a Japanese diplomat

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3 d. ago Family complains of ‘persecution’ as court rejects appeal by veteran Chinese journalist jailed for spying

The former Guangming Daily editor was arrested in Beijing in February 2022 while lunching with a Japanese diplomat

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4 d. ago South Carolina court rejects death row appeal days before execution

South Carolina's highest court has refused to stop Friday's execution of a man who killed three people over five days and left taunting messages for police in one of the victim's blood

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8 d. ago Majority of Brazil's Supreme Court votes to reject Bolsonaro's appeal, upholding 27

Most justices on Brazil's Supreme Court panel have rejected former President Jair Bolsonaro’s appeal

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8 d. ago Arrest footage of Holly Willoughby's stalker revealed as former ITV colleague says 'no one deserves that'

Gavin Plumb had his sentence appeal rejected at court last month

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8 d. ago Man jailed for seven years after sharing Grant Shapps’ details with ‘Russian spies’

Howard Phillips was looking for money when he offered his services to officers who were posing as agents, judge saysA man found guilty of assisting a foreign intelligence service after handing over personal details of the then defence secretary, Grant Shapps, to two undercover officers he believed to be Russian agents has been jailed for seven years.Howard Phillips, 66, was convicted in July after jurors heard that he had been seeking “easy money” when he offered his services to the undercover officers, known as Dima and Sasha. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago France has survived revolutions and wars: its crisis now is deep, but not terminal | David A Bell

From the raid on the Louvre to the spectacle of Sarkozy in jail, it is tempting to think France is on a downward spiral. But history tells the tale of its resilienceIn the classic dinner-party scene in the film Notting Hill, Tim McInnerney’s character promises a brownie to “the saddest act here”. In response, the guests (including the glamorous movie star played by Julia Roberts) try to outdo each other with tales of their painful suffering and pathetic failures.In our gloomy autumn of 2025, western democracies could play quite a convincing version of this game. There is the depressed United Kingdom, where Keir Starmer’s approval ratings have fallen to record lows and Reform leads in the polls. There is the deeply broken United States, where a supine opposition seems incapable of preventing Donald Trump from chopping away one guardrail after another of our constitutional order. There is Spain, where this summer a Socialist party scandal threatened to topple the fragile minority gove...

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3 w. ago Moment armed police arrest ringleader outside B&Q for torching Ukraine

Dramatic footage has captured the moment ringleader Dylan Earl, 21, from Elmesthorpe, Leicestershire, was hauled to the ground by armed police for acting on behalf of Russian spies.

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