38 h. ago ‘Children lead mums to torture chambers’: Horror of Iran’s prisons laid bare by critic who reveals why she was ‘LUCKY’

AN IRANIAN political prisoner has come forward with a rare account of the regime's torture tactics, as the death toll from the uprising rose to levels unseen in decades. Having fled the Islamic Republic 15 years ago, N. - a mother of a little girl, who wishes to remain anonymous out of fear of persecution...

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8 d. ago Tributes paid to 'fearless' British tourist, 31, who died while on 'trip of a lifetime' in Asia

Tributes have been paid to a 'fearless' British tourist who vanished in south-east Asia on Christmas Day before being found dead this week.

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1 week ago Emmerdale set for explosive year with cancer diagnosis, human trafficking arrest and dead character’s return

‘Massive repercussions’ will be felt across the ITV soap in the next 12 months with the Dingle family at the heart of the events

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1 week ago Brit tourist 'on the trip of a lifetime' vanishes in Thailand after speaking to his family on Christmas Day

Mark Counsell, 31, from Pontypool in Gwent, set off on the trip of a lifetime and has been travelling around southeast Asia, but has not been seen or heard from in more than a week.

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2 w. ago Shamima Begum must never be allowed to return to Britain, Tories warn

The European Court of Human Rights this week formally asked the Home Officewhether it broke human rights and anti-trafficking laws - after Begum was stripped of her UK citizenship.

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2 w. ago Police launch hunt for teen who vanished in London hotspot days before Christmas

Met Police are growing concerned about the welfare of a 17-year-old who was visiting London before Christmas and have issued a plea after she went missing

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2 w. ago Frantic search for tourist, 17, who vanished from busy London hotspot days before Christmas

Frantic search for tourist, 17, who vanished from busy London hotspot days before Christmas  The Sun

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2 w. ago Tourist, 17, who vanished from busy London hotspot days before Christmas is found

Tourist, 17, who vanished from busy London hotspot days before Christmas is found  The Sun

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2 w. ago Family rescued after getting stuck on New Year's Eve mountain walk

The family were walking on an Eryri peak when they were forced to call for help

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2 w. ago Shabana Mahmood will 'robustly defend' decision to revoke Shamima Begum's citizenship as she gears up to fight European judges over ISIS bride

Yesterday, the ECHR formally asked the Home Office whether it broke human rights and anti-trafficking laws - which is Begum's main legal argument.

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2 w. ago Shamima Begum given renewed hope of returning to Britain as European judges challenge government on decision to strip ISIS bride of citizenship

The European Court of Human Rights has formally asked the Home Officewhether it broke human rights and anti-trafficking laws - which is Shamima Begum's main legal argument.

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2 w. ago Body found near missing Texas teen's house after vanishing on Christmas Eve

Camila Mendoza Olmos disappeared at about 7am on December 24 and officers have found a body in a field "very close" to the teen's home

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2 w. ago Body found in search for Texas teen who vanished while going for a walk on Christmas Eve

Camila Mendoza Olmos, 19, was last seen on a neighbor's surveillance camera leaving her San Antonio neighborhood just before 7am Wednesday, prompting a week-long desperate search.

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2 w. ago Body found in search for missing teen Camila Mendoza Olmos who vanished at Christmas

Police in San Antonio, Texas, said Camila Mendoza Olmos was in "imminent danger" after she was reported missing and, one week after she disappeared, a body has been found

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2 w. ago Urgent search launched to find woman who vanished days before Christmas

The 40-year-old, known only as Candace went missing from Horncastle, Lincolnshire, and was last seen on Monday December 22

Politics

2 w. ago First picture of missing Scots fisherman who vanished just days before Christmas

A FISHERMAN who vanished just days before Christmas has been named. The alarm was raised on December 20 when a small creel boat was found washed up on the beach at Inverbervie, Aberdeenshire. The RNLI was alerted but no crew were found aboard the stricken vessel. Ben Dowie has not been seen since the unmanned...

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2 w. ago Missing Texas teenager in 'imminent danger' as sheriff confirms she was NOT detained by ICE after vanishing while going for a walk on Christmas Eve

Camila Mendoza Olmos, 19, was last seen on a neighbor's surveillance camera leaving her home ina San Antonio suburb at 6.58am Wednesday.

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2 w. ago Tragedy as body found in search for man, 20, who suddenly vanished on Christmas Day in port town

A BODY has been found in the search for a missing 20-year-old man who vanished on Christmas Day. The body was discovered in the Holker Street area of Barrow, shortly before 1.45pm on Saturday, said Cumbria Police. While formal identification has yet to take place, cops say the family of 20-year-old Oliver Davey, have been...

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3 w. ago Munich’s surfers foiled again after city thwarts effort to restart river wave

Authorities remove beam placed on Christmas Day to recreate Eisbach wave, which vanished in OctoberA row over the disappearance of a famous river surfing wave in Munich has escalated after authorities removed a beam inserted over Christmas to recreate the attraction.The Eisbach wave on a side branch of the Isar River had been a landmark in the Bavarian city since the 1980s but it vanished in October after annual cleanup work along the riverbed. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Munich’s surfers foiled again as authorities remove access to famous river wave

The city has removed a beam that local surfers placed over Christmas to recreate the Eisbach wave after it vanished in OctoberA row over the disappearance of a famous river surfing wave in Munich has escalated after authorities removed a beam inserted over Christmas to recreate the attraction.The Eisbach wave on a side branch of the Isar river had been a landmark in the Bavarian city since the 1980s but it vanished in October after annual cleanup work along the riverbed. Continue reading...

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