5 h. ago The international criminal court should prosecute Syria’s Assad | Kenneth Roth

For the foreseeable future, international courts provide the only realistic prospect of justice for SyriansThere are few regimes as cruel as the Syrian government of Bashar al-Assad. There was seemingly no limit to what it would do to sustain his grasp on power, including dropping chemical weapons and barrel bombs on civilians in territory held by the armed opposition, and starving, torturing, “disappearing” and executing perceived opponents. The victims numbered in the hundreds of thousands.Since December, Assad is gone, toppled by the HTS rebel group that now controls the interim government in Damascus. The leader of the interim authorities, Ahmed al-Sharaa, has promised a far more inclusive and rights-respecting rule. The jury is still out on whether he will live up to those vows, but one place where he has fallen short is in satisfying the Syrian people’s quest for justice. Both he and international courts could play a role.Kenneth Roth, former executive director of Human Rights...

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6 h. ago Brits living in 'warehouse capital of England' claim it's like a 'prison camp'

Northamptonshire has more storage and distribution centres than anywhere else in the UK with huge developments "constantly" popping up

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8 h. ago Liverpool’s 20th league title awaits, WCL and FA Cup semis, and more – matchday live

All the latest news and build-up before Sunday kick-offsToday’s fixtures | Latest tables | And you can also mail usWhere to begin? Well, Liverpool will dominate today’s blog for sure, but it’s worth recapping everything that happened yesterday on a sizzling Saturday of football. There were ups and downs galore.Crystal Palace stormed into the FA Cup final with a dash of Ebere Eze genius and two Ismaïla Sarr goals, Barcelona lifted Spain’s Copa del Rey after a thrilling extra-time victory over Real Madrid, there were Premier League wins for Newcastle, Chelsea, Brighton, Fulham and Wolves, Celtic claimed a 55th (yes, really) Scottish league title and there was an almighty changing of the guard in Welsh football as Wrexham sealed promotion to the Championship – a third successive promotion for them – and Cardiff dropped into League One. Continue reading...

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10 h. ago Gardeners urged to test seeds with one natural ingredient to make them sprout

Got a packet of old seeds you're not sure are still viable? You can test them quickly using one very cheap household item - and you'll see the results within days

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11 h. ago Households with foxes in their garden urged to leave out one kitchen scrap

Foxes are nocturnal animals, which means while we sleep, they are awake and often wreaking havoc in gardens. But there's one natural deterrent which could keep them away

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11 h. ago Never buy basil again with infinite supply thanks to genius gardening hack

Basil is a versatile herb that imparts a fresh, sweet flavour to many a dish, ranging from Italian pasta sauces to Thai curries - and now you can have an infinite supply

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11 h. ago Banish pesky weeds from your garden using 35p kitchen staple

If you've noticed an overgrowth of weeds such as dandelions in your garden then try this one simple trick to eradicate them completely. Plus, you likely have it in your kitchen

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13 h. ago Woman's 'secret' to keeping lettuce crisp and fresh for up to six weeks

Lettuce has a notoriously short shelf life, but one food storage expert has shared a simple trick to keep the leafy greens fresh and crisp for a matter of weeks

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14 h. ago Kitchen scrap can transform your garden lawn and it's a real game

Everyone wants their garden to look its best in the warm summer months - and now you can transform your lawn with a kitchen scrap you were about to throw out anyway

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19 h. ago Pregnant teen slits newborn baby's throat just moments after giving birth in her bedroom

Chloe Coplen-Anderson, 18, retrieved a knife from the kitchen of her family home in Gordon, Nebraska, and took it back to her bedroom where she slit the throat of her newborn baby son

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20 h. ago New $4M traffic rotary coming to busy New London intersection

New $4M traffic rotary coming to busy New London intersection  The Day

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21 h. ago Miss World finalist plans to smash stereotypes in brand new ITV Genius Game Show

Former Miss World finalist and past Miss England contestant Bhasha Mukherjee - who now works as an NHS doctor - has discussed taking part in ITV's new high stakes game show

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23 h. ago Huge explosion in Iranian port kills at least five and injures more than 500

Official suggests blast in southern port of Shahid Rajaee in Bandar Abbas due to explosion of chemicals in containersAn immense blast in Iran’s southern port of Shahid Rajaee has killed at least five people and injured more than 700, according to state media, with an official suggesting the fire was caused by the explosion of chemical containers.A spokesperson for Iran’s crisis management body pointed to poor storage conditions of chemicals as the trigger for the port explosion. “The cause of the explosions was the chemicals inside the containers,” Hossein Zafari, a crisis management spokesperson, told Iran’s ILNA news agency. He added that the port administration had previously been warned about the danger these chemicals posed. Continue reading...

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23 h. ago Huge explosion in Iranian port kills at least eight and injures more than 500

Official suggests blast in southern port of Shahid Rajaee in Bandar Abbas due to explosion of chemicals in containersAn immense blast in Iran’s southern port of Shahid Rajaee has killed at least eight people and injured more than 700, according to state media, with an official suggesting the fire was caused by the explosion of chemical containers.A spokesperson for Iran’s crisis management body pointed to poor storage conditions of chemicals as the trigger for the port explosion. “The cause of the explosions was the chemicals inside the containers,” Hossein Zafari, a crisis management spokesperson, told Iran’s ILNA news agency. He added that the port administration had previously been warned about the danger these chemicals posed. Continue reading...

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25 h. ago Huge explosion in Iranian port kills at least four and injures more than 500

Official suggests blast in southern port of Shahid Rajaee in Bandar Abbas due to explosion of chemicals in containersAn immense blast in Iran’s southern port of Shahid Rajaee has killed at least four people and injured more than 500, according to state media, with an official suggesting the fire was caused by the explosion of chemical containers.A spokesperson for Iran’s crisis management body pointed to poor storage conditions of chemicals as the trigger for the port explosion. “The cause of the explosions was the chemicals inside the containers,” Hossein Zafari, a crisis management spokesperson, told Iran’s ILNA news agency. He added that the port administration had previously been warned about the danger these chemicals posed. Continue reading...

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28 h. ago BBC Saturday Kitchen fans threaten to 'switch off' as they issue same complaint

Saturday Kitchen fans were left unimpressed with today's edition of the breakfast culinary programme

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28 h. ago BBC Saturday Kitchen viewers 'switch off' as they share similar complaints

Saturday Kitchen viewers were left unimpressed with the latest edition of the BBC show

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31 h. ago Gerwyn Price hits out at darts chiefs and makes Ronnie O'Sullivan claim

Gerwyn Price has taken aim at the PDC after winning Night 12 of the Premier League Darts, with the 'Iceman' reiterating his claim that Rotterdam should be dropped as a venue

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33 h. ago Who’s a clever boy: the average dog has a mental age of about two. But what are they really thinking?

They can learn hundreds of words, count to five and read humans like a book, so why do we struggle to understand them? Scientists reveal the truth about our pets – and whether they ever feel guilty for eating our slippersThe thing that made me think my dog may be a genius was the word monkey. We’d developed a game where I’d hide her monkey toy – a sad, lifeless being, long lobotomised by my golden retriever puppy – and, when I asked her to find it, I realised she could differentiate the word monkey from other objects. A woman in the park had a similar story. On holiday in an unfamiliar cottage, she had misplaced the car keys. After hunting for them for over an hour, her dog, a border collie, overheard her and her husband talking about it, recognised the word “keys” and immediately went and found them.So maybe my dog, Rhubarb, isn’t a genius after all. Dogs, says Vanessa Woods, director of the Puppy Kindergarten project at Duke University in North Carolina, US, and writer of sev...

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34 h. ago 'I'm 34 and I've been left to rot in bed by the government – there are thousands like me'

'I can't turn to science for help, I can't turn to my doctor, I pay hundreds of pounds for supplements and private appointments for therapy to get help'

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