16 h. ago German man with green card ‘violently interrogated’ by US border officials

Berlin checking if US immigration policy has changed after Fabian Schmidt becomes third German to be detainedBerlin is investigating whether US immigration policy has changed, after a German national who is a permanent US resident was detained and “violently interrogated” by US border officials.Fabian Schmidt, 34, is being held at a detention centre in Rhode Island after attempting to return to his home in New Hampshire after a trip to Luxembourg. Continue reading...

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23 h. ago Trial date set for six accused over murder of woman shot dead in Wales

Joanne Penney died after being shot in the chest at an address in Talbot Green on March 9.

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42 h. ago Trial date set as man accused of causing woman's death by dangerous driving

Sophie Brimble, aged 20, died at the scene of a car crash in 2017

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48 h. ago Brit tourist 'repeatedly raped by taxi driver' in Paris as police launch manhunt

The tourist – who cannot be named for legal reasons – was found on Sunday morning ‘crying and in a state of utter fear’ in the Bois de Boulogne, in the French capital’s western suburbs

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57 h. ago British tourist 'repeatedly raped' by taxi driver after a night out in Paris: Police launch manhunt for attacker

Police have now launched a manhunt for the attacker who reportedly sexually assaulted the young woman in the French capital after she had been out with friends.

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61 h. ago Woman, 46, is fighting for her life after being doused in flammable liquid and set ALIGHT on German train

The unnamed man, 46, reportedly doused the woman with a flammable liquid before setting it alight on Sunday morning in Gera, eastern Germany.

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64 h. ago German police launch manhunt after woman set on fire in horror daylight attack on tram

Pictures from the scene in Gera, a German city in the eastern region of Thuringia, show burned upholstery in a public tram following the distressing daylight attack

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67 h. ago Insane video shows NYC man eating a RAT on the street: 'This is f***ing unbelievable'

Footage shows a man sitting on a Bronx sidewalk while casually devouring the rodent in broad daylight, as shocked onlookers gasped in horror.

Culture

69 h. ago An assailant sets a woman alight on a tram in eastern Germany and flees

Police say an assailant has poured a liquid over a woman on a tram in eastern Germany and set her alight

Politics

5 d. ago Schoolgirl 'punched in face and racially abused' as police launch manhunt

Police have launched a manhunt after a schoolgirl was allegedly punched in the face and racially abused at a train station in South London

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8 d. ago Vile fraudster repays money stolen from charity set up in memory of Bishopton woman

Lindsay MacCallum had helped launch Rainbow Valley with her then best friend Angela MacVicar after she lost her daughter Johanna.

Economics

8 d. ago Florida man is set to be executed for kidnapping and murdering a woman

A man convicted of kidnapping a woman in Miami and later strangling her to death is set to be executed next month

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9 d. ago Police launch manhunt as pensioner randomly attacked by knifeman near school

Greater Manchester Police were called to Crow Hill South, Middleton, Greater Manchester to reports of an assault by a man on a woman in her 70s, as it is feared suspect had a knife

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9 d. ago Suspect named and set to face court after woman 'attacked' in Manchester

An assault investigation began on Saturday

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1 week ago Experience: My dog found a missing person and saved his life

He suddenly stopped dead, focused on a spot in front of him, then dragged me towards the undergrowthWhen Bear stopped dead in his tracks, his nose turned towards some undergrowth, it was clear something was wrong. It was November last year – Bear’s 12th birthday, and his first proper walk after weeks of taking it easy while he recovered from serious surgery. The South Downs stretched before us. The sun had set and the temperature was dropping.Bear is a retired police dog – a huge, 48kg German shepherd. He entered the force as a puppy, then spent six years in active service, working alongside firearms units as well as tracking suspects and missing people. Continue reading...

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1 week ago ITV set to show final hours of woman, 43, before her assisted death in the USA

Jessica Lantz from Portland in Oregon was diagnosed with terminal dermatomyositis a decade ago, a rare autoimmune disease affecting the skin and muscles.

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1 week ago German man, 20, jailed for having sex with his sister 21 times after alerting police to his crimes by calling and saying it was consensual... when his sibling had never pressed rape charges

Lucas K., 20, was sentenced to two years and nine months in prison on Wednesday for sleeping with his 33-year-old half-sister, who was given the pseudonym Marie S.

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1 week ago 'My gran was last woman to be hanged in UK – it set of deadly chain of events'

In 1955, Ruth Ellis was the last woman to be hanged in Britain and her story is now being told in new ITV drama – A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story

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1 week ago 'My gran was last woman to be hanged in Britain – it set off horrific turn of events'

After Ruth Ellis became the last British woman to face the death penalty, a grim legacy of trauma and loss cascaded through her family

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1 week ago Boy, 16, was 'assassinated by delivery driver on moped' in broad daylight in south London as police launch manhunt for gunman

A 16-year-old boy named locally as Lathaniel was 'assassinated' by a man dressed as a delivery driver on a moped, an eyewitness to the fatal shooting in Stockwell, London, revealed.

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