3 h. ago Mansion owner builds massive metal gates and hires security guards as he goes to war with locals over path through his land

Villagers in Cwmparc, near Treorchy in Wales, gathered in numbers to protest against the new resident who moved in and quickly set about blocking the accessible walking path.

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4 h. ago Idaho Republican town hall meeting descends into chaos after private security guards forcibly remove heckling woman

Teresa Borrenpohl was dragged out of a County Republican Central Committee meeting by her wrists and ankles by three private security guards

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5 h. ago Kootenai County town hall meeting in Idaho descends into chaos with unidentified men removing activist

Teresa Borrenpohl was dragged out of Coeur d'Alene High School by her wrists and ankles by three private security guards

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26 h. ago Residents stage protest against homeowner who cut off community with huge security gates

A homeowner decided to commission security guards and erect gates to prevent further access

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26 h. ago Residents gather in anger to take on neighbour's huge security gates

A homeowner decided to commission security guards and erect gates to prevent access to a part of the countryside the community has been using for years

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26 h. ago Australia should repatriate and investigate alleged crimes of Islamic state member found in Syria, experts say

Exclusive: Home Affairs tells the Guardian consular assistance is ‘severely limited’ in Syria, where Mustafa Hajj-Obeid remains in custodyGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Australian government should repatriate, monitor and investigate any crimes committed by a member of Islamic State who was wounded in the extremist group’s final battle, according to multiple security and international law experts.Last week, the Guardian revealed an Australian man whose fate was not publicly known was alive and in custody in a prison in north-eastern Syria, run by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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52 h. ago ‘It’s blackmail’: Ukrainians react to Trump demand for $500bn share of minerals

Ukraine’s lithium deposits are among biggest in Europe and the US is looking for ‘payback’ for previous military assistanceDrawing in the snow with his finger, Mykola Hrechukha sketched out how Ukraine’s new lithium mine might look. It would have a deep central shaft, with a series of side tunnels, he said. “The lithium is good everywhere. The biggest concentration is at a depth of 200-500 metres,” he said. “We should be able to extract 4,300 tonnes a day. The potential is terrific.”For now, though, there is little sign of activity. The deposit is buried under a large sloping field, used in communist times to grow beetroot and wheat. The mine’s proposed entrance is in an abandoned former-Soviet village, Liodiane, today a scruffy grove of acacia and maple trees. The only inhabitant is a security guard, who lives on the 150-hectare site in an ancient Gaz-53 truck. Wild boar and even a wolf sometimes wander past. Continue reading...

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60 h. ago 'I was at an Asda supermarket when security stopped me, what happened shook me to my core'

Melanie has said she will never go back to store where she was stopped

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5 d. ago Gates return with security guards blocking popular mountain path used by locals for decades

Locals are angry the path used by dog walkers and horse riders has been blocked off

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6 d. ago Syrian authorities arrest three men with suspected links to notorious Tadamon massacre

The men are accused of involvement in the execution of nearly 300 civilians by government forces in Damascus in 2013, which the perpetrators filmedAuthorities in Damascus have arrested three men they claim were involved in a notorious massacre of civilians by Syrian security forces revealed by the Guardian three years ago.Footage posted online purported to show one of the men, Monzer al-Jazairi, with his hands bound and being led through the heavily damaged streets of Tadamon, the Damascus suburb where nearly 300 people were killed in an atrocity filmed by the perpetrators themselves – and then leaked by a whistleblower to activists in Europe. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Syrian authorities arrest three men with suspected links to Tadamon massacre

Men are accused of involvement in the execution of nearly 300 civilians by government forces in Damascus in 2013, which the perpetrators filmedAuthorities in Damascus have arrested three men they claim were involved in a notorious massacre of civilians by Syrian security forces revealed by the Guardian three years ago.Footage posted online purported to show one of the men, Monzer al-Jazairi, with his hands bound and being led through the heavily damaged streets of Tadamon, the Damascus suburb where nearly 300 people were killed in an atrocity filmed by the perpetrators themselves and then leaked by a whistleblower to activists in Europe. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Teenage thieves mount brazen Valentines Day raid on Aldi before barging past security guards with a haul of FLOWERS

The teenagers seemed not to care that they were being filmed as they casually strode out of Aldi in Seven Kings, Ilford, east London, clutching their unlikely haul.

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8 d. ago ‘We live in constant fear’: Alawites in Syria’s Homs terrified of reprisals

Diverse city has grown tense since fall of Assad regime, as security forces target groups loyal to the former dictatorOutside the deserted Homs political security directorate building, a group of freshly recruited armed guards were engaged in a heated debate about justice. Sado Junaid, whose sister and brother-in-law were detained and tortured in the squat facility’s underground prison, sided with Mahmoud al-Bashar, who as they spoke sometimes held the black coil of wire and a black-and-white rod once used to beat him and other detainees.They clashed with another young recruit about whether they should be allowed to torture officers from the deposed regime of Bashar al-Assad before any accused of crimes face trial, or whether suspects should be immediately delivered to Syria’s nascent justice system. Continue reading...

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