1 hour ago Armed police threatened to arrest Kent protester for holding Palestinian flag

Officers accused Laura Murton who also had a sign saying ‘Free Gaza’ of supporting a proscribed organisationArmed police threatened a peaceful protester with arrest under the Terrorism Act for holding a Palestinian flag and having signs saying “Free Gaza” and “Israel is committing genocide”, accusing her of supporting a proscribed organisation.Officers told Laura Murton, 42, that her demonstration in Canterbury, Kent, on Monday evening expressed views supportive of Palestine Action, which was banned under terrorism legislation earlier this month. Continue reading...

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13 h. ago Teen describes moment she was choked by father in 'attempted honor killing' after refusing arranged marriage

Fatima Ali, 18, testified against her parents Ihsan Ali, 44, and mother Zahraa Subhi Mohsin Ali, 40, at their attempted murder trial. They are accused of trying to strangle her in a Muslim 'honor killing'.

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15 h. ago Kentucky restaurant sued and accused of starting ‘beaver fever’ outbreak that has sickened 23

The woman fell ill with diarrhea and abdominal pain before she was diagnosed with Giardia, also known as “beaver fever.”

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20 h. ago Columbia porn actor accused of Clifton Suspension Bridge murders tells jury how he cut up victim's body

Yostin Andres Mosquera, 35, knifed Albert Alfonso, 62, repeatedly during sex after he had allegedly bludgeoned his partner Paul Longworth, 71, with a hammer.

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27 h. ago Germany’s 16 states locked in row over dates of school summer holidays

Two southern states cling to past ruling that children are needed for harvest and claim the latest, most favoured slotGermany’s 16 states are locked in a fierce row over when they are able to take their summer school holidays, with the southernmost two accused of permanently hogging the best slots on the grounds that their children are required to help bring in the harvest.Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg are resisting calls from the other 14 federal states to join the long-held national rotation system of school summer holidays that the other states take part in. Continue reading...

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40 h. ago Sudanese paramilitary RSF accused of killing almost 300 people in village raids

Rights group says targets of Rapid Support Forces in North Kordofan were ‘empty of military objectives’Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have killed nearly 300 people in attacks in North Kordofan state that began on Saturday, according to Sudanese activists.The RSF has been fighting the Sudanese army in the area, one of the key frontlines of a civil war in Sudan that has raged since April 2023. Continue reading...

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42 h. ago Tim Davie insists he is still right person to lead BBC after series of scandals

Director general defends his performance after criticism from culture secretary over ‘catastrophic failures’Tim Davie has insisted he is still the right person to lead the BBC, after a succession of controversies that have led the culture secretary to accuse him of overseeing a “series of catastrophic failures”.Davie has been under the most intense pressure of his five-year tenure as director general after incidents including the livestreaming of Bob Vylan’s performance at the Glastonbury festival, as well as the broadcast of a Gaza documentary that breached the corporation’s editorial guidelines. Continue reading...

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42 h. ago MP criticises DWP as she accuses them of cutting off her own son's PIP

The Department for Work and Pensions has been accused of being 'at war' with the people it is supposed to protect

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43 h. ago Colombian porn actor accused of Clifton suspension bridge murders had intimate videos shared by one of his victims without consent, court hears

Yostin Andres Mosquera, 35, is said to have knifed Albert Alfonso, 62, repeatedly during sex after he had allegedly bludgeoned his partner, Paul Longworth, 71, with a hammer.

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46 h. ago Amanda Holden shows support for John Torode after he's accused of racist remark

MasterChef host John Torode has been accused of using racist language in two separate incidents, with one allegedly happening in front of his co-star Gregg Wallace

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48 h. ago John Torode 'asked to resign by BBC and blame mental health issues over racist comment'

MasterChef host John Torode has been dragged into the scandal surrounding his former co-star Gregg Wallace as he has been accused of using a racist remark and allegedly told to resign

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55 h. ago Sudan paramilitary forces kill almost 300 in village raids, say lawyers

Rapid Support Forces accused of targeting villages ‘completely empty of any military objectives’ in North Kordofan state as civil war ragesSudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) killed nearly 300 people in attacks in North Kordofan state that began on Saturday, according to Sudanese activists.The RSF has been fighting the Sudanese army in that area, one of the key frontlines of a civil war in Sudan that has raged since April 2023. Continue reading...

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55 h. ago Sudan’s paramilitary RSF accused of killing almost 300 people in village raids

Rights group says Rapid Support Forces accused of targeting villages ‘completely empty of any military objectives’ in North Kordofan stateSudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) killed nearly 300 people in attacks in North Kordofan state that began on Saturday, according to Sudanese activists.The RSF has been fighting the Sudanese army in that area, one of the key frontlines of a civil war in Sudan that has raged since April 2023. Continue reading...

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58 h. ago Suspect accused of fatally shooting karaoke singer at bar as victim broke out in duet with suspect’s ex

The owner of the bar where the shooting happened said it was ‘very traumatizing’

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62 h. ago Colombian man accused of Clifton suspension bridge murders tells court one of his victims 'raped him every day'

Yostin Andres Mosquera, 35, is on trial following the deaths of Albert Alfonso, 62, and Paul Longworth, 71, at their flat in Shepherd's Bush, west London , on July 8 last year.

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66 h. ago Man accused of suitcase murders claims he was ‘raped every day’

Yostin Andres Mosquera, 35, is on trial for the murders of Albert Alfonso, 62, and Paul Longworth, 71, on July 8 last year.

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66 h. ago Tory MP accused of sexually assaulting two women in posh members' club appears in court

Patrick Spencer, MP for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich, who has had the Conservative whip suspended, will stand trial in July next year after being accused of assaulting two women in the Groucho club in Soho

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69 h. ago Trial date set for suspended Tory MP accused of Groucho club sex assaults

Patrick Spencer cupped the breasts of two women against their will, prosecutors say.

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69 h. ago MP accused of Groucho Club sexual assaults to face trial next summer

Patrick Spencer is accused of groping women at the Groucho Club

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3 d. ago South African president suspends police minister accused of colluding with criminal syndicates

Ramaphosa says probe will be headed by a judge, and announces Firoz Cachalia as the acting minister of police

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