4 h. ago The US government is effectively kidnapping people for opposing genocide | Moira Donegan

Rumeysa Ozturk, a visa holder, was snatched off the streets by Ice agents and sent to a detention center 1,000 miles away for opposing war crimes in GazaThe abductors wore masks because they do not want their identities known. On Tuesday evening, Rumeysa Ozturk exited her apartment building and walked on to the street in Somerville, Massachusetts – a city outside Boston – into the fading daylight. Ozturk, a Turkish-born PhD student at Tufts University who studies children’s media and childhood development, was on her way to an iftar dinner with friends, planning to break her Ramadan fast.In a video taken from a surveillance camera, she wears a pink hijab and a long white puffer coat against the New England cold. The first man, not uniformed but wearing plain clothes, as all the agents are, approaches her as if asking for directions. But he quickly closes in and grabs her by the wrists she has raised defensively toward her face. Continue reading...

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29 h. ago Woman in her 70s 'sexually assaulted' at restaurant as police make CCTV appeal

Police say the woman, who is in her 70s, was allegedly sexually assaulted while enjoying a meal at a restaurant in Woolton, Liverpool, when a man touched her inappropriately and kissed her

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50 h. ago Zayn Malik close to tears with One Direction tribute on 10th anniversary of his exit

Zayn Malik paid an emotional tribute to One Direction during his performance in Mexico, nearly breaking down while singing Night Changes on the 10th anniversary of his departure.

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3 d. ago FBI forms taskforce over rising reports of vandalism at Tesla dealerships

Amid protests, White House officials close ranks around the Tesla owner leading efforts to slash federal jobsEscalating reports of vandalism at Tesla dealerships and charging stations across the US have prompted the FBI to create a taskforce to target the perpetrators.The development, announced by Kash Patel, the bureau’s director, comes as White House officials close ranks around Elon Musk, the Tesla owner and world’s richest person who has been leading efforts to slash federal jobs and budgets as head of the “department of government efficiency” (Doge). Continue reading...

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3 d. ago M40 traffic chaos as major motorway closed in both directions after crash leaves two dead

The fatal collision happened just after 10.40pm on Monday night near Oxford, with police shutting off both lanes of the M40 between Junction 9 (Bicester) and Junction 8 (Tiddington)

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4 d. ago M6 traffic hell as major crash sparks two MILES of queueing cars with travel chaos

The M6 is currently closed in the southbound direction between J17 (Sandbach) and J16 (Crewe) as officers respond to an incident, police said in a statement this evening

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4 d. ago Police launch CCTV appeal after pensioner has £1,000 stolen from her bank

The woman, in her 70s, had her purse snatched while shopping in Ashton-under-Lyne

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5 d. ago Woman pedestrian in her 70s dead after being hit by lorry on the M5

The collision was reported at 2.48am on the northbound carriageway between junctions 24 and 23 near Bridgwater in Somerset.

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5 d. ago M5 closed in both directions after woman killed in horror lorry collision

The incident happened shortly before 3am on the northbound carriageway

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5 d. ago M5 closed in both directions after woman in 70s killed in lorry horror

The M5 in Somerset was closed in both directions after a woman was killed in a lorry collision in the early hours of this morning, with the motorway remaining shut northbound

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5 d. ago M5 shut in both directions as woman struck and killed by lorry

Avon & Somerset Police has confirmed a woman aged in her 70s was killed when she was hit by a lorry early this morning on the M5's northbound carriage, near junctions 24 and 23

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8 d. ago Motorbiker killed in horror crash involving lorry on rural Scots road

The accident happened near Newton Wamphray in Dumfries and Galloway, with the biker pronounced dead at the scene.

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9 d. ago Bodies of woman and man in their 70s are pulled from car wreckage after 'vehicle ploughed into reservoir'

The pensioners tragically died following a collision at Crook Gate Reservoir on Huddersfield Road in Denshaw, Oldham.

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1 week ago Bodies of man and woman found in car wreckage pulled from reservoir

The man and woman, aged in their 70s, were found dead in the water following the incident

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2 w. ago 'Cherished' young footballer killed in lorry crash with road sweeper as tributes paid

Talented footballer Marshall Spelzini, 21, was a passenger in a lorry when it collided with a broken down road sweeper, killing him and injuring two others

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2 w. ago Promising footballer killed in horror lorry crash as family in 'unimaginable pain'

The family of a young footballer are in "unimaginable pain" after he was killed as a passenger in a lorry when it collided with a broken down road sweeper.

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2 w. ago Promising young footballer, 21, killed in horror lorry crash as family in 'unimaginable pain'

Marshall Spelzini, 21, was a passenger in a lorry when it collided with a broken down road sweeper on the A299 near St Nicholas-at-Wade, Kent, as a fundraiser was launched

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2 w. ago ‘A cascade of terrible things’: documentary pieces together Rust shooting tragedy

Last Take: Rust and the Story of Halyna pays tribute to the cinematographer killed in a freak on-set accidentAnyone who loved Halyna Hutchins expected her to become a name. At 42, Hutchins had worked her way from photojournalism to cinematography, building an impressive portfolio that was beginning to court attention in Hollywood. Her work alone attracted Joel Souza, a writer-director, who hired her in 2021 to be his director of photography for a new western called Rust, to film in Santa Fe that October. “She absolutely would have become a household name as a cinematographer,” said Rachel Mason, one of Hutchins’s close friends and the director of the new Hulu documentary Last Take: Rust and the Story of Halyna. “Anyone who knew her had absolutely no doubt she was going to be on the highest level, winning awards, becoming well-known for that.”Hutchins didn’t get the chance. Instead, she became a household name in death, after a weapon actor Alec Baldwin was holding accidentally disch...

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2 w. ago Manhunt launched for masked thug after woman in her 70s was 'stabbed in the neck in her garden' before hero neighbour rushed over

The pensioner, aged in her 70s, was saved by her hero neighbour who rushed across the road to intervene causing the masked attacked to flee.

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2 w. ago Andrea Berta: Arsenal close in on deal to appoint new sporting director ahead of busy summer

Andrea Berta is set to arrive at Arsenal with an impressive reputation

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