23 h. ago Migrants 'murder each other as boat breaks down at sea' near Canary Islands after victims were 'accused of witchcraft and supplies ran low'

Migrants found dead near the Canary Islands are believed to have been murdered and thrown overboard after the overcrowded boat broke down at sea. 

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3 d. ago Bullfights, ballet and hot jazz: inside Picasso’s scandalous theatre of sex and death

Famed for his cubist portraits, the Spanish genius also created costumes for the Ballet Russes and loved the intensity of bullfights. A new show at the Tate explores the dramatic side of an uncompromising artistShe is called the Weeping Woman, but that is an understatement. She grinds her teeth on a handkerchief that’s like a jagged white-and-blue spearhead while her fingers claw at her face, tearing the flesh to expose her skull. Her chin is two grenades, her eyes are filled with horror – black silhouettes of planes are held in her transfixed eyeballs. They are the German bombers that attacked the Basque town Guernica on 26 April 1937.Picasso’s Weeping Woman was bought from him by the British surrealist Roland Penrose in November 1937, fresh off the easel. Fifty years later, his son gave it in lieu of tax to the Tate Gallery. Now it is about to star in a Tate Modern exhibition that showcases the museum’s Picasso collection, enhanced with terrific loans from the Musée Picasso in Par...

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6 d. ago Fire captain, 47, accused of ‘premeditated’ murder of his 29

Darin McFarlin faces five felony counts in the deaths of his girlfriend, Marissa Divodi-Lessa, and her young son, Josiah.

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7 d. ago Authorities charge Afghan suspect in Munich car ramming attack that killed 2 and injured 44

Authorities in Germany have announced murder charges against an Afghan man accused of killing two people and injuring 44 in a car-ramming in Munich in February that prosecutors say was motivated by a desire to avenge suffering of Muslims

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1 week ago Dog walker chased by three men before being stabbed to death in horror footage

Kieran Shepherd, 30, died after an altercation in Great Baddow, near Chelmsford, Essex, on October 15 last year as three 20-year-old men are on trial accused of his murder

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1 week ago Beaming Amanda Knox laughs as she poses up a storm and kisses her husband at premiere of new series based on her ex

Amanda Knox grinned and shared a smooch with her husband - at the New York premiere of a dramatized mini-series based on the real life case that saw her accused of murder.

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2 w. ago Florida grandma accused of plotting with son to murder her daughter’s husband goes on trial

More than a decade after Dan Markel was gunned down outside his Florida home, there are still many twists and turns in the case involving several members of the same family. Andrea Cavallier explains how jailhouse phone calls led to the arrest of Donna Edelson, whose trial begins this week

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2 w. ago Murder accused was 'generous' to woman found dead in his shed, court told

Christopher Barlow denies murdering Mariann Borocz

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2 w. ago Man planned to spend day 'on the beer drinking 16 pints' before meeting woman he's accused of murdering, court told

Christopher Barlow denies murdering Mariann Borocz

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2 w. ago 'Dangerous' manhunt for man accused of 'brutal' murder his own parents

Texas authorities are frantically searching for a man accused of killing his parents at their secluded home last month. The suspect, 47-year-old Christopher Leman Jr., shares the same name as his father

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2 w. ago Baby murder accused appears in court charged with infant's death at Scots hospital

He appeared at in court charged with one count of murder after the death of the baby in Kirkcaldy’s Victoria Hospital last month.

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2 w. ago Woman who took her own life ingested poisonous plant material bought online from 'home interiors' shop, inquest told

Carla James was sadly found dead in her home in August last year

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2 w. ago Too Good To Go customer gobsmacked by what's inside her £3.09 Spar bag

A woman who bought a mystery food bag from her local Spar supermarket was left completely gobsmacked by what she got inside her Too Good To Go bag after spending just £.309 on it

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3 w. ago Jury given majority direction in trial of US woman accused of murder plot

Aimee Betro, 45, denies any involvement in an attempt to shoot a businessman’s son in Birmingham in 2019.

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3 w. ago 'I bought plane window seat to enjoy view but woman behind made it a nightmare'

Often when travelling, many of us like to pick out a window or aisle seat to aid our relaxing while travelling. However, one woman could not believe what a passenger did as she sat in her paid window seat hoping to enjoy the view

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3 w. ago 'My husband started a miracle drug trial, within days he was dead'

The 76-year-old's widow says his death 'can't be in vain'

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3 w. ago Girl who was 'tortured to death' had begged her school not to let her go home

Rebekah Baptiste's father and his girlfriend have been accused of her murder.

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3 w. ago Four sorority sisters died when a BMW slammed into them. The accused driver has now hired Karen Read’s lawyer

Fraser Bohm, accused of murder and vehicular manslaughter charges in connection with the deaths of four Pepperdine University students, has hired Alan Jackson as his new defense attorney

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3 w. ago Jury retires in trial of US woman accused of taking part in murder conspiracy

Aimee Betro, 45, denies being part of a failed assassination plot in which a person wearing a niqab fired a gun at a man in Birmingham.

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4 w. ago Accused serial killer indicted for murder of fourth woman, prosecutors say

Kristin Smith, 22, was found dead in a wooded area in Portland, Oregon, in February 2023

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