37 m. ago Israel has no duty to allow UN aid agency into Gaza, says US state department lawyer

Joshua Simmons tells international court of justice that Israel’s concerns about Unwra are ‘credible’Israel’s urgent security needs override its obligations to provide aid to Palestinians in Gaza, a US state department lawyer has told the international court of justice (ICJ).Joshua Simmons spoke as the United Nations’ top court hears a case on Israel’s ban on cooperation with Unwra, the UN’s main agency for Palestinians. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Kardashian jewel heist: ‘Grandpa robber’ partly driven by taste for easy money, court hears

Aomar Aït Khedache, 68, has admitted involvement in armed robbery of reality TV star but denies being ringleaderA retired restaurant owner alleged to have been the ringleader of an armed robbery of American reality TV star Kim Kardashian in Paris, has told a court he was in part driven by a taste for easy money.Aomar Aït Khedache, 68, known as “Old Omar”, has admitted to police that he took part in the robbery in which Kardashian was tied up and held hostage at gunpoint in her Paris hotel bedroom during Paris fashion week in 2016. But he has denied the prosecution’s accusation that he was the organiser or ringleader of the jewel heist in the early hours of 3 October 2016, which was the biggest robbery of an individual in France in 20 years. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Sycamore Gap suspects boast about 'going viral' in voice notes after iconic tree felled

Daniel Graham, 39, and Adam Carruthers, 32, both deny criminal damage to the world famous tree as the court heard voicemail recordings and voice notes exchanged between the pair

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2 h. ago Sycamore Gap tree 'chopped with chainsaw' as footage shows it fall in 'matter of minutes'

The two men accused of the 'mindless vandalism' filmed the act in a clip lasting two minutes and 41 seconds – the clip ends with a 'thud' as the tree hits the ground, Newcastle crown court heard

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3 h. ago Wife should get to keep more of family fortune after divorcing banker husband who gave her £80m to escape threat of inheritance tax, Supreme Court hears

Clive Standish, 70, a sheep-farming tycoon and former CFO of UBS, married Anna Standish, 55, in December 2005, but the couple separated in 2020 after a 15-year marriage.

Economics

4 h. ago Porn star accused of beheading couple then dumping body parts in suitcases on UK bridge

A man on trial for murder allegedly 'decapitated' a couple and stashed their body parts in a suitcase before dumping them on Bristol's Clifton Suspension Bridge

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4 h. ago Man ‘decapitated and dismembered’ west London couple, court hears

Yostin Andres Mosquera is on trial for murder of Albert Alfonso, 62, and Paul Longworth, 71A man “decapitated and dismembered” a couple, froze parts of their remains and brought the rest in suitcases to the Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol, a court has heard.Yostin Andres Mosquera faces trial for the murders of Albert Alfonso, 62, and Paul Longworth, 71, on 8 July last year in the flat the two shared on Scotts Road in Shepherd’s Bush, west London. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Porn star 'murdered man while having sex with him on camera after killing his lover with a hammer

A man "decapitated and dismembered" a couple before freezing parts of their remains and bringing the rest in suitcases to the Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol, a court heard.

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6 h. ago Man killed couple then froze remains in west London, court hears

Man killed couple then froze remains in west London, court hears  BBC

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7 h. ago Man murdered couple before freezing remains and dumping bodies in suitcase on Bristol bridge, court hears

The killing of one of the men was caught on camera, jurors heard

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7 h. ago Male porn star 'decapitated and cut up couple before freezing remains and dumping body parts at Clifton Suspension Bridge'

A man "decapitated and dismembered" a couple before freezing parts of their remains and bringing the rest in suitcases to the Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol, a court heard.

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7 h. ago Man ‘murdered couple before freezing some remains and bringing rest to bridge’

Yostin Andres Mosquera is accused of killing Albert Alfonso and Paul Longworth in London.

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7 h. ago Supreme Court hears arguments over publicly funded Catholic charter school in Oklahoma

The Supreme Court is hearing arguments over what would be the nation’s first publicly funded religious charter school

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8 h. ago Female soldier in Coldstream Guards band 'sexually assaulted colleague in wine

A female British Army musician in the Coldstream Guards band sexually assaulted a colleague after offering to 'massage her to sleep', a court martial at Bulford Military Court heard.

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12 h. ago Erin Patterson concocted cancer diagnosis to ensure children missed fatal mushroom lunch, murder trial hears

Patterson, 50, faces three charges of murder and one charge of attempted murder relating to a beef wellington lunch she served at her house in South Gippsland in 2023Election 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastPolice have never recovered a phone used by Erin Patterson at the time of the deadly mushroom lunch, and another phone seized during their investigation was subject to a “remote factory reset” while they were searching her house, a Victorian court has heard.Patterson also told police she had never owned a food dehydrator nor dehydrated food, despite CCTV showing her dumping a dehydrator at a local tip, and forensic analysis later revealing it had her fingerprints, and contained traces of death cap mushrooms.Sign up for the Afternoon Update: Election 2025 email newsletter Continue reading...

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13 h. ago Erin Patterson used different plate to guests at deadly mushroom lunch, murder trial hears

Patterson, 50, faces three charges of murder and one charge of attempted murder relating to a beef wellington lunch she served at her house in South Gippsland in 2023Election 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastErin Patterson, who allegedly murdered her in-laws by serving them a lunch laced with death cap mushrooms, will defend the charges by claiming the poisoning was accidental, a Victorian court has heard.Patterson, 50, faces three charges of murder and one charge of attempted murder relating to a beef wellington lunch she served at her house in South Gippsland in 2023.Sign up for the Afternoon Update: Election 2025 email newsletter Continue reading...

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14 h. ago Erin Patterson weeps in court as prosecutor tells jury details of deadly mushroom lunch

Patterson, 50, faces three charges of murder and one charge of attempted murder relating to a beef wellington lunch she served at her house in South Gippsland in 2023Election 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastErin Patterson, who allegedly murdered her in-laws by serving them a lunch laced with death cap mushrooms, will defend the charges by claiming the poisoning was accidental, a Victorian court has heard.Patterson, 50, faces three charges of murder and one charge of attempted murder relating to a beef wellington lunch she served at her house in South Gippsland in 2023.Sign up for the Afternoon Update: Election 2025 email newsletter Continue reading...

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16 h. ago Erin Patterson to claim mushroom poisonings accidental as murder trial begins

Patterson, 50, faces three charges of murder and one charge of attempted murder relating to a beef wellington lunch she served at her house in South Gippsland in 2023Erin Patterson, who allegedly murdered her in-laws by serving them a lunch laced with death cap mushrooms, will defend the charges by claiming the poisoning was accidental, a Victorian court has heard.Patterson, 50, faces three charges of murder and one charge of attempted murder relating to a beef wellington lunch she served at her house in South Gippsland in 2023. Continue reading...

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24 h. ago Man who tricked his way into Wembley for Champions League final may face jail

A court heard Steven Carruthers and his four-year-old son rubbed shoulders with celebrities and sat in seats which should have cost more than £20,000.

Sport

25 h. ago Friends accused of felling Sycamore Gap tree 'kept a wedge of trunk as a trophy' and exchanged messages 'revelling' in their infamy, court hears

Daniel Graham, 39, and Adam Carruthers, 32, from Carlisle, Cumbria, are on trial accused of felling the 19th Century Sycamore Gap tree in an act of 'mindless vandalism'.

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