10 h. ago Starmer welcomes release of Belarusian opposition leader’s husband

Siarhei Tsikhanouski is a key dissident figure and the husband of exiled opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya.

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14 h. ago Lukashenko frees Belarusian opposition leader after meeting Trump envoy

Sergei Tsikhanouski was jailed for 18 years after challenging Alexander Lukashenko for the presidency

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16 h. ago Belarus opposition leader freed after nearly five years in jail

Syarhei Tsikhanouski arrested shortly after announcing candidacy in rigged 2020 election won by LukashenkoOne of the leaders of Belarus’s opposition movement, Syarhei Tsikhanouski, has been released from jail after being pardoned following almost five years behind bars.His wife, the exiled politician Svetlana Tsikhanouskaya, who took over the opposition cause after his jailing, on Saturday shared a video of him smiling and embracing her after his release. Continue reading...

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16 h. ago ‘My husband is free!’ Belarus opposition leader freed after nearly five years in jail

Syarhei Tsikhanouski arrested shortly after announcing candidacy in rigged 2020 election won by LukashenkoOne of the leaders of Belarus’s opposition movement, Syarhei Tsikhanouski, has been released from jail after being pardoned after almost five years behind bars.His wife, the exiled politician Svetlana Tsikhanouskaya, who took over the opposition cause after his jailing, on Saturday shared a video of him smiling and embracing her after his release. Continue reading...

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16 h. ago Badenoch says BBC would be ‘rewarding extremism’ with Kneecap Glastonbury coverage

The Tory leader of the Opposition has previously called for the group to be banned from Glastonbury

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45 h. ago Gary Glitter admits he shouldn't be freed from jail due to his ‘uncontrolled interest in young girls’

Glitter, 81, will remain behind bars after finally admitting the danger he poses to children

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62 h. ago "What does this have to do with Bolton?": Council opposition leader gets death threats

Coun Nadim Muslim has slammed other councillors for bringing issues for debate at the council that 'are not related to anything Bolton has control over'

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63 h. ago 'Scotland's dumbest criminal' set fire to himself while torching cars for gang

Sheriff Tim Niven-Smith also imposed an eight-month supervised release period to protect the public from serious harm once Gibb is freed from jail.

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5 d. ago Israeli opposition leader rallies behind Netanyahu's Iran operation, suspending months of criticism

Israel's opposition leader pushed just days ago to topple Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government

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5 d. ago Opposition to Cosmeston aqua park dismissed as 'malicious tripe'

Vale of Glamorgan Council leader Liz Burnett has hit back at opposition to the controversial water park which has seen protestors gather to voice their concerns

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6 d. ago Former prison officer caught on camera having sex with inmate freed from jail

Linda de Sousa Abreu was caught inside HMP Wandsworth

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7 d. ago Married prison guard who was filmed having sex with an inmate is FREED from jail after just five months

Married Linda de Sousa Abreu, 31, was sentenced to 15 months for having sex with  serial burglar Linton Weirich in his prison cell at HMP Wandsworth last June.

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8 d. ago How would recent events in America appear if they happened elsewhere? | Moira Donegan

Imagining how the media would cover the troops in Los Angeles or the detention of a sitting senator is a useful exerciseAt times the gesture can seem like a cliche, but I like to imagine, for the sake of perspective, how political developments in the United States would be covered by the media if they were happening in any other country. I imagine that Thursday’s events in Los Angeles might be spoken of like this:A prominent opposition leader was attacked by regime security forces on Thursday in the presence of the national security tsar, as he voiced opposition to the federal military occupation of the US’s second-largest city following street demonstrations against the regime’s mass deportation efforts. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Once again, British politicians want to ‘ban the burqa’. But this time, I’ve never felt so afraid | Nadeine Asbali

Since the riots last summer British Muslims have felt a deep unease in our own countryHere we are again, debating the right of Muslim women to wear what they want. Last week, the Reform UK MP Sarah Pochin asked the prime minister, Keir Starmer, if he planned to follow other European countries and prohibit burqas.Then the leader of the opposition, Kemi Badenoch, called for bosses to be able to ban the burqa in the workplace. Following the example of the former Labour minister Jack Straw, who in 2006 sparked the first burqa debate by asking constituents at his surgeries to remove their face coverings, she stated that she does not see constituents at her surgeries if they have their faces covered, “whether it’s a burqa or a balaclava”.Nadeine Asbali is a secondary school teacher in London and the author of Veiled Threat: On Being Visibly Muslim in Britain Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Kemi Badenoch admits she is still learning how to lead the Tories: ‘It takes a while’

The Tory leader likens herself to Margaret Thatcher and David Cameron as she said it ‘takes quite a while’ to get to grips with being leader of the opposition

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2 w. ago Netanyahu confirms Israel arming Gaza clans to undermine Hamas

Prime minister’s comments come after opposition leader claims country is sending weapons to ‘criminals and felons’

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2 w. ago King of the Hill actor Jonathan Joss' suspected killer is out of jail on $200K bail following fatal shooting

Sigfredo Ceja Alvarez, the man suspected of fatally shooting King of the Hill and Parks and Recreation actor Jonathan Joss, is out of jail on a $200,000 bail.

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2 w. ago Voices: I went on hunger strike to save my wife – why won’t Starmer help Laila Soueif like he helped us?

While Richard was sitting hungry and cold on the London pavement, he had a visit from Keir Starmer, then leader of the opposition. Days later, he called Nazanin – on house arrest in Tehran – and committed to do what he could to help get her home, recall Richard Ratcliffe and Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe

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3 w. ago Georgia detains second opposition leader within days as ruling party faces more protests

Georgian police have detained a second top opposition leader within days, as protests continue in the South Caucasus country against the ruling Georgian Dream party

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3 w. ago Julie Chrisley debuts dramatic jail makeover after controversial Trump pardon saw her and husband Todd freed

Julie Chrisley looked worlds away from her polished reality star days as she debuted a dramatic new look hours after her release from prison following President Trump's pardon.

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