11 h. ago British spy 'Stakeknife' committed 'grotesque, serious crime' including torture and murder with MI5's knowledge, damning report reveals

Long described as the Army's 'golden egg', the agent, codenamed 'Stakeknife', was directly linked to at least 13 murders in his role in the IRA's 'nutting squad'.

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15 h. ago British spy 'Stakeknife' committed 'grotesque, serious crime' including torture and murder while being run by MI5, damning report reveals

Long described as the Army's 'golden egg', the agent, codenamed 'Stakeknife', was directly linked to at least 13 murders in his role in the IRA's 'nutting squad'.

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5 d. ago Experts urge release of boat strike video as US admiral denies ‘kill them all’ order

Democrat Jim Himes calls footage ‘one of the most troubling scenes’ he’s observed in public serviceAnalysis: Killing of survivors sparks outrage – but entire US ‘drug boat’ war is legally shakyTop Democratic and Republican lawmakers in Congress on Thursday said that the defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, had not ordered the military to kill surviving members of a a deadly attack on a boat alleged to be carrying drugs in the Caribbean, but differed over whether the double strike was appropriate.The allegation that Hegseth ordered the killing of survivors sparked bipartisan concern in Washington that he or others involved may have committed a war crime. On Thursday, US navy admiral Frank Bradley, who commanded the attack, and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Dan Caine, appeared before the House and Senate’s armed services and intelligence committees for a closed briefing in which they showed video and discussed the attack with lawmakers. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Top astronaut removed from NASA mission after SpaceX 'classified' photos breach

An astronaut is believed to have been banished from the US after he was accused of smuggling information out of a secure SpaceX facility.

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6 d. ago Drunk and 'twerking' police officer was arrested after alleged gropes, hearing told

The police officer was later cleared of committing any crime at a rugby club in North Wales, where she also tried to kiss a an inspector

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6 d. ago Police officer said 'I want to f*** you' then got arrested for groping, hearing told

The police officer was later cleared of committing any crime at a rugby club in North Wales, where she also tried to kiss a an inspector

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7 d. ago Hegseth keeps target on Navy man over lethal ‘narco boat’ strikes with eight

The Trump administration appears to be scapegoating a decorated Navy SEAL commander in order to insulate the ‘Secretary of War’ as questions mount over whether US forces committed a war crime

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7 d. ago Fear grows that White House is throwing admiral under the bus to protect Hegseth on ‘kill them all’ boat strikes: report

The Trump administration appears to be scapegoating a decorated Navy SEAL commander in order to insulate the ‘Secretary of War’ as questions mount over whether US forces committed a war crime

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2 w. ago Emmerdale exit 'sealed' for icon after 22 years and Chas Dingle will be fuming

Emmerdale viewers are fearing one iconic villager will be stitched up for a crime they didn't commit.

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2 w. ago Boeing's troubled capsule won't carry astronauts on next space station flight

Boeing and NASA have agreed to keep astronauts off the company's next Starliner flight

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2 w. ago Aurora borealis captured in stunning time lapse by ISS astronaut

NASA astronaut Zena Cardman of SpaceX Crew-11 mission shared a stunning footage from the International Space Station showcasing a stunning display of aurora borealis.

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2 w. ago Couple use adult website to blackmail men as victim told 'wife would find out'

Leanne Potter-Williamson, 39, and Daniel Williamson, 40, sent threatening messages to multiple men and have now been jailed for more than a decade combined

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2 w. ago Divided Stormont led to ‘chaotic’ Covid response, public inquiry finds

The report published on Thursday focuses on the core political and administrative decision-making across the UK in response to the pandemic.

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2 w. ago Diane Sindall murder: Hundreds DNA tested after miscarriage of justice

Peter Sullivan, who spent 38 years in jail for a crime he did not commit, said: 'I can't forgive them for what they've done to me, because it's going to be there for the rest of my life.'

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2 w. ago Jeffrey Epstein victim says Andrew's daughters Beatrice and Eugenie, and his ex

Marina Lacerda, 37, named as 'Minor-Victim 1' in Epstein's 2019 indictment, called for the former Duke of York to reveal more about his relationship with Epstein.

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2 w. ago NASA astronaut’s wife claimed to be 'first crime in space' victim

A former US Air Force intelligence officer has confessed to inventing the allegation that her estranged NASA astronaut wife accessed her bank account from space

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3 w. ago NASA astronaut's wife who said she was victim of 'first crime committed in space' admits she made it all up

Summer Worden, the estranged wife of NASA astronaut Anne McClain pleaded guilty to fabricating lies in the case of the alleged 'first crime committed in space.'

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3 w. ago Ofcom receives complaints over GB News item on defendants’ ‘foreign

Lib Dem MP says way figures were compiled on ‘non-British-sounding’ surnames in court was ‘frankly racist’GB News has been accused of risking inflaming tensions over crime committed by migrants after presenting unscientific research that counted the number of defendants with “foreign-sounding names”.Ofcom, the UK’s media regulator, has received complaints about a segment on the rightwing news channel last week that drew a link between “non-British” names and those in court charged with sex offences. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago UK prisons in 'crisis mode' and are overcrowded and under staffed, MPs told

Terrible conditions behind bars is risking the ability to rehabilitate offenders and is actually increasing crime - a committee of MPs has warned

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3 w. ago Reasons for prisoners committing more crime revealed in major report

Prison overcrowding, staffing shortages and deteriorating infrastructure are having a 'profound impact on the ability of prisons to deliver rehabilitation', MPs said

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