3 h. ago Evil woman caught sexually abusing dog and child in horror footage

WARNING DISTRESSING CONTENT: After responding to reports of possible child molestation occurring at a couple's address, detectives uncovered sickening images of abuse, including footage involving the family dog

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3 h. ago Freedom from China? The mine at the centre of Europe’s push for rare earth metals

Swedish producer is trying to to accelerate the process of extracting the elements vital for hi-tech productsIt is deep winter with temperatures dropping to -20C. The sun never rises above the horizon, instead bathing Sweden’s most northerly town of Kiruna in a blue crepuscular light, or “civil twilight” as it is known, for two or three hours a day stretching visibility a few metres, notwithstanding heavy snow.But 900 metres below the arctic conditions, a team of 20 gather every day, forgoing the brief glimpse of natural light and spearheading the EU’s race to mine its own rare earths. Despite identification of several deposits around the continent, and some rare earth refineries including Solvay in France, there are no operational rare earth mines in Europe. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago The tech letting prisoners see the other side of the world without leaving their call

‘I went to Thailand, man!’

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4 h. ago Police have lost their authority and are giving into Islamists amid 'battle for Britain's soul', Robert Jenrick claims

The Shadow Justice Secretary says police are giving in to the Islamists because it is 'too challenging to confront them'.

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6 h. ago New £600m City of London Police headquarters to open in 2027

State-of-the-art Salisbury Square - a complex off Fleet Street - is nicknamed the Justice Quarter

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7 h. ago I was locked inside a 'fat prison' in China for 28 days... security manned the gates and every meal was monitored: This is my survival story

Aussie expat TL Huang has documented her time holed up inside one of China's controversial 'fat prisons'.

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7 h. ago Iran, Russia and China join for naval drills in South Africa as tensions run high

China, Russia, and South Africa are long-standing BRICS members

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7 h. ago VR headsets are 'hope machines' inside California prisons, offering escape and practical experience

Prisoners are now taking regular trips to far-flung, exotic locales such as Thailand

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7 h. ago Mother killed her baby daughter in microwave to cover up affair

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT China Arnold was sentenced to life in prison without parole after being convicted of aggravated murder for placing her four-week-old daughter Paris inside a microwave

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11 h. ago Fox caught in chair and puffin blown 110 miles among bizarre animal rescues

The RSPCA has shared dramatic photos showing its wackiest recent animal rescues

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11 h. ago Drunk driver who crashed into lamppost with child in car claimed she sneezed

Chloe McMahon was caught more than three times over the legal alcohol limit after crashing into a lamppost while driving an 11-year-old, claiming she sneezed at the wheel.

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13 h. ago JIMMY ANDERSON: Why England stars need to go back to their counties and prove their worth after Ashes debacle

SIR JAMES ANDERSON: The first thing I would insist upon is players going back into county cricket to prove they are good enough to face New Zealand at Lord's in June.

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14 h. ago China's great heist: Exposed by new book, how brutal regime has ruthlessly stolen billions of pounds worth of military and industrial secrets... and that's not the most worrying part

Standing in front of bright red curtains, Elon Muskclasped hands with a Chinese government official in Shanghai. However, no one knew what that handshake would set in motion.

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15 h. ago Trump tells Denmark ‘we can do this the easy way or hard way’ as he claims US needs Greenland to stop China and Russia

PRESIDENT Donald Trump has told Denmark he can take Greenland the easy way or the hard way. The US president said he was "going to do something on Greenland, whether they like it or not" in a White House press conference on Friday evening. Trump insisted that he needed the strategically important island or "Russia...

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17 h. ago Dispute erupts over who will represent former Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro in court

A lawyer squabble over who gets to represent former Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro in his New York drug case has erupted, with an ex-Justice Department official asking a judge to let Maduro settle the dispute

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18 h. ago Trump says he's 'doing Greenland the easy way or the hard way' despite Nato warning

The US President says something must be done because 'we're not going to have Russia or China as a neighbour'

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18 h. ago Watch: Thief prowling St Pancras station caught by plain clothes officers

An "opportunist" thief who prowled London St Pancras station to steal a rucksack was caught by plain clothes police officers last week.

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18 h. ago Moment thief swipes rucksack containing £600 worth of possessions at St Pancras

Hossein Rabah, 34, was arrested seconds after his crime spree on January 4 by plain clothes officers who caught him in the act. He pleaded guilty to one count of theft at Highbury Corner Magistrates' Court.

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19 h. ago Congress rails against the DOJ’s skirting of Epstein: ‘The exact opposite of what they’re supposed to do’

Reps. Thomas Massie and Ro Khanna also push for the appointment of a special master to force the files’ release

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19 h. ago BBC The Traitors' Fiona has finally been caught out, but not how we expected

The 62-year-old local government officer has shared that she's landed herself in a spot of bother when parking in Swansea

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