8 h. ago ‘Powerful’ punches led to war veteran’s death 10 months after attack, trial told

Lee Woodward, 39, died in hospital after failing to recover from a brain injury sustained in a street attack, a murder trial has heard.

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3 d. ago Alleged organiser of shooting of Colombian senator caught by police

Elder José Arteaga Hernández in custody after the non-fatal attack on Miguel Uribe Turbay in a Bogotá park in JuneThe alleged mastermind behind the shooting of a conservative Colombian senator and presidential candidate has been taken into custody, almost a month after the attack, law enforcement authorities have said.Elder José Arteaga Hernández, alias “Chipi” or “Costeño”, was arrested in the north-western part of the capital, Bogotá, on Saturday, national police director Maj Gen Carlos Fernando Triana told reporters. Authorities had previously accused him and other suspects of being near the Bogotá park where Miguel Uribe Turbay was shot on 7 June. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago ‘The American system is being destroyed’: academics on leaving US for ‘scientific asylum’ in France

Almost 300 researchers have applied for for positions at Aix-Marseille University after Trump unleashed his attack on academia It was on a US-bound flight in March, as Brian Sandberg stressed about whether he would be stopped at security, that the American historian knew the time had come for him to leave his home country.For months, he had watched Donald Trump’s administration unleash a multipronged attack on academia – slashing funding, targeting international students and deeming certain fields and even keywords off limits. As his plane approached the US, it felt as though the battle had hit home, as Sandberg worried that he would face reprisals over comments he had made during his travels to the French media on the future of research in the US. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Man accused of airport assault was aggressive and headbutted traveller – court

A witness has told the trial of two brothers accused of assaulting police of an earlier incident at Manchester Airport.

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4 d. ago Doctor's warped excuse after sexually assaulting patients in 'unjustified' genital exams

Gregory Manson, 56, committed the offences between 1994 and 2017 while examining male patients' genitals in his capacity as a GP, the jury was told during his trial

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6 d. ago Military honors bestowed on Illinois veteran identified nearly a decade after death

A veteran who died in Chicago without any recollection of their life has been memorialized in a funeral service with military honors

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6 d. ago Harvey Willgoose fatal knife blow struck with 'severe force' to kill schoolboy

A pathologist has told a murder trial that Harvey Willgoose was stabbed with severe force when he was struck at school in Sheffield back in February

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7 d. ago What the key witnesses at Sean 'Diddy' Combs' sex trafficking trial told the jury

The jury deliberating at Sean “Diddy” Combs’ sex trafficking trial heard testimony from 34 witnesses over the last seven weeks

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7 d. ago Thomas Campbell murder trial jurors told 'it isn't a popularity contest' as John Belfield's barrister delivers closing speech

Mr Belfield, 31, denies murdering and conspiring to rob Mr Campbell

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7 d. ago Mum told 999 operator son, 3, had been 'ripped to pieces' after being attacked by two dogs at farm, trial told

Daniel Twigg's parents Mark Twigg and Joanne Bedford deny manslaughter and offences under the Dangerous Dog Act

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7 d. ago Gunman’s life went ‘downhill’ in months before fatal attack on Idaho firefighters

Twenty-year-old man had once aspired to be a firefighter and had only minor contacts with area policeA 20-year-old man’s life appeared to have begun to unravel in the months before authorities say he fatally shot two firefighters and severely wounded a third as they responded to a wildfire near Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.Wess Roley was living out of his vehicle and his former roommate, TJ Franks Jr, said he shaved off his long hair and started to “kind of go downhill”. The two lived together for about six months in Sandpoint, Idaho, until Roley moved out in January, Franks said on Monday. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Horrifying moment road rage killer shoots toddler in the head after family car honks at him to move out of their way

This is the horrifying moment a driver shot a 23-month-old girl in the head in a road rage attack.

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1 week ago Signs you could have a heart attack that happen a month before

Heart attacks are a medical emergency and are caused by the blood supply to the heart being suddenly blocked - but there are signs that can occur a month in advance

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1 week ago Father of man murdered in revenge attack collapsed just days before trial

Bravely speaking out at the sentencing of her father's killer, Sophie Brogan told how the stress of the build up to the murder trial had caused her grandfather to become seriously ill

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1 week ago Family cabbie robbed and forced to drink acid after heading to mum's to wash car

Family man Tiago Augusto Nicolau was robbed of his car and his mobile phone during the violent attack in Brazil earlier this month

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1 week ago Creativity is one industry where the UK really could work magic

Super sector shows how Britain’s perceived cultural soft power punches above its economic weight

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2 w. ago White House hits out at ‘leaked’ intelligence assessment on Iran strikes

Trump administration rejects finding that attack only set back nuclear programme by months

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2 w. ago Man accused of murdering wife 'was seen grinning on bus CCTV moments after killing her', trial told

Alleged killer showed no signs of "distress" jury is told

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2 w. ago Madame Lynch: how an Irish woman joined the ranks of Paraguay's heroes

Eliza Lynch was at her warlord partner’s side in a cataclysmic war and died in obscurity in Paris but is now being honoured – although not without controversyBy the time she turned 21, Eliza Alice Lynch had fled famine-stricken County Cork for Paris, married and left a French officer, become entangled with a South American warlord-in-waiting, and returned with him to Paraguay.Ten years later, her partner – by then, president and grand marshal Francisco Solano López – led Paraguay into a cataclysmic four-year war against Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay. Half of Paraguay’s population was wiped out. López was cornered and shot on a jungle battlefield called Cerro Corá, along with their 15-year-old son. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago We’re on the brink of a disastrous, illegal conflagration in the Middle East. Trump must be stopped | Fawaz Gerges

This is a war of choice, based on misinformation. If the US and UK join it, they risk a rerun of the Iraq debacle of 2003Like the US-led invasion and occupation of Iraq in 2003, Israel’s war on Iran is neither legal nor just. It is a war of choice, not of necessity – and should the US or its European allies, particularly Britain, join in, they risk being dragged into another disastrous and unlawful conflict in the Middle East.A US military intervention would be in direct contravention of international law. Already, the US, once the architect and guardian of the international order, is now among its chief violators. Instead of pressuring Benjamin Netanyahu to end his siege and destruction of Gaza, Donald Trump has fully sided with Netanyahu and called Israel’s attacks on Iran “excellent”. He has demanded Iran’s “unconditional surrender”. Trump is considering military strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities. Doing so is explicitly prohibited under article 56 of the additional protocol to...

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