41 h. ago Protests rage in Indonesia as mob sets fire to regional parliament building

An angry mob set fire to a local parliament building in an Indonesian provincial capital, leaving at least three people dead and five others hospitalized, officials said.

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43 h. ago 3 dead after mob sets fire to Indonesian regional parliament building

An angry mob has set fire to a local parliament building in Makassar, Indonesia, leaving at least three people dead and five others hospitalized

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68 h. ago Labour politician charged over claims secret camera put in Parliament toilets

Colin Smyth was suspended from the Labour Party last week and it has now emerged he has been charged over 'placing a camera in a toilet at the Scottish Parliament building'

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3 d. ago Scottish Labour MSP Colin Smyth, 52, 'put secret camera in Scottish Parliament toilets'

A Labour MSP has been charged over allegations he placed a secret camera in the toilets of the Scottish Parliament Building. 

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3 d. ago Labour MSP Colin Smyth "put secret camera in parliament toilet"

The Daily Record can reveal that Smyth, who has been suspended from the party after being charged in connection with possession of indecent images, also faces charges of placing a camera in a toilet at the Scottish Parliament building.

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1 week ago Grieving colleague of tragic Finnish MP gives heartbreaking insight into lead up to his suicide after body was found in parliament building's stairway

A Finnish MP has given heartbreaking insight into the lead up to the suicide of her colleague after his body was found in a stairway in the country's parliament. 

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1 week ago Eemeli Peltonen: MP, 30, 'kills himself' in Finland parliament building

Finnish MP Eemeli Peltonen, 30, was reported to have died in the parliament building today at around 11am

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1 week ago MP who 'took his own life' in Finnish parliament is pictured

The country’s prime minister said the politician’s death was ‘truly shocking news’

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1 week ago Tragedy as MP, 30, kills himself in Finland's parliament building weeks after revealing health battles

A young Finnish MP has taken his own life in the country's parliament building just weeks after revealing his health battles.

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1 week ago MP 'takes their own life' in Finnish parliament building, local media say

A Finland MP has taken their own life inside the country’s parliament building, local media outlets have reported.

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1 week ago MP 'takes their own life' in Finland's parliament building as cops descend on scene

A Finnish MP has reportedly taken their own life in the country's parliament building. 

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1 week ago MP 'takes his own life' inside Parliament building as medics swarm in

According to local reports a Finnish politician is understood to have taken their own life at Parliament House in Helsinki, Finland, before police flooded the building

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2 w. ago Former Holyrood presiding officer Sir George Reid dies aged 86

The ex-journalist oversaw the move to the new Scottish Parliament building at the foot of Edinburgh’s Royal Mile.

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4 w. ago Choir that drowned out Germany’s AfD leader happy to ‘bend the ear’ of country

Group ‘surprised’ when their song was used to disrupt an interview with Alice Weidel – but now they face a backlashIt was while Alice Weidel was being interviewed on the terrace of a parliament building overlooking the River Spree in Berlin that members of the Corner Chor’s mobile phones began to ping with alerts as their song in protest at her far-right party, Scheiß AfD Jodler (Shit AfD Yodellers), blasted out from a 100,000-watt sound system on the other bank.“We were hugely surprised and truly happy to hear at that moment that our song was receiving such a public airing,” one choir member told the Guardian. Continue reading...

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