5 h. ago ‘Scandal hidden in plain sight’: Death toll of abolished jail term climbs to 94 after fresh wave of self

Exclusive: The total number of total number of self-inflicted deaths of those trapped under abolished IPP jail terms to 94, according to campaigners, as the government resists calls to resentence inmates

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20 h. ago Death of paralyzed Columbine survivor is ruled a homicide, raising death toll from 1999 school massacre to 14

Anne Marie Hochhalter once wrote a letter to one of the assailtants’ mothers, telling her she chooses not to be ‘bitter’

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40 h. ago ‘In plain sight’: How The Hague museum was secret hideout from Nazi forced labour

Mauritshuis exhibition reveals Dutch families hid in attic to avoid conscription to Germany in second world warThe 13-year-old boy answered the doorbell. “Tell your dad I’m here,” said a man, who stored his bicycle and then disappeared upstairs.It was 1944, and right under the noses of Nazi command, people were hiding in the attic of The Hague’s Mauritshuis museum from forced labour conscription – Arbeitseinsatz – under which hundreds of thousands of citizens from the Nazi-occupied Netherlands were conscripted to work in Germany. Continue reading...

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56 h. ago North Korean golf course 'hiding deadly secret' in plain sight

Located roughly 20 miles from Pyongyang, the site was previously used for North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un's Winter Palace, but analysts say it's hiding something sinister

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4 d. ago Brits told caravan holiday price fears are 'unjustified' after firm takes over sites

A company who own caravan parks has been acquired by another, leaving residents worried that they may be hit with a fresh wave of charges – but the owner has spoken out

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4 d. ago Eighty years since the Tokyo firebombing, survivors are still awaiting recognition

More people were killed in the 1945 attack than the atomic bombing of Nagasaki a few months later, but there is no national memorial, accurate death toll or compensation for survivorsNot even the passage of eight decades has dimmed Shizuko Nishio’s memory of the night American bomber planes killed tens of thousands of people in the space of a few hours and turned her city to ash.In the early hours of 10 March 1945, around 300 B-29 Superfortress bombers dropped 330,000 incendiary devices on Tokyo and killed an estimated 100,000 civilians, in an attack that cost more lives than the atomic bombing, months later, of Nagasaki. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago More than 1,000 people killed in two days of clashes in Syria, war monitor says

About 745 civilians among those killed in fighting in Latakia province between security forces and fighters loyal to former president AssadMore than 1,000 people, including 745 civilians, were killed in the two days of clashes between Syrian security forces and fighters loyal to the former Assad regime and ensuing revenge killings, a war monitor has said, one of the highest death tolls in Syria since 2011.The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based monitor, said 745 civilians were killed mostly execution-style, while 125 Syrian security forces and 148 Assad loyalists were killed. Death tolls from the two days of fighting have varied wildly, with some estimates putting the final death toll even higher. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago 2 days of clashes and revenge killings in Syria leave more than 600 people dead

A Syrian war monitor says the death toll from two days of clashes between security forces and loyalists to ousted Syrian President Bashar Assad and revenge killings that followed has risen to more than 600

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6 d. ago Syrian security forces execute 125 civilians in battle against Assad loyalists

Fighting in Latakia is marked escalation by Bashar al-Assad loyalists against Syria’s new Islamist-led governmentAbout 125 civilians have been executed by government security forces in north-west Syria during a rolling two-day battle with loyalists to the ousted Assad regime, a Syrian war monitor reported on Friday.The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR), a human rights monitor considered independent and credible, documented “large-scale field executions of men and young adults, without any clear distinction between civilians and combatants”, in north-west Syria. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Death toll rises as Syrian security forces struggle to quell Assad loyalist attacks

Battle in Latakia is marked escalation by Bashar al-Assad loyalists against Syria’s new Islamist-led governmentSyrian security forces have battled Assad regime loyalists on Syria’s coast for a second day, as the country’s new government struggled to contain the biggest rebellion to its rule since it took power in December.Fighters loyal to the ousted Assad government ambushed Syrian security forces in a coordinated attack on Thursday afternoon in the countryside of Latakia province, a former stronghold of the deposed leader where many of Syria’s minority Alawite Islamic sect live. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago The ‘Indiana Jones’ spy treasure trove hidden in plain sight

Spyware and audiovisual surveillance devices were found at a Great Yarmouth former guesthouse.

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8 d. ago Britain's Got Talent pulled from ITV's weekend schedule as Ofcom complaints surge

Britain's Got Talent has been dropped from its slot in next weekend's schedule in a major shake-up, and has been hit by a fresh wave of Ofcom complaints from angry viewers

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8 d. ago Britain's Got Talent pulled from screens just weeks into new series after fresh wave of Ofcom complaints

The ITV talent show sees judges Simon Cowell, 63, Amanda Holden, 53, Alesha Dixon, 46, and Bruno Tonioli, 69, give their verdicts on acts from around the country.

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9 d. ago "Get lost" Locals living near abortion buffer zone demand religious group leave street

A fresh wave of anti-abortion protests began in Glasgow today despite new laws to prevent such demonstrations near clinics.

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1 week ago Brooklyn’s fraught history with slavery is examined in a new exhibit

With 10 archival files, Trace/s upends simplistic narratives about New York’s history with enslavementThe truth is often hiding in plain sight.Not until the shutdown during the pandemic did I even notice the farmhouse in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park, nestled behind shrubbery, trees, and wrought iron fencing. It was home to the Lefferts family, descendants of the Dutch settlers who had first arrived in 1624 in what would become New York. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Mystery disease death toll rises with cases in 1,000s as WHO reveals 'cause of illness'

A disease is currently been investigated by WHO as cases soar into the 1,000s – and while it's too early to reach a conclusion, water poisoning is being investigated

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1 week ago Eight killed in Himalayan avalanche as dozens of workers rescued from shipping containers

Northern Indian region struck by calamity is ecologically sensitive and prone to avalanches and landslides

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1 week ago At least 8 dead after massive avalanche hits Himalayan construction workers

Northern Indian region struck by calamity is ecologically sensitive and prone to avalanches and landslides

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1 week ago The Guardian view on a tax war: the world must unite against American obstruction | Editorial

Donald Trump’s threats to global tax reform have backfired, leaving the US isolated as nations push ahead with a new UN tax conventionDonald Trump’s Oval Office tirade on Friday laid bare his instinct to harangue and bully those – even supposed allies such as Ukraine, fighting for its survival – who dare to disagree. Countries pushing global tax reform at the UN will be watching as US demands for subjugation play out in plain sight. His day-one threat to punish nations taxing US firms is an all-out attack on global fiscal cooperation. If multilateralism in taxation was already on shaky ground, Mr Trump’s return could bury it for good.Under discussion is a new UN tax convention that may permit states to tax economic activity where it actually occurs, rather than allowing multinationals to shift profits to tax havens. The Tax Justice Network (TJN) said last year that nations lose $492bn (£390bn) annually due to corporate tax abuse. The global south bears the greatest losses, whic...

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1 week ago The shops that sold us illegal cigarettes and vapes as black market hides in plain sight

One seller said he could get us 20,000 of the illicit cigarettes, 'no worries'

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