19 h. ago Australia's worst mass killer is now so overweight he needs three mattresses to sleep on

New details have emerged about the Port Arthur killer's life behind bars, revealing serious health problems and disturbing claims about his sex life.

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37 h. ago Liberty loses bid to bring legal action against equalities body

The Equality and Human Rights Commission is consulting on guidance following the Supreme Court’s ruling on gender earlier this year.

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5 d. ago Tulip Siddiq's aunt is charged with crimes against humanity in Bangladesh 'for her involvement in mass killings'

The aunt of Labour MP Tulip Siddiq has been charged with crimes against humanity for allegedly participating in mass killings during anti-government protests in Bangladesh.

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6 d. ago Ousted Bangladesh leader Sheikh Hasina formally charged with crimes against humanity

Prosecution says Hasina unleashed all law enforcement agencies and her armed party members to crush public uprising

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1 week ago Human smugglers who let Indian family freeze to death while trying to cross the U.S

Harshkumar Ramanlal Patel, nicknamed “Dirty Harry” was sentenced to 10 years in prison Wednesday.

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1 week ago Namibia holds its first genocide remembrance day to mark mass killings by colonial ruler Germany

Namibia has marked the mass killings of Indigenous people by former colonial ruler Germany in the early 20th century with its first genocide remembrance day

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1 week ago Philadelphia mass shooting: Cops hunting three gunmen after two killed and 9 injured in Fairmount Park

Police named two people killed in the shooting as 23-year-old Amya Devlin and 21-year-old Mikhail Bowers as their investigation continues

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1 week ago Philadelphia mass shooting latest: Cops hunting three gunmen after two killed and 9 injured in Fairmount Park

Police have named the two people killed in the shooting as 23-year-old Amya Devlin and 21-year-old Mikhail Bowers as their investigation continues

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1 week ago Philadelphia mass shooting latest: Two killed in Fairmount Park named with 15

Police have named the two people killed in the shooting as 23-year-old Amya Devlin and 21-year-old Mikhail Bowers as their investigation continues

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1 week ago Philadelphia mass shooting latest: Witnesses describe horror as two killed and 9 injured in Fairmount Park gunfire

The police commissioner said police do not yet know if it was one gunman or several, and no weapons had been recovered yet

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1 week ago Philadelphia mass shooting latest: Two people killed and teenagers hurt in Fairmount Park gunfire

The police commissioner said police do not yet know if it was one gunman or several, and no weapons had been recovered yet

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2 w. ago Military intervention must be used to stop the genocide in Gaza | Ahmed Ibsais

In Kosovo, Nato intervened in 1999 after mass killings and the threat of further ethnic cleansing. Why aren’t Gazans being protected in the same way?On 20 May, the secretary-general for humanitarian affairs at the United Nations stated that 14,000 babies would be dead unless the blockade was lifted immediately. The day before, the former Knesset member Moshe Feiglin said: “Every child in Gaza is the enemy.” And now, world leaders in the UK and France threaten vague “concrete actions” if Israel “does not cease the renewed military offensive and lift its restrictions on humanitarian aid”. But undefined “concrete actions” are woefully insufficient. To those leaders I say: Gaza’s children cannot eat statements.Bezalel Smotrich, the Israeli finance minister, declared last week: “We are destroying everything in Gaza, the world isn’t stopping us.” So let’s say what must be said, without apology: military intervention to defend Gaza is not only justified – it is required. It is humanitarian...

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2 w. ago ‘A new form of mass murder’: the terrifying, twisty unsolved mystery of the Tylenol killer

One of the most shocking true crime stories of the 80s is re-investigated in Netflix docuseries Cold Case: The Tylenol Murders“You’ve got an old one, huh?” asks James Lewis, eyeing the bottle of Tylenol with suspicion.“No, just off the shelf today,” replies a voice off camera. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Trump’s evidence of South Africa ‘white genocide’ contains images from Democratic Republic of Congo

Other images displayed by Trump during meeting with South African president Cyril Ramaphosa were false or misleadingThe evidence of supposed mass killings of white South Africans presented by Donald Trump in a tense White House meeting on Wednesday were in some cases images from the Democratic Republic of Congo, while footage shown during the meeting was falsely portrayed as depicting “burial sites”.“These are all white farmers that are being buried,” said Trump, holding up a print-out of an article accompanied by a picture during the contentious Oval Office meeting with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Horrifying final moments of famous drummer killed in private jet crash... six years after he survived MASS SHOOTING

Daniel Williams, the former drummer of Christian metalcore band The Devil Wears Prada, was killed Thursday morning alongside pilot Dave Shapiro when a private jet crashed in San Diego.

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2 w. ago More than 9,000 children treated for malnutrition in Gaza, says Unicef – Middle East crisis live

Figures come as Palestinian health minister says there have been 29 ‘starvation-related’ deaths in the last few daysIsraeli foreign minister Gideon Saar accused unnamed European officials on Thursday of “toxic antisemitic incitement” he blamed for a hostile climate in which the fatal shooting of two Israeli embassy staff members in Washington DC took place.Israel has faced criticism from Europe as it has intensified its military campaign in Gaza, where humanitarian groups have warned that an 11-week Israeli blockade on aid supplies has left the Palestinian territory on the brink of famine.There is a direct line connecting antisemitic and anti-Israel incitement to this murder.This incitement is also done by leaders and officials of many countries and organisations, especially from Europe.These libels about genocide, crimes against humanity and murdering babies pave the way exactly for such murders. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Israeli army issues evacuation warning for 14 areas in northern Gaza – Middle East crisis live

AFP says army released statement in Arabic claiming it was ‘operating with intense force’ in a number of areasIsraeli foreign minister Gideon Saar accused unnamed European officials on Thursday of “toxic antisemitic incitement” he blamed for a hostile climate in which the fatal shooting of two Israeli embassy staff members in Washington DC took place.Israel has faced criticism from Europe as it has intensified its military campaign in Gaza, where humanitarian groups have warned that an 11-week Israeli blockade on aid supplies has left the Palestinian territory on the brink of famine.There is a direct line connecting antisemitic and anti-Israel incitement to this murder.This incitement is also done by leaders and officials of many countries and organisations, especially from Europe.These libels about genocide, crimes against humanity and murdering babies pave the way exactly for such murders. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Vika: The journalist who exposed Russian “black sites”, then ended up in one – podcast

Viktoriia Roshchyna was investigating Russia’s torture sites, then found herself inside one. Manisha Ganguly and Juliette Garside reportViktoriia Roshchyna, a Ukrainian journalist known as Vika, was determined to report on Russia’s “black sites”.“These ‘black sites’, they’re not prisons; there’s no control on behaviour there,” Juliette Garside, an editor at the Guardian, tells Michael Safi. “So it’s where we know that some of the worst war crimes, the worst human rights abuses, take place. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Knife rampage in Netherlands leaves two dead and two police officers injured

Two people have been killed and two police officers have been injured in a mass stabbing incident in the Netherlands.

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2 w. ago Two killed and multiple injured in Hoofddorp mass stabbing as cars 'smeared with blood'

A horror stabbing took place in the early hours of 6am this morning in a popular tourist destination for Brits, with emergency services rushing to the scene before blocking off the street

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