2 h. ago Jesus of Siberia: The traffic cop turned cult leader who claimed to be the son of god — and will now spend 12 years in jail

Alex Croft looks at how Sergei Torop, also known as Vissarion, ended up in jail after he was accused of harming his followers

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4 h. ago Dalai Lama celebrates his 90th birthday, triggering geopolitical questions for the future

Tibetans fear China will eventually name a rival successor to the Dalai Lama, bolstering Beijing’s control over TibetLeaders from India, the United States and Taiwan offered their support to Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, on his 90th birthday on Sunday, a landmark anniversary raising geopolitical questions for the future.Tibetans fear China will eventually name a rival successor to the Dalai Lama, bolstering Beijing’s control over Tibet, the territory it poured troops into in 1950 and has ruled ever since. Continue reading...

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18 h. ago Sick perv teacher who pulled girls pants down and 'gave her a lolly' before abuse jailed

Trent James May, from South Australia, has been jailed after abusing three young girls while working in a primary school with his jail sentence was backdated to March 14

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20 h. ago More than 20 arrests at protest in support of banned Palestine Action

The designation as a terror group means that membership of, or support for, Palestine Action is a criminal offence punishable by jail.

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21 h. ago Arrests made at protest in support of banned Palestine Action

The designation as a terror group means that membership of, or support for, Palestine Action is a criminal offence punishable by jail.

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26 h. ago ‘The damage is terrifying’: Barbara Kingsolver on Trump, rural America and the recovery home funded by her hit novel

Demon Copperhead, the author’s retelling of Dickens during Virginia’s opioid crisis, was a global success. Now she has used royalties from the novel to open a recovery residenceIn the spotless kitchen of a white clapboard house in the Appalachian mountains, a retired deacon, a regional jail counsellor and I form an impromptu book club. The novel under discussion is Barbara Kingsolver’s bestselling, Pulitzer prize-winning Demon Copperhead, which is set in this area, Lee County, Virginia, during the 1990s, at the beginning of the opioid epidemic. I say that I loved the novel, that it was vivid and brilliant, heart-warming and tragic. Their reaction is more complex – there’s a real sadness behind it. Julie Montgomery-Barber, the jail counsellor, tells me she found the book “hard to read”. The Rev Nancy Hobbs agrees that reading it was painful, “because I felt like: I knew these people. At every level, from foster care to the football coaches to Demon. I knew Demon.”Hobbs and Montg...

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31 h. ago Twist after 'completely evil' killer who served 19 years behind bars after strangling his ex

A killer who spent nearly two decades in jail for the brutal murder of his teenage ex-girlfriend has been charged with assaulting a second woman in a hotel room.

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36 h. ago Thugs fractured victim's skull with sledgehammer in 'unprovoked and horrific attack'

Stefan Ledden and George White were handed 10-year jail sentences for executing a brutal attack on an unnamed victim in Camborne, Cornwall, using a sledgehammer and screwdriver

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42 h. ago Indefinite jail terms ‘not right and not fair’, Lords say in call to end IPP injustice

Lord Woodley, who acknowledged his bill to resentence IPP prisoners will not succeed, challenged James Timpson to explain why the government won’t end ‘appalling torture sentences’

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46 h. ago Voices: It is time to release prisoners trapped by inhuman endless jail terms

Thousands of offenders are caught in a cruel legal limbo by IPP sentencing. Indeterminate prison terms are not only unjust, they point to a failure of political courage and leadership, says former chief prosecutor Nazir Afzal

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46 h. ago Steve Bannon: ‘Trump is going to be in your head for a long time’

The former White House chief strategist on why he believes the Iran strikes were a win, his time in jail — and what Zohran Mamdani means for the Democrats

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48 h. ago Russian use of chemical weapons in Ukraine ‘widespread and growing’ European intelligence warns

Moscow is accused of using deadly choking agent chloropicrin to flush Kyiv’s troops out of trenches

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50 h. ago Madeleine McCann breakthrough hopes as Christian Bruekner may be held in jail longer

Christian Brueckner, a convicted paedophile and rapist, was named the prime suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann back in 2020 - but police haven't been able to charge him due to lack of evidence

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58 h. ago Stateless Palestinian woman detained after honeymoon released from Ice jail

Ward Sakeik, 22, who came to US aged eight, tells of ‘joy and a little shock’ after more than four months in detentionWard Sakeik, a stateless Palestinian woman who was detained in February on the way back from her honeymoon, was released from immigration detention after more than four months of confinement.“I was overfilled with joy and a little shock,” she said at a press conference on Thursday. “I mean, it was my first time seeing a tree in five months.” Continue reading...

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59 h. ago Horrifying moment woman was forced to give birth on jail floor as staff took photos

Ashley Caswell was left to give birth on the floor of an Alabama jail shower while prison staff posed for pictures with the newborn, who was still attached to the umbilical cord

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61 h. ago Biden’s reelection bid fell apart after he admitted ‘only thing’ he cared about was Hunter avoiding jail

Joe Biden was ‘distracted and devastated’ by his son’s legal battles during a crucial time in the reelection campaign, the authors of a new book claim

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64 h. ago Lucy Letby lawyer claims killer nurse learned she faced more charges in jail 'gossip'

Britain's most prolific child killer discovered she was facing yet more charges over the deaths of multiple babies through chatter behind bars, her lawyer claims

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66 h. ago 'Dangerous' black cab rapist John Worboys in new bid for freedom after 16 years in jail

Black cab rapist John Worboys is up for parole after 16 years in jail after his sentencing judge described him as a 'continuing risk' and fears for victim he will strike again

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69 h. ago Jail for London teen caught in Wellingborough with 98 wraps of Class A drugs, 29.88g of uncut heroin, cash and a knife

Jail for London teen caught in Wellingborough with 98 wraps of Class A drugs, 29.88g of uncut heroin, cash and a knife  Northamptonshire Telegraph

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69 h. ago Writer who torched her 'evil badger man' neighbour's Land Rover because she thought his badgers killed local cat avoids jail

Susan Lupton, 63, set fire to and destroyed wildlife-loving Graham Lee's Freelander in a callous attempt to kill badgers living on his driveway.

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