9 h. ago Now, end the witch hunt! Campaigners' demands after elderly ex

Former soldiers and ministers slammed the case against a veteran in his seventies known only as Soldier F, but warned more still face court. Pictured: British troops on Bloody Sunday

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14 h. ago The Bloody Sunday trial of Soldier F was a failed attempt to look at history through modern eyes. Prosecutors couldn't even prove he shot the victims on the charge sheet...

Yet the events of that day, played out in a Belfast courtroom more than half a century later, were among the most momentous in the 30 years of violence that once gripped Northern Ireland.

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18 h. ago Veterans welcome acquittal of Soldier F over Bloody Sunday killings

The former paratrooper was charged with the murder of two men during the shootings in Londonderry in 1972.

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21 h. ago British army veteran known as Soldier F not guilty of Bloody Sunday murders

Soldier F was on trial in relation to events in Derry in 1972 when Parachute regiment shot dead 13 civil rights protestersA British army veteran has been found not guilty of murder in relation to Bloody Sunday, when the Parachute regiment shot dead 13 civil rights protesters in Derry in 1972.Soldier F was on trial for two murders and five attempted murders during a defining event of Northern Ireland’s Troubles. Continue reading...

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28 h. ago Judge to rule in 1972 Bloody Sunday murder case against former British soldier

The only British soldier ever charged in the 1972 Bloody Sunday massacre is set to learn his fate in a Northern Ireland courtroom

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30 h. ago Verdict expected in Soldier F trial over Bloody Sunday murders

The former paratrooper has been charged with the murders of James Wray and William McKinney in Londonderry on January 30 1972.

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4 d. ago Two Israeli soldiers and a reported 44 Palestinians dead as ceasefire threatens to collapse: Netanyahu orders 'wave of strikes' on Gaza and stops aid after Hamas attacks

The BBC said Gaza hospitals sources claimed 44 people were killed in the Israeli air strikes on Sunday. However, Israel said it would resume its enforcement of the ceasefire.

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7 d. ago Judge dismisses bid to end trial of Soldier F over two Bloody Sunday deaths

Soldier F has been accused of the murder of James Wray and William McKinney after a civil rights parade in Londonderry on January 30 1972.

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9 d. ago Judge considers application to halt Soldier F trial over Bloody Sunday murders

Defence barrister Mark Mulholland KC has said there is no case to answer because crucial evidence is ‘unreliable’.

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9 d. ago Evidence against Soldier F ‘simply doesn’t stack up’, Bloody Sunday trial told

The former paratrooper has been accused of the murder of two men during the events in 1972.

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1 week ago Tennessee community mourns 16 killed in munitions plant explosion

Cause of explosion at Accurate Energetic Systems that leveled building is unknown but foul play ruled outAt least 200 mourners came to the Humphreys county courthouse at twilight on Sunday to mourn the 16 people killed in an explosion at a nearby munitions plant in middle Tennessee early on Friday.Humphreys county sheriff Chris Davis said that even in these nightmarish days, “the true strength of our county is our people”. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Bloody Sunday trial hears account of witness who saw a soldier firing his gun

Denis McLaughlin, who was 16 at the time, said he witnessed a man being injured and falling.

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2 w. ago Soldier so scared on Bloody Sunday his ‘knees were trembling’, court hears

The trial of Soldier F for the murder of two men heard one of his colleagues describe being terrified on the day of the shootings in 1972.

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2 w. ago Bodies found in Mount Tosc ravine as deadly avalanche kills three climbers

The trio of Croatian climbers were killed after they were overcome with falling snow on Sunday October 5 while on the peak which is part of the Julian Alps in the north-west of Slovenia

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2 w. ago Soldier F trial hears claims paratrooper opened fire on Bloody Sunday

Statements from two fellow former paratroopers claim they were aware that Soldier F had opened fire in Glenfada Park where two men were killed.

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2 w. ago Man feared being shot when soldier aimed at him on Bloody Sunday, trial hears

Soldier F is accused of two murders and five attempted murders.

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2 w. ago French photojournalist, 37, is killed by Russian drone while on an assignment on Ukraine's front line

French prosecutors said on Sunday they had opened a 'war crimes' investigation after a drone killed a French photojournalist on assignment in war-torn eastern Ukraine.

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2 w. ago Nepalese villages are swept away by heavy rainfall and landslides, leaving at least 44 dead

Severe rainfall in Nepal has triggered landslides, lightning strikes, and flooding, killing at least 44 people on Sunday

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2 w. ago Zelenskyy accuses west of ‘zero real reaction’ to Russia’s bombardment

Six people killed and 18 injured in heavy drone and missile attacks across Ukraine early on SundayVolodymyr Zelenskyy has accused the west of “zero real reaction” to Russia’s escalating bombing campaign against Ukraine, after a massive attack on Sunday killed six people and injured 18.The western city of Lviv, normally considered one of the safest in the country, suffered its most sustained and serious bombardment since the start of Vladimir Putin’s full-scale invasion. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Bloody Sunday survivor recalls moment 53 years ago he 'played dead' as soldier 'murdered' unarmed man lying on the ground

Joe Mahon was 16 when soldiers from the Parachute Regiment opened fire on civil rights demonstrators in Londonderry, Northern Ireland, in January 1972.

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