38 h. ago Carlos Alcaraz admits pressure to overtake Jannik Sinner at top of world rankings ‘killed him’

Sinner is serving a three-month ban allowing Alcaraz to close the gap on the Italian in the rankings

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53 h. ago Israeli military changes account of Gaza medics’ killing after video shows attack

Phone footage contradicts IDF claims vehicles were not using emergency lights when troops opened fireIsrael’s military has backtracked on its account of the killing of 15 Palestinian medics in Gaza last month after footage contradicted its claims that their vehicles did not have emergency signals on when Israeli troops opened fire. The military said initially it opened fire because the vehicles were “advancing suspiciously” on nearby troops without headlights or emergency signals. An Israeli military official, speaking on condition of anonymity in line with regulations late on Saturday, said that account was “mistaken”.The almost seven-minute video, which the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said on Saturday was recovered from the phone of Rifat Radwan, one of the men killed, appears to have been filmed from inside a moving vehicle. It shows a red fire engine and clearly marked ambulances driving at night, using headlights and flashing emergency lights. Continue reading...

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54 h. ago Israeli military changes account of Palestinian medics’ killing after video showed attack

Phone video contradicts IDF claims vehicles were not using emergency lights when troops opened fireThe Israeli military has backtracked on its account of the killing of 15 Palestinian medics by its forces last month after phone video contradicted its claims that their vehicles did not have emergency signals on when troops opened fire on them in the Gaza Strip. The military said initially it opened fire because the vehicles were “advancing suspiciously” on nearby troops without headlights or emergency signals. An Israeli military official, speaking on condition of anonymity in line with regulations late on Saturday, said that account was “mistaken”.The almost seven-minute video, which the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said on Saturday was recovered from the phone of Rifat Radwan, one of the men killed, appears to have been filmed from inside a moving vehicle. It shows a red fire engine and clearly marked ambulances driving at night, using headlights and flashing emergency lig...

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59 h. ago Israel’s military admits it made ‘mistake’ over killing of Gaza medics

The UN and Palestinian Red Crescent have demanded an independent inquiry into the killing of the paramedics and emergency workers

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3 d. ago He’s confessed to murdering 48. Now Russia’s chessboard killer will admit to 11 more

Alexander Pichushkin was jailed in 2007 for the murders of 48 people

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4 d. ago Joanne Sharkey: Suspended sentence for mother who killed baby after judge says 'case calls for compassion'

Joanne Sharkey was only arrested 25 years after the killing and admitted manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility

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4 d. ago ‘This case calls for compassion’ – Suspended sentence for mother who killed baby

Joanne Sharkey was only arrested 25 years after the killing and admitted manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility.

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5 d. ago House explosion that killed two people in Newcastle caused by drug lab, court hears

Reece Galbraith, 33, pleaded guilty to manslaughter in blast from gas canisters used to make cannabis sweetsA huge house explosion that killed two people including a seven-year-old boy was the result of a dangerous and criminal drug lab making cannabis gummy sweets using 100 gas canisters, a court has heard.Details of the causes of the blast in the Benwell area of Newcastle can now be reported after Reece Galbraith, 33, pleaded guilty on Thursday to the manslaughter of two people. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Archie York, 7, killed in his sleep in Newcastle after neighbour’s drug operation exploded

Reece Galbraith, 33, has admitted the manslaughter of Archie York and Jay Laws after the explosion in October

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5 d. ago Man admits manslaughter after ‘drugs lab’ explosion kills child and man

Reece Galbraith, 33, changed his plea to guilty at Newcastle Crown Court following the huge blast in Benwell, Newcastle, in October.

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5 d. ago Weed dealer admits killing boy, 7 after Newcastle drug factory exploded

Archie York was in bed when the devastating blast tore through his house last October, killing him and injuring his parents and baby brother and leaving houses in ruins

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5 d. ago Weed dealer admits killing boy, 7, in his bed after Newcastle drug factory exploded

Archie York was in bed when the devastating blast tore through his house last October, killing him and injuring his parents and baby brother and leaving houses in ruins

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8 d. ago Evil father who admitted raping his newborn baby to death threatens to kill his wife if he is not jailed

A sick South African father who admitted to murdering his one-week-old baby daughter after he violently raped her while her mother was out has threatened to kill her if he is not jailed.  

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1 week ago EastEnders fans predict which character will be the next 'killed off’' despite admitting they’ve had 'enough death'

Three characters have died in the opening three months of the year

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1 week ago Man admits trying to kill police officer with knife and Molotov cocktail outside Talbot Green police station

Alexander Dighton, 28, attacked officers in a huge disturbance in January outside Talbot Green police station

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1 week ago Boy, 13, threatened to 'chop up' his schoolboy rival, 16, before stabbing him to death in gang feud over £50

A schoolboy has admitted killing a fellow teenager following a dispute over £50.

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2 w. ago Teen admits killing Kory McCrimmon in Glasgow park in row over £50

A teen boy has pleaded guilty to killing Kory McCrimmon in a Glasgow park.

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2 w. ago Inside horror of bombed Gaza hospital after boy recovering from surgery killed in his bed

Feroze Sidhwa tells The Independent of the destruction bomb wrought on Nasser Hospital – which Israel says was targeting senior Hamas leader

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2 w. ago Stephen Lawrence's dad urges David Norris to name son's killers after admitting truth

Stephen Lawrence's dad Neville warned that anything David Norris says 'must be treated with the utmost caution' but said the convicted killer 'should name the others' who were involved

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2 w. ago Cops consider new Stephen Lawrence probe after killer's confession

David Morris admitted to being part of the gang who killed Stephen in an effort to be released from prison.

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