2 w. ago Seven teenagers charged with murder after stabbing deaths of two boys in Melbourne

Charges follow two incidents in Cobblebank on 6 September that resulted in the deaths of Dau Akueng, 15, and Chol Achiek, 12Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSeven teenagers have been charged with murder after the stabbing deaths of 15-year-old Dau Akueng and 12-year-old Chol Achiek in Cobblebank in Melbourne’s west earlier this month.The seven males, aged between 15 and 19, were arrested on Friday morning after raids on homes in Melbourne’s north and west by homicide squad detectives. They were interviewed by police before charges were laid in the afternoon. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Alan Jones pleads not guilty to 27 charges after number of alleged victims drops from 11 to nine

Former 2GB and Sky News Australia broadcaster was not in court on Thursday when it heard 17 of previous 44 charges had been droppedFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAlan Jones faces 25 charges of indecent assault and two of sexual touching relating to nine complainants after prosecutors revealed two alleged victims would no longer be part of the case against the veteran broadcaster.Jones was on Thursday expected to make his first appearance in court this year to be committed to stand trial on 44 charges of indecent assault against 11 victims aged 17 and older. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Murder charge in 2002 cold case after bones found buried in South Australian back yard

Detectives arrested and charged 64-year-old man over murder of Susan Goodwin, reported missing in July 2002Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPolice have charged a man with murder, hours after bones were found during a search for the remains of a woman who vanished more than 20 years ago.The breakthrough in the cold case was made late on Wednesday after the discovery of human remains, believed to be those of Susan Goodwin, 39, buried in the back yard of a house in Port Lincoln, South Australia. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Mandelson’s messages to Epstein were ‘disturbing and sickening’, says minister

Mike Tapp says it is important to ‘get to the bottom of this’ but says Keir Starmer retains confidence in ambassadorUK politics live – latest updatesPeter Mandelson’s messages to Jeffrey Epstein were “disturbing and sickening” and it’s “important that we get to the bottom of this”, a minister has said while insisting the PM retains confidence in the US ambassador.Mike Tapp, the immigration minister, said he was personally disturbed the emails Mandelson sent Epstein in 2008 while he faced charges for soliciting sex from underage girls, and that they left “a bad taste in the mouth”. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago UK politics live: Mandelson told Epstein ‘your friends love you’ after 2008 charges as Starmer faces growing backlash

Prime minister defies pressure to sack US ambassador over links with paedophile Jeffrey Epstein

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3 w. ago Mandelson told Epstein ‘your friends love you’ after 2008 charges as Starmer faces growing backlash: UK politics live

Prime minister defies pressure to sack US ambassador over links with paedophile Jeffrey Epstein

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3 w. ago Mandelson told Epstein ‘your friends love you’ after charges as Starmer faces growing backlash: UK politics live

Prime minister defies pressure to sack US ambassador over links with paedophile Jeffrey Epstein

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3 w. ago Mandelson told Epstein: ‘your friends love you’ after 2008 charges, emails show

UK’s ambassador to US urged financier to ‘fight for early release’ after charges of procuring child for prostitutionThe British ambassador to the US, Peter Mandelson, told Jeffrey Epstein to “fight for early release” and wrote: “your friends stay with you and love you” when the disgraced financier was facing charges of procuring a child for prostitution, according to leaked emails.The emails, first published by the Sun after circulating in Washington DC, will put further pressure on Mandelson after he admitted on Tuesday that more “very embarrassing” details of his friendship with Epstein were likely to emerge but insisted he had never seen any “wrongdoing”. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago ‘Your friends love you,’ Mandelson told Epstein after 2008 charges, emails show

UK’s ambassador to US urged financier to ‘fight for early release’ after charges of procuring child for prostitutionThe British ambassador to the US, Peter Mandelson, told Jeffrey Epstein to “fight for early release” and wrote: “Your friends stay with you and love you,” when the disgraced financier was facing charges of procuring a child for prostitution, according to leaked emails.The emails, first published by the Sun after circulating in Washington DC, will put further pressure on Lord Mandelson after he admitted on Tuesday that more “very embarrassing” details of his friendship with Epstein were likely to emerge but insisted he had never seen any “wrongdoing”. Continue reading...

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