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Ex-prisoners report sexual assault and starvation as rights groups say at least 60 have died in âtorture campâ jails
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Campaigners say rare grassland on former firing range in Essex was mowed, killing the birds and their chicks that nest on the ground
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Massachusetts gangster Paul J DeCologero was sentenced on Thursday after pleading guilty to an assault charge
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Brian Patrick Durning was found guilty in June 2023 of assaulting a minor aboard an aircraft and sentenced to five years in federal prison
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Ukrainian air defence systems shoot down 89 drones and one missiles in latest major assault on capital
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Ukrainian air defence systems shoot down 89 drones and one missiles in latest major assault on capital
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PC Christopher Gudgeon charged after a report of sexual assault alleged to have taken place off-duty
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EXCLUSIVE DETAILS: “I’m confident, just based on the video, [that] this officer will definitely be criminally prosecuted, brought to justice, and relieved of duty,” family spokesman Najee Ali told The Independent.
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Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday 29 July travelled to the frontline area of Vovchansk, in the northeastern Kharkiv region, where Russian forces have been trying to break through. Moscow’s troops opened a new front in the north of th ...
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Given barely any warning, many people fled with nothing as bombs fell and bullets flew around them
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Crowds protested outside Andy Burnham's office on Thursday, 25 July, after footage showing a police officer kicking a man in the head at Manchester airport emerged on social media. Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said three of their officers had been ...
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Fayvion Williams has been jailed for six to eight years after transporting girls from South Carolina to North Carolina
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One of the men at the centre of the Manchester Airport video has a cyst on his brain, his lawyer has said following the incident on Wednesday, 24 July. A Greater Manchester Police (GMP) officer has been suspended from all duties after a video emerged ...