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Rwandan government tried to silence opponents, Human rights watch report claims
Critics of the Government’s plans to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda say the country’s record on human rights shows it isn’t a safe place to send people.
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Ecuador violence: President calls for neutralisation of criminal gangs
The attacks have followed the escape from jail of one of Ecuador’s most dangerous drug lords.
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Despair and anger as Israeli hostages shot by own forces
The Israel Defence Forces acknowledged they killed three hostages kidnapped by Hamas, even though one brandished an improvised white flag, and another appealed in Hebrew for help.
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Survivors of Israel music festival attack by Hamas describe their trauma
They went to a music festival to celebrate “friends, love and infinite freedom,” only to find themselves in the midst of a massacre. Some 270 people were killed, and an unknown number injured and taken hostage when Hamas attacked the Supernova trance music festival three miles from Israel’s border with Gaza on October 7th.
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Israel-Hamas conflict dominates Commons as MPs return to parliament
The Prime Minister has confirmed that at least six British citizens were killed in Hamas’s attack on Israel. Rishi Sunak told MPs that a further ten Britons are missing.
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DRC violence: ‘trail of war crimes’ left by rebels say human rights groups
Murders, rapes, kidnappings – human rights groups say M23 rebels have left a trail of war crimes behind them as they sweep through eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
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A journey through hell: the Darién gap
Treacherous paths, rivers that wash you away, vast swamps, steep mountains and deadly animals.
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Former Met Police officer ‘missed chance’ to investigate Wayne Couzens, hearing told
A police constable missed a chance to properly investigate Wayne Couzens over two instances of indecent exposure, a hearing has been told – hours before he went on to kidnap and murder Sarah Everard.
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FactCheck: 200 unaccompanied asylum-seeking children still missing from UK hotels – what the government has said explained
What is the government doing about asylum-seeking children going missing from hotels and who is legally responsible for their welfare? Here’s what we know so far.
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IS jihadist ’Beatle’ sentenced to life in prison
In the US state of Virginia the British Islamic State jihadist El Shafee Elsheikh has been sentenced to life in prison after he was found guilty earlier in the year for kidnapping and conspiracy to commit murder.
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‘People do not go to Rwanda, they flee,’ says daughter of jailed ‘Hotel Rwanda’ subject
One of the controversies that have dogged the Rwandan government in recent years is the treatment of Paul Rusesabagina.
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Gender violence in Pakistan: women fighting back
Our reporter Fatima Manji went to the country’s capital Islamabad to meet the female police officers on a mission to transform policing for women.
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‘He is the Hitler of our times’ – Ukrainian MP says world must ‘stand against’ Putin
The Ukrainian authorities have accused Russian forces of kidnapping 2,389 children from the Donbas region in the east and taking them to Russia.
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Ukraine Russia Conflict: Heavy shelling in Mariupol as Zelenskyy vows never to give up Kyiv
For the first time, President Zelenskyy put a figure on the number of Ukrainian military personnel who have been killed since the invasion – 1,300.
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Met Police officers charged over messages in Wayne Couzens WhatsApp group
It’s been another day of shame for the Metropolitan Police force. Two serving and one former police officer have been charged with sending “grossly offensive” messages on WhatsApp.