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IS ‘Beatle’ Alexanda Kotey admits terror offences in US
A British extremist accused of conspiring to kidnap and murder Western hostages in Iraq and Syria faces life behind bars, after pleading guilty to a series of charges in a US federal court.
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Belarus opposition leader says ‘nobody is safe’ after death of exile in Ukraine
Belarus’s opposition leader told Channel 4 News “nobody now is safe” after the “shock” death of a prominent exile in neighbouring Ukraine.
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Police say they have recovered the body of Sarah Everard
The confirmation Sarah Everard’s family had longed not to hear was made public by the Metropolitan Police at lunchtime
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Police officer arrested on suspicion of murder over Sarah Everard disappearance
It’s exactly a week since Sarah Everard went missing. Last night there were dramatic developments when the Metropolitan Police announced one of its own serving officers was being questioned about her disappearance.
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Nearly 300 schoolgirls abducted in northern Nigeria have been released
Nigeria’s President has ordered a massive military operation following the safe return of nearly 300 schoolgirls who were kidnapped last week – the latest in a string of abductions.
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Anil Kapoor on rivalry and ego clashes inside Bollywood
Now – rivalry and the clash of egos inside Bollywood is the theme behind AK v AK – starring legendary actor Anil Kapoor and director Anurag Kashyap, who play fictionalised versions of themselves. In the moc-doc thriller the director kidnaps the Bollywood star’s daughter – then films the desperate search for his next blockbuster. Jackie…
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Man guilty of sex attacks on women and children
It took the jury foreman seven-and-a-half minutes to deliver the verdicts. Serial sex attacker Joseph McCann was guilty of 37 charges.
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Met police criticised over inquiry into false VIP paedophile ring claims
“We are deeply, deeply sorry,” said the Metropolitan Police today in response to a former judge’s highly critical review of how it investigated an alleged VIP paedophile ring.
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Author Edna O’Brien: ‘Women and girls are weapons of war now ’
Author Edna O’Brien latest novel is called simply GIRL and it deals with the abuse of women, this time based on the Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped five years ago.
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Wreck of last known slave ship found in Alabama
Almost 160 years after the last known slave ship arrived in Alabama from Africa, the wreck has finally been found.
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Winnie Mandela dies at 81
The anti apartheid campaigner Winnie Mandela has died after a long illness at the age of 81 surrounded by her family. They said she had dedicated most of her life to the cause of the people, especially South Africa’s poor and dispossessed.
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Police ‘screen out’ nearly a third of crimes, with no further investigation
The Metropolitan Police have announced new guidelines designed to ‘screen out’ some crimes without investigation. But data obtained by FactCheck shows that the Met already screens out hundreds of thousands of cases each year.
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The challenges faced by North Korean defectors
With tensions in the region at a high, millions of South Koreans live with the ongoing threat of military violence from their northern neighbours. But for one group the threat is even more acute. North Korean defectors who have managed to escape their repressive homeland face the challenges of integration in their new home. But…
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Al Qaeda hostages released after six years in captivity
It’s a remarkable story two former Al-Qaeda hostages who survived six years in captivity in Mali have finally been freed. They were kidnapped by extremists in Timbuktu in 2011 who demanded a ransom of 10 million euros for each of them. Both have now said they’re not clear if any money changed hands in return…
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Jubilation as Chibok school girls reunited with families
There have been scenes of jubilation in Nigeria after 82 of the so-called Chibok school girls kidnapped by the extremist group Boko Haram were reunited with their parents.