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BBCThey will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on SaturdayTwo Iranian nationals who arrived in the UK by small boat have been charged with terror offences over an alleged plot to target the Jewish community in Manchester.Rahman Salehi, 34, of Salford, and Salam Ahmadyan, 36, from Liverpool, are accused of preparing to commit an act of terrorism or assisting another to commit an act of terrorism on or before 20 September.The men were arrested in Manchester’s Northern Quarter on the eve of Yom Kippur, considered the holiest day in the Jewish calendar.Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said news that two Iranian men…
Tennessee Department of CorrectionsWarning: This article contains details that readers may find distressingTennessee death row inmate Christa Pike was unconscious, intubated and on a ventilator on Thursday night after authorities failed to execute her by lethal injection, her lawyers have said in court filings.Pike, 50, was injected with two lethal doses of pentobarbital on Wednesday but remained alive. She was then sent to hospital in an ambulance.Pike remained critically ill and was being treated at a Nashville-area hospital.How widely used is the death penalty in the US?Pike’s lawyers filed an emergency motion on Friday to preserve “any and all evidence”…
Getty ImagesHelena Wilkinson,News correspondentandHenry MooreA woman convinced her former partner she had given birth to two children who most likely did not exist in what a High Court judge described as an “extraordinary” and “elaborate campaign of deceit”.The man, who has not been named but was referred to as John during the hearing, applied to the Family Court after he was told the woman had sold their two children for a combined £500.The case heard that the man received messages and photos of the children and paid the woman around £30,000 over the course of two years.The court heard the…
Watch Chris Pelkey’s AI-rendered impact statement shown in courtAn Arizona road rage killer will be resentenced after an appeals court ruled that an AI-generated video message from his dead victim was improperly aired in court.Gabriel Paul Horcasitas was found guilty by a jury of shooting and killing Christopher Pelkey, 37, during a confrontation at a red light in 2021. He was sentenced to 10 years behind bars.But his legal team appealed, arguing that the trial judge should not have allowed an AI video, created by Pelkey’s family, to be shown in court ahead of last year’s sentencing.The Arizona Court of…
DPA via APThe famous Teufelsrad, or Devil’s Wheel, from which videos are regularly posted online (file picture)The operator of a popular amusement ride at the Munich Oktoberfest has been handing out free cycling shorts to women, after thousands of voyeuristic videos emerged on social media.Some videos showing women on the Teufelsrad, or Devil’s Wheel, have been viewed millions of times. One is said to have made thousands of euros for a woman who posted it online.The Teufelsrad is one of the oldest attractions at the Oktoberfest, the annual beer festival which comes to an end this weekend after 16 days.…
Newly released video shows Luigi Mangione’s arrestThe bodycam footage also shows a police officer finding a gun in Mangione’s backpack, days after the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.6 hrs agoUS & Canada
Getty ImagesThe lawyer for the woman who alleges she was raped at a Cornell University fraternity house says she is “not doing well” as she finds herself “under siege” from online sleuths seeking to identity her.Thomas Giuffra said the woman known in legal documents as Jane Doe was “incapable of consent” because she was “completely, grossly intoxicated” when she turned up at the home where she says the assault took place. The woman alleges she was raped by seven men at the campus in Ithaca, New York, in 2024.No charges were initially filed in the case. It has reopened since…
ReutersEmmanuel Macron chaired a meeting of G7 leaders to agree the release of fuel reservesThe G7 has agreed to release 100 million barrels of oil and diesel in a bid to ease supply pressures that have caused prices to skyrocket.The group of advanced economies, including the US, said the move would include a “substantial release” of diesel in the coming days.President Donald Trump had threatened to ban diesel exports in a move which would have eased pressure on prices for US consumers ahead of November’s midterm elections, but pushed up prices elsewhere.In a joint statement, the G7 said member countries…
Getty ImagesA fire blazes in the street as protesting students carry out a blockade in BrestRiot police have clashed with protesters as thousands of students demonstrating over education standards disrupted more than 700 schools in France.Fires have burned in the streets as high school pupils and others objected to a lack of teachers, overcrowded classrooms and run-down buildings. Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez said 1,747 people were arrested on Friday.The protests began last week in the capital Paris and have spread across the country, with cities including Montpellier, Nantes and Marseille affected.French Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin said things had “gone from…
ReutersRivera served in Congress from 2011 to 2013A former US congressman has been sentenced to 10 years in a federal prison for money laundering and working as an undeclared foreign agent. David Rivera, 61, who was elected as a Florida Republican, was found guilty in May after a seven-week trial heard Venezuela’s state-run oil company hired his consulting firm to lobby members of Congress to help improve US relations with Venezuela.Secretary of State Marco Rubio, a former housemate of Rivera, and Texas congressman Pete Sessions both testified to the court that they had no idea about his activities.Defence lawyers had…