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Schoolgirl, 13, ’falls from pod’ on 60ft Ferris wheel in shocking video footage
Terrified onlookers whipped out their phones and captured the moment a 13-year-old girl was forced out of a Ferris wheel pod and left dangling out the side for a gruelling few minutes
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Criminology student ‘murdered woman at random to know what it feels like’
A criminology student spent a month planning a random murder so he could ‘know what it would be like to take life’, a court has heard.
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What’s next for Assad’s British wife? Could she make a return to the UK?
Asma Al Assad was once seen as the face of female liberation in the Middle East; with her successful career in banking and her secular British upbringing.
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Teen accused of fatally stabbing girl in Croydon over ’fight about a teddy bear
A teenage boy has been accused of stabbing a girl in Croydon in a fight over a teddy bear.
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Bashar al-Assad’s family owns $40M in luxury apartments in Moscow
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s extended family and associates own $40 million worth of luxury apartments in Moscow’s skyscraper district, according to the anti-corruption campaign group Global Witness.
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Video reveals Assad ’family bunker’ under palaces with drive-through escape tunnels
Syrian rebels say they have discovered a huge tunnel network underneath Bashar Al-Assad’s palaces.
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Images released of two possible witnesses who may hold ’vital’ information over Mussie Imnetu’s death near Notting Hill Carnival
Mr Imnetu, 41, died four days after he was found with a brain injury on Queensway, west London, while visiting the UK from Dubai.
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Manhunt after girl, 15, sexually assaulted at Clydebank bus stop
Police Scotland described the attacker as having light grey hair and a moustache.
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Video: A rare look inside Syria’s Hama prison reveals horrific and putrid conditions
Obada Jbara was on hand after rebels seized the central prison in Hama.
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US conducts mass airstrikes on ISIS targets in Syria following rebel takeover
As statues of Assad and his father Hafez were being toppled across Syria, in Damascus a jubilant Ghazal al-Sharif was rejoicing. He said: “Damn his soul and the soul of the entire Assad family"
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Bashar al-Assad in Moscow with family after Russia grants him asylum
Syrian rebels have toppled Bashar al-Assad, ending his family’s 54-year authoritarian rule after nearly 14 years of war - and the leader is now in Moscow with family
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Faslane nuclear sub staff consider strike over proposed £250m cuts to vital safety contracts
Staff say their work is vital for the country’s naval military defence capability.
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NYPD releases new images of gunman after ’Monopoly money’ discovered in backpack following hit on healthcare CEO
Police have released two new images in the hunt for an assassin who gunned down United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City this week.
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Syrian rebels overthrow Assad’s regime as Damascus erupts, with looters raiding the president’s home and central bank
The Syrian capital has erupted in celebrations following the fall of the Assad regime, as the Syrian leader fled the country on Sunday.
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From doctor to brutal dictator: the rise and fall of Syria’s Bashar al-Assad
Toppled president came to power keen to show he was different to his father but proved to be as repressive
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Man in his forties dies in fire in Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria
A man has died in a fire in Cumbria, with emergency services still at the scene, and people warned to stay away from the town.
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Mohamed Al Fayed’s son claims father faked dementia to avoid prosecution
Omar Fayed claims former Harrods Owner tricked police to escape justice over rape and sexual assault allegations
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City council leader suspended over ‘sexual messages sent to Ukrainian refugees’
A senior Labour politician has been suspended by the party following reports he bombarded Ukrainian refugees with sexually inappropriate messages on dating apps.
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Bashar al-Assad’s plane ’disappears’ as family flees Syria amid rebel capture of Damascus
Syrian president Bashar al-Assad’s plane has disappeared from flight tracking information after he and his family reportedly fled the country as rebels took Damascus
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South Korea arrests former defense minister over failed martial law attempt
Kim Yong-hyun, who resigned earlier this week, is seen as central to President Yoon Suk Yeol’s brief martial law declaration
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King Charles and Queen Camilla unveil royal Christmas card
The King and Queen have unveiled this year’s royal Christmas card, unveiling a photograph taken in the garden at Buckingham Palace.
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Team GB Olympic champion hospitalized after high-speed bike crash into spectators
Team GB’s Olympic champion cyclist Katy Marchant was taken to hospital after crashing into spectators during an event in London on Saturday.
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The rise and fall of El Negro Willy, the prison-guard mafia boss of Ecuador
The first sign that armed gang members had invaded a TV station in Guayaquil came when two masked youths appeared in the corner of the screen during a live news broadcast.
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The overlooked human smuggling route through the Darien
After a long flight over a sea of trees, the ocean begins to emerge through the window of the twin-propeller plane. The vast Pacific meets the Darién jungle in the remote Colombian town of Juradó, in the northwestern Chocó department.