Category: UK
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Justice secretary wants to scrap jury trials except for most serious cases
Only cases of alleged murder, rape or manslaughter will be decided by a jury under new proposals to cut court backlogs.
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Ex-BBC board member criticised chair’s handling of bias crisis in resignation letter
Shumeet Banerji resigned on Friday citing “governance issues” but the full reasons were not known until now.
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Sir Richard Branson ‘heartbroken’ as wife, Joan, dies aged 80
Sir Richard said she was “the most wonderful mum and grandmum our kids and grandkids could have ever wished for”.
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Ukraine says ‘understanding’ reached with US on peace plan, as Trump says his envoy will meet Putin
President Trump says the original peace plan has been “fine-tuned”, and that he will send his envoy Steve Witkoff to Moscow.
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Italian parliament unanimously votes to make femicide a crime
The gender-motivated murder of a woman will now be covered by a distinct clause in Italian law – punishable by a life sentence.
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Man arrested over fly-tipped mountain of waste
A 39-year-old man is arrested after the huge pile of rubbish was found in Oxfordshire.
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Bolsonaro ordered to start serving 27-year prison sentence for Brazil coup plot
The Supreme Court says the former leader has exhausted his appeals and will start his prison term at a police station in Brasilia.
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Jacob Zuma’s daughter resigns amid claims South Africans tricked to fight for Russia
Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla quits as MP after being accused of recruiting 17 men who are trapped in war-torn UkraineA daughter of the former Sout…
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Africa’s forests transformed from carbon sink to carbon source, study finds
Alarming shift since 2010 means planet’s three main rainforest regions now contribute to climate breakdownAfrica’s forests have turned from …
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Guinea-Bissau military takes ‘total control’ amid election chaos
Officers say they are closing borders and suspending poll as president and main rival both claim victory Soldiers in Guinea-Bissau have ann…