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British Isis terrorist in Syria says 'I deserve to come home'

A Brit who worked for six years as a recruiter for the terror group Islamic State has been tracked down to a Syrian prison where he said it’s his ‘human right’ to be allowed to return to the UK. Aseel Muthana, 24, left Wales when he was 17-years-old to fight for ISIS in Syria and […]

Brexit fury: US spies ‘secretly financed’ EU project behind Britain’s back

We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. As soon as Britain left the EU on January 31, it immediately started negotiating trade deals with other countries. The European Union – which accounts for about half of the United Kingdom’s […]

Plan to Hold Corporations Liable for Violations Abroad Fails in Switzerland

ZURICH — A proposal in Switzerland to make multinational companies headquartered in the country liable for human rights violations and environmental damage committed by their subsidiaries abroad failed in a referendum on Sunday. The initiative won a narrow majority among voters, with 50.7 percent backing it, but failed because a majority of the country’s cantons, […]

Mairead Philpott: Mother who killed six children in fire freed from jail

A mother who killed her six children in a fire has been freed from prison after serving just half of her 17-year sentence. Mairead Philpott, 39, was jailed back in 2013 for the manslaughter of Jade Philpott, 10, and her brothers John, nine, Jack, seven, Jesse, six, Jayden five and Duwayne, who was 13. They […]

British hiker Esther Dingley goes missing in the Pyrenees

A British woman who has spent six years travelling around Europe in a camper van has gone missing in the Pyrenees. Esther Dingley, 37, was on top of the Pic de Sauvegarde mountain on the French-Spanish border when she last spoke to her partner Dan Colegate via WhatsApp a week ago. Mr Colegate said he […]

Morbidly obese people to get vaccine before over 60s in updated priority list

Severely overweight people will be sixth in line for a coronavirus vaccine after an updated list ranked them above the over 60s. Shielders will be the fourth priority, on an equal footing with the over 70s, and two above morbidly obese people aged 18 – 65, who fall into the ‘at-risk’ category. Those at very […]