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China passes controversial Hong Kong security law

China has passed a controversial security law giving it new powers over Hong Kong, deepening fears for the city’s freedoms, the BBC has learned. Last month China announced it would impose the law, which criminalises any act of secession, subversion, terrorism or collusion with foreign forces. The move comes after angry protests last year – […]

Newsreader reveals how she had miscarriage live on air

A journalist has revealed how she lost her baby live on-air and then finished her segment.  Newsreader Miriama Kamo, who works for TVNZ in New Zealand, described the heart-breaking incident in an online video series called Misconceptions, which focuses on miscarriages. The 46-year-old said: ‘I lost a pregnancy when I was reading the news. ‘I […]

School is forced to SHUT after travellers set up camp in car park

School is forced to SHUT after travellers in six caravans set up camp in car park outside as pupils are told to stay at home Unauthorised camp ‘compromised’ access to school in Hampshire’s New Forest Travellers occupied Ringwood Health and Leisure Centre car park yesterday  To ensure students’ safety, school has stayed shut with pupils […]

Ex-cops charged in George Floyd’s murder issued gag order by judge

A Minnesota judge issued a gag order on the four ex-cops charged with murdering George Floyd and all the lawyers in the case, a defense attorney said Monday. Hennepin County District Judge Peter Cahill barred all the litigants from commenting on “the evidence, what we see as the merits of the case or what we […]

Greece bans all flights from UK until July 15

The UK’s plans for holiday ‘air bridges’ have been thrown into chaos as Greece confirmed it would ban all flights from the UK for at least another two weeks. It is understood flights coming from Britain and Sweden will not be permitted to enter the country until July 15, sources told Athens News Agency. The […]

Golden State Killer pleads GUILTY to 13 murders and 13 kidnappings

Golden State Killer, 74, appears in court to plead GUILTY to 13 murders and 13 kidnappings – and admit 62 rapes that he can’t be charged for – to avoid the death penalty Joseph James DeAngelo Jr., 74, will plead guilty to 13 murders and 13 kidnappings in California on Monday  He sat on stage […]

McEnany rebukes Pelosi over response to alleged US troop bounties report

WASHINGTON — White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany on Monday upbraided House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for “playing politics” with an explosive report that alleged Moscow paid the Taliban to kill US soldiers. In an interview with “Fox & Friends,” McEnany accused Pelosi of being “entirely off-base” after the San Francisco Democrat, 80, claimed that the […]

Facing crisis, Cuba calls on citizens to grow more of their own food

HAVANA (Reuters) – In the courtyard of a temple belonging to the Abakua Afro-Cuban religious brotherhood in Havana, Nelson Piloto is pulling up the lawn to plant bell peppers and cassava in the face of Cuba’s looming food crisis. Piloto, 40, says he is responding to the Communist government’s call for citizens to produce more […]