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Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict: Concerns grow over ‘extreme brutality’ as report states war crimes may have been committed

A much-anticipated assessment of human rights violations and atrocities committed in the war in northern Ethiopia is likely to intensify concerns now centring on an increasingly intractable conflict. The UN human rights chief, Michelle Bachelet, used the phrase “extreme brutality” to describe horrifying incidents during the year-long war in the region of Tigray. A joint […]

Police hunt cyclist who was caught on CCTV shoving pensioner

Police hunt cyclist who was caught on CCTV shoving pensioner, 83, to the ground after verbally abusing him as he walked on pavement Police hunting cyclist caught on CCTV shoving a pensioner to the ground Footage shows rider pushing 83-year-old along Hightown Road in Ringwood  Officers said cyclist reportedly brushed past the victim and verbally […]

Passengers tackle armed bus bandit after gunpoint robbery

Moment bus passengers tackle armed bandit after he holds up the driver at gunpoint and then robs them The incident happened on board a bus in the Colombian city of Barranquilla Footage shows two women and a man restrain the robber before police arrive A male passenger appears to suffer a wound to his stomach, […]

Giant Loch Ness Monster ‘arrested’ as police seize beast from COP26 protestors

Don’t miss a thing by getting the Daily Star’s biggest headlines straight to your inbox! A giant Loch Ness Monster inflatable was hilariously taken away by police at COP26 climate change summit. A number of officers were filmed loading the blow-up beast onto a tow truck after protestors paraded it in Glasgow. Nessie was used […]

Ex-prison chief says ‘gay slayer’ emanated evil and was only inmate to scare her

A former prison governor who has been in the company of some of Britain’s most notorious serial killers says only one inmate ever left her fearful. And that person was serial killer Colin Ireland – who Vanessa Frake says “emanated evil”. Vanessa, 59, described accidentally knocking into the monster who brutally took the lives of […]

Our 2050 agreed target is a pyrrhic victory

Illustration: Andrew DysonCredit: To submit a letter to The Age, email [email protected]. Please include your home address and telephone number. COP26 SUMMIT Our 2050 agreed target is a pyrrhic victory COP26 continues to press for global actions that will hold the Earth’s rise in temperature to 1.5 or 2 degrees, beyond which lies catastrophic, likely […]

32 Insulate Britain activists face 2 years jail for injunction breach

The Insulate Britain 32: Rogues gallery of the eco-zealots facing two years in prison for breaking High Court ban on blocking roads… while accusing the public of ‘complicity in GENOCIDE’ Nine Insulate Britain protesters already summoned to court on November 16 They have breached a National Highways injunction by disrupting the M25 Face unlimited fines, […]

Dad sells daughter, 9, to 55-year-old man to pay for food in distressing footage

Heartbreaking footage shows a young girl being sold by her dad to a white-bearded man in exchange for food in Afghanistan. Parwana Malik, just nine years old, understood that her parents struggled to provide for her family of eight and resolved the only solution was to be sold to help feeding mouths. She told CNN: […]