Alleged Palestine Action protesters deny break-in charges

Post published:December 13, 2025
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Three alleged protesters from Palestine Action who are accused of breaking into a UK subsidiary of an Israeli defence firm and causing £1m worth of damage have denied the charges against them.Finn Collins, from Whitstable, Salaam Mahmood, from Abbey Wood, London, and Liam Mullany, from Poole, pleaded not guilty at Woolwich Crown Court on Friday to charges of aggravated burglary, criminal damage and violent disorder.The prosecution alleges members of the group were armed with sledgehammers and whips at…

Colombia’s ELN rebels prepare for battle amid Trump ‘intervention’ threat | Donald Trump News

Post published:December 13, 2025
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ELN conducts military drills, orders civilians indoors, as Trump warns drug-producing nations face potential attack.Colombia’s largest remaining rebel force has told civilians living under its authority to stay at home for three days while it stages military drills in response to burgeoning United States threats.The National Liberation Army (ELN), a left-wing rebel group, ordered the lockdown on Friday, instructing residents to keep off major routes and rivers from Sunday morning as fighters conduct what the group describes as…

Q&A: East Timor’s President Ramos-Horta on diplomacy, Gaza, and the West | Politics News

Post published:December 12, 2025
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Dili, East Timor – On the 50th anniversary of Indonesia’s invasion of East Timor, longtime independence advocate and now the country’s President Jose Ramos-Horta reflected on the last half-century of politics and diplomacy in his country.Ramos-Horta was serving as the foreign minister of the newly declared Democratic Republic of East Timor in the days leading up to Indonesia’s invasion in December 1975.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listFormed by the independence party Fretilin after colonial Portugal’s withdrawal…

Women in the Indian Armed Forces suffer systemic discrimination across all stages of their military careers, study shows

Post published:December 12, 2025
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Women serving in the Indian Armed Forces suffer systemic discrimination across all stages of their military careers, a new study shows. Experts have identified persistent unfairness across recruitment, career progression, combat roles, pay and benefits, and institutional culture. While legal interventions, particularly Supreme Court judgments, have helped to bring about greater gender equality, implementation remains problematic. Discriminatory practices are deeply embedded in military institutional culture. Addressing these issues requires not just policy changes but a fundamental shift in…

Two more arrests in Poole murder and burglary inquiry

Post published:December 12, 2025
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Two more men have been arrested on suspicion of murder and burglary following the death of a woman in her 80s.Dorset Police found her body at an address in Higher Blandford Road, Poole, shortly after 16:50 GMT on 1 December and noticed signs of a possible break-in.A 22-year-old man from Wimborne and a 21-year-old man from Alderholt have been arrested and bailed while inquiries continue.A 32-year-old man from Verwood, a 30-year-old man from Wimborne and a 16-year-old boy…

Primal Scream targeted by same pro Irsael

Post published:December 12, 2025
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Bobby Gillespie: Photo by Naomi Dryden-Smith Glaswegian indie-rockers Primal Scream are the latest act to face backlash from pro-Israel pressure groups after their Roundhouse performance on Monday marking the 25th anniversary of their XTRMNTR album. The Community Security Trust, an organisation that monitors antisemitism, confirmed it had complained to the Metropolitan Police after footage circulated online showing a modified Star of David with a swastika at its centre. However, today a statement on Primal Scream’s Instagram said: “The…

Man jailed on ‘vicious’ murder of partner in Plymouth flat

Post published:December 12, 2025
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Devon and Cornwall PoliceMark Fitzgerald was jailed for life with a minimum term of 21 years and 168 daysA man who concealed the murder of his partner in his flat has been jailed.Mark Fitzgerald, 62, was jailed for life with a minimum term of 21 years and 168 days after being found guilty over the murder of Lisa Paris, 54, in March 2024. Plymouth Crown Court heard Fitzgerald pretended to find her unconscious in his Rendle Street flat…

Zoe Tucker ‘devastated’ by theft of gold medal-winning bike

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Dave GilyeatSouth of EnglandDuathlon World ChampionshipsZoe Tucker won gold at the world championships in JulyA duathlon world champion has described the theft of her racing bike as a "devastating loss".Zoe Tucker, from Sherborne in Dorset, had her £7,000 measured-to-fit Giant Propel, alongside another similar model, stolen from her garage at some point during Thursday night and Friday morning.Ms Tucker rode the bike during her gold medal victory at the world championships in July, and was using it to…

Child reveals murder plot as man guilty in double jeopardy trial

Post published:December 12, 2025
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Surrey PoliceRobert Rhodes, 52, has been convicted of murdering his wife, Dawn Rhodes, in a trial at Inner London Crown CourtA man has been found guilty of murdering his wife eight years after being cleared of the crime - after their child gave new evidence.Robert Rhodes stabbed his wife Dawn in the neck but was acquitted of murder in 2017 after claiming she had tried to attack him.The retrial came after new evidence from Rhodes' child – disclosed…

Man jailed over murder of partner in Plymouth flat

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A man who concealed the murder of his partner in his flat has been jailed.Mark Fitzgerald, 62, was jailed for life with a minimum term of 21 years and 168 days after being found guilty over the murder of Lisa Paris, 54, in March 2024. Plymouth Crown Court heard he left her dead body under a duvet in his flat on Rendle Street in Plymouth, Devon.It heard the relationship between the two was marked by his repeated violence…

Surrey man guilty of wife’s murder after child reveals plot

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Surrey PoliceRobert Rhodes, 52, has been convicted of murdering his wife, Dawn Rhodes, in a trial at Inner London Crown CourtA man has been found guilty of murdering his wife following a retrial under double jeopardy rules, eight years after being cleared.Robert Rhodes stabbed his wife Dawn in the neck and was acquitted of murder in 2017 after claiming she had tried to attack him.The retrial came after new evidence from Rhodes' child – disclosed during therapy –…

Good News Rooms in schools a ‘brilliant legacy’

Post published:December 12, 2025
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James DiamondWest of EnglandBBCChildren across the UK are being taught how to be journalists in Jill Dando's nameA project inspired by murdered TV journalist Jill Dando which aims to inspire a million children to become "positive reporters" by 2030 has been described by her brother as "a brilliant legacy".The Good News Rooms project, which aims to teach children to focus on uplifting news stories, has this week been expanded to Heron's Moor School in the BBC Crimewatch presenter's…