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Oscar-nominated screenwriter arrested in Iran days after criticising regime

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One of the screenwriters of an Oscar-nominated film has been arrested in Tehran days after signing a statement condemning Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and his regime’s violent crackdown on protesters. Mehdi Mahmoudian, who co-wrote the script for the Iranian drama It Was Just An Accident, was arrested on Saturday, representatives of the film said […]

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Scottish Labour commits to banning transgender women from female prisons if Anas Sarwar becomes first minister

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Anas Sarwar has vowed to ban transgender women from the female prison estate “within days” if he becomes first minister after the Holyrood election. The Scottish Labour leader has pledged his party will “act swiftly” to ensure prisons are “single-sex, based on biological sex” if it gets into power in May. His declaration comes ahead

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Bangladesh hands down jail sentences to former PM and her Labour MP niece

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Bangladesh has sentenced former prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, and her niece, Labour MP Tulip Siddiq, to jail in a corruption probe. The country’s corruption watchdog alleges that Hasina colluded with government officials to illegally secure six plots for herself and her family in a development near the capital, Dhaka. Now she’s been sentenced to 10

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IRA bombing victims withdraw damages claim against Gerry Adams

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Three victims of Provisional IRA bombings in England have discontinued their damages claim against former Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams. Their lawyers told London’s High Court their decision on Friday, the last day of the two-week trial. The claim will be discontinued with “no order as to costs” after “proceedings developed overnight,” according to Anne

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Emma Caldwell: Family of woman murdered by serial rapist say there must be ‘no attempt’ to shut down evidence at public inquiry

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The family of a woman who was murdered by a serial rapist more than 20 years ago said there must be “no attempt” to shut down evidence at the public inquiry into the police’s handling of the case, as they met the chairman for the first time. Iain Packer murdered Emma Caldwell, 27, in 2005

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Four Britons die within four months after holidaying in Cape Verde

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Four Britons have died within four months of being struck down with stomach bugs while on holiday in Cape Verde, lawyers representing their families say. Elena Walsh, from Birmingham, Mark Ashley, from Bedfordshire, Karen Pooley, from Gloucestershire, and a 56-year-old man all died last year after contracting severe gastric illnesses while staying on the island

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The end of a scandal-tainted career: Mandelson had no alternative but to resign

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In the end, it has been a scandal too far, even for Peter Mandelson. The latest explosive Epstein revelations first forced him to resign from his beloved Labour Party, he said, to save the party from “further embarrassment”. But then the furore over the disclosure that he leaked highly confidential and market sensitive information to

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