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Women accuse Brit Army soldiers of 'historic rape on mass scale' from 1965-2001
Hundreds of women in Kenya have accused British Army soldiers of raping them and fathering children they have abandoned, as a fundraiser was launched to help the families
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Klopp has made his feelings clear on Arne Slot's 'criminal' first Liverpool game
Liverpool take on newly-promoted Ipswich on the opening day of their season and all eyes will be on the Dutchman as he starts a new chapter on Merseyside following nine years of success under Jurgen Klopp
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Inside world's deadliest execution year - brutal new drugs and killing vans
From a new deadly drug used in Alabama to a spike in numbers in Iran, death penalty killings around the world are at a near ten year high according to startling new data
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Guards to get taser guns as 'the prisons’ SAS' deployed to UK's 'lawless' jails
Specialist riot unit the National Tactical Response Group, dubbed the prisons’ SAS, was deployed the equivalent of more than twice a day last year, according to research by Labour – 40% more frequently than in 2022
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Home Office staff get £14.4m bonuses despite string of failings
The Home Office has had public failures including its inability to get a grip on the small boats crisis, including the shambles of its flagship policy to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda
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Singapore to execute woman on drugs charge for the first time in 20 years
Saridewi Djamani is due to be hanged Friday after she was also convicted and sentenced for trafficking heroin and the last woman known to have been hanged in Singapore was in 2004
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Norman plays down LIV sportswashing claims insisting he is 'focussing on golf'
Since forming last summer LIV Golf has been criticised for its involvement with the Saudi Arabian government, but CEO Greg Norman is looking to keep the focus on the action on the course
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DeChambeau addresses "inaccurate" LIV Golf claims that players "talked about"
A number of LIV Golf's critics have labelled the league a cog in the sportswashing machine of Saudi Arabia, but American star Bryson DeChambeau has hit back at the claims
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Debunking Newcastle and Man Utd takeover theories and deciphering the changes
In a week where the Premier League refused to say if Newcastle's owners are being investigated, there were more warnings against Manchester United's potential takeover from a Qatari group
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Russian commander who ordered Mariupol theatre bombing where 700 died unmasked
A group called Ukrainian Cyber Resistance name 41-year-old Colonel Sergei Atroshchenko as responsible for the bombing of Mariupol theatre in which up to 700 died
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Inside Abu Ghraib prison where US tortured Iraqi detainees in horror war crimes
WARNING DISTRESSING CONTENT: On March 20, 2004, the US and UK Coalition invaded Iraq on the false belief that dictator Saddam Hussein was manufacturing weapons of mass destruction and planned to use them on his own people
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World Cup to have 40 extra games and new format as FIFA make unpopular changes
Fifa will confirm the plans for 48-team tournament in 2026 at a council meeting today ahead of annual congress in Rwanda
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Infantino under fresh pressure over Qatar compensation ahead of FIFA congress
Amnesty International has delivered a petition with more than a million signatures ahead of Thursday meeting in Rwanda following criticism that Fifa is yet to specify details around "legacy fund"
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Amanda Staveley on calls to investigate Newcastle's Saudi owners and Man Utd bid
Newcastle United's takeover by Saudi Arabaia's Public Investment Fund is back under the spotlight after a claim in a US court case surrounding the LIV Golf tour
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Premier League urged to reinvestigate Newcastle owners amid damning new evidence
Court submission described club's chairman as "sitting minister" in Saudi Arabia government despite Premier League previously insisting it had received legally-binding assurances that there was separation between PIF and the state
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Saudi Arabia targets Man Utd takeover in late swoop to rival Qatar and Ratcliffe
The Glazers have set a deadline of Friday to receive outright takeover offers, with British billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe so far the only confirmed bidder for United
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UK's anti-terror programme failing to tackle 'non-violent Islamist extremism'
Suella Braverman said 'major reform' is needed of the controversial Prevent programme after a long-delayed review. But Amnesty International said it was 'riddled with biased thinking, errors, and plain anti-Muslim prejduice'
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Cristiano Ronaldo hit with Amnesty demand after Saudi Arabia transfer
Cristiano Ronaldo has completed a move to Saudi Arabian side Al Nassr after his much publicised Manchester United departure and subsequent struggles at the 2022 World Cup with Portugal