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• 'Black magic' healer who conned women out of £150,000 and claimed to sacrifice crocodiles is jailed

  16-06-2016 23:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Abdoulie Gassama said he needed extra money for expensive rituals - including sacrificing crocodiles and cows
  
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• Brother of man suspected of killing Jo Cox insists he 'was not a violent person'

  16-06-2016 23:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The MP was dragged around by the hair and kicked before being knifed at least seven times and blasted with an old-fashioned pistol three times
  
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• Jo Cox shooting suspect 'quiet loner who subscribed to white supremacy magazine'

  16-06-2016 23:42 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Thomas Mair, 52, has been arrested tonight following the tragic death of the Labour MP
  
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• Eyewitness says Jo Cox's attacker shouted 'Britain first' or 'put Britain first'

  16-06-2016 23:42 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Local Clarke Rothwell told the BBC he couldn't be sure which of the phrases he used, but he was sure he used the words 'Britain first'.
  
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• 'Man who raped and killed teenage girl told police he became a "totally different person" after drinking'

  16-06-2016 23:28 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Stephen Beadman told officers he became a "totally different person" after downing around 12 shots of spirits, a court heard
  
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• Man arrested after death threat made to Labour MP Ben Bradshaw

  16-06-2016 23:28 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The arrest follows an alleged campaign of extreme right-wing racist and homophobic abuse aimed at Mr Bradshaw and his staff
  
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• 'He wouldn't hurt a fly' says half-brother of man arrested after fatal shooting of Labour MP Jo Cox

  16-06-2016 23:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Tommy Mair was arrested by police shortly after Ms Cox was shot and stabbed in the street outside her constituency advice surgery
  
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• ISIS militants stone 4 married men to death for 'committing adultery' in Iraq

  16-06-2016 22:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The images show prisoners praying on the floor next to a pile of rocks while surrounded by dozens of onlookers for the warped spectacle, believed to be somewhere near the Tigris river in Iraq.
  
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• Mourners pack local church and attend vigil in Westminster to pay moving tribute to MP Jo Cox

  16-06-2016 22:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Hundreds across the UK have tonight said prayers for the married mother-of-two who was killed in her constituency today
  
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• Jo Cox's murder could threaten British democracy and change politics for ever

  16-06-2016 22:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Following the death of the Labour MP there are fears that weekly constituency surgeries, campaign walkabouts and public meetings could now be at risk
  
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• Kayleigh Haywood's murderer attacked her after 'downing 12 shots of vodka and rum' 

  16-06-2016 22:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Stephen Beadman, 29, told officers he became a 'totally different person' after downing around 12 shots of spirits before he raped and killed Kayleigh Haywood, 15 in a field in Leicestershire.
  
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• 'Mob of Russian ultras put Spanish football fan in hospital' in Germany

  16-06-2016 22:39 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Police say they punched and kicked two tourists and their friends in an "extremely aggressive and brutal" way
  
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• Jo Cox's death should cause politicians to reflect on vitriol of EU campaign

  16-06-2016 22:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  All EU referendum campaigning has been suspended following the Labour MP's tragic death
  
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• Jo Cox murder is a sign of 'coarseness' in society says US assassination survivor Gabrielle Giffords

  16-06-2016 22:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Former congresswoman Giffords was critically injured in chillingly similar circumstances in a 2011 mass shooting in Arizona
  
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• Jo Cox dedicated her life to helping the lives of those around the world

  16-06-2016 22:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jo Cox (pictured) used her short time as an MP to continue a career dedicated to helping the plight of refugees and made a name for herself by campaigning on Syria-related issues.
  
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• Louis Theroux reveals alcoholic Joe from Drinking to Oblivion documentary is still sober

  16-06-2016 22:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Louis Theroux met up with the star of his show on alcoholism Joe Walker, who is now eight months sober after turning his life around when he was told his drinking was going to lead to his early death.
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn leads tributes for Jo Cox in Westminster vigil

  16-06-2016 22:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Politicians from across the political spectrum revealed their grief after news of Mrs Cox's death was confirmed shortly after 5pm. Jeremy Corbyn tonight led tributes at a tearful Parliament Square vigil.
  
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• Jo Cox's shooting leads to security review for MP's

  16-06-2016 22:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The expenses watchdog announced an 'enhanced' package for politicians outside the parliamentary estate in January after a survey revealed extreme concern about their safety and that of their staff.
  
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• Germany v Poland: Euro 2016 – live!

  16-06-2016 21:58
  
  Euro 2016 Group C updates from the game at Stade de FranceLewandowski delighted Poland are no longer a one-man bandEmail [email protected] or tweet @Paul_Doyle 8.58pm BSTIf I thought any Northern Ireland fans were following this, rather than gallivanting around whatever town they happen to be in, I’d ask them how much more confident they feel about beating Germany after today’s action so far. Let me put words in their mouths while they’re offering up toasts and say: &l
  
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• McCain: Obama 'directly responsible' for Orlando attack – campaign live

  16-06-2016 21:57
  
  CIA chief: no link between Orlando gunman and Isis has been foundOrlando gunman searched for Facebook reaction during attackHillary Clinton’s potential VP picks leaked Sanders’ call with supporters could be end of campaign8.57pm BSTArizona senator John McCain may have clarified his comments earlier today, but the full transcript of his declaration that President Barack Obama is “directly responsible” for a mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, that left 49
  
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• Human traffickers jailed after desperate asylum seeker died in front of his family

  16-06-2016 21:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Meet Singh Kapoor was fleeing from radical Islamists when he died in a shipping container
  
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• Jo Cox's tragic death shows where the path of hatred can lead

  16-06-2016 21:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The MP, mother and wife was attacked and killed outside the library where she was holding a surgery
  
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• The mood is ugly, and an MP is dead | Polly Toynbee

  16-06-2016 21:47
  
  It’s wrong to view the killing of Jo Cox in isolation. Hate has been whipped up against the political classIn an era when many question the validity of their elected officials, Jo Cox stood out. She rose to represent the area in which she was born. And she arrived at the Commons with hinterland, a career campaigning for Oxfam, Save the Children and the NSPCC. Yesterday, shock among MPs was palpable.This attack on a public official cannot be viewed in isolation. It occurs against a backdrop
  
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• Family of student killed in Paris attacks sues Facebook, Twitter and Google

  16-06-2016 21:47
  
  Nohemi Gonzalez’s family filed the lawsuit on Tuesday in San Francisco, claiming the social media companies provide ‘material support’ to Isis The family of a California design student killed in November’s terror attacks in Paris have sued Twitter Inc, Google and Facebook Inc, claiming the social media companies provide “material support” to the militant group Islamic State. Nohemi Gonzalez’s family filed the lawsuit on Tuesday in federal court in San Fr
  
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• Jo Cox MP dies after attack in West Yorkshire – latest updates

  16-06-2016 21:45
  
  Labour MP for Batley and Spen shot after advice surgery
  52-year-old man arrestedPolice investigating reports suspect shouted ‘Britain first’ 8.45pm BSTJo Cox worked for Oxfam and Oxfam International between 2001 and 2009 in a variety of roles. The charity said in a statement tonight that she was a passionate advocate on humanitarian issues including the conflicts in Darfur and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Her commitment to humanitarian issues led her to become head of humanitari
  
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• Mum's shocking pictures show toddler playing on slide next to 'crack pipe and drugs users'

  16-06-2016 21:36 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Mandy Dickson, 35, said the group were laying next to the climbing frame in what appeared to be a drug-induced stupor at 11am
  
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• MPs' security under review despite being beefed up this year over fears about lack of protection from gun and knife-wielding attackers

  16-06-2016 21:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The expenses watchdog announced an 'enhanced' package for politicians outside the parliamentary estate in January after a survey revealed extreme concern about their safety and that of their staff.
  
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• British farmer gets longer sentence than sex offender for wrongly labelled eggs

  16-06-2016 21:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Farmer Anthony Clarkson got 30 months at Preston Crown Court for egg fraud, while serial sex offender Kerdine Ahmedi (pictured) was jailed for 28 months at the same court for sexual assault.
  
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• Britain First denies connection to attacker who killed Labour MP Jo Cox

  16-06-2016 21:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Far-right party Britain First has denied any connection to the suspect who shot and repeatedly stabbed Labour MP Jo Cox in a horrific attack outside her constituency surgery in Leeds today.
  
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• Jo Cox remembered as Jeremy Corbyn leads tearful MPs in emotional silent vigil

  16-06-2016 21:17 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The party leader joined deputy Tom Watson to light candles and lay flowers in Parliament Square
  
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• 'Hatred will never solve problems, Jo believed that': Jeremy Corbyn leads tributes to tragic Labour MP as David Cameron says a devastated Westminster has lost a 'great star'

  16-06-2016 21:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Politicians from across the political spectrum revealed their grief after news of Mrs Cox's death was confirmed shortly after 5pm. Jeremy Corbyn tonight led tributes at a tearful Parliament Square vigil.
  
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• Three babies with birth defects caused by Zika virus born in the US

  16-06-2016 21:12
  
  CDC provided few details about the women, their pregnancies, birth defects or their severity in its first accounting of pregnancy outcomes involving the virusThree babies with birth defects caused by Zika have been born in the US, the government reported on Thursday in its first accounting of pregnancy outcomes involving the virus.Birth defects from Zika were also seen in three other pregnancies that ended. Continue reading...
  
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• Gun control vote in Senate unlikely to produce Republican compromise

  16-06-2016 21:11
  
  After successful filibuster to procure vote, Democrats’ proposals on universal background checks and terror watch lists will be met with competing measuresRepublicans have signalled that they will not compromise on gun control measures, despite a nearly 15-hour filibuster by Senate Democrats protesting congressional inaction on the issue.
  A group of Democrats, flanked by family members of gun violence victims, were at times brought to tears during a press conference on Capitol Hill on Thur
  
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• Northern Ireland fan collapses in the stands at tonight's Euro 2016 victory over Ukraine and dies

  16-06-2016 21:07 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Around 80 minutes into the game, with Northern Ireland leading 1-0, a call for help was made and a response team scrambled to the Northern Ireland stand
  
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• Suspect in MP killing described as quiet, polite and reserved

  16-06-2016 21:06
  
  Neighbours say suspect, named locally as Thomas Mair, did voluntary work but he may have suffered mental health issuesJo Cox is believed to have been gunned down by her own constituent, a jobbing gardener little known beyond the Yorkshire estate on which he lived.But police were last night probing claims that the suspect, named locally as Thomas Mair, 52, had dangerous political affiliations, following witness accounts that he shouted “Britain first” as he launched the fatal assault
  
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• 'Only Europe can protect us from this Tory Government' - Workers united against Brexit

  16-06-2016 21:02 via mirror.co.uk
  
  While they may have been divided by football, Ros Wynn-Jones met ordinary working people in both countries who are voting Remian in next week's EU Referendum
  
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• The Guardian view on Russian football hooligans: politics at play | Editorial

  16-06-2016 20:57
  
  Whether it encouraged it or not, Putin’s regime is trying to capitalise on the violence of its football fans – as another ingredient of its clash with the westIt may never be clear whether Moscow was behind – however distantly – the violent behaviour of Russian so-called hooligans in the game against England last Saturday. The draw that night has, happily for England at least, been evened out by England’s victory over Wales, although the battle between Russian and E
  
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• Jenson Button has safety concerns over Baku street circuit

  16-06-2016 20:47
  
  • McLaren driver claims that sport has ‘moved backwards’• Azerbaijan preparing to host its inaugural Grand PrixFormula One’s newest circuit has thrown up some old-style problems with both Nico Rosberg and Jenson Button, two of the sport’s most respected figures, expressing safety concerns in the runup to the street race in Baku on Sunday.The inaugural Grand Prix in Azerbaijan – it has been billed as the European Grand Prix even though the country borders R
  
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• The Queen joins Ladies Day at Royal Ascot 2016

  16-06-2016 20:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Queen, 90, joined racegoers for Ladies Day at Royal Ascot, looking elegantin a blue coat and orange hat. She was joined by Prince Philip and Princesses Anne, Beatrice and Eugenie.
  
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• Liverpool’s Mario Balotelli is offered to Besiktas

  16-06-2016 20:37
  
  • Agent Mino Raiola confirms he is hopeful of move
  • Striker has no future at AnfieldMario Balotelli has been offered to Besiktas, according to his agent.The misfit striker, who is heading back to Liverpool following an unsuccessful loan spell at Milan, will be moved on if the Merseyside club can find a buyer. Continue reading...
  
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• Niall McGinn confirms Northern Ireland’s famous win over Ukraine

  16-06-2016 20:25
  
  It needed something remarkable for Michael O’Neill to surpass the achievement of leading Northern Ireland to their first European Championship as group winners. Something remarkable happened here. A masterful display from manager and players alike inflicted deserved defeat on Ukraine and revitalised Northern Ireland’s hopes of reaching the last 16.For the second consecutive game Northern Ireland players slumped to their knees on the final whistle, only this time to absorb the magnitu
  
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• Orlando gunman went on Facebook and searched for 'Pulse' and 'shooting' DURING gay club massacre

  16-06-2016 20:20 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Killer Omar Mateen searched for the terms "Pulse Orlando" and "shooting", according to a letter released by a Senate committee
  
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• Jo Cox was a 'courageous, rising star' says US assassination survivor Gabrielle Giffords

  16-06-2016 20:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Former congresswoman Giffords was critically injured in chillingly similar circumstances in a 2011 mass shooting in Arizona
  
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• Tim Peake's space diary as British astronaut prepares to come back down to earth

  16-06-2016 20:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Major Tim, 44, returns home on Saturday and it's fair to say he has crammed quite a lot into his six months on board the International Space Station
  
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• Paddington Station train derailment causes widespread travel chaos for thousands of commuters

  16-06-2016 20:15 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Trains in and out of the main London terminus have been brought to a standstill - and travellers to and from Royal Ascot and Heathrow are also affected
  
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• Former army captain denies Iraqi civilian was mistreated

  16-06-2016 20:14
  
  Gareth Foulton questioned over contradictory statements he gave about raid on house in Basra in 2007 as part of test case A former British army captain has told the high court in London that an Iraqi civilian who is suing the Ministry of Defence for alleged physical abuse was not mistreated by soldiers.But Gareth Foulton, who led the night raid on a house in Basra in February 2007 aiming to capture an insurgent bombmaker, was questioned about contradictory statements he made to investigators abo
  
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• Why the Bank of England was right to reveal Brexit anxiety

  16-06-2016 20:12
  
  Though the central bank’s warning about the EU vote may sound alarmist to Brexiters, it would be bizarre if it stayed silent on the issueMark Carney’s irritation with Bernard Jenkin is understandable. The governor of the Bank of England has been scrupulous – painfully so, at times – to stick to what he is allowed to talk about in the run-up to the referendum.He has confined himself to assessing the impact on monetary and financial stability, which Threadneedle Street is c
  
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• Remembering Labour MP Jo Cox: her maiden speech to parliament – video

  16-06-2016 20:08
  
  Labour MP Jo Cox praised the diversity of her constituency of Batley and Spen during her maiden speech to the House of Commons in June 2015, saying there was ‘far more’ that united the region than divided it. Cox was killed on Thursday after a man stabbed and shot her near a library in Birstall, West Yorkshire. Police have arrested a 52-year-old man over the attack Continue reading...
  
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• Janet Street-Porter claims she was touched inappropriately by a hairdresser aged 10

  16-06-2016 20:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The broadcaster revealed the incident from her childhood in Fulham, West London, during a discussion on ITV’s Loose Women on how parents should tackle talking to children about abuse.
  
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• On the hunt for Disney World's killer alligator which dragged toddler to his death

  16-06-2016 20:05 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Mirror's US editor Christopher Bucktin joins the trappers on the frontline of Florida's battle between the giant reptiles and the ever encroaching presence of mankind
  
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