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• One killed in suspected bus hijacking in Los Angeles

  25-09-2024 23:55 via nbcnews.com
  
  One person was shot dead as a gunman hijacked a bus with passengers on board in downtown Los Angeles early Wednesday, police said.
  
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• Liverpool head to Brighton - EFL Cup fourth-round draw

  25-09-2024 23:30 via bbc.com
  
  Holders Liverpool travel to Brighton and Tottenham will host Manchester City in the fourth round of the Carabao Cup.
  
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• Harris outlines $100 billion manufacturing plan, vowing pragmatism over ideology

  25-09-2024 23:28 via nbcnews.com
  
  Kamala Harris vowed to govern as a pragmatist who won’t be captive to ideology in an economic speech Wednesday while outlining some $100 billion in new investments in manufacturing, a major issue in this battleground state.
  
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• Two years after the end of Roe, abortion is still tripping up Republicans in key races

  25-09-2024 23:23 via nbcnews.com
  
  Republicans are still struggling to navigate the issue of abortion as they face a barrage of Democratic attacks, with Ohio GOP Senate hopeful Bernie Moreno’s latest comments — suggesting it is not an issue, “especially for women that are, like, past 50” — underscoring the party's continuing challenges.
  
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• Wreckage shows how Titan's hull came apart

  25-09-2024 23:21 via bbc.com
  
  Experts told the US Coast Guard on Wednesday there were safety problems with Titan's hull.
  
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• Chappell Roan reveals she's voting for Kamala Harris after online backlash

  25-09-2024 23:12 via nbcnews.com
  
  Chappell Roan revealed in a TikTok video that she’s voting for Vice President Kamala Harris in November, though she stopped short of endorsing the Democratic presidential candidate.
  
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• Trump and Harris get unprecedented levels of security after assassination attempts

  25-09-2024 23:05 via nbcnews.com
  
  Former President Donald Trump now speaks at rallies with bulletproof glass around him.
  
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• We danced with joy then hid among the dead – Nova survivors recall Hamas massacre

  25-09-2024 23:04 via bbc.com
  
  A new BBC documentary provides a harrowing glimpse into the Hamas attack at the Nova music festival in Israel, in which hundreds of people were killed.
  
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• Justin Trudeau survives confidence vote but other problems still loom

  25-09-2024 22:36 via theguardian.com
  Main political rival of Canada’s prime minister fails to gather enough support to end nine years of Liberal ruleJustin Trudeau, Canada’s prime minister, has easily survived a vote of confidence after his main political rival failed to muster enough support to end nine years of Liberal party rule.Legislators in the House of Commons voted 211-120 to defeat a motion by the official opposition Conservative party declaring a lack of confidence in Trudeau’s minority Liberal governmen
  
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• Social media influencers go dark on TikTok after promoting futuristic Saudi megacity

  25-09-2024 22:35 via nbcnews.com
  
  The videos from Saudi Arabia’s futuristic urban development project spread quickly across the internet, and almost as quickly started to disappear.
  
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• Middle East crisis live: Macron urges Israel to stop ‘escalation’ in Lebanon and Hezbollah to ‘stop firing’

  25-09-2024 22:34 via theguardian.com
  French president says there ‘must not be war in Lebanon’ in address to UN general assemblyIsrael preparing for possible ground offensive in Lebanon, military chief saysLebanon’s minister of culture, Judge Mohammad Wissam El-Mortada, has been speaking to Sputnik Radio, and Lebanon’s National News Agency is carrying some quotes from the interview.In it, he said “Lebanon is engaged in a confrontation in defence of everything that is humane in this world against the ene
  
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• Australia news live: flight disruption threat as Qantas engineers strike; $1m median suburbs at record high

  25-09-2024 22:29 via theguardian.com
  
  An alliance of unions is beginning two weeks of action at Melbourne airport this morning. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastGood morning and welcome to our live news blog. I’m Martin Farrer and I’m going to run through some of the best overnight stories before Rafqa Touma comes along.Some Labor MPs say the government should not be afraid of considering reforms to negative gearing, with several caucus members saying they were &ldq
  
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• Putin proposes new rules for using nuclear weapons

  25-09-2024 22:11 via bbc.com
  
  Russia's leader says strikes by a non-nuclear state aided by a nuclear power can be considered a joint attack
  
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• Elon Musk's popularity plummets to 6% among Democrats, poll finds

  25-09-2024 22:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  Elon Musk’s support among Democrats has withered to a new low as he has embraced Republican politics, according to a national NBC News poll.
  
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• Comedian Janey Godley receiving end-of-life care for cancer

  25-09-2024 21:55 via theguardian.com
  Scottish standup posts video saying she is getting palliative care and will be going into a hospiceThe comedian Janey Godley has revealed she is receiving end-of-life care after her terminal cancer spread.The 63-year-old announced she would be getting palliative care and going into a hospice in a video shared on social media on Wednesday. Continue reading...
  
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• Secret Service agent accused of sexually assaulting reported Harris campaign aide

  25-09-2024 21:41 via theguardian.com
  Employee is on leave as agency, under fire for lapses before assassination attempt on Trump, investigates accusationsThe US Secret Service has confirmed it is investigating accusations of sexual assault against one its agents, reportedly with the alleged victim being a female staff member of Kamala Harris’s election campaign team.The federal agency, already under fire over operational lapses that preceded the attempted assassination of Donald Trump in July, confirmed to NBC News on Wednesd
  
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• Labour crackdown on non-doms may raise no money, officials fear

  25-09-2024 21:35 via theguardian.com
  
  Exclusive: Watchdog may conclude that emigration of wealthy individuals could actually cost Treasury revenueKeir Starmer’s promised tax crackdown on non-doms could yield no extra funds for the Treasury, leaving a £1bn hole in the government’s planned spending for schools and hospitals.
  Labour planned to use the money raised from wealthy individuals who are registered overseas for tax purposes to invest in ailing public services.But the Guardian understands that Treasury officia
  
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• Man detained after explosion at California’s Santa Maria courthouse

  25-09-2024 21:33 via theguardian.com
  Courthouse and some city buildings closed after suspect reportedly throws bag that exploded into courtroomA man has been detained after an explosion at a courthouse in Santa Maria, California, injured two people, authorities have said.The explosion came “from an intentionally set improvised explosive device”, wrote Raquel Zick, the Santa Barbara county sheriff public information officer, on Wednesday. Continue reading...
  
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• Keir Starmer under pressure to ‘get a grip’ on Sue Gray tensions

  25-09-2024 21:33 via theguardian.com
  
  Exclusive: Some ministers have rallied around chief of staff while others accuse her of ‘control freakery’Keir Starmer has become exasperated about in-fighting across government involving Sue Gray, with the prime minister under pressure from senior aides and cabinet ministers to resolve the row.Sources said the situation would come to a head after he returned from his trip to the UN in New York, where he was joined by his chief of staff. Starmer is said to be dismayed at tensions ins
  
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• US House expected to pass government funding package to avert shutdown

  25-09-2024 21:32 via theguardian.com
  Mike Johnson unveiled legislation after original measure with non-citizen voting proposal failed to pass last week The US House passed a three-month government funding package on Wednesday, sending the bill to the Senate with just days left to avert a shutdown set to begin next Tuesday.The vote was 341 to 82, with 132 Republicans and 209 Democrats supporting the legislation. All 82 votes against the bill, which will extend government funding until 20 December, came from House Republicans. Contin
  
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• Thailand legalizes same-sex marriage, allows couples to wed starting in January

  25-09-2024 21:27 via foxnews.com
  
  Thailand’s landmark marriage equality bill was officially written into law Tuesday, allowing same-sex couples to legally wed.The law was published in the Royal Gazette after endorsement by King Maha Vajiralongkorn, and will come into effect in 120 days. This means LGBTQ+ couples will be able to register their marriage in January next year, making Thailand the third place in Asia, after Taiwan and Nepal, to allow same-sex marriage.THAILAND'S SENATE APPROVES HISTORIC BILL LEGALIZING SAME-SEX
  
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• US announces $424m in Sudan aid amid pleas to stop ‘senseless’ war

  25-09-2024 21:16 via theguardian.com
  American envoy to UN urges humanitarian pause and says international community ‘cannot simply look away’What caused the civil war in Sudan?The United States has announced $424m in new aid for displaced and starving Sudanese, with the US ambassador to the UN, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, saying all options for civilian protection must now be considered by the international community.Describing the war in Sudan as horrific and shaming for the whole world, she said it was now necessary &ldq
  
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• Meta debuts augmented reality glasses and Judi Dench-voiced AI chatbot

  25-09-2024 21:11 via theguardian.com
  
  Mark Zuckerberg presents Orion, prototype that can project digital renderings of media, games and more onto real worldThe Meta CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, presented new augmented reality glasses at the company’s annual developer conference on Wednesday, debuting a prototype of the next phase in its expansion into smart eyewear. Zuckerberg also announced that Meta AI will be able to talk in the voice of Dame Judi Dench.The glasses, named Orion, have the ability to project digital representations
  
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• Arrests after woman dies after 'cosmetic procedure'

  25-09-2024 21:05 via bbc.com
  
  Alice Webb, 33, died on Tuesday morning after reportedly undergoing a "Brazilian butt lift".
  
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• Are Israeli troops going into Lebanon?

  25-09-2024 21:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  And how is the UK responding?
  
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• Hurricane Helene forecast to be most powerful storm to hit US in a year

  25-09-2024 20:48 via theguardian.com
  
  Storm forecasted to hit Florida’s Gulf coast on Thursday as 40 million people under severe weather warningsTropical Storm Helene strengthened into a hurricane on Wednesday morning.The tempest was labeled a category 1 hurricane and the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said it was packing maximum sustained winds of 80mph (128km/h) as it churned in the eastern Gulf of Mexico just off the coast of the Yucatán peninsula. Continue reading...
  
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• Vladimir Putin warns west he will consider using nuclear weapons

  25-09-2024 20:44 via theguardian.com
  
  Comments are strongest yet against allowing Ukraine to launch long-range missiles into Russian territoryZelenskyy warns of Russia threat at UN as Putin steps up nuclear rhetoricVladimir Putin has escalated his nuclear rhetoric, telling a group of senior officials that Russia would consider using nuclear weapons if it was attacked by any state with conventional weapons.His remarks on Wednesday came during a meeting with Russia’s powerful security council where he also announced changes to t
  
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• Israel preparing for possible ground offensive in Lebanon, military chief says

  25-09-2024 20:44 via theguardian.com
  
  Strikes designed to destroy Hezbollah infrastructure before possible incursion by troops, says Israel’s top generalMiddle East crisis – live news updatesIsrael’s top general has said the country is preparing for a possible ground operation into Lebanon amid growing international pressure for a negotiated ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel.As an intense bombing campaign inside Lebanon stretched into a third day, Israel’s chief of staff, Maj Gen Herzi Halevi, said the a
  
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• Eswatini opposition leader poisoned in South Africa, party says

  25-09-2024 20:26 via theguardian.com
  
  Alleged poisoning follows last year’s killing of human rights lawyer and 2021’s pro-democracy protestsEswatini’s main opposition party has alleged that its leader was poisoned in an assassination attempt, putting renewed scrutiny on the southern African country that is one of the last remaining absolute monarchies, where authorities have for years moved to quash pro-democracy movements.The People’s United Democratic Movement party (Pudemo) said its president, Mlungisi Mak
  
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• Michael Gove named as Spectator editor after GB News backer’s takeover

  25-09-2024 20:25 via theguardian.com
  
  Former Tory minister to take reins at magazine bought recently by Paul Marshall, with Charles Moore as chairThe former cabinet minister Michael Gove has been named as the new editor of the Spectator magazine, weeks after the GB News backer Paul Marshall completed a £100m takeover of the rightwing magazine.Gove, who will take over from Fraser Nelson on 4 October, will be joined by the former Daily Telegraph and Spectator editor Charles Moore, who has been named as chair. Continue reading...
  
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• Zelenskyy is pitching his ‘victory plan’ on adverse terrain

  25-09-2024 20:22 via theguardian.com
  
  Ukraine president made forceful call for ‘just peace’ at UN, but winning more US support and fending off Russia are both uphill battlesVolodymyr Zelenskyy has come to the US with a mission: to sell his vision for a Ukrainian victory despite the growing odds against Kyiv in its war with Russia.The Ukrainan president spoke out forcefully on Tuesday and Wednesday in the security council and then at the general assembly of the United Nations, calling on other countries to back Ukraine&rs
  
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• Can Israel avoid same pitfalls of past ground offensive in Lebanon?

  25-09-2024 20:06 via theguardian.com
  
  A land incursion would be a far more complex undertaking than the intelligence-led strikes pursued so farNo two wars are alike, even those fought between the same two combatants on the same terrain. But many of the challenges remain the same.Israel’s most senior military commander has told troops that airstrikes will continue inside Lebanon as the Israeli military prepares for a possible ground operation. If its forces do cross the northern border they are likely to face obstacles they hav
  
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• Israel has ‘legitimate problem’ with Hezbollah on border, says Blinken

  25-09-2024 19:51 via theguardian.com
  
  US secretary of state emphasises he wants diplomatic solution, but remarks unlikely to be seen as warning against Israeli ground offensiveMiddle East crisis – latest news updatesIsrael has a legitimate interest in seeking to remove Hezbollah, the Lebanese militant group, from the borders of northern Israel, the US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, said as he rebuffed calls to take a tougher line over the Israeli bombardment.Speaking before an emergency meeting of the security council in
  
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• Comedian Janey Godley receiving end-of-life care

  25-09-2024 19:51 via bbc.com
  
  The 63-year-old announced on social media that her cancer had spread and she was going into a hospice.
  
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• Warren & Hearn defend Saudi involvement in boxing

  25-09-2024 19:46 via bbc.com
  
  Frank Warren and Eddie Hearn defend Saudi Arabian influence in boxing after criticism directed at Riyadh Season's involvement at Daniel Dubois v Anthony Joshua.
  
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• Starmer defends borrowing £18m flat as place for son to study during election

  25-09-2024 19:42 via theguardian.com
  
  PM gives ‘human’ reason for accepting offer from Labour donor Waheed Alli and says no cash changed handsKeir Starmer has defended borrowing an £18m penthouse flat from the Labour donor Waheed Alli during the election, saying he took the offer so that his son would have a place to study for his GCSEs without having to walk past journalists and protesters outside their family home.The prime minister brought up the “human” reason for having moved his family out of his
  
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• Zelenskyy questions China's 'true interest' behind plan to end Russia’s war

  25-09-2024 19:36 via foxnews.com
  
  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy took to the podium at the 79th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) for the third time since Russia’s deadly invasion began more than two and half years ago, though this time he took direct aim at nations aiding Moscow: China, North Korea and Iran. Zelenskyy – who has long toed the line when it comes to maintaining murky geopolitical relations amid the war – for the first time called out not only the nations supplying direct arms t
  
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• Zelenskyy warns of Russia threat at UN as Putin steps up nuclear rhetoric

  25-09-2024 19:34 via theguardian.com
  Ukrainian president urges world leaders to back peace plan in general assembly speech ahead of Biden meetingVladimir Putin warns west he will consider using nuclear weaponsVolodymyr Zelenskyy has told the United Nations that Russia is planning to attack Ukrainian nuclear power plants as he repeated his calls for unity from world leaders in order to force Russia to the negotiating table to conclude a “just peace”.His comments came as Vladimir Putin on Wednesday escalated his nuclear r
  
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• White House urges Ohio residents near chemical leak to heed calls to evacuate

  25-09-2024 19:34 via theguardian.com
  
  Toxic leak of styrene from railcar can cause respiratory issues and potentiallycan lead to organ damageJoe Biden and Kamala Harris were briefed on Wednesday on the dangerous chemical leak from a railcar near Cincinnati, Ohio, that has prompted evacuations of school buildings and homes.The White House announced that the US president had been briefed on the leak of styrene from a parked railcar in Whitewater Township, near Cleves, on the outskirts of Cincinnati, on Tuesday, saying: “Federal
  
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• Sir Alan Bates says knighthood will be put to 'good use'

  25-09-2024 19:34 via bbc.com
  
  Sir Alan previously rejected an OBE while the former head of the Post Office held on to her CBE.
  
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• UK ministers monitoring Beirut airport in case Lebanon evacuation required

  25-09-2024 19:24 via theguardian.com
  
  Emergency rescue not thought imminent but commercial flight halt would probably trigger sea rescue, say sourcesMiddle East crisis – live news updatesThe UK is closely monitoring Beirut’s international airport amid fears it may be forced to close by escalating fighting between Israel and Hezbollah, which would probably lead to an evacuation of British and other foreign nationals from Lebanon.Defence sources said a halt to commercial flights out of the country would be a “big tri
  
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• Couple that met on moored cruise in Belfast announces engagement

  25-09-2024 19:22 via theguardian.com
  
  Angela Harsanyi and Gian Perroni describe enforced stay in city as one of life’s greatest experiences after finding loveThey were supposed to be in Reykjavik, then Stockholm, then Paris. But for cruise passengers Angela Harsanyi and Gian Perroni, it was the romance of Belfast’s docks that did it.After four months being stranded in the Northern Irish capital as their cruise ship underwent urgent repairs, the two former strangers this week announced their engagement, saying their enfor
  
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• Demonstrations being held in Italy against ‘repressive’ security bill

  25-09-2024 19:01 via theguardian.com
  
  Bill by Giorgia Meloni’s far-right government comes down hard on climate activists and migrantsDemonstrations are being held across Italy on Wednesday evening in protest against a new security bill described as “repressive” and “dangerous for the country’s democracy”.The 24 laws contained in the bill, which passed its first hurdle in the lower house of parliament last week and now needs approval in the senate, is the latest attempt by Giorgia Meloni’s fa
  
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• Fans fuming after unofficial Bridgerton ball flops

  25-09-2024 18:40 via bbc.com
  
  Guests complained they were met with cheap decor, undercooked food and just a stripper for entertainment.
  
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• UK economy to grow faster than Japan, Italy and Germany this year, says OECD

  25-09-2024 18:39 via theguardian.com
  
  Forecast upgrades UK to joint second after US but it is still expected to have highest inflation among G7 countriesBusiness live – latest updatesThe global economy is “turning a corner”, according to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, which has upgraded the UK’s growth forecast for this year to faster than that of Japan, Italy and Germany.The OECD’s latest outlook ranked Britain joint second among the G7 developed countries in its latest outl
  
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• Iran president’s high-wire appeal for diplomacy buffeted by winds of war

  25-09-2024 18:29 via theguardian.com
  
  Masoud Pezeshkian calls for ‘new era of cooperation’ in UN speech while hemmed in by escalating tensions and critics at homeOn his first visit to the US, Iran’s new president has spoken of a “new era of cooperation” with the west. It is an offer that intrigued diplomats, but left them struck by the constraints – ideological, internal and geopolitical – standing in the way of a substantive change in relations.Masoud Pezeshkian came to New York for his fir
  
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• Starmer rejects claims he is talking country down

  25-09-2024 18:27 via bbc.com
  
  The PM tells the BBC he is making "difficult decisions" to grow the economy and rebuild public services.
  
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• Britons 'stuck' in Lebanon as PM says 'leave now'

  25-09-2024 18:26 via bbc.com
  
  UK nationals tell the BBC they are struggling to get out of Lebanon, after the PM tells them to leave.
  
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• Three men charged in Germany over Michael Schumacher blackmail plot

  25-09-2024 18:25 via theguardian.com
  
  Chief suspect threatened to release private photos and demanded €15m from F1 star’s family, prosecutors sayGerman prosecutors are bringing charges against three men arrested this year over an alleged blackmail plot targeting the family of Formula One legend Michael Schumacher.They said the chief suspect, a 53-year-old man from the western city of Wuppertal, had threatened to release private photos and videos and demanded €15m (£12.5m) from Schumacher’s family. Continu
  
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• Zara Aleena killer 'can't be bothered' with court

  25-09-2024 18:09 via bbc.com
  
  Jordan McSweeney refused to go to a court hearing about an alleged relationship with a prison worker.
  
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