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• What to know about the hostages and cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas set to begin Sunday

  17-01-2025 23:31 via foxnews.com
  
  The Israeli government has finalized a historic cease-fire and hostage release agreement with Hamas, marking a critical step in the war since the Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attack. Approved by the Israeli security cabinet and cabinet, the deal will take effect Sunday, with the first three hostages expected to be released. This agreement follows weeks of intensive negotiations mediated by the United States, Qatar and Egypt.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised U.S. President Biden and Pr
  
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• CHRISTOPHER RUFO: Why Meta's decision to abolish DEI might be a turning point

  17-01-2025 23:25 via foxnews.com
  
  Editor's note: The following column was first published in City Journal. Last week, Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Meta, formerly Facebook, made a stunning announcement. He was abolishing the company’s DEI programs and discontinuing its relationship with fact-checking organizations, which he admitted had become a form of "censorship." The left-wing media immediately attacked the decision, accused him of embracing the MAGA agenda, and predicted a dangerous rise in so-called disinformation
  
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• Biden's last-minute constitutional change slammed by legal experts: 'Cynical and irrelevant'

  17-01-2025 23:17 via foxnews.com
  
  Legal experts slammed President Biden's announcement declaring the 28th Amendment law as "cynical and irrelevant."Biden on Friday released a statement saying the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) should be considered ratified and a new addition to the U.S. Constitution. "It is long past time to recognize the will of the American people. In keeping with my oath and duty to the Constitution and country, I affirm what I believe and what three-fourths of the states have ratified: the 28th Amendment
  
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• Meteorite strike captured in rare video from Canadian home’s doorbell camera

  17-01-2025 23:10 via theguardian.com
  
  Sound was also recorded in footage of space rock hitting house entranceway, producing cloud of smoke and a crackleA doorbell camera on a Canadian home has captured rare video and sound of a meteorite striking Earth as it crashed into a couple’s walkway.When Laura Kelly and her partner returned home after an evening walk, they were surprised to find their walkway littered with dust and strange debris, according to the Meteoritical Society, which posted the video with its report. Continue re
  
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• Recalled Oakland mayor indicted on federal corruption charges

  17-01-2025 23:02 via foxnews.com
  
  Former Oakland, California, Mayor Sheng Thao, who was recalled by voters in November, has been indicted by a federal grand jury on corruption charges. In addition to Thao, the Justice Department charged her boyfriend, Andre Jones; the head of a local waste company, David Trung Duong; and Duong’s son, Andy Hung Duong.In October 2022, Thao allegedly agreed to extend a city recycling services contract with California Waste Solutions, purchase housing units from the Duongs and use her inf
  
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• Trump urged to pardon 21 pro-life protesters prosecuted by Biden's Justice Department

  17-01-2025 23:00 via foxnews.com
  
  A conservative law firm is asking President-elect Donald Trump to pardon 21 pro-life activists who were prosecuted by the Biden administration when he returns to the White House next week.Thomas More Society attorneys submitted to the incoming administration formal requests for "full and unconditional" pardons for nearly two dozen pro-life Americans who had demonstrated at abortion facilities and been convicted on charges of violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act (FACE Act) and
  
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• Man accused of woman's disappearance, murder previously charged with attempted murder, kidnapping

  17-01-2025 23:00 via foxnews.com
  
  North Carolina authorities on Thursday arrested a man in connection with the disappearance and murder of 25-year-old Fayetteville woman Heather Williams.Williams was reported missing on Jan. 4, when she was last seen getting into a light-colored, four-door sedan just before 10 p.m. in the area of Berkshire Road, according to the Fayetteville Police Department (FPD).The FPD Homicide Unit, with assistance from the department's Violent Criminal Apprehension Team, arrested and charged Tyrell Jaquez
  
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• Ohio State players enter national championship with confidence rooted in faith

  17-01-2025 22:57 via foxnews.com
  
  College football players and coaches have spoken openly and on the biggest platforms this season about their faith, and on Monday, two teams that have led that conversation will face off in the national championship. Ohio State is the favorite heading into the title game, but for many players it's their faith, not stats and analytics, that’s the driving factor behind their confidence on the field.  In a series of interviews with Sports Spectrum this season, several Buckeyes
  
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• DOJ 'politicized' under Biden, Ted Cruz confident Pam Bondi will reverse it

  17-01-2025 22:48 via foxnews.com
  
  As Senate confirmation hearings for several of President-elect Donald Trump's cabinet picks get underway, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, is particularly eager to see former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi confirmed as the nation's top law enforcement official."Pam Bondi did a terrific job at her confirmation hearing," Cruz told Fox News Digital in an interview Thursday. "She's going to be confirmed. She will be the next attorney general. And I believe, actually, every one of the Trump cabinet nomine
  
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• Teen MS-13 victim's father slams last-minute Biden DOJ plea deal

  17-01-2025 22:45 via foxnews.com
  
  The father of a 15-year-old New York girl who was killed in a brutal MS-13 attack in 2016 is speaking out against the sweetheart plea deal given to the gang leader who organized her murder and six others that federal prosecutors secured just days before President Biden leaves office."He or anyone involved with the killing of a person should not be given a plea deal," Mickens father, Robert Mickens, told Fox News Friday. "That's another big mistake that our current President Biden has made, but I
  
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• ESPN announces Hall of Famer Dick Vitale's return to broadcasting after latest cancer battle

  17-01-2025 22:38 via foxnews.com
  
  One of the preeminent voices in college basketball is returning to the air after a nearly two-year absence. Dick Vitale's most recent television assignment for ESPN was April 3, 2023.Vitale was on the call for the international broadcast of that season's men's basketball national championship game between the UConn Huskies and San Diego State Aztecs. The Hall of Fame broadcaster is scheduled to resume his analyst duties when Duke goes up against Wake Forest Jan. 25 in Winston-Salem, North C
  
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• Honoring Trump: Red state governor to fly MAGA flag on Inauguration Day

  17-01-2025 22:36 via foxnews.com
  
  Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry announced that the Make America Great Again (MAGA) flag will fly at the Governor’s Mansion as President-elect Trump is sworn into office in the nation's capital. "BREAKING: Governor Landry to fly Make America Great Again flag at Louisiana Governor’s Mansion on Jan. 20 in honor of the Inauguration of President Donald J. Trump,' the governor's wrote announced on social media Friday. The Republican governor invited others to join in and fly Trump
  
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• Treasury Department recoups $31 million in improper government payments to dead people

  17-01-2025 22:31 via foxnews.com
  
  The Treasury Department announced this week that it had recouped more than $31 million in fraud and improper payments to dead people during just five short months of having access to the Social Security Administration's (SSA) federal death database. The Treasury Department issues billions of payments every year, including benefit payments, federally funded state-administered payments and other miscellaneous payments. Sending those funds and others by accident to people who are dead has been
  
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• Israeli security experts argue ‘bad' deal with Hamas, but ‘no other way’ to free hostages

  17-01-2025 22:24 via foxnews.com
  
  News that Israel and Hamas have finally signed a deal was met with an international sigh of relief on Friday as it could mean the return of all remaining hostages who have long been held in unconscionable conditions, as well as bring an end to the brutal 15-month campaign in Gaza.The first 42-day phase of the ceasefire and hostage-exchange agreement will begin on Sunday, when three of the 33 hostages slated to be released will be returned to Israel.The exchange of the remaining 65 hostages, both
  
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• Dem senator quizzes Noem on how she will work with Homan: ‘Who is in charge?’

  17-01-2025 22:24 via foxnews.com
  
  Kristi Noem, President-elect Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Homeland Security, was questioned Friday about how she would work with "border czar" Tom Homan and who is in charge of securing the U.S. border. Sen. Andy Kim, D-N.J., asked Noem at her Senate confirmation hearing who is "going to be in charge of the border," saying he was uncertain about how her role relates to Homan’s."Well, the president will be in charge of the border. It's a national security issue. And the
  
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• ‘View’ co-hosts heap praise on Michelle Obama for skipping inauguration: When they go low, you ‘go even lower’

  17-01-2025 22:13 via foxnews.com
  
  "The View" co-hosts Sunny Hostin and Joy Behar praised former first lady Michelle Obama’s decision to skip President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on Monday.Hostin gushed over the move and argued that it’s only right for the former first lady to get her digs in on Trump. "I think when they go low, you have to meet that energy and perhaps go even lower, become small like an ant and go to the earth’s crust," Hostin told her co-hosts on Friday, putting a new spin on
  
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• Texas cheerleader accused of poisoning rival's show goat barred from caring for her pets on her own

  17-01-2025 22:13 via foxnews.com
  
  A Texas teen accused of killing a competitor's show goat with force-fed poison cannot interact with her own cat, dog or rabbit without adult supervision, according to the latest court order in her felony case.Aubrey Vanlandingham, 17, admitted to poisoning 6-month-old Willy the goat Oct. 23, according to a probable cause affidavit obtained by Fox News Digital. She told police the goat's owner was a "cheater," and she doesn't "like cheaters," according to the documents.Vanlandingham is facing a f
  
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• US grounds SpaceX's Starship after test flight explosion

  17-01-2025 22:09 via bbc.com
  
  The rocket's upper stage disintegrated over the Caribbean, forcing airline flights to alter course.
  
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• Cowboys icon DeMarcus Ware says Micah Parsons won't do podcast during season if he joins coaching staff

  17-01-2025 22:05 via foxnews.com
  
  The Dallas Cowboys are looking for new leaders to save them from disarray. One of their old leaders thinks he has some solutions. Former Dallas linebacker and Hall of Famer Demarcus Ware told Fox News Digital he may look to join the next Cowboys coaching staff under a specific condition. He wants his former teammate Jason Witten to be the team's head coach. "I'm vouching for him right now to be head coach, he might vouch for me to come over and some kind of defensive coach," Ware said
  
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• Noem optimistic Laken Riley would still be alive if she were DHS secretary, as freshman senator rips Mayorkas

  17-01-2025 22:03 via foxnews.com
  
  Freshman GOP Sen. Bernie Moreno ripped the Biden administration’s immigration policy in his first hearing in the Senate as President-elect Trump’s DHS secretary nominee Kristi Noem sat in front of the Senate Homeland Security Committee."Just to be clear, Laken Riley would be alive today if you had been the secretary of Homeland Security?" Moreno asked Noem during her confirmation hearing in front of the Senate Homeland Security Committee on Friday. "Senator, my hope is that that
  
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• California town with large migrant population might revoke sanctuary status

  17-01-2025 22:00 via foxnews.com
  
  A southern California town with a large migrant population is considering a motion that would revoke the city's sanctuary city status, prompting backlash from residents. The motion, debated in San Diego's El Cajon City Council this week, would also assist federal immigration authorities in their deportation efforts "to the maximum legal extent permissible." President-elect Donald Trump has announced his intent to enact a multi-billion dollar mass deportation plan. City council members
  
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• Bolivian judge orders arrest of ex-president Evo Morales in sex abuse case

  17-01-2025 21:45 via theguardian.com
  
  Populist leader allegedly had a child with a teen girl in 2016, which would constitute statutory rape under Bolivian lawA Bolivian judge has ordered the arrest of the former president Evo Morales over his alleged abuse of a teenage girl while in office, raising the stakes in the state’s months-long showdown with the former leader.The judge in the southern city of Tarija called for Morales, 65, to be arrested after Bolivia’s first Indigenous president ducked out of a hearing on his po
  
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• Secrets of The Traitors: From blindfolded car journeys to sleeping locations

  17-01-2025 21:44 via bbc.com
  
  Harry Clark is among the former contestants who reveals some of the show's secrets to the BBC.
  
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• These mistakes could tank your credit score

  17-01-2025 21:42 via foxnews.com
  
  Do you know the difference between 550 and 780? Yes, they’re 230 digits apart, but they’re also examples of bad and good credit scores, respectively.Win a pair of $329 Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses. Enter here, no purchase necessary!If you don’t check yours regularly, now’s the time to start. Small mistakes are a lot more common than you think, and they can do some serious damage to your credit score. I’ll let you in on some of the most common credit report mistak
  
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• Trump likely to avoid inaugural crowd size controversy with swearing-in moved indoors

  17-01-2025 21:36 via foxnews.com
  
  Debates over President-elect Trump's inaugural crowd size notably generated controversy back in 2017, with the White House insisting the media underreported Trump's numbers.  With his swearing-in now being moved indoors because of harsh winter weather, Trump is likely to avoid any questions about attendance this time around.Fox News on Friday learned that Trump's inauguration would be moved indoors because of icy temperatures forecast for Washington, D.C. on Monday. Trump announced that he
  
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• Fox News Digital finishes 2024 as top news brand among key metrics during unprecedented year of news

  17-01-2025 21:36 via foxnews.com
  
  Fox News Digital finished 2024 as the top news brand among multiplatform views and minutes while seeing yearly growth across all metrics, according to Comscore.The year featured an unprecedented news cycle that saw President Biden perform so poorly during an infamous presidential debate that he ultimately withdrew from the race, Vice President Kamala Harris emerge as the Democratic nominee without a primary and President-elect Donald Trump survive a pair of assassination attempts. All
  
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• Rams star rookie Jared Verse gets blunt about Philadelphia fanbase ahead of playoff game: 'I hate Eagles fans'

  17-01-2025 21:32 via foxnews.com
  
  Los Angeles Rams rookie Jared Verse is making his feelings about Philadelphia Eagles’ fans abundantly clear.Speaking with the Los Angeles Times ahead of Sunday's NFC Divisional Round matchup, Verse spoke bluntly about his feelings towards the Philadelphia fan base."I hate Eagles fans," Verse, who attended three years of high school in Pennsylvania, told the outlet. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM"They’re so annoying. I hate Eagles fans," he continued. Eve
  
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• Decoding Donald Trump's new official portrait

  17-01-2025 21:30 via bbc.com
  
  Photographers describe the photo as "serious", "ominous" and a "message picture".
  
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• WATCH: Timeline: How the deadly California wildfires unfolded

  17-01-2025 21:26 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Analysts say the Palisades Fire and Eaton Fire, which started on Jan. 7, together are on track to be the worst natural disaster in U.S. history by cost.
  
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• Travis Kelce could call it quits if Chiefs pull off three-peat, ESPN star says

  17-01-2025 21:24 via foxnews.com
  
  Former NFL quarterback and current ESPN football analyst Dan Orlovsky offered his thoughts about whether Kansas City Chiefs star Travis Kelce could retire sooner rather than later.Kelce, 35, recently wrapped up his 12th season in the league. He finished the regular season with 823 receiving yards, which marked the second consecutive year the star tight end did not reach the 1,000-yard receiving mark. While Kelce did receive Pro Bowl honors for a tenth straight year and remains a productive
  
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• Russia gives Navalny lawyers multi-year sentences for relaying his messages

  17-01-2025 21:24 via theguardian.com
  
  Verdicts against trio suggest legal representatives are latest target of Kremlin’s crackdown on dissentRussia has sentenced three lawyers who had defended Alexei Navalny to several years in prison for bringing messages from the late opposition leader from prison to the outside world.The case, which comes amid a widespread crackdown on dissent during the Ukraine offensive, has alarmed rights groups that fear Moscow will ramp up trials against legal representatives in addition to jailing the
  
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• What we know about the Gaza ceasefire deal

  17-01-2025 21:22 via bbc.com
  
  What we know so far about the ceasefire deal agreed between Israel and Hamas.
  
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• DOGE caucus plans for biggest impact, eyeing key tools to expedite cutting waste

  17-01-2025 21:17 via foxnews.com
  
  FIRST ON FOX: At the second Senate Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) caucus meeting, Chairwoman Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, led discussions on how they can most effectively and quickly begin cutting waste across the government. The new 18-member caucus convened on Thursday morning and strategized on how to avoid some of the pitfalls other similar efforts have run into. "The Senate DOGE Caucus is hitting the ground running on day one of the Trump administration to downsize government,"
  
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• Obama wishes wife Michelle happy birthday as she stays away from key public events

  17-01-2025 21:11 via foxnews.com
  
  Former President Obama wished his wife Michelle Obama a happy birthday on Friday, calling her "the love of my life." The former first lady, who turned 61, has largely avoided being out in public in recent weeks. She will not attend President-elect Trump's inauguration on Monday, and was not seen at former President Jimmy Carter's funeral last week. To commemorate her birthday, the former president shared a tribute to his wife on Instagram, writing, "You fill every room with warmth, wis
  
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• US Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban law

  17-01-2025 20:57 via bbc.com
  
  A law passed last year requires TikTok's Chinese parent company to sell the video platform or face a ban.
  
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• Here's what to know about Donald Trump's inauguration

  17-01-2025 20:52 via bbc.com
  
  Donald Trump will be sworn in on Monday during a series of events that will kick off his presidency.
  
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• Law - the squinting kid who grew into giant of global game

  17-01-2025 20:42 via bbc.com
  
  The Scotland and Manchester United legend had elegance, charisma and courage. He was a playmaker and a goalscorer, a total footballer, adored by his team-mates and a giant of the game, writes Tom English.
  
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• Man Utd and Scotland legend Law dies aged 84

  17-01-2025 20:30 via bbc.com
  
  Former Scotland, Manchester City and Manchester United striker Denis Law - the only Scottish player to have won the Ballon d'Or award - has died at the age of 84.
  
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• Man Utd and Scotland legend Denis Law dies aged 84

  17-01-2025 20:30 via bbc.com
  
  Former Scotland, Manchester City and Manchester United striker Denis Law - the only Scottish player to have won the Ballon d'Or award - has died at the age of 84.
  
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• Donald Trump's inauguration moved indoors due to 'dangerous' cold

  17-01-2025 20:09 via bbc.com
  
  The last president to be sworn-in indoors was Ronald Reagan in 1985, when cold weather also plagued the US Capitol.
  
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• Bereaved maternity families' treatment shocking, says Streeting

  17-01-2025 19:55 via bbc.com
  
  Health secretary responds to bereaved parents in Leeds, following investigation showing 56 deaths at NHS trust may have been preventable.
  
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• Tycoon's ex-wife awarded £43.5m in divorce payment

  17-01-2025 19:04 via bbc.com
  
  Ex-wife Kate Vince started disputing how money should be split at a hearing in December last year.
  
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• Marcus Freeman starred at Ohio State. Now Notre Dame's coach is its biggest foe.

  17-01-2025 18:55 via nbcnews.com
  
  Marcus Freeman was a former Ohio State star. Now the Notre Dame coach has to beat them in the national title game
  
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• TikTok ban will be first test for Trump as dealmaker-in-chief

  17-01-2025 18:43 via bbc.com
  
  The new law will land in the incoming president's lap – but it's also a political opportunity, writes Anthony Zurcher.
  
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• Gazans anxiously await ceasefire, fearing last-minute catastrophes

  17-01-2025 18:31 via bbc.com
  
  Civilians in Gaza nervously await a ceasefire after 15 relentless months of war.
  
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• 'War will last as long as Russia does': Ukrainian talk of victory fades as Trump returns

  17-01-2025 18:00 via bbc.com
  
  Those fighting for Ukraine and those who have lost loved ones hope to end the war with Russia on their own terms.
  
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• Starmer vows to fight 'poison' of antisemitism in Auschwitz visit

  17-01-2025 17:49 via bbc.com
  
  Sir Keir, who is in Poland for defence and security talks, said "nothing" could have prepared him for the horror of what he had seen.
  
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• Parliament bar closed after alleged spiking incident

  17-01-2025 17:47 via bbc.com
  
  Police are investigating a report that a woman had her drink spiked in the bar, which is closed pending a safety review.
  
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• Pakistani court sentences ex-PM Imran Khan and his wife to 14 and 7 years in prison in graft case

  17-01-2025 17:46 via foxnews.com
  
  A Pakistani court on Friday sentenced the country’s already-imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife to 14 and seven years in jail after finding them guilty of corruption, officials and his lawyer said.It's yet another blow for the former premier who has been behind the bars since 2023.The couple are accused of accepting a gift of land from a real estate tycoon in exchange for laundered money when Khan was in power.Prosecutors say the businessman, Malik Riaz, was then allow
  
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• White supremacist jailed for stabbing asylum seeker at hotel

  17-01-2025 17:30 via bbc.com
  
  A judge says Callum Parslow's unprovoked assault on Nahom Hagos was "undoubtedly a terror attack".
  
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