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• Minimum term increased for 13-year-olds over Wolverhampton murder

  19-12-2024 15:28
  
  Sentences for boys who killed Shawn Seesahai when they were 12, UK’s youngest knife murderers, raised to at least 10 yearsBritain’s youngest knife murderers, who killed a 19-year-old man with a machete when they were 12, have had their sentences increased to a 10-year-minimum prison term at the court of appeal.The two boys, now 13, were initially given life sentences with minimum terms of eight and a half years for the murder of Shawn Seesahai in Wolverhampton in November 2023. Conti
  
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• Musk calls Spanish PM a ‘tyrant’ after Spain announces sweeping social media crackdown

  04-02-2026 00:48 via foxnews.com
  
  Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced sweeping plans at the World Government Summit in Dubai to hold social media executives criminally liable and curb platform algorithms, prompting a sharp and profane response from X owner Elon Musk.Sánchez laid out five measures in a speech, with implementation set to begin next week."Dirty Sánchez is a tyrant and traitor to the people of Spain," Musk wrote on X, using an explicit insult and a poop emoji.Sánchez framed the
  
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• Leaked documents expose Khamenei's secret deadly blueprint for crushing Iran protests

  04-02-2026 00:28 via foxnews.com
  
  Leaked documents from the Iranian regime reveal a coordinated plan by its security apparatus, approved by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, to violently suppress nationwide protests using force, surveillance and internet shutdowns.Excerpts of the documents, reviewed by Fox News Digital, show that Iran’s Supreme National Security Council developed the strategy after the 2019 nationwide protests that came amid fuel price hikes and economic collapse.At a National Council of Resistance of
  
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• Lawmakers question whether US moving fast enough to capitalize on Hezbollah's weakened state

  03-02-2026 23:44 via foxnews.com
  
  A House Foreign Affairs Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee hearing on Tuesday underscored what lawmakers and witnesses repeatedly described as a "historic" but "narrowing" opportunity to weaken Hezbollah and restore Lebanese state sovereignty, while exposing sharp disagreement over whether current U.S. policy is moving fast or forcefully enough.Opening the hearing, Chairman Mike Lawler, R-NY., said Lebanon is "at a crossroads" following the Nov. 2024 Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire, arguing th
  
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• London police launch criminal investigation into former UK ambassador to US with alleged Epstein ties

  03-02-2026 21:29 via foxnews.com
  
  Police in the United Kingdom announced a criminal investigation Tuesday into Peter Mandelson, Britain's former ambassador to the United States, after the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) released millions of court documents related to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.Metropolitan Police Cmdr. Ella Marriot in London said following the DOJ documents dump, the Met received "a number of reports" into alleged misconduct in public office, including a referral from the UK government."I can confirm t
  
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• Two convicted of terrorism in Denmark for grenade attack near Israeli Embassy

  03-02-2026 20:55 via foxnews.com
  
  Two Swedes were convicted in a Danish court of terrorism and attempted murder for detonating two hand grenades near the Israeli Embassy in Copenhagen in October 2024.The younger of the two men, who is 18 years old, was sentenced to 12 years in prison, while his older accomplice, aged 21, was sentenced to 14 years, according to The Associated Press, which cited Swedish news agency TT. The two men, who have not been identified, were said to be acting on behalf of a criminal gang, the AP reported.T
  
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• Iran pushes for Friday nuclear talks in Oman amid rising tensions with US forces: source

  03-02-2026 20:42 via foxnews.com
  
  Iran has requested that nuclear talks with the United States be held in Oman on Friday, a source familiar with the discussions told Fox News, as Tehran pushes for changes to the structure of renewed negotiations.The request comes as Axios reported that Iranian officials are also pressing to limit the talks to a bilateral U.S.-Iran format, excluding other Arab and regional countries — a move that could complicate U.S. diplomatic efforts in the region.The State Department has not publicly co
  
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• Iran's president strikes softer tone on nuclear talks after Trump's warning that 'bad things would happen'

  03-02-2026 20:35 via foxnews.com
  
  The Iranian president, who just days ago accused President Donald Trump of provoking unrest and trying to "tear this country apart," is now striking a softer tone regarding talks about its nuclear program, following a warning from Trump. Trump said at the White House on Monday that the U.S. is talking with Iran and that he would "like to see a deal negotiated."  "And if we could work something out, that'd be great," Trump added. "And if we can't, probably bad t
  
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• Russia launches record missile barrage against Ukraine one day before peace talks set to resume in Abu Dhabi

  03-02-2026 19:16 via foxnews.com
  
  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday that Russia carried out a large-scale overnight attack on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure using a record number of ballistic missiles, one day before peace talks with Moscow and Washington are set to resume in Abu Dhabi.Zelenskyy said the attack involved more than 70 missiles — among them 32 ballistic and 28 cruise — as well as more than 450 attack drones that targeted eight regions, including Kyiv, Kharkiv, Dnipro, Sumy, Vin
  
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• US military shoots down Iranian drone approaching USS Abraham Lincoln in Arabian Sea, official says

  03-02-2026 18:32 via foxnews.com
  
  The U.S. military shot down an unmanned Iranian drone Tuesday after it "aggressively approached a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier with unclear intent," a U.S. Central Command spokesman told Fox News."USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) was transiting the Arabian Sea approximately 500 miles from Iran’s southern coast when an Iranian Shahed-139 drone unnecessarily maneuvered toward the ship," Capt. Tim Hawkins added."The Iranian drone continued to fly toward the ship despite de-escalatory measures taken
  
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• UK govt-backed review says Britain’s national parks feel ‘white’ and unwelcoming

  03-02-2026 17:28 via foxnews.com
  
  Authorities overseeing some of Britain’s most famous countryside landscapes are launching targeted outreach programs aimed at ethnic minority communities, after a government-commissioned review warned rural areas are widely perceived as a "white" and unwelcoming space."The countryside is seen by both black, Asian and minority ethnic groups and white people as very much a ‘white’ environment," the report stated, "We are all paying for national landscapes through our taxes, and y
  
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• Who is the populist conservative president-elect in Costa Rica?

  03-02-2026 13:40 via foxnews.com
  
  Laura Fernández Delgado declared victory in the Costa Rican presidential election on Sunday after preliminary results showed her Sovereign People’s Party leading the national vote with just over 48% support.The National Liberation Party followed in second place with approximately 33% of the vote, according to the latest official tally from Costa Rica’s Supreme Electoral Tribunal, which oversees and certifies national elections."Change will be deep and irreversible," Fern&aacut
  
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• Australian teen swims 2.5 miles for hours to save family swept out to sea

  03-02-2026 13:24 via foxnews.com
  
  A 13-year-old boy swam for hours through rough ocean waters to save his family after they were swept out to sea off Australia’s coast, a heroic effort police say saved his mother and two younger siblings.Austin Appelbee recalled ditching his life jacket so it wouldn’t restrict his swimming before he set off alone on a nearly four-hour-long, 2.5-mile (4-kilometer) swim that saw him battle huge waves until he ultimately reached shore and triggered a rescue that saved his mother, Joanne
  
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• Minister denounces Mandelson for interview in which he claims outrage about his Epstein links ‘disproportionate’ – UK politics live

  03-02-2026 12:37
  Karin Smyth says Times interview shows complete lack of understanding as Ed Davey calls for a public inquiryThe Department for Work and Pensions has named 12 disability experts with “lived experience of disability or long-term health conditions” who will sit on the steering group of the review looking at the future of the personal independence payment (Pip), a disability benefit. Stephen Timms, the minister leading the review, says:Disabled people deserve a system that truly supports
  
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• Thousands without heating on icy night in Ukraine as Russia attacks before talks

  03-02-2026 12:26
  Zelenskyy says Putin ‘taking advantage of the coldest days of winter to terrorise people’, as Kyiv hits lows of -20CMore than 1,000 residential buildings in Kyiv were without heating on Tuesday after a massive Russian air attack during one of the coldest nights of the winter, with temperatures in the capital falling to -20C.Overnight, the Kremlin fired 450 attack drones and more than 70 missiles across the country. The strikes caused damage in five Kyiv districts and injured at least
  
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• Donald Trump set to welcome Colombian president to White House for talks – US politics live

  03-02-2026 12:26
  US president to meet with Gustavo Petro weeks after threatening military action in the country Bill and Hillary Clinton agreed on Monday to testify in a House investigation into the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, days before the chamber was expected to vote to hold them in contempt of Congress.The concession follows a tense back-and-forth between the Clintons and the Republican James Comer, chair of the House oversight committee, who on Monday said that he would insist both Clintons sit
  
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• Son of Norway’s crown princess denies four counts of rape as trial begins

  03-02-2026 12:25
  Marius Borg Høiby, 29, pleads not guilty to most serious charges in trial that has embarrassed the royal familyThe son of Norway’s crown princess has pleaded not guilty to four counts of rape on the first day of his trial for multiple offences, a legal saga that has embarrassed the royal family and raised questions over domestic abuse in Norway.Appearing in front of a packed courtroom at Oslo district court on Tuesday morning, Marius Borg Høiby also denied charges including a
  
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• Paris prosecutors raid France offices of Elon Musk’s X – Europe live

  03-02-2026 12:16
  The raid is linked to a year-long investigation into alleged abuse of algorithms and fraudulent data extraction by X In other news, Spain will seek to ban under-16s from using social media platforms, the country’s prime minister Pedro Sánchez announced this morning, following Australia’s ban for under-16s in December and French lawmakers last week passing a bill that would ban social media use by under-15s.“Spain will ban access to social media for minors under the age o
  
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• Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos stays silent as employees brace for cuts

  03-02-2026 12:00
  Bezos has not publicly responded to several letters sent by Post staffers urging him to curb potential layoffsWhile Washington Post employees remain in the dark about an impending round of cuts that could dramatically reshape the publication, the man that many hoped could soften or stop the blow, owner Jeff Bezos, has remained silent.So far, three staff-organized letters sent by Post employees to Bezos imploring him to protect the Post’s robust coverage have gone unanswered. Continue readi
  
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• Trump to host Colombia’s Petro as drug trafficking expected to dominate high-stakes talks

  03-02-2026 12:00 via foxnews.com
  
  Relations between President Donald Trump and Colombian President Gustavo Petro have swung sharply from open confrontation to cautious engagement over the past year, setting the stage for a pivotal White House meeting scheduled for Tuesday.Once considered a model partnership in the Western Hemisphere, U.S.–Colombia ties are now being tested by deep disagreements over drug policy, security cooperation and migration.Speaking to reporters ahead of the visit, President Donald Trump suggested th
  
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• New Epstein files fail to quell outrage as advocates claim documents are being withheld

  03-02-2026 12:00
  Advocates call for further disclosures after Trump’s justice department released more than 3m files last weekThe release of about 3m Jeffrey Epstein investigative files has failed to quell outrage over justice department officials’ handling of these disclosures, with advocates claiming potentially millions of documents are still being withheld.Donald Trump’s Department of Justice was required to disclose all investigative files by 19 December under The Epstein Files Transparenc
  
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• Police spy tried to incite activists to firebomb shop, UK inquiry hears

  03-02-2026 11:03
  Carlo Soracchi, who infiltrated anti-fascist group in early 2000s, accused of suggesting crime as he had ‘got nothing’Three anti-fascist activists have accused an undercover police officer of attempting to incite them to firebomb a shop that was said to be a front for the far right, the spycops inquiry has heard.The accusation has been levelled against Carlo Soracchi, an officer who spent six years infiltrating anti-fascist and leftwing groups. He has denied the claim. Continue readi
  
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• Newly released files shed new light on Chomsky and Epstein relationship

  03-02-2026 11:00
  Latest communications undermine Chomsky’s earlier claims that he primarily had financial dealings with EpsteinThe close friendship that Noam Chomsky maintained with Jeffrey Epstein continued being detailed extensively among millions of investigative records pertaining to the late convicted sex offender recently released by the US justice department, including Chomsky “fantasizing about the Caribbean island”.In Friday’s tranche of the so-called Epstein files, which built u
  
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• EU has ‘open mind’ on UK customs union talks, says official

  03-02-2026 10:54
  Valdis Dombrovskis says bloc is ‘ready to engage’ amid meetings with ministers including Rachel ReevesBusiness live – latest updatesThe European Commission would be “open-minded” to discussing closer trade ties with the UK, including a customs union, a senior EU official has said.The EU economy commissioner, Valdis Dombrovskis, told the BBC that the European bloc was “ready to engage with an open mind” when asked about a customs union. Continue reading..
  
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• A hot economy? RBA’s rate hike justification is hard to swallow for Australians struggling with cost-of-living crisis

  03-02-2026 10:20
  Economists and the central bank might see a roaring economy but workers and mortgage holders still feel like they’re doing it toughGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Reserve Bank thinks the economy is running too hot and needed a rate hike to slow it down.It sure doesn’t feel that way. Continue reading...
  
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• UK shoppers buy more fruit and yoghurt in healthy start to 2026

  03-02-2026 09:42
  Britons cut back in January after record grocery spending in December, turning to own-label productsBusiness live – latest updatesBritons started 2026 by buying more healthy food such as fruit and yoghurt as they attempted to hit new year health goals, while grocery price inflation eased to the lowest level since April, research has shown.Annual grocery inflation fell back to 4% in the four weeks to 25 January from 4.7% in December, offering some relief for shoppers, according to a monthly
  
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• 3 Alberta junior hockey players killed in crash heading to practice

  03-02-2026 09:31
  Three Southern Alberta Mustangs junior hockey players were killed Monday morning in a vehicle crash while heading to practice
  
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• Teen swims four hours through rough seas to save mother and siblings off Western Australia

  03-02-2026 09:29
  The 13-year-old attempted to kayak back to shore to get help, but the vessel took on water, forcing him to swim 4kmFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA teenager has saved his mother and two younger siblings by swimming for four hours in fading light and rough conditions after they were swept out to sea in south-west Western Australia.The family were holidaying in Quindalup, 200km south of Perth, when strong winds pushe
  
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• NASA delays Artemis II moon launch after issues during rehearsal

  03-02-2026 09:07 via nbcnews.com
  
  NASA said Tuesday it was delaying its mission to send four astronauts on a journey around the moon, after issues arose during a critical test of its enormous rocket
  
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• Man charged over allegedly giving Nazi salute to Jewish students at Melbourne airport – as it happened

  03-02-2026 09:01
  This blog is now closedRBA interest rates decision: Reserve Bank increases cash rate to 3.85% in blow to mortgage holdersGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastLiberal politicians have joked they need “divine intervention” at a church service before parliament resumes today.Federal parliamentarians are attending the ecumenical service, before sitting begins later. Media doorstopped most of the MPs on their way in, with reporters asking what they were praying for,
  
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