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Reuters Collectively, the defendants accused of raping Gisèle Pelicot are facing more than 600 years in jail They are young, old, burly, thin, black and white. Among them are firefighters, lorry drivers, soldiers, security guards, a journalist and a DJ. These are the 50 men accused of raping Gisèle Pelicot at the behest of her…

Aamir Peerzada/BBC Tawfiq Diam’s wife and four children were killed in a chemical attack Tawfiq Diam is emotional because it’s the first time he’s been able to speak freely about what happened to his family back in 2018, in Douma in the Eastern Ghouta suburb of Damascus. “If I’d spoken out before, Bashar al-Assad’s forces…

Getty Images Sean “Diddy” Combs was one of the most sought-after producers in rap and soul in the 1990s A lawyer representing several alleged victims of Sean “Diddy” Combs says the potential number of civil legal cases against the musician “is probably in the 300 range”. Tony Buzbee told the BBC his team had received…

BBC Cristina (l) and Lidia (r) offer long-term holistic care for the sex trafficking victims they rescue Several years have passed since Cristina and her team, an elite unit of Spanish police detectives, rescued “Victoria” from a sex trafficking ring. When they found her, Victoria’s life was hanging by a thread – for three years,…

South Korea’s former defence minister Kim Yong-hyun, who claimed responsibility for the president’s failed attempt to place the country under martial law last week, has tried to take his own life, an official said. Authorities found him while making the attempt in his detention centre on Tuesday night, Shin Yong-hae, the justice ministry’s correctional agency…

Instagram The scion of a prominent Maryland family who came top of his class at an elite private school before graduating from an Ivy League college, Luigi Mangione seemed to have everything going for him, according to friends. They have been left stunned by the 26-year-old’s arrest for the murder of UnitedHealthcare’s chief executive Brian…

Reuters Syrian refugees in Germany have celebrated the downfall of Bashar al-Assad Across Germany Syrians have been celebrating in the streets the downfall of former president Bashar al-Assad. But now many will be feeling less euphoric, as some politicians question their future in Germany. There are around a million people with a Syrian passport in…

Australian police have launched an investigation after a car was set alight and houses were vandalised with anti-Israel graffiti in Sydney. The incident has been condemned by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese as a “hate crime”. He told ABC News: “There’s no place for antisemitism in this country, or anywhere for that matter.” It comes days…

Telegram Mohammed al-Bashir chaired a meeting with ministers from both the transitional and former governments The prime minister of Syria’s new transitional government has said it is time for people to “enjoy stability and calm” after the overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad. Mohammed al-Bashir, the former head of the rebel administration in the north-west, was…