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Image copyright Sarah J Scott Photography Image caption Brett Kinloch, pictured with his daughters Freya (left) and Ella (right), was idolised by his oldest child, his wife Nicola said A father got to meet his newborn daughter who was born just three hours before he died when his wife rushed to his bedside shortly after…
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Image caption Abdul Deghayes was found with stab wounds in a car in Brighton A man found stabbed to death in a car was the brother of two young men who died fighting in Syria, police said.Abdul Deghayes, 22, was a passenger in a silver VW Polo that collided with other cars in Brighton on…
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Image copyright CRI Image caption A screenshot of the footage appearing to show Mr Heyit Chinese state media have released a video appearing to show a Uighur musician previously reported to have died in a detention camp.The video, dated 10 February, features a man said to be Abdurehim Heyit stating that he is in “good…
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A Milwaukee police officer was shot dead in the line of duty Wednesday morning while executing a search warrant, officials said. The slain officer is the third Milwaukee police officer to die in the line of duty in the past eight months, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett said at a news conference. The officer, whose name…
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Chicago’s frozen shoreline At least 21 people have died in one of the worst cold snaps to hit the US Midwest in decades.Ninety million people – a third of the US – have seen temperatures of -17C (0F) or below. Some 250 million Americans overall have experienced the “polar…
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The woman who filmed the aftermath of the shooting of Botham Jean — the man killed in his own apartment by former Dallas Police Officer Amber Guyger — said she has been receiving death threats and was fired from her job after she uploaded the video to social media. The video shows an apparently distressed…
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption XXXTentacion was shot and killed last year at the age of 20 The girlfriend of the late US rapper XXXTentacion, Jenesis Sanchez, has given birth to a boy – seven months after the artist’s death. “We’re happy to confirm that Baby and Mother are healthy,” a joint statement from…
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption President Ghani, who took office in 2014, revealed the figure at the World Economic Forum Afghan President Ashraf Ghani says more than 45,000 members of the country’s security forces have been killed since he became leader in 2014.The figure is far higher than previously thought, with Mr Ghani saying…
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Image copyright AFP/Getty Images Image caption Robert Lloyd Schellenberg told the court in Dalian: “I am not a drug smuggler” A court in China has sentenced a Canadian to death for drug smuggling in a ruling which will worsen a diplomatic row between the two countries.Robert Lloyd Schellenberg was originally given a 15-year jail term…
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Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionVideo showed the aftermath of the explosion, with flames engulfing the ground floor The death toll from a suspected gas explosion in central Paris has risen to four after rescue workers found the body of a woman in the rubble.Two firefighters and a Spanish tourist were also…
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