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Video shows police beating and kicking Tyre Nichols while he was restrained

January 28, 2023 World Justice News 0

Footage of a traffic stop that has seen five ex-Memphis police officers charged with murder shows them kicking and punching a motorist for several minutes as he cries out for his mother. Officers are seen […]

Fugitive Gillespie brothers may have been killed in Brazil

January 28, 2023 World Justice News 0

Detectives have confirmed for the first time that two of Scotland’s most wanted men may have been killed while on the run in Brazil. Speculation about the fate of James and Barry Gillespie, who previously […]

US hacks back against Hive ransomware crew

January 27, 2023 World Justice News 0

The US has revealed it infiltrated a prolific cyber-crime gang to secretly sabotage their hacking attacks for more than six months. The Department of Justice (DOJ) revealed the FBI gained deep access to the Hive […]

Man found naked and surrounded by Champagne guilty of bludgeoning father to death with ‘bottle of Bollinger’

January 27, 2023 World Justice News 0

A man who bludgeoned his elderly father to death with a bottle of Champagne in a drunken rage is facing life in jail. Deekan Singh Vig was found guilty on Friday of murdering 86-year-old shopkeeper […]

Drug boss, rogue juror and his mum, and one-legged mechanic jailed over trial fixing plot

January 27, 2023 World Justice News 0

A drugs kingpin, a rogue juror and his mother and a one-legged mechanic have been jailed for attempting to fix a trial. Boxing promoter Leslie Allen, 66, recruited a group of people to help him […]

Daniel Harris: British teenager whose videos were linked to two mass murders in US is jailed

January 27, 2023 World Justice News 0

A British teenage extremist has been jailed after his far-right videos were linked to two mass murders in the US. Daniel Harris used an online platform called World Truth Videos to disseminate a “call to […]

Jailing of trans rapist Isla Bryson is ‘shambles’, says prison chief

January 27, 2023 World Justice News 0

Sending a transgender rapist to a women’s prison was an “unnecessary shambles”, its former governor said. Rhona Hotchkiss, who ran Cornton Vale until 2017, said she would have refused to have Isla Bryson at the […]

Tyre Nichols: Biden urges calm ahead of police beating video release

January 27, 2023 World Justice News 0

President Joe Biden is urging protests in Tennessee to remain peaceful as officials plan to release video of an arrest that led to a motorist’s death. Bodycam video of the encounter with Tyre Nichols, 29, […]

Virginia school had three warnings about 6-year-old with gun, says lawyer

January 25, 2023 World Justice News 0

A lawyer for the Virginia teacher shot by her six-year-old student has said school officials had multiple warnings the boy had a gun but failed to take action. Abigail Zwerner, 25, was released from hospital […]

MH17: Court ruling due on Dutch case against Russia

January 25, 2023 World Justice News 0

The European Court of Human Rights is set to announce whether it will hear a Dutch case against Russia over the downing of flight MH17 in 2014. All 298 people on the Malaysia Airlines flight […]

Human Rights

Double murderer awarded £7,500 compensation over human rights breaches

January 2, 2026 0

A double murderer has been awarded £7,500 compensation by the High Court over breaches of his human rights. Fuad Awale, who is serving a life sentence for shooting two teenagers in the head in 2011, […]

Human Rights

US plans to start checking all tourists’ social media

December 10, 2025 0

All tourists – including those from Britain – will have to undergo a social media screening before being allowed entry into the US under new plans being considered by the country’s border force. At the […]

Australia

Children locked out of social media apps after Australia’s world-first ban

December 10, 2025 0

Australia’s world-first social media ban for children has taken effect, with throngs of teenagers waking up to find their accounts have gone dark. Others tell BBC they have already snuck past barriers and will continue […]

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Video shows police beating and kicking Tyre Nichols while he was restrained

Fugitive Gillespie brothers may have been killed in Brazil

US hacks back against Hive ransomware crew

Man found naked and surrounded by Champagne guilty of bludgeoning father to death with ‘bottle of Bollinger’

Drug boss, rogue juror and his mum, and one-legged mechanic jailed over trial fixing plot

Daniel Harris: British teenager whose videos were linked to two mass murders in US is jailed

Jailing of trans rapist Isla Bryson is ‘shambles’, says prison chief

Tyre Nichols: Biden urges calm ahead of police beating video release

Virginia school had three warnings about 6-year-old with gun, says lawyer

MH17: Court ruling due on Dutch case against Russia