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Husband who drugged and raped wife for 20 years gives witness statement at trial

A man who drugged and raped his wife without her knowledge for more than two decades has provided a witness statement at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court. The husband, who cannot be named to protect his wife's anonymity, pleaded guilty last month to 60 offences, including rape and administering a substance with intent. He was also accused of inviting 13 other men to abuse her between 2018 and November 2025.

Geopolitics

Iran tanker attacks threaten fragile rebound in Strait of Hormuz oil flows

Iran has stepped up attacks on commercial ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz, threatening the fragile rebound of crude oil exports from the Persian Gulf. Nearly 20 vessels, mostly tankers, have been attacked in the past month, according to the Joint Maritime Information Center, a group of US-allied militaries. Crude shipments through the strait remain volatile, averaging about 23 percent below prewar levels even as the US military maintains a protected shipping lane along the coast of Oman.

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Former UN food agency official alleges dismissal for highlighting Gaza hunger, launches appeal

Benjamin Davis, a former senior official at the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), has accused the agency of firing him for his work drawing attention to hunger in Gaza, and said he has begun an appeal against the decision. The 62-year-old Spanish-American dual citizen left the FAO last week after 26 years of service, alleging that his contract was not renewed because his team had published a brief on hunger in Gaza and held a seminar on the subject last year, and because he participated in weekly moments of silence for those killed in Gaza.

Geopolitics

Houthis warn against using Saudi airports after deadly Riyadh strike; Mecca Pact forces deploy

The Houthi movement has warned passengers and airlines against using Saudi airports, threatening further attacks after a strike on Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport killed 12 people and wounded hundreds. The warning came as Pakistani and Turkish forces began deploying to the kingdom under the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement, activated for the first time since its signing in August.

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Palestinian olive harvest opens with surge in settler violence across West Bank

The olive harvest season in the occupied West Bank has opened with a wave of settler attacks on Palestinian farmers, including beatings, gunfire, arson and theft, according to Palestinian news agency Wafa, Israeli activists and field reports. Israeli forces have also closed off land, turned away harvesters and confiscated tools, while in Gaza, strikes continue despite a year-old ceasefire as the humanitarian situation deteriorates ahead of winter.

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Greek court to try refugee rescue group founder as rights groups cry foul

A Greek court is set to open trial proceedings on Tuesday against Tommy Olsen, the Norwegian creator of Aegean Boat Report, an independent monitor of distressed vessels in the Aegean Sea. Greek authorities accuse him of leading an international criminal organisation that smuggles refugees, but human rights groups see the case as an attempt to silence independent monitors of pushbacks and other abuses, for which Greece has previously been condemned by the European Court of Human Rights.

Geopolitics

Argentina warns it will stop Falklands oil exploitation, foreign minister tells UK ambassador

Argentina's foreign minister, Pablo Quirno, has told an audience that included the British ambassador that his government will prevent the Falkland Islands from exploiting offshore oilfields as part of a peaceful strategy to assert sovereignty over the disputed territory. Speaking at a thinktank event in Buenos Aires, Quirno condemned the UK for refusing to negotiate and for facilitating the Sea Lion oil project in the North Falkland Basin.

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Gandhi leads renewed Delhi protests as detentions mount in election chief row

Rahul Gandhi returned to the streets of New Delhi on Monday leading dozens of opposition MPs in a renewed demand for the resignation of India's chief election commissioner, as police detained thousands of students daily in a widening crackdown. The protest escalates a dispute over a nationwide voter roll revision that the opposition says is rigged to benefit Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party.

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US Politics

Trump memecoin dinner offer fuels Democratic corruption claims ahead of midterms

Donald Trump is facing renewed accusations of using the presidency for personal enrichment after the company behind his $Trump memecoin offered an exclusive dinner at his Washington club to the coin’s biggest investors, with disclosures showing he made about $636m from the venture last year. Democrats are seizing on the invitation as evidence of corruption, hoping it will energise voters ahead of November’s midterm elections.

US Politics

Pentagon orders firing squad execution for Fort Hood shooter, first such military execution since WWII

The Pentagon has announced that former US Army major Nidal Malik Hasan, convicted of killing 13 unarmed soldiers at Fort Hood in 2009, will be executed by firing squad — the first military execution by that method since World War Two. Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell said on social media Monday that Secretary of War Pete Hegseth made the recommendation and President Donald Trump approved it, with the secretary of the Army to set the time and place.

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Australia

Coalition releases immigration reduction plan as One Nation gains ground

Opposition Leader Angus Taylor and outgoing home affairs spokesman Jonno Duniam have released the Coalition's detailed plan to reduce immigration levels, a year after Liberal MP Andrew Hastie quit the frontbench to warn the party needed a tougher stance on the issue. The policy is the party's most concrete response yet to a migration debate that has reshaped Australian politics and fuelled the rise of One Nation.

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Geopolitics

Alleged terror plot near RAF Fairford deepens US, Iran tensions

Six men arrested over an alleged terror plot near the British airbase RAF Fairford have been released on bail, as Britain tries to support the United States without being drawn directly into its war with Iran. Prime Minister Andy Burnham cited strong indications of Iranian involvement; Tehran denies any role, while US President Donald Trump says Washington knows the people behind the threat and has ordered US bombers moved out of the UK.