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Football fan jailed for threats over Di Maria return to Argentina
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Football fan jailed for threats over Di Maria return to Argentina

A court in Rosario found Sergio Di Vanni, 45, guilty of ordering acts of intimidation against Di Maria’s family with the aim of dissuading the former Argentina international from returning from abroad to play for a rival club. Di Maria was playing for Benfica at the time, in March 2024, but was considering a return to his boyhood club Rosario Central, a move he eventually completed in 2025.

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Troops kill 44 terrorists, scores injured in separate offensive in Borno
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Troops kill 44 terrorists, scores injured in separate offensive in Borno

By Ndahi Marama, Maiduguri Troops of the Joint Task Force (North East), Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK), have neutralised 44 suspected members of Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists during several offensive operations in some parts of Borno State. These were disclosed by the Acting Media Information Officer, Headquarters Joint Task Force North East Operation HADIN KAI, Captain Mohammed Goni in a press statement on Thursday morning.

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Spain Begins Three-Day Mourning After Latest Train Tragedy Kills 68
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Spain Begins Three-Day Mourning After Latest Train Tragedy Kills 68

People arrive at a support center for relatives of missing victims in Urda, following the train crash between a high-speed Renfe AVE train and an Iryo train around 150 km south of Madrid between Urda and Los Yebenes in the province of Toledo, on October 28, 2026. Civil guards stand near victims at the site of a train crash between a high-speed Renfe AVE train and an Iryo train around 150 km south of Madrid between Urda and Los Yebenes in the province of Toledo, on October 28, 2026.

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Spain begins three days of mourning after train crash kills dozens
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Spain begins three days of mourning after train crash kills dozens

MADRID, Spain, Oct 29 — Spain is beginning three days of mourning after at least 68 people were killed and dozens more were injured in one of the worst rail disasters in Europe’s modern history. Sánchez said it was “unacceptable” that Spain had suffered two serious rail disasters this year, after a high-speed crash killed 46 people near Córdoba in January.

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Cambodian police and soldiers helped guard abusive scam compounds, Amnesty alleges
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Cambodian police and soldiers helped guard abusive scam compounds, Amnesty alleges

Survivors tell rights group that serving officers who worked as guards administered electric shocks and beatings Cambodian police and military officers worked as private security guards in scam compounds where thousands were forced to work in the online fraud industry, according to a report by Amnesty International. The global rights group alleged they worked for security companies as part of a system that enabled slavery and rape in the compounds, with some guards using electric batons to keep people trapped.

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From sex ‘obsession’ to losing friends, key takeaways from Russell Brand’s testimony at trial
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From sex ‘obsession’ to losing friends, key takeaways from Russell Brand’s testimony at trial

Comedian told jurors he now believed it was wrong to have used his fame for sex and said his life had been consumed by the allegations Russell Brand was in the witness box for more than four hours on Wednesday at his trial at Southwark crown court. Six alleged victims say the comedian switched suddenly after appearing charming and forced them into sexual activity in a toilet, a hotel room, workplace corridors and his bedroom, acting as if nothing had happened after the attacks.

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Nocturne review – Stephen Graham is TV’s most evil serial killer … and it’s impossible to stop watching him
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Nocturne review – Stephen Graham is TV’s most evil serial killer … and it’s impossible to stop watching him

From Hannibal’s hitherto unfailing hands it has been thrown to Stephen Graham, who plays multiple murderer Jurek Walter in the new 10-part psychological thriller Nocturne. Walter, who draws out the deaths of his victims in order to torture their families as much as the individuals themselves, is incarcerated for life in the bowels of Riverside psychiatric hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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“To serve and to protect beyond borders”: 22 NYPD Officers to embark on landmark humanitarian mission to Ghana
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“To serve and to protect beyond borders”: 22 NYPD Officers to embark on landmark humanitarian mission to Ghana

Twenty-two members of the New York City Police Department are set to trade their precincts for purpose this November, embarking on an eight-day humanitarian journey to Ghana under the banner of the African Law Enforcement Organization (ALEO), a mission that embodies compassion, service, and a steadfast commitment to humanity. A Community-Driven Effort The mission was made possible in part through ALEO member and NYPD officer Mr. William Apau, popularly known as Ministerapau, founder of the Magho Foundation, who connected the organization with schools and an orphanage in Ghana that his…

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