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Reform leader accuses MSP of 'squatting' in seat after resignation
Malcolm Offord says he is 'disappointed' at Amanda Bland's decision to leave the party and sit as an independent.
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Kenya cult leader's children still being starved weeks before trial, son says
Dan Mackenzie initially defended his father but now says he felt he had to report his own grandmother.
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Myanmar’s detained ex-leader Suu Kyi receives package from King Charles III
Military-backed government says it delivered two books and diplomatic correspondence to Aung San Suu Kyi.
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Kenyan cult leader guilty on all charges over 191 starvation deaths
A self-proclaimed Kenyan preacher and his associates were on Monday found guilty of murdering 190 children and one adult in an infamous starvation cult. Hundreds of bodies have been discovered since 2023 at the cult base inland from the Kenyan beach resort of Malindi, in what became known as the "Shakahola Forest Massacre".
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Kenya convicts cult leader over the murder of 190 children
The leader of a Kenyan cult who instructed followers to starve themselves to death to reach heaven has been found guilty
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Kenya: Cult leader guilty of murdering 190 children, 1 adult
Preacher Paul Mackenzie was accused of encouraging his followers to starve themselves to death. He ran a Christian doomsday cult called the Good News International Church that claimed the end of the world was imminent.
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Kenyan cult leader Paul Mackenzie found guilty over 191 starvation deaths
Preacher Paul Mackenzie was accused of encouraging his followers to starve themselves to death. He ran a Christian doomsday cult called the Good News International Church that claimed the end of the world was imminent.
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Who is cult head Paul Mackenzie, convicted of convincing followers to die?
A Kenyan court has handed down the first judgement in the 'doomsday' cult case.
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India: CJP leader Abhijeet Dipke released after detention
Two other prominent CJP leaders are set to be released on Sunday. India has seen huge rallies calling on the country's top election official to step down over alleged manipulation of voter rolls.
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Myanmar’s coup leader-turned-president wins back neighbours despite war
ASEAN leaders are embracing Min Aung Hlaing, but critics warn it emboldens a military still bombing civilians.
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Albania's leader defies calls to resign as student protesters rampage in capital
Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama on Thursday rejected calls to resign as thousands of student-led protesters smashed windows and fought running battles with riot police firing water cannon and tear gas in the capital. The demonstrators accuse officials of corruption and neglecting education and say they are angry about the sale of parts of Albania's southern coastline to a luxury resort development backed by US President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner. FRANCE 24's Emerald Maxwell reports
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Northern Ireland ex-DUP leader Donaldson sentenced to 15 years for child sex crimes
Judge says Jeffrey Donaldson never apologised to victims as politician seeks to appeal his convictions.
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Former DUP leader Donaldson sentenced to 15 years in prison for child sex abuse
Jeffrey Donaldson was convicted of 18 counts of sex abuse, including one of rape, which he committed against two women when they were children.
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Ex-gang leader sentenced to minimum 40 years for Tupac murder
Duane "Keffe D" Davis, the former Los Angeles gang leader who boasted for years of his involvement in the killing of rapper Tupac Shakur, only to deny it when he came to trial, was sentenced to a minimum 40 years in prison on Tuesday. The sentence, which will likely see him die in custody, comes three decades after the gunning down of one of the most influential hip hop artists of the late 20th century, and after years of criticism over investigations that went nowhere.
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Ex-gang leader gets 40 years to life for rapper Tupac Shakur’s 1996 murder
A 30-year hunt for justice ends with the sentencing of Duane 'Keffe D' Davis, who has written about Shakur's shooting.
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Former gang leader sentenced to minimum 40 years for Tupac killing
Duane Davis, the former Los Angeles gang leader who boasted in books and interviews of his involvement in the killing of rapper Tupac Shakur, only to deny it when he came to trial, was sentenced to a minimum 40 years in prison on Tuesday. FRANCE 24's Wassim Cornet reports from Los Angeles.
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Sweden’s centre-left leader fails in second bid to form government
Social Democratic leader Magdalena Andersson says 'conditions not in place' to form government, prolonging deadlock.
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Ex-president named leader of new DR Congo rebel coalition
Joseph Kabila had previously denied having links to the M23 rebels, which control much of eastern DR Congo.
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UK Greens leader seeks rule change after party declares Zionism is racism
Zack Polanski calls for internal rule reforms to give party leaders greater control over policy after Zionism vote.
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Polanski vows to stay as Green leader as he faces criticism after by-election defeat
Jewish Greens' leader has said Polanski should resign in the wake of a Zionism row and by-election defeat.