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Day: August 25, 2017

29 dead in riots after guru’s rape conviction
Asia, ENGLISH

29 dead in riots after guru’s rape conviction

    Twenty-nine people have died in riots by followers of an Indian guru after he was found guilty of raping two women. Rampaging supporters of Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh set fire to government buildings, vehicles and railway stations. They also attacked garages, TV trucks, police and journalists in towns across India's northern states of Punjab and Haryana. More than 100 people were injured in the mob violence, with reports of more than half being in a critical condition in hospital. Around 1,000 of Singh's followers have been detained while almost 250 trains passing through the area have been cancelled The quasi-religious sect, of which Singh is the leader, is described as a social welfare and spiritual organisation. Tens of thousands of Singh's supporters had gathered outside ...
Inventor of submarine faces new charge over journalist Kim Wall’s death
ENGLISH, Europe

Inventor of submarine faces new charge over journalist Kim Wall’s death

    Danish authorities have filed another charge against the inventor of a home-made submarine suspected over the death of Swedish journalist Kim Wall, whose headless torso was found off Copenhagen. Peter Madsen, already charged with preliminary manslaughter for Ms Wall’s death, now faces a charge of indecent handling of a corpse, according to chief investigator Jens Moeller Jensen. Madsen denies wrongdoing, saying Ms Wall died in an accident aboard the submarine and he buried her at sea. She was last seen alive on the submarine on August 10 and her naked torso was found on Monday. Police said her head, arms and leg had been deliberately cut off. They also said a piece of metal had been attached to the torso likely with the purpose to make it sink, and marks on it indicated so...
Jemma Beale jailed for false rape claims
ENGLISH, London

Jemma Beale jailed for false rape claims

    Jemma Beale has been described as a very convincing liar who injured herself with barbed wire to back up one of her claims. A manipulative woman who made a series of false rape and sexual assault claims has been jailed for 10 years. Jemma Beale was branded a very convincing liar as she was sentenced for four counts of perjury and four counts of perverting the course of justice. The 25-year-old from Bedfont in west London had claimed she was gang raped by nine male strangers and sexually assaulted by six men in four different encounters over a three-year period. But Beale invented the chilling claims often drunkenly to make her girlfriend jealous, Southwark Crown Court heard. In July 2012, she even injured herself to back up a claim that she had been assaulted with barbed w...
North Korea threatens UK with a miserable end over military exercises
Asia, ENGLISH

North Korea threatens UK with a miserable end over military exercises

    North Korea has warned that Britain "faces a miserable end" if it becomes involved in the joint US-South Korean military exercises presently taking place in the South. British forces are not taking part in the present drills, although RAF Typhoons were involved in four days of exercises with their South Korean counterparts in November, while members of the Royal Tank Regiment also observed manoeuvres with South Korean units earlier in the year. A statement carried by the Korean Central News Agency on Wednesday has denounced Washington and Seoul as warmongers for carrying out the provocative Ulchi Freedom Guardian war exercises. FILE - In this May 10, 2016 file photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un waves at parade participants at the Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North ...
Students celebrate their GCSE results in Tower Hamlets
ENGLISH, London

Students celebrate their GCSE results in Tower Hamlets

Sirajul Islam, deputy Mayor of Tower Hamlets today met pupils from Central Foundation School for Girls to congratulate them on their GCSEs results and extended his best wishes to all students in Tower Hamlets receiving their results. Sirajul Islam said: "Today is about all about our young people who have worked so hard for the last few years to achieve their grades and I congratulate all of them. "As before, there are some outstanding results at individual schools across the borough with students who are a real credit to their school and their families. "Many of students are achieving these excellent results despite their families facing difficult circumstances and tough living standards. It's a real testament to the determination and resolve of parents to ensure that their children receiv...