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Dutch Olympic bosses have defended their decision to pick a volleyball player who raped a British girl. Steven van de Velde was jailed for four years in 2016 for raping a British girl he reportedly got to know online. Image: Van de Velde. Pic: AP After serving part of his jail term in England, he

Israeli tanks stormed a neighbourhood in Gaza City telling Palestinians to move south after bombs were dropped overnight, residents and medics say. The Shejaia neighbourhood was taken by surprise, according to residents, who said tanks rolled in and fired in the early afternoon on Thursday, with drones attacking after earlier bombing. The Palestinian Civil Emergency

Bolivian armed forces took over the capital’s central square as an armoured vehicle rammed through the entrance of the presidential palace as the president said the country was facing a coup attempt. The country’s president, Luis Arce, warned an “irregular” deployment of troops had taken place and called for “democracy to be respected” on X

Kenyan president William Ruto has withdrawn a bill which sparked deadly protests in Nairobi, saying he was respecting Kenyans’ “loud” opposition to it. After 22 people were reportedly killed in violent protests on Tuesday which also saw part of Kenya’s parliament building burnt, Mr Ruto said he would no longer be introducing unpopular new financial

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has pleaded guilty to one count of espionage as part of a plea deal with US authorities. His court appearance took place on the US territory of Saipan. He left the UK on Monday after being released on bail from Belmarsh high security jail. Addressing the court, Assange said that he

Specialist search dogs have been drafted in from the Spanish capital Madrid to help in the hunt for missing British teenager Jay Slater. The 19-year-old, from Oswaldtwistle near Blackburn in Lancashire, was last seen in Tenerife in the morning of Monday 17 June. Mr Slater had travelled to the northwestern mountain village of Masca after

US authorities have agreed to drop their demand for Julian Assange to be extradited from the UK after reaching a plea deal with the WikiLeaks founder. In return for pleading guilty to one count of conspiracy to obtain and disclose national defence information, Assange will be sentenced to time served, 62 months – the time

Jay Slater’s dad has said police have left him and his family in the dark over the hunt for the missing teen – as they shared what they hope is a new image of him. Warren Slater, the 19-year-old’s father, said that while some officers had been “brilliant”, he had been left frustrated at the

If Scotland’s Euros exit can be blamed on anything it wasn’t one moment – the anger at not being awarded a penalty – but the inability to get a shot on target against Hungary. Supporters, though, leaving the Stuttgart stadium in a rage were blaming one person: Steve Clarke. “Terrible – absolute nightmare,” said fan

The construction company that employs missing British teenager Jay Slater has said the “picture being painted of him is just not true” – as search teams narrowed their efforts on small buildings close to where his phone last pinged. Mr Slater, an apprentice bricklayer from Oswaldtwistle near Blackburn in Lancashire, has been missing in Tenerife

Dalal is the little Syrian girl they never thought would survive. Now four years old, despite horrific burn scars and no hands she is confounding the doctors, her family and everyone who knows her, all over again. We watch as she concentrates hard on manoeuvring a pen between the stumps which she’s been left with.

Russia has launched a barrage of missiles and drones in an attack on Ukraine – damaging energy facilities and injuring at least two people, officials in Kyiv said. Ukraine has been struggling with waves of rolling blackouts for the past three months amid relentless Russian attacks on its energy infrastructure. Half of Ukraine’s power generation

At least 25 Palestinians have been killed, and 50 injured, after Israeli tanks are said to have fired on tents sheltering displaced families in Rafah, according to health officials and emergency workers in Gaza. Witnesses said the latest attack in the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, took place in Mawasi, western Rafah,

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On the coastline of southern Italy, a small group gathered at the water’s edge. They could not go any further into the Ionian Sea although they clearly wished they could. “Is Europe worth all this trouble, I swear to God it’s not,” says a man called Setar. “Why put your wife and children through this?”