Fifty-one men of all ages, professions and origins have been on trial in Avignon, southern France, since September. All but one, who is on the run, took the stand to explain their background and their involvement in the rapes of Gisèle Pelicot as she was drugged by her husband Dominique Pelicot. Many of them denied any guilt, despite video evidence. Here are their profiles.
Piddington votes to secede from the UK in protest against asylum plans
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Residents of Piddington, a village near Oxford, have voted overwhelmingly in a symbolic referendum to “secede” from the UK, protesting plans to convert a former
US extends visa ban on Palestinian officials ahead of UN General Assembly
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The United States has extended visa sanctions on Palestinian Authority and Palestine Liberation Organization officials, barring President Mahmoud Abbas from attending the UN General Assembly