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If approved by the Israeli cabinet, a ceasefire will take effect in Gaza on Sunday [Getty/file photo]Israel’s security cabinet was set to meet Friday after final details of a Gaza ceasefire and captive release deal were ironed out, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said, with the United States “confident” the truce would begin as planned this weekend. If approved by Israel’s cabinet, the ceasefire agreement would take effect on Sunday and involve the exchange of 33 Israeli captives for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, after which the terms of a permanent end to the war would be finalised. Away from the…

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She was stabbed nine times with the attack filmed and shared on social media Gang of youths who punched and stabbed transgender teen in attack planned on Snapchat jailed  A gang of youths who stabbed, punched and kicked a teenager in a transphobic attack after luring her to Harrow Leisure Centre under the pretence of going to a roller disco have been jailed. The 18-year-old transgender victim was stabbed nine times after she was dragged to the floor by the mask-wearing gang and was subjected to transphobic slurs. The act was organised as revenge after one of her attackers was…

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Her killer Hassan Sentamu had a history of violence towards girls after putting two in a headlock Elianne Andam’s father says killer’s conviction is a ‘message’ violence against women ‘will not go unanswered’ The father of schoolgirl Elianne Andam who was murdered in a row over a teddy bear said the conviction of her killer is a “message” that violence against young women “will not go unanswered”. Elianne’s father Michael Andam, speaking outside the Old Bailey following the conviction of Hassan Sentamu on Thursday, said: “The verdict today is the first step towards justice for Elianne, but also a message…

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Heathrow jubilant as ministers back down on plans to require visa from every passenger changing planes at Britain’s busiest airport Government reverses new visa requirement for Heathrow transit passengers London Heathrow airport has welcomed a Home Office U-turn on transit passengers needing online ETA permits simply to change planes. Since earlier this month, all non-Europeans intending to travel to Britain without a visa have needed to apply in advance online and pay £10 for an electronic travel authorisation (ETA). Unlike almost all hub airports worldwide, the permit was deemed necessary even for passengers who were changing planes at Heathrow with…

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Teenager Cameron Finnigan encouraged a girl online to film her suicide so he could share it with a satanist group he had joined Teenager in neo-Nazi satanist group jailed for encouraging suicide online  A 19-year-old who was part of a neo-Nazi satanist group has been jailed for six years for encouraging girls to die by suicide and self-harm, as well as possession of a document for terrorist purposes. Teenager Cameron Finnigan was found guilty of five charges, including telling one girl to kill herself “for me” on video so he could share it online with a satanist extremist group known…

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