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Gisèle Pelicot’s lawyer: ‘This level of depravity? I have never seen anything like it’
When the lawyer Stéphane Babonneau took on what would become the most horrific case of his career, he faced a dilemma. He knew his client Gisèle Pelicot had to be told details of the hundreds of rapes her husband had subjected her to while she was unconscious over the course …
‘Am I allowed to be funny?’ Ashley Storrie on acting, autism – and grieving her mum, Janey Godley
Ashley Storrie is describing her “massively surreal” experience at last month’s Bafta Scotland awards. There she was, standing in the spotlight, holding the two statuettes she had just picked up. “And all anyone can say is: ‘Sorry for your loss.’”
“But I won!” she says plaintively.
Just two weeks before, …
Lucy Letby questioned in jail over more baby deaths at two hospitals
Cheshire police have interviewed Lucy Letby in prison under caution over the alleged murders of more babies she cared for.
Letby, a former neonatal nurse at the Countess of Chester hospital, Chester, was convicted of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder six others, with two attempts on the life …
Political chaos in South Korea: what is martial law and what comes next after Yoon Suk Yeol’s U-turn?
South Korea’s president, Yoon Suk Yeol, on Tuesday declared martial law, blasting the opposition as “anti-state forces” threatening the country’s democracy.
The unexpected move from Yoon, marking the first time martial law has been declared in South Korea in more than four decades, alarmed the US and other allies.
Six …
Namibia elects its first female president in disputed elections
Namibia has elected its first female leader, with Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah declared the winner of last week’s presidential election in a result that will extend the ruling Swapo party’s 34-year hold on power.
Nandi-Ndaitwah, the current vice-president, won with 57% of the vote, according to official results, defying
At an age when many people are preparing for retirement, Sir Kit McMahon, who has died aged 97, made his first move into business. In 1986 McMahon, an economist and central banker, was parachuted into Midland Bank to rescue the once-mighty institution – a process that eventually led to its …
John Cartwright, who has died aged 90, was the last president of the short-lived Social Democratic party, after much of it had merged with the Liberals to form the Liberal Democrats. He was one of those rare politicians whose unassuming characteristics belied a sharply instinctive understanding of politics far exceeding …
South Korea’s president lifts martial law in the face of united opposition
South Korea’s rightwing president has been forced to back down after he unexpectedly declared martial law only to face unanimous opposition from the national assembly, in the most serious challenge to the country’s democracy since the 1980s.
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