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UN chief Guterres warns of desperate situation as ‘civil order’ as Gaza death toll passes 8,000 Source link

A married Missouri teacher has been charged with sending a 16-year-old boy explicit videos of her pleasuring herself and inviting him to her home for sex while her husband was out of town, court papers allege. The Maries County Sheriff’s Office launched an investigation into Rikki Laughlin, 25, who works as a special education teacher…

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The Israeli air force published a chilling, handwritten note Wednesday that it alleged was found on a Hamas fighter who invaded the country on Oct. 7.  “The words from Hamas commanders,” according to the Israeli air force, “consist of an order to kill Jews and encouragement to decapitate their victims and tear out their hearts…

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A spokesperson for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that Hamas’s armed wing released a mother and daughter, both American citizens, into Israeli custody Friday. President Biden said he was “overjoyed” about the return of the two hostages, who were among the hundreds taken in a massive cross-border attack on Oct. 7. Earlier in the…

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Wadea al-Fayoume celebrates his birthday at his home in Illinois, neighbourhood of Plainfield in Chicago,US. — BBC Joseph Czuba has been charged with murder and hate crimes. Czuba also charged with first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder. President Biden says he and his wife were “sickened” by attack. An innocent Palestinian-American boy was killed and his…

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A large black bear was caught on a home surveillance camera raiding a woman’s kitchen in Connecticut and snatching a frozen chicken before darting out the cracked open window. Footage of the unlikely break-in was captured by homeowner Helena Houlis’ Ring security camera and shows the black bear brazenly wandering around the first story of…

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A court in Slovakia found Wednesday former President Andrej Kiska guilty of tax fraud and gave him a two-year suspended sentence. The county court in the city of Poprad also handed him a fine of 15,000 euros (about $16,000). The verdict is not final and his legal team said he planned to appeal it. Kiska,…

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said “we are at war, and we will win it” as the country’s air force began striking Hamas targets in Gaza on Saturday, in response to a surprise assault on the 50th anniversary of the start of the 1973 Yom Kippur war. Hamas militants infiltrated Israeli territory from the Gaza…

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