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2 Children Killed In Ukrainian Strikes Day After Deadly Russian Mall Attack
Aug 22, 2026 - World 
Kyiv's forces also hit a warehouse of major e-commerce retailer Ozon, expanding its attacks on the sector after a month of strikes on facilities belonging to Russian online giant Wildberries.
2 bodies recovered and about 12 missing after migrant boat capsized off Tunisian coast
Aug 22, 2026 - World 
At least two people have died and around 12 are missing after a boat carrying migrants capsized off southern Tunisia
Two police officers killed in North Yorkshire crash named as Matthew Blades and Tom Clough
Aug 22, 2026 - World 
Watchdog launches inquiry into collision in which seven people died involving police car and another vehicle Two police officers who died in a car crash near Middlesbrough in the early hours of Saturday have been named.Police constables Matthew Blades and Tom Clough were among seven people killed after their marked police car collided with a Volkswagen Passat travelling the wrong way along the A66 in North Yorkshire. Continue reading...
Badenoch says Reform defectors ‘some of the most dishonest people I have met’
Aug 22, 2026 - World 
Tory leader rules out coalition with Farage’s party and says ‘drama queens’ who left will not be welcomed backKemi Badenoch has called defectors who left for Reform “some of the most dishonest people” she has ever met, as she ruled out allowing “drama queens” to return to the party.Speaking at the Edinburgh festival fringe, the Conservative party leader again ruled out any prospect of an election deal with Nigel Farage’s Reform UK, insisting there would be no coalition between the parties. Continue reading...
Chemical suppression: why the UK is exploring libido control drugs to treat sex offenders
Aug 22, 2026 - World 
Treatment is already required by parole boards in several countries, but some feel the practice is unethicalThousands of sex offenders in England and Wales could get libido-suppressing drugsFor some prisoners with problematic sexual arousal (PSA), “images of sex flood their minds” all of their waking hours, according to Prof Belinda Winder, a leading forensic psychologist who has evaluated the use of drugs to control libidos.“I remember talking to one guy a few weeks after he started taking the medication. He said: ‘It’s amazing. I followed a film plot. I wasn’t just looking for when I could see bra straps, when I could see nipples, when someone’s going to bend over so I could see their bum.” Continue reading...