Boys convicted of rape get non-custodial sentences as judge says they should not be criminalised unnecessarily

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Boys physically overpowered and then filmed attacks on teenage victims in separate incidents in Hampshire

Three teenage boys convicted of knife-point rape and other serious sexual offences against two teenage girls in Hampshire have not been given custodial sentences because the judge said he “should avoid criminalising these children unnecessarily”.

The boys, who were aged between 13 and 14 at the time of their offences, physically overpowered and sexually assaulted the girls, who were aged 14 and 15, in separate incidents two months apart.

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Single-sex toilets must exclude transgender people, says EHRC

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Updated code of practice covering England, Wales and Scotland also relates to changing rooms and follows supreme court ruling

Single-sex toilets and changing rooms in England, Wales and Scotland must exclude transgender men and women, according to a new code of practice from the equalities watchdog.

But the long-awaited guidance also says that businesses and service providers have to offer practical alternatives such as gender-neutral toilets for people who do not wish to use services for their biological sex.

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Pair arrested after boys abandoned by road in Portugal – BBC

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  1. Pair arrested after boys abandoned by road in Portugal  BBC
  2. Mother arrested after two French boys found abandoned in Portugal, police say  Euronews
  3. Ghoulish parents blindfolded two young sons for twisted treasure hunt before abandoning them in woods  New York Post
  4. Abandoned children: mother and step-father located, arrested  Portugal Resident
  5. Mother arrested after brothers, 5 and 3, 'blindfolded and abandoned' in woods  Metro.co.uk
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Italian police stop party attended by Mick Jagger over music ban

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Music is banned on Wednesdays on island of Stromboli where Rolling Stones frontman was celebrating wrapping a film

Police on an Italian island stopped a party attended by Mick Jagger – because music is banned on Wednesdays.

The Rolling Stones frontman was on Stromboli, the volcanic island among Sicily’s Aeolian archipelago, for the production of Three Incestuous Sisters, a film by the Italian director Alice Rohrwacher in which he stars.

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Ukraine war latest: Russia’s Syzran oil refinery hit by ‘another long range sanction’ – The Kyiv Independent

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  1. Ukraine war latest: Russia's Syzran oil refinery hit by 'another long range sanction'  The Kyiv Independent
  2. Ukraine war briefing: Oil plant strikes all going to plan, says Zelenskyy  The Guardian
  3. Ukraine says its drones hit another refinery deep inside Russia as long-range strikes escalate  AP News
  4. Ukrainian mid-range strikes deal double blow to Russia's war effort  Reuters
  5. Ukraine’s drones are devastating Russian targets from 60 miles away  NBC News
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Ebola: US ban on travellers from DRC, Uganda or South Sudan ‘not the solution’

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Africa CDC says restrictions could increase public health risks and highlight ‘deeper structural injustice’ in global health

A US travel ban for people coming from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda or South Sudan in response to the Ebola outbreak could make the situation worse, critics have said.

The outbreak was declared a public health emergency of international concern on Sunday and continues to spread, with a new case reported in the DRC’s South Kivu province, an area under the control of armed rebel groups.

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Turkey Court Unseats Opposition Leader Ozgur Ozel in Blow to Erdogan Rivals – Bloomberg.com

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  1. Turkey Court Unseats Opposition Leader Ozgur Ozel in Blow to Erdogan Rivals  Bloomberg.com
  2. Turkey’s FX Sales Reach $6 Billion After Opposition Ruling  Bloomberg.com
  3. Turkish court ousts leader of main opposition party  Al Jazeera
  4. Turkey court removes leader of opposition as Erdoğan tightens grip  Financial Times
  5. Turkish court rules to remove head of the main opposition party in latest blow  AP News
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Is Belarus about to enter the Russian war? – The Kyiv Independent

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  1. Is Belarus about to enter the Russian war?  The Kyiv Independent
  2. Ukraine war briefing: Fresh threat of attack from Belarus front, warns Zelenskyy  The Guardian
  3. Ukraine Starts Operation to Fend Off New Threat From North  Bloomberg.com
  4. Ukraine to beef up northern defences over Russian offensive plans  Reuters
  5. Ukraine latest: Zelensky warns Moscow planning possible offensive targeting Kyiv  The Independent
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Israel deports foreign Gaza-bound flotilla activists after global outcry

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Move comes amid condemnation of Itamar Ben-Gvir after video posted showing detained protesters being taunted

Israel has said it has deported all the foreign activists it seized from a Gaza-bound flotilla, after a global outcry over their treatment in custody that led the UK to join other countries in summoning Israeli diplomats for a formal dressing down.

More than 430 activists from countries around the world had been placed in detention in Israel after they were intercepted at sea on Monday while making the latest in a string of attempts to break the blockade of the Palestinian territory.

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