Met chief criticises court system after paedophile granted bail

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Officers left feeling ‘hamstrung’, says Mark Rowley after offender allowed to return to flat overlooking playground

Pressure to cut the number of prisoners on remand has led to “dangerous and prolific offenders” being granted bail, the country’s most senior police officer said after a paedophile was allowed to return to his flat that overlooked a children’s playground.

Zafer Dogan was jailed on Thursday for two years and four months after he was convicted of taking thousands of pictures of women and girls before using AI technology to turn them into nude images for his sexual gratification.

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Officer fended off Ontario synagogue gunman despite being shot multiple times, authorities say – cbsnews.com

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  1. Officer fended off Ontario synagogue gunman despite being shot multiple times, authorities say  cbsnews.com
  2. Former soldier who shot at synagogue was suing military for $1M over vaccination policy  Global News
  3. Police label shooting in Belleville, Ontario, a hate-motivated attack against the Jewish community  The Forward
  4. Synagogue shooter's online username alluded to killing Jews weeks before attack, friend says  CBC
  5. Police say gunman shouted antisemitic threat before opening fire outside Ontario synagogue  AP News
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Houthis say they attacked Riyadh and Aramco facilities in Yanbu – reuters.com

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  1. Houthis say they attacked Riyadh and Aramco facilities in Yanbu  reuters.com
  2. Saudi Arabia intercepts wave of Houthi missiles as oil climbs to one-week high  The Guardian
  3. Live: UN Security Council condemns Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia  France 24
  4. Saudi Arabia Downs Houthi Missiles Targeting Kingdom, Official Says  The New York Times
  5. Yemen government repels Houthi attack on crucial Aden-Taiz supply line  The Jerusalem Post
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‘It has broken us as a family,’ mother of poison seller victim tells hearing – BBC

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  1. 'It has broken us as a family,' mother of poison seller victim tells hearing  BBC
  2. Families describe grief as Canadian seller linked to suicides worldwide faces sentencing  AP News
  3. Suicide-drug seller ‘robbed victim of chance to be well’  The Telegraph
  4. 'I'm sorry, I drank it': Mother recalls daughter's last words at Kenneth Law's sentencing hearing  CBC
  5. A timeline of key events in the case of Kenneth Law, who admitted to aiding suicides  Global News
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Four civilians killed in Pakistani strikes in Afghanistan, Taliban says – BBC

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  1. Four civilians killed in Pakistani strikes in Afghanistan, Taliban says  BBC
  2. Pakistani airstrikes target Afghanistan after Islamabad accuses Kabul of drone attacks  AP News
  3. Pakistan air strikes kill 4 civilians in Afghanistan, Kabul says  Reuters
  4. Afghanistan vows to respond after Pakistani air strikes kill four  Al Jazeera
  5. What's behind the Pakistani strikes on Afghanistan?  Yahoo
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Trump swoons over strongman soulmate Xi – are you feeling jealous, Vladimir?

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Deference was deafening as US president rolled out red carpet for world’s biggest jailer of journalists – perhaps he was seeking tips

One is an authoritarian who represses the media with a strong allergy to democratic elections. The other is head of the Chinese Communist party.

Donald Trump welcomed the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, to the White House on Thursday, setting the stage for a scene quite unlike anything the august old building has seen over more than two centuries.

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EU sanctions former RT France chief Xenia Fedorova over pro-Russian propaganda – Euronews.com

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  1. EU sanctions former RT France chief Xenia Fedorova over pro-Russian propaganda  Euronews.com
  2. EU sanctions Russian pundit Xenia Fedorova after expulsion from France  France 24
  3. Russia says EU sanctions on former RT boss are illegal  Devdiscourse
  4. Kremlin slams EU sanctions on Russian TV commentator as ‘persecution’  Macau Business
  5. France steps up efforts to counter russian propaganda  Центр протидії дезінформації
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Democratic lawmakers accuse Trump administration of interference in Brazilian elections

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Legislators sent letter to Marco Rubio saying US interference is weakening Brazil’s democratic institutions

A group of 31 Democratic members of the US Congress has sent a letter to the secretary of state, Marco Rubio, criticising the Trump administration over “an apparent effort to interfere with, and potentially undermine” Brazil’s elections.

Latin America’s largest country will hold the first round of its presidential election on 4 October, with polls showing a technical tie between the incumbent leftist president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and the far-right senator Flávio Bolsonaro.

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