Footage shows arrest of Sara Sharif’s alleged killers on plane from Pakistan

Ten-year-old’s stepmother says ‘I think you’re looking for us’ in bodycam footage played to jurors during trial

Footage of the moment police boarded a plane to arrest the alleged killers of Sara Sharif has been shown to jurors, showing the 10-year-old’s stepmother saying to officers: “I think you’re looking for us.”

The exchange was captured on cameras worn by officers and played in court during their trial.

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Devon cliff collapse leaves Sidmouth cottage teetering by 400ft drop

Council closes coastal path and warns beachgoers to stay clear after landslip at Jacob’s Ladder Beach

The views from the old thatched cottage perched on top of Sidmouth cliffs in Devon have always been spectacular.

Now, though, they are downright terrifying after part of the 185m-year-old sandstone cliff collapsed, leaving the period property teetering on the edge of a 400ft drop.

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Volodymyr Zelenskyy urges allies to stop just ‘watching’ amid North Korea threat

Ukrainian president calls on countries to step in before troops sent to Russia by Pyongyang reach battlefield

Ukraine’s president urged allies to stop “watching” and take steps before North Korean troops deployed in Russia reach the battlefield, while the army chief said his troops were facing “one of the most powerful offensives” by Moscow since the full-scale war began.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy raised the prospect of a pre-emptive Ukrainian strike on camps where the North Korean troops are being trained and said Kyiv knows their location. But he said Ukraine can’t do it without permission from allies to use western-made long-range weapons to hit targets deep inside Russia.

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U.S. warns Iran: We won’t be able to restrain Israel if you attack – Axios

  1. U.S. warns Iran: We won't be able to restrain Israel if you attack  Axios
  2. US to Iran: Avoid strikes or face unrestrained Israeli retaliation - report  The Jerusalem Post
  3. U.S. Warns Iran It Can't 'Hold Israel Back' If New Attack Launched, Axios Reports  Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
  4. With worst-case scenario averted for now, White House and Harris campaign still face a serious risk in Middle East conflict  CNN
  5. US said to warn Iran it won’t be able to restrain Israel if Tehran attacks again  The Times of Israel
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Hundreds hold vigil for victims of roof collapse in northern Serbian city – The Associated Press

  1. Hundreds hold vigil for victims of roof collapse in northern Serbian city  The Associated Press
  2. Aftermath of deadly Serbia railway station roof collapse  BBC.com
  3. Serbia probes fatal train station roof collapse as vigil held for victims  Reuters
  4. All Victims of the Accident in Novi Sad have been identified  Sarajevo Times
  5. Vigil takes place in Serbia for 14 victims of Novi Sad train station roof collapse  Euronews
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‘Fully coordinated with Iran’: Iraqi militias seek to ally with Islamic Republic on Israel response – The Jerusalem Post

  1. 'Fully coordinated with Iran': Iraqi militias seek to ally with Islamic Republic on Israel response  The Jerusalem Post
  2. Iraq trying to reel in Iran-backed groups to prevent confrontation with Israel  The Times of Israel
  3. Iraqi pro-Iran groups say carried out drone attack on Israel’s Eilat  Al Arabiya English
  4. Iraqi Resistance's BIG Blow To Israel: Six Drone Strikes Within Minutes Leave Golan Heights Ablaze  MSN
  5. At least one drone launched at Israel from Iraq, US officials report  Middle East Eye
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29 children may be sentenced to death for protesting against cost-of-living crisis in Nigeria – CNN

  1. 29 children may be sentenced to death for protesting against cost-of-living crisis in Nigeria  CNN
  2. Nigeria charges 76, including minors, with treason after August protests  Reuters
  3. Outrage in Nigeria as young suspects collapse in court  BBC.com
  4. Treason: Attorney General considers dropping charges against ‘hungry’ minors  Punch Newspapers
  5. EndBadGovernance Protests: Rage over trial of 72 minors  Vanguard
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Egypt hosts Fatah-Hamas ceasefire talks on Gaza – The Jerusalem Post

  1. Egypt hosts Fatah-Hamas ceasefire talks on Gaza  The Jerusalem Post
  2. Hamas rejects any hostage deal that doesn’t end war, despite mediators’ efforts  The Times of Israel
  3. Top U.S. Officials Are in the Middle East to Try to Jumpstart Cease-Fire Talks  The New York Times
  4. Israel awaits the U.S. election before a Gaza cease-fire, an official says  NPR
  5. Hamas rejects proposal for 30-day Gaza ceasefire  Semafor
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‘Built to accommodate 1,000 terrorists’: Uncovering and destroying a Hezbollah tunnel system – The Jerusalem Post

  1. 'Built to accommodate 1,000 terrorists': Uncovering and destroying a Hezbollah tunnel system  The Jerusalem Post
  2. IDF: Hezbollah commander responsible for rocket attacks on Metula area killed in strike  The Times of Israel
  3. Israel kills 2 Hezbollah commanders responsible for 400 strikes against them in October: IDF  Fox News
  4. Israeli military says it killed Hezbollah unit commander in southern Lebanon  Reuters
  5. Top Hezbollah commander responsible for rocket attacks on Iran killed, says Israel  India Today
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‘Death is everywhere’: fears grow that Israel plans to seize land in Gaza

Increasingly violent siege of north raises suspicions about Netanyahu’s war aims

Israel has tightened its siege of northern Gaza in the face of warnings from the UN and other aid agencies that hundreds of thousands of Palestinian lives at are risk, raising questions over whether the Netanyahu government’s ultimate war aims include territorial expansion.

The IDF says it is hunting Hamas militants but suspicions are growing that Israel is putting into practice a blueprint it had officially distanced itself from, known as the “generals’ plan”.

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Michigan congresswoman Rashida Tlaib declines to endorse Kamala Harris

The Palestinian American ‘squad’ member has been critical of Harris and the Democratic party’s inaction on Gaza

Michigan congresswoman Rashida Tlaib declined to endorse Kamala Harris at a union rally in Detroit, where the war in Gaza is the top issue for the largest block of Arab American voters in the country.

Tlaib, the first Palestinian American woman to serve in Congress, is the only one of the so-called leftist “Squad” that has not endorsed the Democrat candidate. The other three members – Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York – endorsed Harris in July.

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COP16 fizzles out as rich countries block global nature fund – POLITICO Europe

  1. COP16 fizzles out as rich countries block global nature fund  POLITICO Europe
  2. Politicians not ambitious enough to save nature, say scientists  BBC.com
  3. Cop16 ends in disarry and indecision despite biodiversity breakthroughs  The Guardian
  4. Your medicine comes from unexpected places. Why those sources are now at risk.  The Washington Post
  5. UN nature summit agrees on payments for use of genetic information  Reuters
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Spain’s apocalyptic floods show undeniable truths: the climate crisis is getting worse and Big Oil is killing us | Jonathan Watts

The devastating flooding should spur this month’s Cop29 climate conference to press for immediate action, not look away

Move on. Nothing to see here. Just another ordinary, everyday apocalypse.

If past experience is any guide, the world’s reaction to the floods in Spain last week will be similar to that of motorway drivers at a crash scene: slow down, take in the horror, outwardly express sympathy, inwardly give thanks that fate picked someone else – and foot on the accelerator.

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A groundbreaking new plan to get Big Pharma to pay for wildlife conservation – Vox.com

  1. A groundbreaking new plan to get Big Pharma to pay for wildlife conservation  Vox.com
  2. Your medicine comes from unexpected places. Why those sources are now at risk.  The Washington Post
  3. Public funding for nature conservation stalls at COP16  Reuters
  4. Cop16 ends in disarray and indecision despite biodiversity breakthroughs  The Guardian
  5. COP16 Talks in Colombia Adopt a Novel Way to Pay for Conservation  The New York Times
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