Signs suggest Thomas Markle Sr may be ‘sex offender of the grossest kind’, says Philippine minister – The Guardian

  1. Signs suggest Thomas Markle Sr may be ‘sex offender of the grossest kind’, says Philippine minister  The Guardian
  2. Meghan broke contact with father in letter citing abuse claims  BBC
  3. Meghan Markle Told Dad Thomas Markle She Knew of Child Sexual Abuse Allegations in Final Letter  People.com
  4. Meghan Markle ‘deeply distressed’ as father Thomas is investigated over alleged child sexual abuse material  Yahoo
  5. I know you are an abuser - What Meghan Markle told dad Thomas in last letter  The Sun
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Soldiers guard center of Milan as thousands of protesters march in cities across Europe – NPR

  1. Soldiers guard center of Milan as thousands of protesters march in cities across Europe  NPR
  2. Protests sweep Italian cities amid heavy security presence, some violence reported  Reuters
  3. Protestors waving Palestinian flags storm Roman Colosseum gates as unrest grows  New York Post
  4. Italy’s Meloni approves tougher measures to crack down on protests after Milan riots  AP News
  5. Milan braces for more unrest as debate intensifies over Italy’s ‘lost generation’  The Guardian
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Eleven sustain gunshot wounds in shooting near Florida university

Police said an altercation at a homecoming party escalated into gunfire, resulting in six adults and six juveniles injured

A shooting ⁠near a Florida university campus in Tallahassee has left 11 people ⁠with gunshot wounds ⁠and ​another person injured, authorities say.

The shooting took place near the Florida Agricultural + Mechanical University’s campus ⁠on Perry Street on Saturday night, the university said, while police counted six adults and six ⁠juveniles among the injured.

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‘That’s the way the city works’: how the UAE changed the face of Andy Burnham’s Manchester

The story of the emirates’ presence in Manchester winds from the Arab Spring to some of the most deprived places in England – with complicated results

When Hosni Mubarak, Egypt’s long-ruling dictator, was toppled from power in the Arab spring protests of 2011, his downfall sent shock waves across the Middle East. It also helped change the face of modern Manchester.

Mubarak’s successor, the Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Morsi, was a sworn enemy of the United Arab Emirates, whose rulers feared the advance of Morsi’s Islamism.

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‘Unusually large’ multi-state storm causing severe weather for Australia’s east – with more on the way

BoM predicts hail, damaging winds, flash flooding and power outages across southern Queensland, western NSW, the ACT and eastern Victoria on Sunday afternoon

Large parts of eastern Australia were put on alert for severe thunderstorms on Sunday afternoon with more potential storms and flood risk in store for Monday.

The Bureau of Meteorology said a broad line of storms had already swept through western New South Wales, while eight flood warnings were in place across southern Queensland after days of torrential rain.

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