Refugee’s justice hopes ‘crushed’ after Italy releases Libya war crimes suspect

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David Yambio says Rome ‘has blood on its hands’ after freeing police chief he alleges beat him in Tripoli prison

A man who says he experienced abuses at a notorious prison in Tripoli at the hands of the head of Libya’s judicial police, Osama Najim, has said Italy has “crushed” his hopes for justice by releasing the war crimes suspect despite an international criminal court arrest warrant.

David Yambio was held at Mitiga prison in Tripoli after several attempts to cross the Mediterranean in search of refuge in Europe were thwarted by Libya’s coastguard as part of a controversial pact with Italy.

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Bird remains found in both engines of crashed Jeju Air jet, report says – The Guardian

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  1. Bird remains found in both engines of crashed Jeju Air jet, report says  The Guardian
  2. Bird Feathers and Blood Stains Found in Engines of South Korean Plane That Crashed into Wall, Killing 179  PEOPLE
  3. Final 4 minutes of recordings on Jeju Air flight missing, preliminary report says  ABC News
  4. Duck DNA found in both engines of Jeju Air plane that crashed, report says  NBC News
  5. Guv Issues Warning to Trump: I’m Ready to ‘Stand in the Way’  The Daily Beast
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Scottish child abuse gang members jailed for between eight and 20 years

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Seven people, whom the judge said had plumbed ‘the depths of human depravity’, will be monitored for life

Seven people convicted of being part of a Scottish child abuse ring that plumbed “the depths of human depravity” have been jailed for terms ranging eight from 20 years.

The two women and five men will be monitored for life after being convicted of gang-raping a child and abusing other children in a drugs den in Glasgow where heroin and crack cocaine were used.

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Australia’s road toll hits 12-year high as pedestrian and cyclist fatalities rise

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Government figures show 1,300 people died on the roads last year in a worsening trend not seen since the 1960s

Australia’s roads are getting deadlier, as a four-year period of surging fatalities marks a trend of increasing danger not recorded since the 1960s, before seatbelts were compulsory.

Annual road fatality data collated by the federal government’s Bureau of Infrastructure and Transport Research Economics (BITRE) shows that 1,300 people died on Australian roads in 2024, up from 1,258 in 2023.

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Open (your wallet) wide: Australians pay more for dental care than most OECD countries

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Australia ranks well when it comes to total dental care expenditure. But a closer look at the numbers reveals that trips to the dentist are a luxury many people can’t afford

Australia spent $11.1bn on dental care in 2021–2022, ranking it sixth out of 31 OECD countries for per capita expenditure.

At first glance, that statistic seems pretty good. Dig deeper? Not so much.

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Peter Dutton’s boilerplate campaign video is most interesting for what it omits

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The shots of sharing cuppas with constituents and laughing with his kids skates over the details of his ‘small family business’

Election season officially begins when the prime minister drives in the back of C1 to visit the governor general – but its unofficial commencement is when leaders start releasing soft-focus profile videos with their log cabin story, surrounded by family and backed by twinkling music.

For an opposition leader especially, whose contributions can often be overshadowed by the prime minister whose job they covet, the productions – often short yet packed with meaning – are a vital chance to re-introduce or repackage themselves to a public who might not know much about them.

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How Australia’s ‘unfair’ dental system – and the way $1.3bn is spent – is driving inequality and leaving millions of people behind

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Half of all government spending on dental care goes to private insurance rebates – meaning those without often skip treatment until things get worse

Patients bear the brunt of dentist fees. But of the $1.3bn the federal government spends on the nation’s teeth, more than half goes to subsidising the uptake of private health insurance.

The inequality of Australia’s dental care system can be seen in the numbers, says Peter Breadon, the health program director at the Grattan Institute.

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Bird remains found in both engines of crashed Jeju Air jet, report says

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Plane appears to have hit ducks before it crashed in Muan, South Korea, last month killing 179 people onboard

An investigation into the deadliest air disaster on South Korean soil has found duck remains in both engines, according to a preliminary report, suggesting the passenger jet hit birds before slamming down on the runway.

While officials have not yet determined the cause of last month’s Jeju Air crash that killed all but two of the 181 people onboard, the report released on Monday said feathers and bird bloodstains were found inside the Boeing 737-800’s engines.

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Gaza hostages were held in tunnels for months, Israeli medical officer says – Reuters

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  1. Gaza hostages were held in tunnels for months, Israeli medical officer says  Reuters
  2. Some released hostages were held in tunnels with no human contact for months, IDF says  The Times of Israel
  3. Released hostage Naama Levy spent months alone in a Hamas tunnel, rehab lead reveals  The Jerusalem Post
  4. Freed Israeli Hostages Still Had Shrapnel in Their Bodies From Oct. 7 Attack  The Wall Street Journal
  5. IDF medical officer: Some Israeli hostages held in Gaza tunnels for eight months straight  Haaretz
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Israel starts allowing tens of thousands of Gazans to return to Strip’s north – The Times of Israel

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  1. Israel starts allowing tens of thousands of Gazans to return to Strip’s north  The Times of Israel
  2. Palestinians stream back to a shattered northern Gaza  The Associated Press
  3. In pictures: Gazans march north after Israel-Hamas ceasefire  Financial Times
  4. Palestinians Stream Back to Northern Gaza on Foot After Hostage-Release Breakthrough  The Wall Street Journal
  5. As Gazans return north, some Israelis near border fear another attack  Reuters
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