Gergana Krasteva
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Ukraine lashes out at Russian elections âheld at gunpointâ in occupied territory (opens the original)
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Ukrainians in territories occupied by Russia are being âheld at gunpointâ and forced to vote in parliamentary elections that âbear no resemblance to democracy,â the Ukrainian foreign ministry has warned. For the next three days, 111 million people will head to the polls for Russiaâs first parliamentary election since the since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 - and one that includes the regions of Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson, as well as the annexed Crimean Peni
King Harald V of Norway dies aged 89 after 35 years on the throne (opens the original)
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Norway’s King Harald has died at the age of 89 after more than 35 years on the throne, the Royal Palace has said. The monarch, who had been on sick leave for several weeks, passed away peacefully at Oslo Hospital at 6.35am local time on Friday, the palace said on its website. Harald, who was Europe’s oldest living monarch, was taken into hospital on 17 August for treatment for a bacterial infection in his blood. His son, the Crown Prince Haakon, became Norway’s new king on Friday after the death
Ex Pussy Riot member was recruited by Russiaâs security service to spy on activists (opens the original)
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A former member of Russian protest group Pussy Riot has revealed she was recruited to join Russiaâs security service to inform on other activists. Margarita Konovalova, one of the 15 women who started the feminist collective in 2011, was jailed in 2020 for staging an anti-police brutality protest near the Kremlin. The group became known for their criticism of Vladimir Putin and wearing colourful balaclavas during stunts. But Konovalova has now admitted she spent the last three years passing in
Woman, 37, claimed she was an autistic 12 year-old to trick family into adopting her (opens the original)
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A 37 year-old woman pretended to be a 12 year-old autistic girl to trick a family into giving her a place to live, in an extraordinary deception that lasted more than a year. Amanda Maria Souza de Oliveira, now 38, has been jailed for fraud over the bizarre case in Brazil, after authorities discovered she had committed similar scams across the country. Oliveira carried a doll, used a pacifier and drank from a baby bottle in her bid to convince an evangelical church-going couple in Joinville, San
Chaos in Ceuta as 49,000 migrants pour into enclave from Morocco (opens the original)
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At least 18 people have died while attempting to cross into Ceuta from Morocco as tens of thousands more poured into the Spanish enclave. Soldiers and police have been deployed to the North African territory after local authorities pleaded for reinforcements from the Spanish government to manage the border crisis that boiled over late last night. Some 49,000 migrants are estimated to have crossed into the enclave over the past 24 hours, Spain's Interior Ministry said this morning. Local authori
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