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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 2h
The Armed Forces Commissioner is investigating 10 military training establishments, following claims of rape and sexual assault at the Army Foundation College in Harrogate, where under-18 recruits train. She plans to publish early findings in the New Year. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Military training sites to be investigated following rape and abuse claims at Army college
In August, four young women told the BBC they were sexually assaulted and harassed at the school in Harrogate.
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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 14h
The Met police has imposed Public Order Act conditions on a pro-Palestine student march in London tomorrow. Assemble Lincoln’s Inn Fields by 12:30pm, then via Kingsway to Russell Square, to disperse by 2pm. Face coverings that conceal identity are banned. news.met.police.uk/news/conditi...
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Conditions imposed on student march on Wednesday, 7 October
The Met has imposed robust conditions under the Public Order Act on a student demonstration in central London to prevent serious disruption to communities....
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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 16h
High Court: PM's advice to King to strip someone of honour can be challenged in court. Forfeiture procedure creates legitimate expectation of fair process, not political decision, & losing honour does reputational harm. It is first E&W ruling on this. caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/admin/2...
caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk
Baron Ranger (Raminder Singh Ranger), R (on the application of) v The Prime Minister - Find Case Law - The National Archives
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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 21h
Upper Tribunal: Home Office unlawfully refused to consider trafficking victim’s fresh request, treating it as second reconsideration under one-reconsideration rule. Rule is lawful, but discretion exists. Risk of exploitation in UK must be considered. tribunalsdecisions.service.gov.uk/utiac/jr-202...
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Tribunal decisions
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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Care proceedings involving babies in England have risen by 64% over the past two decades, with one in 118 infants now affected, according to new research from Lancaster and Oxford universities. Experts warn that some may have been adopted unnecessarily. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Rise in babies in care proceedings raises fears of unnecessary adoptions, experts tell BBC
With better support, many babies may not have needed to go into care, File on 4 Investigates is told.
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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Violent material was still available online two weeks after being reported in more than 80% of cases, a review for the Southport Inquiry has found. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Southport Inquiry: Violent material left online for weeks
The public inquiry has found violent content and weapons sales remained online after being reported.
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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Lampard Inquiry hearing evidence from today into more than 2,000 deaths of people in the care of Essex mental health services between 2000 and 2023. Baroness Lampard will make interim recommendations if urgent risks to patient safety. Final report expected in 2028. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Lampard Inquiry considers early findings on Essex deaths
Early recommendations could be issued if evidence highlights patient safety risks, the chair says.
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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
A decision by the Home Office to block mothers and children in Gaza from joining their families in the UK has been quashed by a court. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Court quashes block on mothers and children in Gaza joining families in UK
Immigration court judge finds ‘unsafe journeys’ policy was applied unlawfully to two families
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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Andy Burnham has dropped plans for judge-alone Crown Court trials in cases likely to attract sentences under three years. Only some complex fraud and financial cases may still be heard without a jury. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Burnham scraps controversial plans to curb jury trials
The key policy idea announced by David Lammy when he was justice secretary will no longer go ahead.
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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Naomi Campbell has won a legal challenge to overturn a five-year ban on being a charity trustee after judges found she was unaware of serious misconduct at the charity she set up and helped oversee for several years. share.google/QKMO04MdkgO0...
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Naomi Campbell wins legal challenge over charity trustee ban
Supermodel was disqualified from role in 2024 after Charity Commission accused her of misusing funds and abdicating responsibilities
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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Intensive 3:1 care for a 16-year-old with autism and severe learning disability did not amount to a deprivation of liberty under Art 5. Despite continuous supervision, locked doors and restraint, arrangements are protective, rather than confinement. caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewcop/t2/202...
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BM (Deprivation of Liberty), Re - Find Case Law - The National Archives
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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Taking Liberties: Detention, Reporting and Resistance. 15 October, 6pm, The Foundry, London. Exhibition launch on immigration detention and reporting, curated with people with lived experience. actionnetwork.org/events/takin...
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Taking Liberties Exhibition Launch!
Join us on 15th October for the launch of Taking Liberties: Detention, Reporting and Resistance, a new exhibition exploring the ways in which immigration detention and reporting deprive people of thei...
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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Lady Chief Justice, to new Lord Chancellor: "Taking this oath today affirms – publicly – the particular, fundamental relationship the LC has with the judiciary, and the duty to defend judicial independence, including a duty to speak out publicly in defence of that independence, where necessary".
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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The owner of one of the care homes where Sir Ranulph, 82, has lived reported a number of concerns about his wellbeing to the relevant authorities and even contacted the police. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/09...
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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Sir Ranulph Fiennes was “unlawfully deprived of his liberty” when his wife placed him in a care home, a watchdog concluded.
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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"The ECHR is not some foreign imposition. Championed by the UK, it was born from the conviction that peace, freedom and rule of law are inseparable. UK judges have long had an outsize influence on work of ECtHR, which deliberates in English and French from a Richard Rogers building in Strasbourg".
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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
As long as they're committed to the principle...
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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"As former Independent Reviewers of Terrorism Legislation, we have seen at close quarters what is too often absent from today’s debate: ECHR is not merely a human rights instrument. It is a national security asset": Lord Carlile, Lord Anderson and Sir Max Hill. www.lawgazette.co.uk/commentary-a...
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The ECHR is not a constraint on British security. It is one of its foundations
Britain should not be abandoning one of its greatest post-war achievements.
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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Justice minister admits that the kitty for increased legal aid spending is now empty. Speaking at the Labour Party conference, Sarah Sackman said she was fully committed to the principle of legal aid but that there is little room for further investment. www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/labour-...
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Labour conference: No more money for legal aid, admits minister
Sackman says focus now has to be on making existing funding go further.
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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
UK–France “one in, one out” deal set to expire tomorrow, after talks stalled over French demands for EU-wide scheme. Around 1,400 people have been returned to France under the deal (about £56,000 per return); residual flights may continue for few weeks. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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UK-France ‘one in one out’ deal to expire on Thursday, say sources
Deal aimed at deterring small boat arrivals set to end as talks stall over French demand for EU-wide scheme
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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The Malaysian government has started repatriating around 5,000 asylum seekers from Myanmar, under a controversial deal agreed with Myanmar's military ruler. Three ships from the Myanmar navy departed from Malaysia carrying the first 1,476 returnees. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Malaysia begins controversial repatriation of asylum seekers to Myanmar
Human rights groups say some 5,000 returnees could face violence, persecution and forced conscription.
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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Shabana Mahmood will announce a new legal route for refugees that prioritises Afghan women and girls and Palestinians, unfreezing a scheme that will put the most vulnerable refugees on a faster path to permanent status. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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UK to open new refugee resettlement routes for Afghan women and Palestinians
Exclusive: Move by Shabana Mahmood comes after closure of Afghan scheme last year but experts say numbers too small to deter Channel crossings
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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The UK should impose fewer short custodial sentences on women and invest more in community-based alternatives, according to a report by the Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT). www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/short-j...
lawgazette.co.uk
Short jail sentences for British women 'ineffective', says Council of Europe
Anti-torture committee highlights 'severe staff shortages' in prisons, calling for community-based alternatives.
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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Other than access to documents, judge must have tools to undertake task properly and professionally, like proper space and ability to make notes without impediment: Court of Appeal rules judge should not have heard case in bed recovering from surgery. caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewca/civ/202...
caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk
Suleman Patel v General Optical Council - Find Case Law - The National Archives
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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
ECtHR dismisses the case brought by the men sentenced for the murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. The proceedings were not unfair. The appointment of legal aid lawyers had been reasonable in the circumstances. The men's guilty pleas had been entered into voluntarily and not under duress.
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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Two men have had theft convictions quashed at the court of appeal half a century after they were wrongfully arrested because of a corrupt police officer, although one did not live to see his exoneration. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Court quashes 1976 theft convictions over link to corrupt London police officer
Christopher Poulter and Kevin Biggs, who died in 2004, exonerated of mailbag theft after new evidence emerged
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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The British Museum has banned visitors from taking photographs of the Bayeux Tapestry. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
British Museum bans visitors from photographing Bayeux Tapestry
Visitors stopping to take pictures of the 68m medieval embroidery were holding up others, prompting the rule change.
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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The Liberal Democrats stayed silent for too long on Europe in the run-up to the Brexit referendum and cannot make the same mistake with the European Convention on Human Rights, the party’s annual conference has heard. www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/lib-dem...
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Lib Dem conference: We need to 'win the battle' on ECHR
Shadow attorney general says party cannot stay quiet on defending the European Convention on Human Rights.
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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Delighted to announce the HRLA Annual Lecture 2026. Sir Tim Eicke KC, former UK Judge at the ECtHR, will deliver this year’s lecture, with a reply from Baroness Shami Chakrabarti. Monday 16 November, 6–9pm, at Freshfields hrlalecture2026.eventbrite.co.uk
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HRLA Annual Lecture 2026
Join HRLA for its Annual Lecture 2026, delivered by Sir Tim Eicke KCMG KC, with a reply from Baroness Shami Chakrabarti.
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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Nearly one in four respondents to a landmark international survey charting the erosion of the rule of law is from the UK. They cited the 2019 prorogation of parliament, government attacks on immigration lawyers, and tensions about international law and the ECHR. www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/lawyers...
lawgazette.co.uk
Lawyers lament UK’s ‘backsliding’ on rule of law
A lengthy list of concerns flagged in global bar survey includes government attacks on immigration solicitors.
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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Twenty women underwent mastectomies unnecessarily while being treated for breast cancer, an NHS trust has said. They were among hundreds of patients who came to harm during treatment at the breast unit of the County Durham and Darlington Foundation Trust. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Twenty women had breasts removed unnecessarily, NHS trust admits
The trust's new chief executive says he apologises unreservedly - "What happened was utterly unacceptable."
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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The group UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) has urged the government to investigate and potentially proscribe the medical charity Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières) under terrorism laws. www.bmj.com/content/394/...
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Call for MSF to be banned under terrorism law, but charity says it’s target of “disinformation”
The group UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) has urged the government to investigate and potentially proscribe the medical charity Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières, or MSF) under terrorism...
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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Many Britons feel inequality is worsening and that discrimination has become more common, according to a thinktank study. The report by British Future has found that people across ethnic groups believe racial equality is worsening in Britain. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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Britons of all ethnicities feel racial inequality is worsening, study shows
Nearly half of minority ethnic respondents in a poll say they have faced prejudice over the past year
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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
For anyone interested, an opportunity to join the Human Rights Lawyers Association Executive Committee as Bursary Officer. A voluntary role supporting the HRLA’s bursary programme and helping widen access to opportunities in human rights law. Details at: hrla.org.uk/join-the-hrl... Please share.
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Join the HRLA Executive Committee as Bursary Officer - Human Rights Lawyers Association
The HRLA is looking for a Bursary Officer to join its Executive Committee and lead the administration and development of the HRLA Bursary Scheme. The Bursary Scheme is one of the HRLA’s most exciting and impactful initiatives. It has been running since 2006 and has supported many aspiring human rights lawyers who would otherwise have ...
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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Staff falsified records, slept and were on their phones on the night one patient was killed by another on an NHS mental health unit in east London, an inquest has heard. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Staff slept while patient killed at NHS mental health unit
Inquest hears how Rolando Torres-Pena, 22, was able to strangle and kill Hugo Flint-Cahan on a hospital ward in east London.
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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Delighted to announce the HRLA Annual Lecture 2026. Sir Tim Eicke KC, former UK Judge at the ECtHR, will deliver this year’s lecture, with a reply from Baroness Shami Chakrabarti. Monday 16 November, 6–9pm, at Freshfields hrlalecture2026.eventbrite.co.uk
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HRLA Annual Lecture 2026
Join HRLA for its Annual Lecture 2026, delivered by Sir Tim Eicke KCMG KC, with a reply from Baroness Shami Chakrabarti.
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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Existing laws are not enough to protect human rights from AI created threats, peers and MPs warn today. The Joint Committee on Human Rights says that the potential dangers mean the regulation should take a 'precautionary approach'. www.lawgazette.co.uk/law/new-law-...
lawgazette.co.uk
'New law needed' to safeguard human rights from AI
Potential for mass harm means regulation should take 'precautionary approach', says parliamentary committee.
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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Reform MSP's hate speech complaint against leading Scots human rights lawyer Aamer Anwar has been thrown out by the police. Thomas Kerr claimed the lawyer had broken the law in a speech at a counter-protest to a far-right rally on July 25. www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politic...
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Reform MSP's hate speech complaint against top Scots lawyer thrown out by cops
Thomas Kerr claimed Aamer Anwar had broken the law in a speech at a counter-protest to a far-right rally on July 25.
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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Home Secretary tells police chiefs that lessons must be learned from how they handled last weekend's anti-migrant protests - saying she expects officers to use all powers necessary. She asked for reassurance about police plans to deal with far-right groups. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Use all powers necessary on anti-migrant protests, home secretary tells police
Two anti-migrant protests took place in Dover and Portsmouth last weekend.
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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Webster was a member of the far-right group Patriotic Alternative. He was filmed saying that in his job at HMRC he liked to "deliberately" give non-white people "bad information which sounds interesting, like I'm deliberately trying to sabotage them". www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Self-described 'racist monster' Thomas Webster jailed after BBC investigation
A former tax worker is sentenced to two years for inciting hatred online.
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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
A crowd of protesters gathered outside a four-star hotel under the mistaken belief that asylum seekers were being put up there, when in fact the venue was hosting a Pakistani cricket team. www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/s...
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Protesters outside Portsmouth hotel mistake Pakistan U19 cricket team for asylum seekers
A group of masked agitators gathered outside a four-star hotel in Portsmouth after reports a group of asylum seekers had been taken there, when it was in fact Pakistan’s under-19 cricket team on a tou...
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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
His Majesty The King has approved the appointment of Lord Briggs of Westbourne as the next President of the Supreme Court.
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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Ed Miliband announced sweeping sanctions on trade with Israeli settlements. In the strongest UK condemnation ever, he said UK official position is that Israel’s West Bank occupation is unlawful in its entirety, saying such acknowledgment was “the least the people who face such suffering deserve”.
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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Israeli “terrorists” are conducting ethnic cleansing in the West Bank with the tacit backing of the government, the UK foreign secretary, Ed Miliband, has said. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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UK accuses Israeli ‘terrorists’ of ethnic cleansing in West Bank with government backing
In strongest condemnation ever by UK government, Ed Miliband announces sweeping sanctions on trade with Israeli settlements
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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The Eiffel Tower was closed on Monday after staff went on strike over female workers being removed for the visit of a Hindu religious group. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Eiffel Tower shut by staff strike over female workers being moved for religious visit
An investigation will be launched into the incident, which left female employees "humiliated", a union representative says.
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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Romanian prosecutors have indicted Andrew Tate for trafficking minors, money laundering, sex with a minor and witness tampering, and his brother Tristan has been indicted for complicity, years after they began investigating them. edition.cnn.com/2026/09/04/e...
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Romanian prosecutors indict Andrew Tate for trafficking minors, money laundering | CNN
Romanian prosecutors officially indicted social media influencer Andrew Tate on Friday for trafficking minors, money laundering, sex with a minor and witness tampering and his brother Tristan for comp...
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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
In a major blow to the case against the man accused of plotting 9/11, a judge has ruled that his confessions to FBI were not voluntary and cannot be used against him. His confessions have always been challenged because the US tortured him in secret CIA prisons. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/28/u...
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Judge Throws Out Key 9/11 Confession as Tainted by Torture
Prosecutors argued the statements by the defendant, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, were crucial evidence for the eventual death-penalty trial.
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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Controversial British figure and illegal immigrant Milo Yiannopoulos, who gained a reputation as a right-wing provocateur, and is former editor of Breitbart, has been detained by US ICE, Immigration and Customs Enforcement. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Right-wing commentator Milo Yiannopoulos detained by ICE
The British citizen, who lives and works in the US, has supported Trump and ICE agents in the past.
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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Not exactly sure how this can happen, but...
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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
A flight attendant in France has succeeded in having her breast cancer recognised as an occupational disease, a first for France’s aviation industry. The ruling recognised that Sophie Lainault had frequently worked at night and been exposed to passive smoking. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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Flight attendant’s breast cancer was occupational disease, court rules
Sophie Lainault, who worked for Air France, wins legal case linking illness to more than 12,600 hours on flights
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