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Crime
Channel crossings: Smugglers are using ‘death trap’ boats, agency says
(BBC) Dangerous and unseaworthy boats are being used to smuggle people across the Channel to the UK from France, the National Crime Agency (NCA) has warned. The NCA said there had been a trend towards large inflatables of up to 10m (32ft) […]
Legal
Supreme Court of Canada to hear federal appeal in Via Rail terror case
(Canadian Press) The Supreme Court of Canada will review a lower-court decision to grant a new trial to two men accused of plotting to crash a Via Rail train. Raed Jaser and Chiheb Esseghaier were found guilty in 2015 of terror-related charges arising mainly from […]
Demonstrations
French marches against anti-Semitism rally over 180,000 people
(AFP) More than 180,000 people turned out on Sunday to march against anti-Semitism in France, after a surge in anti-Jewish incidents across the country in the wake of the Israel-Hamas conflict. France has recorded nearly 1,250 anti-Semitic acts in recent weeks and […]