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Legal
Prosecutors request life sentence for main Paris attack suspect
(AFP) Prosecutors in the Paris attacks trial on Friday demanded a life sentence without parole for the main suspect in the November 2015 jihadist strike that killed 130 in France’s worst-ever terror assault. Salah Abdeslam, a 32-year-old Frenchman, is the only surviving […]
Crime
Government promises new measures to tackle ‘honour-based abuse’
(ITV) New measures will be introduced to tackle so-called “honour-based” abuse, the government has announced. Honour-based abuse (HBA) is motivated by the perception that a person has brought shame to themselves, their family or the community. Related crimes include female genital mutilation, […]
Crime
Czech police nab smugglers in new border checks as migrant flows spike
(Reuters) Czech police chasing a vanload of migrants fired warning shots on Thursday as they began checks on the border with Slovakia to combat a sharp rise in people, mostly Syrians, heading illegally to western Europe. Police intercepted over 100 migrants and […]