Conflict · UK detention
In its first ruling on IPP, the UN finds five men unlawfully held with no basis for detention after tariff and demands an independent inquiry into a sentence that still holds almost 2,400.
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Politics · German candidate
Eric Stehr, a Left candidate in Saxony-Anhalt, was swept into a suspected Russian operation built on 180 posts, fake broadcaster logos and invented crimes.
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Politics · Trump-Hagel clash
After reports the U.S. burned through its precision missiles in six months of war with Iran, Trump claimed massive stocks remain and vowed prison for the officials who said otherwise.
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Politics · Fauci contempt charge
An 875 committee vote holds Anthony Fauci in contempt and sends the case straight to a Trump Justice Department that has already said he should be prosecuted.
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Conflict · Houthis strike Saudi military
Dozens of Saudi-aligned troops killed in Yemen, a Saudi tanker reportedly hit off Yanbu, and civilians wounded in Najran mark a sharp Houthi escalation tied to the wider Iran war.
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Health
Four teenagers allege rape and assault at Harrogate, the Army's college for 16-year-olds, as police log 16 sex-offence reports in a year and ministers face calls for an independent inquiry.
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Conflict · Bronx explosion
An Aug. 5 explosion at 374 East 209th St. escalated to a five-alarm fire, left three dead by Aug. 8, and left the building too unstable for investigators to name a cause.
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