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Failure to tear down Belfast bonfire will be victory for mob rule, warns Sinn Féin | Northern Ireland newsthirst.

Police in Northern Ireland will be giving into “mob rule” if they fail to assist with the dismantling of a loyalist bonfire that is believed to pose risks to public health and to energy supplies, Sinn Féin has said. Loyalist paramilitaries warned of disorder if authorities took down the towering pyre on Meridi Street off…

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Judge to weigh blocking Trump on birthright citizenship despite supreme court ruling – US politics live | US politics newsthirst.

Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature The Trump administration this week pressed five African presidents to take in migrants from other countries when they are deported by the US, two officials familiar with the discussions told Reuters on Thursday. The plan was presented to the presidents of…

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Two NSW police officers attacked naked woman suffering mental health episode | Sydney newsthirst.

A naked woman suffering a mental health episode was punched, kicked, dragged by her hair and pepper-sprayed by two New South Wales police officers who have admitted using unlawful force. Senior constable Nathan Black and constable Timothy John Trautsch were in plainclothes when they made a welfare check on a 48-year-old schizophrenic woman at Emu…

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‘One in a million’: teen surfer found on remote island 14km off Australian coast | New South Wales newsthirst.

A 19-year-old surfer is stable in hospital after being found safe on a remote island off the northern New South Wales coast of Australia in an outcome his dad described as “one in a million”. Darcy Deefholts’ family were “fearing for the worst”, his father, Terry, said in an urgent post to Facebook calling for…

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AI-generated child sexual abuse videos surging online, watchdog says | Internet newsthirst.

The number of videos online of child sexual abuse generated by artificial intelligence has surged as paedophiles have pounced on developments in the technology. The Internet Watch Foundation said AI videos of abuse had “crossed the threshold” of being near-indistinguishable from “real imagery” and had sharply increased in prevalence online this year. In the first…

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Lead ammunition to be banned for hunting and shooting in England, Scotland and Wales | Hunting newsthirst.

Shotgun pellets and bullets that contain lead are to be banned for almost all uses, ministers have said, in a long-awaited announcement welcomed by wildlife groups. The restrictions will be phased in over three years from 2026, rather than the five set out in an official report last year, prompting some shooting organisations to say…

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