Chief Political Correspondent
BBC News
BBCBy the time polls closed at 10pm on 4 July 2024, the Labour Party knew they were likely to return to government – even if they could not quite bring themselves to believe it.
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Takahiro Shiraishi: Japan executes ‘Twitter killer’ who murdered and dismembered nine people
Tokyo
CNN
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Japan has executed a man dubbed the “Twitter killer,” who was convicted of murdering and dismembering nine people, mostly women, in the country’s first use…
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Japan hangs ‘Twitter Killer’ in first execution since 2022 – DW – 06/27/2025
Japan has executed a man convicted of murdering and dismembering nine people, in the country’s first use of the death penalty since 2022.
Takahiro Shiraishi — dubbed the “Twitter killer” — strangled eight women and one man to death in 2017…
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Moment South Korean man sets Seoul metro carriage on fire
CCTV has captured the moment a South Korean man doused a metro carriage with flammable liquid before setting it on fire. The Seoul Southern District Prosecutors’ Office has released footage of the arson attack which occurred on 31 May.
Six people…
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India refuses to sign joint statement at the summit
India has refused to sign a joint statement at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in China as it did not reflect the country’s concerns on terrorism, India’s foreign ministry has said.
Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said on Thursday…
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Who will visit North Korea’s newly-opened Kalma beach resort for 20,000 people?
Seoul
CNN
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Kim Jong Un personally cut the ribbon on a new resort hailed by state media as a “national treasure-level tourism city” — a lavish seaside development set…
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