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Taxi driver among three on trial over death of 10-year-old says she briefly opened her eyes and asked for water before dying in his armsThe father of Sara Sharif wept as he told how his limp daughter briefly opened her eyes and asked for water before dying in his arms, a court has heard.Urfan Sharif said his wife, Beinash Batool, did not call an ambulance in Sara’s final moments, but said the 10-year-old was being “dramatic and pretending”. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/nov/08/father-of-sara-sharif-tells-court-of-his-daughters-final-moments Author : Emine Sinmaz Publish date : 2024-11-08 17:45:20 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the

Some ex-girlfriends of accused men tell court of burden of not knowing if they had been sedated and molested in past Giving evidence in Avignon’s criminal court, a softly spoken woman in her 30s pondered the question if the medication she took as part of managing her multiple sclerosis might have allowed her ex-partner, Cédric G, to sexually abuse her without her knowledge. She described their relationship as “lies, from start to finish”.Cédric G, 50, a software technician who used to run a record shop in Avignon, looked on from behind the glass-screened dock in the court. He is one

Kemi Badenoch’s election is evidence of strong meritocracy, say some activists and public figures, while others question her ideologyKemi Badenoch’s election as Conservative party leader may have been somewhat eclipsed by the US election, but it nonetheless represents a political milestone. Her positioning as a “culture warrior” is, to some, proof not of a changing Conservative party but one with a new face for old instincts.Here, the Guardian asks black and minority ethnic campaigners, as well as public and political figures, what it means for the Tories to have a black leader. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/nov/08/campaigners-on-first-black-leader-conservative-party-kemi-badenoch Author :