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Steve Samson given whole-life order and Gemma Watts at least 30 years after killing and dismembering 38-year-oldA couple who killed a woman and dumped her dismembered body in different parts of south London have been jailed for murder.Steve Samson was out of prison on a life licence for the murder of a taxi driver in 1998 when he and his partner, Gemma Watts, killed Sarah Mayhew, 38, at his flat in Sutton last spring. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jan/30/couple-jailed-murder-sarah-mayhew-london Author : Donna Ferguson Publish date : 2025-01-30 18:53:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

UN aid agency says work in West Bank and Gaza will continue despite order to halt operations at East Jerusalem HQMiddle East crisis – live updatesInternational staff working for the UN’s main agency serving Palestinians have been forced to leave after Israel’s ban on Unrwa came into effect.The UN flag flew above the headquarters building in Jerusalem on Thursday morning, but Palestinian staff were also not present at the site over security concerns amid a planned “celebration” by Israeli rightwingers, some of whom later vandalised signs and replaced the UN flag with an Israeli one. Continue reading... Source link :

Trump’s pick for health secretary says ‘I don’t think anybody can say’ Covid vaccines saved millions of livesRobert F Kennedy Jr’s nomination to lead America’s top health agency faced strong headwinds as he struggled to provide clear answers on his past vaccine statements for a second straight day of bruising hearings on Capitol Hill.In a tense back-and-forth before the Senate health committee on Thursday morning, Kennedy dodged direct questions about whether he still believes vaccines cause autism, despite extensive scientific evidence to the contrary. When pressed by Senator Bernie Sanders about studies showing Covid-19 vaccines saved millions of lives, Kennedy

Refugee Council says ‘many refugees themselves could also be prosecuted’ under proposalsRichard Madeley goes next.Q: The Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary says you are wrong, and the third runway won’t be built until you are 70. You are 45 now. Why is he wrong?We’re signing off decisions on wind farms, on solar farms, a commitment to a new stadium at Old Trafford. We are upgrading the Transpennine route to make journey times easier between York and Manchester via Leeds and Huddersfield. Those things are happening right now. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/jan/30/rachel-reeves-keir-starmer-heathrow-growth-latest-politics-news Author : Andrew Sparrow Publish date : 2025-01-30