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French government seeks to defuse crisis after girl's killing exposes judicial failings

By Juliette Jabkhiro PARIS, June 10 (Reuters) - Last year, lawmaker David Taupiac wrote to France's...

10th June, 2026

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France to review 70,000 allegations of violence against minors after girl's death

PARIS, June 8 (Reuters) - French Justice Minister Gerald Darmanin said on Monday he had told public...

8th June, 2026

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UK police under pressure after dying student was handcuffed

By Sarah Young LONDON, June 2 (Reuters) - British police faced a backlash on Tuesday over the case o...

2nd June, 2026

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Man jailed for shouting death threats at Jews in London

LONDON, May 22 (Reuters) - A man, arrested for shouting "I will kill you Jews," who then threatened...

22nd May, 2026

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Mother of Greek train crash victim launches political party

By Alexandros Avramidis THESSALONIKI, Greece, May 22 (Reuters) - Maria Karystianou, a doctor whose d...

22nd May, 2026

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Hundreds protest in Dublin over death of Congolese-born man restrained outside store

By Conor Humphries DUBLIN, May 21 (Reuters) - Hundreds of people protested outside Ireland's parliam...

21st May, 2026

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Georgia hands down long sentences to election-day protest organisers

By Lucy Papachristou May 7 (Reuters) - Georgia sentenced ten people, including a prominent opera sin...

7th May, 2026

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Slovakia's Supreme Court upholds 21-year sentence for PM Fico's attacker

April 29 (Reuters) - Slovakia's Supreme Court upheld on Wednesday a 21-year jail sentence for a man...

29th April, 2026

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Italian magistrates open urgent probe into pardon for former Berlusconi showgirl

By Crispian Balmer ROME, April 28 (Reuters) - Italian magistrates said on Tuesday they had opened ur...

28th April, 2026

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Pope Leo condemns capital punishment amid US execution push

VATICAN CITY, April 24 (Reuters) - Pope Leo condemned capital punishment for a second day running on...

24th April, 2026

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Main suspect in Syria's Tadamon massacre arrested, ministry says

By Feras Dalatey April 24 - Syria's Interior Ministry said on Friday it had arrested the main suspec...

24th April, 2026

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Scottish man jailed for killing his abused wife who jumped to her death

LONDON, April 10 (Reuters) - A man whose wife jumped to her death from a bridge after he had subject...

10th April, 2026