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“Life in the Taliban's Afghanistan”, VICE News (13/2/2022)

“Daniel Morgan murder: Met Police 'institutionally corrupt', says report”, Channel 4 News (15/6/2021)

"One of the most devastating episodes in the history of the Metropolitan Police" is how Home Secretary Priti Patel put it.

In a damning report, the force stands accused of institutional corruption and putting its own reputation above the proper investigation of the 1987 murder of private investigator Daniel Morgan.  

“Uighur doctor tells of 'forced abortions and removal of wombs' in China”, ITV News (2/9/2020)

A beauty salon in an Istanbul suburb is not the place you would expect to hear some of the gravest accusations against a government.

It is also not where you would expect to meet a woman who, though ashamed, speaks of knowingly taking the lives of babies.

At her request we are not naming the woman, a Uighur doctor, but we are broadcasting her disturbing testimony.

“Massive explosion rips through Lebanese capital Beirut”, BBC News at Ten (5/8/2020)

A massive explosion has torn through the Lebanese capital Beirut causing.   Dozens of people are known to have been killed in the blast with many more unaccounted for — officials say they expect the death toll to rise sharply. Many thousands of people have been injured.

It's not yet known what caused the explosion.  Lebanon's prime minister says his country is facing a catastrophe and Beirut is in mourning. He vowed to hold to account whoever was responsible.  It is not yet clear whether the explosion was deliberate.

The huge blast in the city’s port sent shockwaves across the city, destroying many buildings and blowing out windows many miles away.

Hospitals in the city were overwhelmed by thousands of injured people seeking treatment.