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A British consulate worker who claims he was tortured in Chinese detention should report the allegations to China, Hong Kong's justice minister has said.

Simon Cheng, who worked for the UK government in the former British territory, was arrested in August while returning from a trip to the mainland.

The Hong Kong citizen has alleged that secret

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The dramatic police rescue of a kidnapped eight-year-old girl has been captured in bodycam footage.

Salem Sabatka was snatched in broad daylight by 51-year-old Michael Webb as she walked with her mother in Fort Worth, Texas, on 18 May.

The next day, officers burst into a Texas hotel room and arrested her abductor at the scene.

The girl emerged from a

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Israel claims strikes against Iranian sites in Syria
The Israeli military on Wednesday said it had struck dozens of Iranian targets in Syria, carrying out a &wide-scale& strike in response to rocket fire on the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights the day before.
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Netanyahu welcomes US settlements move
Benjamin Netanyahu moved swiftly yesterday to embrace US backing for settlements in Israeli-occupied territory.
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'Prince must tell all he knows to FBI' - woman who says Epstein sexually abused her at age 15
A woman who accuses Jeffrey Epstein of sexually abusing her as a child says Prince Andrew should tell US authorities what he knows about the disgraced financier.
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Sweden drops sex offence allegations against Assange
Swedish prosecutors have dropped their investigation into sexual offences allegedly committed by Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder, judging that witnesses' memories are too hazy to corroborate his accuser's account after nine years.
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