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Fatima Bhutto on secrets, lies and surviving coercive control – podcast

The Pakistani writer on enduring an abusive relationship in the public eye, and how she broke free

Fatima Bhutto was born into one of Pakistan’s most famous families. A wealthy and powerful political dynasty, marked by decades of bloody violence. Threats to the family were constant. And so the need to keep secrets became Bhutto’s norm.

Her father, Murtaza Bhutto, was killed in a police shootout outside the family home. She was just 14 years old, her world turned utterly upside down. That sadness and trauma, the sudden and silent disappearances of her childhood, followed her as an adult.

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© Photograph: Alice Zoo

© Photograph: Alice Zoo

© Photograph: Alice Zoo

‘You can never forget’: a woman remembers her three brothers, murdered one by one by the IRA

1 février 2026 à 15:00

Pam Morrison, 78, has little hope of justice for the deaths of Ronnie, Cecil and Jimmy during Northern Ireland’s troubles

When the gunmen came for Jimmy Graham they were thorough. They fired the first two shots as he parked his bus in the school yard, then boarded the bus and fired another 24 shots. As the killers sped away they whooped in delight. “Yahoo,” they screamed. “Yahoo.”

It was 1 February 1985 and the IRA team had special reason to celebrate: it had bagged a third Graham brother. They had killed Ronnie Graham in June 1981, Cecil Graham in November 1981 and now, just over three years later, they got Jimmy. A hat-trick.

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© Photograph: Paul Faith/The Guardian

© Photograph: Paul Faith/The Guardian

© Photograph: Paul Faith/The Guardian

Lucy Letby’s parents criticise Netflix documentary over ‘invasion of privacy’

Susan and John Letby question use of arrest footage filmed at their house in programme about daughter’s crimes

The parents of Lucy Letby have criticised the use of footage due to be aired in a new Netflix documentary about their daughter’s crimes as a “complete invasion of privacy” and said watching it would “likely kill us”.

Susan and John Letby questioned why police had released video of Letby’s arrest, which took place in the couple’s house, and said they were worried it would make their home a “tourist attraction”.

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© Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA

© Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA

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