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Nigerian state secures release of 100 out of 265 kidnapped schoolchildren

Gunmen abducted 315 pupils and staff last month from St Mary’s school in Niger state as part of spate of kidnappings

Nigerian authorities have secured the release of 100 kidnapped schoolchildren taken by gunmen from a Catholic school last month, a UN source and local media said on Sunday, though the fate of another 165 students and staff thought to remain in captivity remained unclear.

In November 315 students and staff were kidnapped from St Mary’s co-educational boarding school in north-central Niger state, as the country buckled under a wave of mass abductions reminiscent of the infamous 2014 Boko Haram abduction of schoolgirls in Chibok.

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© Photograph: Afolabi Sotunde/EPA

© Photograph: Afolabi Sotunde/EPA

© Photograph: Afolabi Sotunde/EPA

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Mohamed Salah’s Liverpool future in doubt as Arne Slot faces Inter decision

  • Forward may be dropped from Champions League squad

  • Saudi clubs set to renew interest during transfer window

Mohamed Salah could be omitted from Liverpool’s Champions League trip to Milan to play Inter on Tuesday after his outspoken attack on the club and Arne Slot.

Salah’s future at Anfield is in question after the incendiary interview he gave at Leeds on Saturday, in which he accused the club of throwing him under a bus. The 33-year-old also claimed he no longer has a relationship with Slot, who omitted the forward from his starting lineup for a third game in succession.

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© Photograph: Xinhua/Shutterstock

© Photograph: Xinhua/Shutterstock

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Murder inquiry under way after woman and child die in house fire in Co Offaly

Police say the Edenderry home was deliberately set alight, leaving a third person seriously injured

A murder investigation has been launched after a 60-year-old woman and a four-year-old boy died in a fire in County Offaly in Ireland.

Emergency services extinguished the blaze at a house in Edenderry at about 8pm on Saturday but were unable to save the woman and child.

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© Photograph: Aisling Hyland/PA

© Photograph: Aisling Hyland/PA

© Photograph: Aisling Hyland/PA

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Food influencer Michael Duarte shared about past mental health struggles and rehab just days before he was killed by cops

The Instagram food influencer gunned down by Texas police in last month during an alleged “erratic” outburst posted about mental health struggles and rehab before he was killed. Michael Duarte, 36, opened up about past hardships in an Instagram post on Oct. 25 — two weeks before he was shot dead on Nov. 12. “I...

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