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Kim Keon Hee, wife of South Korea’s ousted president, jailed for corruption

Ex-first lady sentenced to 20 months for receiving gifts for political favours, as Yoon Suk Yeol awaits rebellion verdict

The wife of South Korea’s ousted president Yoon Suk Yeol has been sentenced to 20 months in prison for corruption, as her husband awaits a verdict on a high-stakes rebellion charge that could result in the death penalty or life imprisonment.

Kim Keon Hee was sentenced for receiving luxury gifts including a Graff diamond necklace and a Chanel bag from the Unification Church in return for promises of political favours.

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© Photograph: Jung Yeon-Je/Reuters

© Photograph: Jung Yeon-Je/Reuters

© Photograph: Jung Yeon-Je/Reuters

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Texas man scheduled to be executed for killing ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend

Charles Victor Thompson would be the first person executed in the US this year for the 1998 shooting deaths

A Texas man who at one time escaped from custody and was on the run for three days after being sentenced to death for fatally shooting his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend nearly 27 years ago was scheduled on Wednesday to be the first person executed in the US this year.

Charles Victor Thompson was condemned for the April 1998 shooting deaths of his ex-girlfriend, Glenda Dennise Hayslip, 39; and her new boyfriend, Darren Keith Cain, 30, at her apartment in the Houston suburb of Tomball.

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Iraq’s former prime minister denounces ‘blatant American interference’ in election

Nouri al-Maliki responds to Donald Trump’s threat to withdraw US support for Iraq if he is returned to power

Iraq’s former prime minister Nouri al-Maliki has angrily denounced “blatant American interference” in the country’s election after Donald Trump threatened to withdraw US support if he was returned to power.

“We reject the blatant American interference in Iraq’s internal affairs and consider it a violation of its sovereignty,” al-Maliki, who is nominated by the country’s dominant political bloc to return to the premiership, said in a statement on Wednesday.

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© Photograph: Thaier Al-Sudani/Reuters

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Human remains found in search for Belgian backpacker missing in Tasmanian wilderness since 2023

Police say Celine Cremer’s family was told of the discovery on Wednesday and that forensic testing was yet to take place

Human remains have been discovered near a remote location where a Belgian hiker disappeared more than two years ago.

Police say a bushwalker found the remains during a search for Celine Cremer, who was last seen in the Philosopher Falls area near Cradle Mountain in Tasmania’s north-west on 17 June 2023.

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© Photograph: Supplied by Tasmania police/AAP

© Photograph: Supplied by Tasmania police/AAP

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Investigators say deadly midair collision near Washington DC followed years of ignored traffic warnings

Crash that killed 67 was ‘100% preventable’, says NTSB chair at hearing that addressed history of missed opportunities

National Transportation Safety Board members were deeply troubled on Tuesday over years of ignored warnings about helicopter traffic dangers and other problems, long before an American Airlines jet and an Army Black Hawk collided a year ago, killing 67 people near Washington DC.

The placement of a helicopter route in the approach path of Reagan national airport’s secondary runway created a dangerous airspace and a lack of regular safety risk reviews made it worse, the board said. That was a key factor in the crash along with air traffic controllers’ over reliance on asking helicopter pilots to avoid other aircraft.

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© Photograph: Bonnie Cash/AP

© Photograph: Bonnie Cash/AP

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Doomsday Clock at 85 seconds to midnight amid threats from climate crisis and AI

Planet closer to destruction as Russia, China and US become more aggressive and nationalistic, says advocacy group

Earth is closer than it has ever been to destruction as Russia, China, the US and other countries become “increasingly aggressive, adversarial, and nationalistic”, a science-oriented advocacy group said on Tuesday as it advanced its Doomsday Clock to 85 seconds until midnight.

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientist members had an initial demonstration on Friday and then announced their results on Tuesday.

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© Photograph: Pablo Martínez Monsiváis/AP

© Photograph: Pablo Martínez Monsiváis/AP

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Bills promote OC Joe Brady to head coach as team aims to end Super Bowl drought

  • 36-year-old will replace fired Sean McDermott

  • Brady will become head coach for first time

The Buffalo Bills stayed in-house by promoting offensive coordinator Joe Brady as their new head coach on Tuesday on a five-year deal.

The 36-year-old just completed his fourth season in Buffalo and his second full season as coordinator. He previously served as quarterbacks coach before taking over the offense after Ken Dorsey was fired midway through the 2023 season.

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© Photograph: Doug Murray/AP

© Photograph: Doug Murray/AP

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Brothers were predators masquerading as party boys, New York court hears

Defense in sexual abuse trial of property magnates Tal, Oren and Alon Alexander urges jurors to reject ‘monstrous story’

Three brothers, two of them real estate agents who catered to the jet-set crowd, used a playbook over a 12-year stretch that sometimes involved drugging women and girls before raping them, a prosecutor told a New York jury on Tuesday in an opening statement.

Assistant US attorney Madison Smyser said the brothers used “whatever means necessary” including luxury accommodations, flights, drugs, alcohol and sometimes brute force to lure women into situations where they could be raped.

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© Photograph: Jane Rosenberg/Reuters

© Photograph: Jane Rosenberg/Reuters

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