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• Afghan asylum seeker jailed for abducting and raping 12-year-old

  An Afghan asylum seeker has been jailed for 15 years after abducting and raping a 12-year-old girl in Nuneaton.

• FBI director Kash Patel hacked as personal photos appear online

  Pro-Iranian hackers say they've infiltrated the account of FBI director Kash Patel after posting his personal photos and documents online.

• First British woman to win Olympic gold in athletics dies

  Mary Rand, the first British woman to win an Olympic gold in athletics, has died aged 86.

• Man questioned over human trafficking allegations in Mohamed al Fayed case

  Detectives investigating the late former Harrods boss Mohamed al Fayed have questioned a man over allegations of human trafficking and facilitating rape.

• Why is NASA going back to the moon?

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• Man jailed after assaulting woman in attack witnessed by Barron Trump

  A Russian convicted of assaulting a woman in an attack witnessed by Donald Trump's youngest son has been jailed for four years

• Schoolboy 'groomed' online by Russian jailed for terror offences

  A 16-year-old boy who joined a banned far-right group and researched a synagogue has been jailed for three-and-a-half years for a series of terror offences.

• Former council leader guilty of preying on young men and boys

  A former SNP council leader has been found guilty of preying on young men and boys.

• McSweeney phone theft conspiracy theories - it's the job of journalists to seek the truth

  Cards on the table, when I first read a story heavily suggesting the theft of Morgan McSweeney's mobile phone was somehow connected to requests for messages about Lord Mandelson, I thought to myself: that is an absurd conspiracy theory.

• Burj Khalifa hit by lightning as Dubai suffers flooding after storms and heavy rainfall

  Dubai has been hit by overnight flooding after "intense downpours" hit several cities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), prompting officials to issue warnings.