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Iranian women forced to wash corpses for refusing to wear veil
The punishments highlight a widening crackdown on women and girls, as Iranian MPs vote to review, behind closed doors, new laws that would enshrine penalties.
- by Lucy Cormack
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Missing person
‘They couldn’t see us’: Rescue plane flew over lost Australians five times
- by Chris Barrett, Amilia Rosa and Karuni Rompies
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Road back to the White House for Trump now passes through four different courtrooms
- by Farrah Tomazin
Opinion & Perspectives
How Trump’s ‘Co-conspirator No. 1’ went from hero to crank
Legal experts on both sides say, given the allegations in the indictment, Rudi Giuliani is likely to be the subject of a formal prosecution in the matter at some point.
Bill Wyman
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Road back to the White House for Trump now passes through four different courtrooms
The charges in Georgia under anti-organised crime laws carry a penalty of between five and 20 years in prison. Crucially for Trump, they are also unpardonable.
Farrah Tomazin
North America correspondent
Putin sent this critic to prison as a birthday present. I spoke to him from his cell
He’s been sentenced to 8½ years in jail for discussing the massacre of Ukrainian civilians. His lawyer conveyed my questions to him and returned with his handwritten responses.
Peter Hartcher
Political and international editor
North America
World of Photos - August 16, 2023
The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors.
Kitten found in stolen vehicle after crime spree police chase
The gray-and-white male cat was perched under a seat in the stolen vehicle, which collided with a police car during a chase.
Europe
German foreign minister’s ageing plane halted by fault in UAE en route to Australia
- by Kamil Kowalcze and Siddharth Philip
Asia
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Missing person
‘They couldn’t see us’: Rescue plane flew over lost Australians five times
As the four Australians recounted their ordeal, more details emerged about the 36 hours they were missing at sea and about the plight of an Indonesian man still missing.
- by Chris Barrett, Amilia Rosa and Karuni Rompies
‘Disillusioned’: North Korea claims US soldier defected because of inequality in America
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Missing person
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- by Chris Barrett
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