Dhaka police ‘raided lawyer’s home’ after journalists asked UK MP about his plight

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  MPs reject calls by Tories for national inquiry into UK grooming gangs

  Government uses its Commons majority to dismiss Conservatives’ demand backed by Elon Musk
  
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  Italian journalist Cecilia Sala returns home after release from prison in Iran

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• Shein accused of ‘not respecting’ UK MPs in grilling on labour practices

  Online fast-fashion retailer refuses to answer questions about whether it uses cotton from China’s Xinjiang region
  
  Financial Times - 1d
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  Shein lawyer refuses to tell MPs if fashion firm uses Chinese cotton

  Yinan Zhu declined to say whether it retailer's suppliers used Chinese cotton amid concerns over forced labour.
  
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  Lawyer for ex-Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio asks Trump for pardon

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  The Hill - 2d
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  Chris Mason: Musk looms large over UK as MPs return for 2025

  Another year in Westminster has got off to an explosive start after the tech billionaire's intervention.
  
  BBC News - 3d

• South Korean Police Raid Offices of Airline, Airport Involved in Plane Crash

  The search warrant lists charges of professional negligence resulting in death, after 179 people were killed on a Jeju Air flight.
  
  The Wall Street Journal - 6d

• Police raid airline's offices after crash killed 179 people in South Korea

  The flight was carrying 181 passengers and crew when it belly-landed before slamming into a barrier, killing all aboard except two flight attendants.
  
  CBS News - 6d
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  South Korean police raid Muan airport following fatal crash

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