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School-leaver at 11, domestic slave at 12, gang member at 15: how a missing birth certificate derailed a life

Unable to access her documentation, Esther* found herself trapped in a spiral of abuse typical of Kenya’s child labour problem. As a preteen, Esther * , now 20, says she could not wait for the ...

World - The Guardian - Yesterday

Calls for reparations for Britain's slave trade are rooted in dark legacy

A debate about reparations for Britain’s role in the slave trade overshadowed a summit in Samoa of the Commonwealth, many of whose member nations were once British colonies

World - ABC News - October 25

FirstFT: Musk backs Trump election bid with $75mn donation

Also in today’s newsletter, luxury shares fall after poor LVMH results and Boeing raises new capital

World - Financial Times - October 16

Inside the £70k ‘mafia-style’ champagne shoplifting gang

A crime gang has stolen more than £70,000 of goods from UK supermarkets in 18 months, the BBC hears.

Searches in Ireland and Spain targeting crime gang

World - Yahoo News - October 23

Masked gang burgles England captain Stokes' home

England cricket captain Ben Stokes says a masked gang burgled his home - when his wife and two children were there - while he was in Pakistan for the recent Test series.

Young Thug released from jail after guilty plea on gang charges

The Grammy winner's criminal trial on racketeering and gang charges was the longest in state history.

‘People did not go quietly’: divers explore wreck of 18th-century slave ship where mutiny took place

Black archaeologists join team investigating off the coast of Mozambique as part of global project to identify and tell stories of wrecked ships involved in transatlantic slave trade. Celso Simbine ...

World - The Guardian - October 16

A Black conservative radio host invoked 'field' and 'house' slaves in arguing why some Black men back Trump

Black conservative radio host Shelley Wynter broke down the Black male electorate into “house African Americans and field African Americans” during an appearance Wednesday on CNN.

Politics - NBC News - October 17

'We can't change our history' on UK's role in slave trade, says Starmer

The prime minister says the practice was "abhorrent" but does not commit to making reparation payments.

‘I wanted a hit!’ Bryan Ferry on recording Slave to Love in Bette Midler’s house

‘Its first performance was at Live Aid. The drummer broke his kit, the bass was in a different tuning, David Gilmour’s guitar wasn’t working – and my mic was inaudible’. I’m not a musical ...

World - The Guardian - October 28

Trump's anti-immigrant, domestic "enemy" rhetoric in focus

Former President Donald Trump has repeatedly used the "threat from within" label throughout his campaign to label his political opponents.

Domestic violence should not be taboo subject, says Queen

The Queen talks to survivors of domestic violence in a forthcoming TV documentary.

Call from Holly Newton's family to review domestic abuse law to be considered

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper tells the BBC it is an "extremely important issue" after 15-year-old Holly Newton's murder by her ex-boyfriend.

Vance, ABC host spar over claims of Venezuelan gang in Colorado

Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance (Ohio) and ABC News’s Martha Raddatz argued Sunday over former President Trump’s claims of Venezuelan gangs in a Colorado city. Raddatz asked ...

Politics - The Hill - October 13

A gang leader in Haiti is injured in a shootout with Haitian and Kenyan police

Police in Haiti said that a leader of one of that country's powerful gangs has been injured in a shootout with Haitian and Kenyan police in their first major incursion into gang-controlled ...

World - ABC News - October 15

Prison gangs: ‘I've chopped people, attacked staff, hidden drugs’

The BBC finds gang warfare in jails is rife, and lack of space makes it difficult to keep rivals apart.

The Indian gang Canada claims is linked to a high-profile murder

Lawrence Bishnoi, 31, is accused in India of plotting extortion, killings and other crimes from behind bars

World - Financial Times - October 15

Vance stands by Trump's false claims Venezuelan gangs have invaded Colorado

Sen. JD Vance is standing by his running mate, former President Donald Trump, and his false claims that Venezuelan gangs have invaded and conquered Aurora, Colorado.

Fake vintage wine gang busted in France and Italy, police say

The group is alleged to have made fake labels from famous French vineyards, using them to sell cheap wine.

2 Sudanese brothers charged with running cyberattack-for-hire gang

Two Sudanese brothers are charged with running "Anonymous Sudan," one of the most prolific cyberattack-for-hire gangs of all time.

Teenage guns for hire: Swedish gangs targeting Israeli interests

Gangs may be behind the recent attacks but Sweden believes Iran has had a hand in them.

Gangs attack neighborhoods across Haiti's capital in new wave of violence

Multiple gangs are attacking several communities in Haiti's capital

World - ABC News - October 18

Haitians leave their homes in several neighborhoods to escape more gang violence in the capital

Gangs have attacked in several neighborhoods of the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince, forcing many people to leave their homes after gunfire raged through the night

World - ABC News - October 19

Police in Haiti battle gang coalition trying to seize control of the entire capital

Police in Haiti are clashing with gunmen trying to take over one of the few communities in the capital, Port-au-Prince, that is not controlled by gangs

Chris Kaba shot man in club and was alleged core member of London gang

Judge rules details of Kaba’s criminal past can be reported after police officer who shot him was cleared of murder. Chris Kaba, the unarmed man killed by a police firearms officer, was pictured on ...

World - The Guardian - October 22

Gang Gunfire in Haiti Hits U.S. Embassy Vehicles and U.N. Helicopter

The attacks this week point to an escalation of violence as the situation worsens and gangs overwhelm security forces, including a multinational force.

World - The New York Times - October 25

A Mayor's Beheading Shows Who Runs This Mexican City: The Gangs

The grisly death in Chilpancingo challenges the new federal government’s pledge to fight organized crime.

World - The Wall Street Journal - October 27

Thousands of soldiers fence off a Salvadoran neighborhood in pursuit of gang remnants

More than 2,000 soldiers and 500 police officers surrounded a dense neighborhood on the outskirts of El Salvador’s capital in an effort to quash the remnants of gangs the president said were trying ...

World - ABC News - October 28

‘This is effectively a civil war’: despair in Haiti as gangs step up assault on capital

Fighters wielding guns and machetes have taken a key zone of Port-au-Prince as the beleaguered authorities try to restore order. The storming of Solino began in the dead of night with dozens of ...

World - The Guardian - 6 days ago

Ben Stokes reveals home burgled by masked gang while on Pakistan tour

Wife and children were present but physically unharmed Stokes appeals to trace stolen items including OBE medal Ben Stokes, the England Test captain, has said his house was burgled this month ...

World - The Guardian - 5 days ago

Desperation over gang violence fuels a surge of migration from Ecuador to the US

Across Ecuador, gangs have unleashed a wave of violence and extortion, upending lives and spurring an unprecedented exodus

World - ABC News - 5 days ago

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