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Young British victims of human trafficking who have been forced to sell drugs in county lines operations are being charged and prosecuted despite guidelines against doing so, the Guardian can reveal. The Modern Slavery Act gives young people and vulnerable adults the right to raise a “section 45” defence, which …

Renowned ABC News journalist Cokie Roberts, among the first female broadcast reporters to cover the highest levels of U.S. government, died Tuesday due to complications from breast cancer, her family and the network said. She was 75. “We will miss Cokie beyond measure, both for her contributions and for her …

Israelis return to the polls with the world asking: is this the end of the Netanyahu era? Benjamin Netanyahu is Israel’s longest-serving prime minister. If he wins it will be his fifth term in office. He is one of the great political survivors of his age, but this time Bibi, …

Image copyright Reuters Image caption PM Justin Trudeau says Canada is taking the allegations against Cameron Ortis “very seriously” Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has moved to reassure allies in the wake of an alleged spying case with possible international implications. A senior intelligence official was charged last week with …

Cokie Roberts, the daughter of politicians who grew up to cover the family business in Washington for ABC News and NPR over several decades, died Tuesday in Washington of complications from breast cancer. She was 75. ABC broke into network programming to announce her death and pay tribute. Roberts was …

Getty Images The Daniel Jones era will begin on Sunday. Giants head coach Pat Shurmur opened the door to making a change at quarterback on Monday when he declined to say Eli Manning would start against the Buccaneers. It would have been surprising to make such a public show of …

A replica of Captain Cook’s ship Endeavour has been banned from docking at a village in New Zealand after an outcry from the local Maori community, according to reports in the country. The vessel is part of a flotilla that will circumnavigate the island next month for a celebration called …

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionAbqaiq has the world’s largest oil processing plant The US has reportedly identified locations in Iran from which drones and cruise missiles were launched against the Saudi oil facilities on Saturday. Senior officials told CBS News that the locations were in southern …

A gas cylinder exploded at a Russian laboratory known for holding dangerous pathogens on Monday. The explosion, which occurred on the fifth floor of the building, caused a fire that burned about 30 square metres, according to a statement from the lab. It also blew out some windows, according to …

10.58am EDT10:58 More talk in the halls of Congress about military strikes inside Iran… Manu Raju (@mkraju) Lindsey Graham told me he expects to hear more today from Pence about strikes on Saudi oil refineries — and says there should be a regional plan to target Iran. “The target list …