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Rapist Called One of UK’s Worst Sex Offenders Is Sentenced to Life

Xu Chao admitted to multiple attacks against female Chinese students over a three-year period, confessing to drugging, assaulting and filming his victims.

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A police handout photograph of Xu Chao, 33, who was sentenced in London on Friday.
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Ban a Pro-Palestinian Group? The U.K. Government Thought Few Would Care.

Official advice provided to the government before its ban on Palestine Action underestimated the significant public protests that followed, records show.

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A demonstration protesting the British government’s ban on Palestine Action, a pro-Palestinian group, in Trafalgar Square in London last month. Under the ban, simply holding a placard in support of the group is a terrorism offense.
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2 Arrested After Stabbing on Train Near Cambridge, England

Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain denounced the attack, which the police said left nine victims with “life-threatening injuries.”

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The police said a number of people had been taken to the hospital after the train attack.
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Far Right Targets Similarities Between Zohran Mamdani and Sadiq Khan

Zohran Mamdani, the leading contender in the Nov. 4 New York election, and Sadiq Khan, London’s mayor, are liberal and Muslim, but they’re navigating varied politics, communities and cities.

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Mayor Sadiq Khan of London, left, and the New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani.
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Britain Plans to Convert Two Military Bases to House Asylum Seekers

The government has been under pressure to shut down hotels accommodating migrants as public anger rises.

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Migrants boarding a dinghy to try to cross the English Channel in Gravelines, France, in August.
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UK Man is Sentenced for Pro-Russian Attack Plots

Dylan Earl recruited people to set fire to two London warehouses containing aid bound for Ukraine, the police said. He was also convicted of plotting against a dissident Russian restaurant owner.

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A photo provided by the Metropolitan Police of a damaged warehouse in London.
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Labour Party Suffers Crushing Defeat in Wales Special Election

The governing party placed a distant third in a special election for a district of Wales it has dominated for a century. Plaid Cymru, a center-left Welsh nationalist party, won.

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Lindsay Whittle of the nationalist party Plaid Cymru celebrating after being declared the winner of a Welsh Parliament special election in Caerphilly early on Friday.
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Neo-Nazi Case in UK Highlights Threat From Extreme-Right Wing Terrorism

Three men in northern England were sentenced last week for preparing acts of terrorism. Their case highlights a growing threat from right-wing extremism, experts said.

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The trial took place over two months at Sheffield Crown Court in South Yorkshire.
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