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Teenager Admits Killing 15-year-old In UK School Stabbing

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April 28, 2025

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A 15-year-old boy on Monday pleaded guilty to the killing of another teenager in a British school stabbing, the latest in a string of UK knife-crime deaths involving children.

The boy, who cannot be named due to his age, admitted the manslaughter of Harvey Willgoose, also 15, but denied murder at a court hearing in the northern city of Sheffield.

Willgoose died after he was stabbed in the grounds of All Saints Catholic High School in the city on February 3.

A judge ordered that the teenager be held in youth detention until he stands trial on June 30.

The attack is one of a series of fatal stabbings involving young victims.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer has called knife crime a “national crisis”.

“We are utterly heartbroken at the loss of our beautiful boy, ‘Harvey Goose’,” the family said in a statement after visiting the school following their son’s death.

The UK government has announced a series of initiatives aimed at reducing knife crime.

A ban on owning “zombie” style weapons with blades of more than eight inches (20 centimetres) came into force last September.

Another ban targeting ninja swords — long straight blades of between 14 and 24 inches, with a sharply-angled tip — will be introduced from August 1.

The government said on Friday it would also bring in tougher sanctions for tech platforms for harmful knife-crime content online.

The Home Office said firms would face fines of up to £60,000 ($80,000) if they failed to remove such content within 48 hours of a police warning, in addition to existing fines of £10,000 for individual tech bosses.

Knife crime in England and Wales has been steadily rising since 2011, according to official government data.

In the year leading up to March 2024, there were 262 murders in England and Wales using a knife or sharp instrument, according to the Ben Kinsella Trust, an anti-knife crime charity.

Of those murdered, 57 were under the age of 25.

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Popular American Actor, Joe Marinelli Dies Of Stomach Cancer

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June 25, 2025

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Joe Marinelli, popular American actor, known for his roles in ‘The Morning Show’ and other television series, is dead.

Joe Marinelli reportedly died last Sunday at age 68 after a long battle with throat and stomach cancer.

The actor’s wife, Jean Marinelli, confirmed his passage to The Hollywood Reporter.

Reacting to his death, the actor’s colleague, Mark Duplass who worked with the deceased on ‘The Morning Show’, said.

“We have lost a great one. Joe Marinelli lived in the rare air.

“He was a generous performer, beautiful human, wide-eyed positivist. I will miss him dearly. I will try to live my life a bit more like his. We all should”.

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Judge In Maradona Negligence Case Resigns Amid Scandal

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June 24, 2025

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The Argentine judge who caused the collapse of a trial over the 2020 death of football legend Diego Maradona has resigned, her lawyer said Tuesday.

Julieta Makintach’s involvement in a clandestine documentary about the trial of Maradona’s medical team led to the proceedings being scrapped in May after two months of hearings.

No date has yet been set for a new trial.

“I have the honor of addressing you in my capacity as judge (…)in order to submit my resignation from my position,” Makintach wrote in a letter to the governor of Buenos Aires that was shared by her lawyer.

Makintach was facing impeachment proceedings over her participation in the documentary about the case against seven medical staff accused of manslaughter over Maradona’s death.

Maradona — considered one of the world’s greatest ever players — died in November 2020 at the age of 60 while recovering from brain surgery.

He died of heart failure and acute pulmonary edema — a condition where fluid accumulates in the lungs — two weeks after going under the knife.

Prosecutor say the conditions of his home convalescence were grossly negligent.

Makintach was one of three judges hearing the case.

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Netanyahu Vows To Thwart ‘Any Attempt’ By Iran To Rebuild Nuclear Programme

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June 24, 2025

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Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Tuesday to crush any attempt by Iran to rebuild its nuclear programme in a national address to the country after 12 days of war.

“Iran will not have a nuclear weapon,” Netanyahu said after a ceasefire put a halt to airstrikes by the two countries against each other.

“We have thwarted Iran’s nuclear project. And if anyone in Iran tries to rebuild it, we will act with the same determination, with the same intensity, to foil any attempt,” he added.