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Trial of US priest charged with sexual assault begins with jury selection in Texas
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Trial of US priest charged with sexual assault begins with jury selection in Texas

Anthony Odiong, accused of sexually abusing three female congregants in Waco, faces a maximum of 20 years in prison per chargeThe criminal trial of a Roman Catholic priest who ministered in Texas and south-east Louisiana and was charged with illicitly abusing his status as a clergyman to pursue sex...

Ramon Antonio Vargas in Waco, Texas
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People in Kent and Sussex asked to use water only for essentials after outages
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People in Kent and Sussex asked to use water only for essentials after outages

South East Water says demand has jumped owing to extreme heat but stops short of compulsory measuresSouth East Water has asked members of the public to use water only for essential purposes after demand surged on Monday to 100m litres more than average.After water outages for hundreds of homes acros...

Sandra Laville
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Sales of fans, ice cubes and sunscreen surge during May UK heatwave
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Sales of fans, ice cubes and sunscreen surge during May UK heatwave

With many homes poorly designed for extreme heat, retailers report high demand for air conditioning and outdoor shadeFans are selling at a rate of three a minute and sales of ice cubes have tripled, retailers have said, as shoppers search for everything from ice baths to cooling eye masks to combat...

Sarah Marsh Consumer affairs correspondent
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SNP accused of ‘embezzling’ voters over Peter Murrell’s theft of party funds
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SNP accused of ‘embezzling’ voters over Peter Murrell’s theft of party funds

Scottish National party’s attempt to focus on call for independence referendum overshadowed by embezzlement scandalThe Scottish National party was accused of “embezzling” voters after opposition leaders highlighted the crisis over Peter Murrell’s misuse of £400,000 from party funds.The scandal over...

Severin Carrell Scotland editor
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Italy’s top court rules against tourist refused tap water in Dolomites hotel
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Italy’s top court rules against tourist refused tap water in Dolomites hotel

Woman argued water was a universal human right but court ruled no law obliged hoteliers to serve it from tapsA tourist’s simple request for a glass of tap water at a hotel restaurant in the Italian Dolomites has culminated in Italy’s top court ruling that being served water from the tap is not a con...

Angela Giuffrida in Rome
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Hammer to re-release 1958 Dracula in UK with long-lost footage added
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Hammer to re-release 1958 Dracula in UK with long-lost footage added

Classic starring Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing will include footage censors decided was too gruesomeHammer Films’ horror masterpiece Dracula is to be re-released in UK cinemas in October, including footage believed to have been lost for more than six decades after it was deemed too gruesome for...

Nadia Khomami Arts and culture correspondent
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Rein in fossil fuel tax concessions, Labor MP says after BHP revelations
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Rein in fossil fuel tax concessions, Labor MP says after BHP revelations

Jerome Laxale breaks ranks to publicly back reforms that would also wind back the diesel fuel rebateFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Labor MP Jerome Laxale says it’s “reasonable to expect more” from mining giants, br...

Dan Jervis-Bardy, Christopher Knaus and Adam Morton
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Czech police release Russian bishop after ‘white powder’ found in his car
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Czech police release Russian bishop after ‘white powder’ found in his car

Russia says arrest of Bishop Hilarion, who heads Orthodox congregation in Karlovy Vary, was politically motivated ‘setup’Czech police have released a Russian Orthodox bishop who had been detained on suspicion of drug possession, after Moscow condemned the arrest as a politically motivated setup.Bish...

Pjotr Sauer
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