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Thousands of child abuse images were also discovered, documentary claims Via: Madeleine McCann suspect had 'children's swimming costumes'

Rifaat al-Assad found guilty of acquiring millions worth of assets using funds diverted from Syria Via: Bashar al-Assad's uncle has £26m London property seized in fraud case

‘She was very kind. Her heart was pure and she was very genuine,’ says husband Ernest Boateng Via: Coronavirus: Nurse who died days after giving birth felt too 'helpless' to stop working, says husband

The rush for support eclipsed that seen during the first year of the Great Depression, the Institute for Employment Studies warned. Via: 600,000 workers have lost their jobs and nearly 3 million on benefits due to coronavirus crisis

Beijing Covid-19 outbreak ‘extremely severe’; French police fire tear gas at healthcare protest; New Zealand cancels compassionate quarantine exceptions. Follow the latest updatesBeijing travel restricted to tackle ‘extremely severe’ situationBrazil suffers record case increaseSix US states see record case increasesCovid-19 outbreaks in New Zealand and China highlight stark choicesSee all Read more

Some of Britain’s private schools are organising their own track and trace systems – with plans to have them operational for September. Pictured: Education Secretary Gavin Williamson. Via: Private schools plan to ignore Government advice and open in the new academic year 'come what may' 

The Prime Minister Boris Johnson this week confirmed the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities would consider if companies would be required to publish their ethnic pay gaps. Via: Companies may be ordered to publish ethnic pay gaps

Parts of Beijing have been fenced off after a new outbreak of the coronavirus, believed to have stemmed from the Xinfadi wholesale food market, has caused 106 new Covid-19 cases. Via: Coronavirus China: Beijing back in lockdown amid new outbreak

Christian Brueckner’s lawyer Friedrich Fulscher said his client – who is currently languishing in solitary confinement in a German prison – ‘denied any involvement’ in Madeleine’s case. Via: Madeleine McCann suspect's motorhome contained a stash of girls' swimming costumes

Officials claim book, which is critical of administration, contains classified information and would compromise national securityThe Trump administration has sued to block the publication of a forthcoming book by John Bolton, the US president’s former security adviser, about his time in the White House, arguing that it contained classified information Read more