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Scotland Yard is to be investigated over its handling of an allegation of indecent exposure against the officer suspected of murdering Sarah Everard.

The police watchdog will consider if Metropolitan Police officers « responded appropriately » to the alleged incident. Ms Everard, 33, was last seen in Clapham, south London, on 3 March. The case has prompted an outpouring of shock and anger as women across the country share their own experiences of feeling unsafe.

Organisers of a « Reclaim These Streets » vigil planned for Saturday evening on Clapham Common claim the police say it cannot go ahead because of pandemic lockdown restrictions, and are preparing to go to the High Court.

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The number of prisoners believed to have been infected with coronavirus may be up to six times as many as the published figure, it has emerged.

Public Health England (PHE) says it has found 1,783 « possible/probable » cases – on top of 304 confirmed infections across jails in England and Wales. PHE’s report says there have been no « explosive outbreaks » in prisons, but « significant threat levels » remain. Measures to quarantine new and at-risk inmates are needed for a year, it adds.

The report, published by the Ministry of Justice, says access to testing for prisoners has been « limited and variable ». « Therefore, the number of laboratory confirmed cases reported does not represent the true burden of infection in the prison system, » it said.

« During outbreaks, where a number of positive laboratory samples have been received (usually around five or more) on prisoners who have been swabbed, then subsequent cases who meet the clinical case definition are included as ‘possible/probable cases’. »

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A 19-year-old man has died and another teenager is in hospital after a stabbing in Tottenham, north London.

Three men were attacked shortly before 14:00 GMT on Penshurst Road near White Hart Lane station, the Met Police said. Air ambulance crews treated the 19-year-old victim but he was pronounced dead at the scene.

A second man, aged 18, was taken to hospital with stab wounds, while a third victim suffered minor injuries, police said.

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Pope Francis has called for an end to violence and extremism, on his first ever visit to Iraq.

The pontiff is making his first international trip since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.

Covid and security fears have made this his riskiest visit yet, but the 84-year-old insisted he was « duty bound ». He also said Iraq’s dwindling Christian community should have a more prominent role as citizens with full rights, freedoms and responsibilities. He is hoping to foster inter-religious dialogue – meeting Iraq’s most revered Shia Muslim cleric – and will celebrate Mass at a stadium in Irbil in the north.

About 10,000 Iraqi Security Forces personnel are being deployed to protect the Pope, while round-the-clock curfews are also being imposed to limit the spread of Covid.

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A man has injured seven people, three seriously, in a knife attack in a town in southern Sweden.

The 22-year-old assailant struck in the centre of Vetlanda at about 15:00 (14:00 GMT) on Wednesday.

Police are treating the case as attempted murder but have not ruled out a terror motive.

The suspect was shot in the leg by officers but is in a stable condition in hospital and has been questioned by police.

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