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Schoolboy Charged Over Video Attack
A 16-year-old boy is to be charged with assault after a video showing a boy being attacked was shared on social media.
The boy, 15, is shown being dragged to the ground at a school in Huddersfield before water is poured into his face.
The video was filmed in a lunch break at Almondbury Community School on 25 October, West Yorkshire Police said. The force said the older boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, will appear at Youth Court "in due course".
Police initially said they were investigating a report of a racially aggravated assault.
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Senior Official In French Senate Arrested On Spying Charges
A senior official in the French Senate has been arrested on suspicion of spying for North Korea, judicial sources say.
Benoît Quennedey was arrested on Sunday night over the "collection and delivery of information to a foreign power", they say.
He is being questioned by the domestic security agency, the DGSI. His Paris home and the home of his parents near Dijon have been searched, reports say.
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Prison Inmate Fools Guards With Dummy In His Bed
An inmate escaped from an open prison after fooling guards by making a dummy in his bed, a court has heard.
Ross Gallagher, 32, was seen "hopping gardens" after absconding from HMP Sudbury, in Derbyshire, on 19 October, before falling through a shed roof. He was caught after stingers were used to stop a stolen car he was driving.
Gallagher, from Corby, who made the dummy from clothes and a protein powder container, admitted several offences at Leicester Crown Court.
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Matthew Hedges Pardoned
A British academic who was jailed for spying in the United Arab Emirates has been freed after a pardon.
Matthew Hedges, 31, denied spying and said he had been researching his PhD.
His wife, Daniela Tejada, who appealed for clemency, said she was "elated" and "can't wait to have him back home".
The UAE issued the pardon as part of a series of orders on the country's National Day anniversary. However, a spokesman said Mr Hedges was "100% a secret service operative".
Mr Hedges is out of detention and on his way to the British embassy in the UAE, a family spokeswoman said.
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Ukraine's Naval Vessels Captured By Russia
Ukraine's parliament is to decide whether to bring in martial law, after the capture of three of its naval vessels by Russia.
The three ships were sailing off the coast of Crimea, which was annexed by Russia in 2014, when they were seized.
Ukraine said Russia rammed one of its boats in an "act of aggression", while Russia said the ships had illegally entered its waters.
The incident marks a major escalation of tension between the two countries.
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Gunmen Attack Chinese Consulate In Pakistan
Gunmen have killed at least four people in an attack on the Chinese consulate in the Pakistani port city of Karachi.
Gunshots were heard at about 09:30 local time (04:30 GMT) outside the consulate in the upmarket Clifton area. Police shot dead three attackers. Separatist militants who oppose Chinese investment projects in western Pakistan say they carried out the attack.
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Mistakes Made By MI5 In Tracking Manchester Bomber
MI5 admits for the first time that it made a mistake in failing to track the 2017 Manchester bomber, MPs have said.
A report by the Intelligence and Security Committee said MI5 had recognised it had moved "too slowly" to establish how dangerous Salman Abedi, 22, really was.
The security service had cause to monitor Abedi's return to the UK from Libya days before the attack on Manchester Arena, the report said. Twenty-two people died in the attack.
In wide-ranging criticisms, the committee said the government had also failed to fully learn lessons from attacks dating back 13 years.
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Explosive Devices Found At Flat In Harlesden
A man has been arrested after two suspected bombs were found in an empty flat in north-west London.
Two devices were found in a property being refurbished in Craven Park, Harlesden, on Wednesday morning.
Nearby flats were evacuated and roads were closed as specialist officers conducted further searches, but the area has now been deemed safe.
The 48-year-old man has been held on suspicion of an offence contrary to the Explosives Substances Act.
He remains in custody at a south London police station.
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Russia Lose Interpol Presidency
Interpol has elected South Korean Kim Jong-yang as its president, rejecting the controversial Russian frontrunner.
Mr Kim was chosen by Interpol's 194 member states at a meeting of its annual congress in Dubai. He beat Russia's Alexander Prokopchuk, who has been accused of using Interpol's arrest warrant system to target critics of the Kremlin.
Russia blamed the outcome of the voting on "unprecedented pressure and interference".
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British Man Found Guilty Of Spying In UAE
A British PhD student has been sentenced to life in prison after being found guilty of spying in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Matthew Hedges, 31, of Durham University, always denied the charge saying he had been conducting research.
A court in Abu Dhabi has declared him guilty of "spying for or on behalf of" the UK government. His family claim the verdict is based on a false confession. The PM said the UK was urgently seeking talks with the Emirati government.
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