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Red Brigades fugitive, 39 years into a sentence he never served, escapes againLeonardo Bertulazzi climbed down from a fifth-floor flat in Buenos Aires on a rope, shortly before he was to be sent to Italy. He had tampered with his ankle monitor.Crime · Delphine Achebe · 2026-11-12 Macao jails ex-lawmaker for 12 and a half years in first security caseAu Kam-san sat in the legislature for 20 years. He was tried behind closed doors for subverting state power. His wife calls it a political trial.Courts · Gus Ferreira · 2026-11-12 Tanzania clears opposition leader of treason, then jails him for an uncharged offenceTundu Lissu got four years for incitement, a lesser offence the court may convict on without a charge. Treason could not be proved. He calls it persecution.Courts · Gus Ferreira · 2026-11-12 Supreme Court lets border wall construction resume in Big BendA district judge had halted the work in October. The government says the stoppage cost nearly half a million dollars a day. Justice Jackson alone would have refused.Courts · Gus Ferreira · 2026-11-12 Judge lets Trump's $10 billion defamation suit against the BBC go aheadOne of the two claims was thrown out. The ruling does not decide whether the BBC defamed him. Trump must testify under oath by 11 December.Courts · Gus Ferreira · 2026-11-12 Four days that put Jensen Huang's job at Nvidia in doubtAn admitted affair, a suspected spy, a board inquiry and a lawsuit took 31% off the stock from its peak. On Sunday the board said it had confidence in him. By Wednesday a report said it was preparing to remove him.Markets · Ruth Calder · 2026-11-12 US says a jailed man ran a plot on a British air baseProsecutors say one defendant sent coded messages from US custody. The indictment ties the group to nearly 20 attacks or attempts. Two of the three are not in custody.Crime · Delphine Achebe · 2026-11-12 Nine Kennedys go to court to stop Trump's 250-foot arch beside ArlingtonThey say it would cast shadows on family graves. A judge has already paused construction. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary, is not among them.Feuds · Mabel Quist · 2026-11-12

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Two former Trump aides threaten to sue each other over the midterm lossLeaked texts show James Blair and Calley Means trading threats. Means blames White House advisers for stalling health policy. Blair calls that defamatory.Feuds · Mabel Quist · 2026-11-12 Mexico arrests Jalisco cartel cell leader "R2" after a shootout with the navyRafael Alvarez Ayala was shot and had surgery. Nineteen others were held. He is wanted in the United States, and the DEA supplied intelligence.Crime · Delphine Achebe · 2026-11-12 Malaysian court sends former prime minister Najib Razak home to finish his sentenceThe High Court annulled an earlier order that had released him outright. He serves house arrest until August 2028, and a separate 15-year sentence still stands.Courts · Gus Ferreira · 2026-11-12 Appeals court tells judge to narrow an order for journalists' LinkedIn recordsThe Justice Department wanted 18 months of contact records in a leak probe. A unanimous Fourth Circuit panel called that substantially overbroad, but kept the order alive.Courts · Gus Ferreira · 2026-11-12 Jury convicts former Stoughton detective of killing Sandra Birchmore and her unborn childHer death in 2021 was first ruled a suicide. Matthew Farwell now faces mandatory life without parole. The jury said it was deadlocked a day before it convicted.Courts · Gus Ferreira · 2026-11-12 Russell Brand gets 10 and a half years for rape and sexual assaultThe judge at Southwark Crown Court called him a sexual predator. He must serve two thirds of the term, and police have sent prosecutors two more rape allegations.Courts · Gus Ferreira · 2026-11-12 Nima Momeni gets 16 years to life for killing Cash App creator Bob LeeThe judge refused him a new trial before passing sentence. Lee's 18-year-old daughter spoke in court. The defense says it will appeal.Courts · Gus Ferreira · 2026-11-12 The Children's Place files for bankruptcy owing $881 million against $742 million in assetsThe retailer wants a buyer by the end of December. Nine bids are in and none can be acted on. Store-closing sales began before the filing.Markets · Ruth Calder · 2026-11-12

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