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A contestant on the second series of Netflix show Love Is Blind is suing the streaming service over alleged breaches of labour laws. Jeremy Hartwell alleges that producers encouraged the cast to drink alcohol, while limiting access to food and water and underpaying them. Production company Kinetic Content told Variety there was …

A 24-year-old bride has been shot dead at her wedding ceremony after a stray bullet from a celebratory gunfire hit her in the head. Mahvash Leghaei got married at Firuzabad in Iran when a guest, who is believed to be a cousin of the groom, fired his unlicensed high-powered hunting …

A transgender prisoner who got two fellow inmates pregnant at an all-women’s prison In New Jersey has been moved to a new facility to be with male prisoners. The lady who was born a man has been incarcerated for 30 years for killing her former foster father to death. Demi …

President Volodymyr Zelensky has fired the head of Ukraine’s security agency (SBU) and the prosecutor general, citing many cases of treason in the two powerful organisations. He said more than 60 former employees were now working against Ukraine in Russian-occupied areas. A total of 651 collaboration and treason cases had …

Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi has tendered his resignation after populist coalition partner Five Star withdrew its support in a confidence vote. The former head of the European Central Bank has led a unity government since February 2021. In a statement, he said the pact of trust that had sustained …

Gotabaya Rajapaksa has resigned as president of Sri Lanka after fleeing to Singapore in the face of mass protests at home over his rule. He is believed to have wanted to leave Sri Lanka before stepping down in order to avoid the possibility of arrest under a new administration. The …

The Prime Minister has declared a state of emergency across Sri Lanka and a curfew has been imposed in the western province, a spokesperson in the Prime Minister’s office has said. Protesters heading towards PM’s office Thousands of protesters are making their way towards the Prime Minister’s office on Flower …

Sri Lanka’s national television channel Rupavihini has suspended its telecast. Officials say engineers shut the channel down as throngs of protestors entered the state television office.

Twitter has taken billionaire Elon Musk to court to try to force him to buy the social media firm, setting up a legal battle with the world’s richest man. It comes after Mr Musk announced he was walking away from his proposed $44bn (£37bn) takeover of Twitter on Friday. He claimed Twitter …

A Paris judge on Monday ordered the dismissal of a five-year rape investigation into French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin, his lawyers said. “The justice system has said for the fourth time in five years that Mr Darmanin has not committed any punishable act,” Mathias Chichportich and Pierre-Olivier Sur said. The …