Burrows abused boys while working at a boarding school and while he was a scout master, his trial heard
A paedophile who spent nearly three decades on the run in Thailand, denying victims justice, has been jailed for 46 years.
Richard Burrows, 81, formerly of Birmingham, was sentenced for more than 90 child sex abuse offences at Chester Crown Court.
His trial heard he abused 24 boys as young as nine while a housemaster at a Cheshire boarding school and through involvement with scouts in the West Midlands between 1968 and 1995.
Judge Steven Everett told Burrows at the sentencing on Wednesday: "You are a despicable man".
When defence barrister Philip Clemo told the court that Burrows would spend his last days in prison, the judge said: "I don't suppose there'll be anyone who'll mourn that."
The jury had heard one of his accusers told police he "hated" the abuse, which would happen as much as two to three times per week, but said he "could do nothing about it", adding "I was frightened and young".
Judge Everett said Burrows had given "awful" evidence, particularly a claim that there were "good paedophiles and bad paedophiles".
He also remarked that Burrows had "lied [through] your back teeth" in police interviews, and when Burrows nodded at him, the judge replied: "I see you nodding - it's too late now."
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Burrows (right) fled to Thailand and only returned to the UK in 2024 when he had run out of money
Burrows was on the run for 28 years, fleeing to Thailand and changing his identity, before returning to the UK in 2024 when he ran out of money.
In mitigation, Mr Clemo accepted victims had faced an extensive delay in getting justice, but that Burrows had come back of his own free will and didn't "have to come back in shackles". He also told the court that Burrows had cancer, but "the kind of cancer you die with rather than from".
The judge replied: "If he still had money and he wasn't ill he would still be in Thailand now. He felt he had no option [but] to come back."
He added that Burrows' decision to flee to Thailand increased the anguish suffered by his victims. A resulting BBC Crimewatch programme led to other victims coming forward.
Mr Clemo told the court that Burrows "knows he's caused incredible suffering" and has been "struggling with his mental health too".
He added the paedophile's thought processes and perceptions were "warped", but that his mitigation was "not designed to diminish the pain and suffering detailed so eloquently" by victims.
James Harvey waived his legal right to anonymity to speak about Burrows' abuse
One said his childhood was "completely and permanently destroyed" by Burrows, having been drugged and raped in a tent over a 12-hour period.
The man said he was 10 or 11 when he was abused by Burrows, who took part in scout camps and activities in Sutton Coldfield and Ross-on-Wye.
"What was left of me as a child was taken away by Burrows," he said in the witness box.
James Harvey, who waived his legal right to anonymity, told the court he was abused by Burrows in a caravan at night.
The attacks took place at an airshow at Baginton Aerodrome - later known as Coventry Airport - after Mr Harvey had met Burrows while he was a sea scout in Walsall.
"You had so many qualities that could have been put to good, but you used every single one for evil purposes," Mr Harvey said in court, addressing Burrows.
Burrows appearing in court in 2024, having been detained after flying back to the UK from Thailand
Some of the charges related to Burrows' time as a housemaster at Danesford School in Congleton, Cheshire, between 1969 and 1971.
Judge Everett said: "I'm glad it's closed. One can only hope that places like that are never ever opened again."
He said vulnerable boys were "corralled" into a place where staff "either didn't care or actively sexually abused boys".
Burrows became the starting point for a huge police investigation in the 1990s spanning Cheshire, Merseyside and Greater Manchester police and resulting in convictions of other men at homes in the region.
Cheshire Police also proactively looked into Burrows' time with the Scouts, and found victims in the West Midlands.
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Burrows' fake passports, under the name of Peter Leslie Smith
The judge pointed out that Burrows was sacked from Danesford in 1971 after a boy reported being abused by him.
Judge Everett said: "What is telling is, first of all, nothing was done at the time and secondly as a result you went on to commit serious sexual abuse on a whole range of other boys."
He also said a complaint led to Burrows being kicked out of the Scouts in 1994, but "they didn't bring it to the attention of the police", and Burrows' offending continued until 1996.
The Scout Association said: "Burrows' crimes are abhorrent. We want to see justice for every survivor, and we hope his conviction goes some way to providing that. We also want to thank the survivors who have shown considerable bravery in coming forward to tell their story."
The association said it had been working with the police since being alerted to the investigation. It added it was aware of the allegation against Burrows in 1994 and would be reviewing what actions were taken then.
'Perverted desires'
Judge Everett said he had dealt with other historical abuse cases, but this was one of the most serious.
He told Burrows: "Despite your ridiculous protestations that you were caring for the boys, you only cared for your own selfish and perverted sexual desires.
"You felt a compelling need to sexually assault young boys often in the grossest breach of trust, many of whom were particularly vulnerable over and above their young ages because some had come from difficult and deprived backgrounds.
"They had no one to protect them. No one to speak up for them."
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Spanish firefighters had to rescue people who were trapped by the power cut
At least three people have died in Spain in an incident linked to a massive power cut that shut the country down on Monday, the Civil Guard has told the BBC.
They died in the north-west municipality of Taboadela and were from the same family, according to Spanish media.
Police are reportedly investigating whether carbon monoxide from a faulty electricity generator played a role in their deaths, but the Civil Guard could not provide more details.
Officials are still working to confirm what caused the power cut that triggered chaos across Spain and Portugal on Monday.
The trio who died in Taboadela were a married couple and their adult son, according to the Madrid-based newspaper El Pais.
Their bodies were discovered in their beds by a care worker on Tuesday, El Pais reported.
Other deaths are under investigation, including a woman in Madrid who died in a fire that may have been caused by a candle being used during the blackout, local media reported.
The woman, in her fifties, was found dead on Monday night after a fire broke out in a building in the city's Carabanchel district.
Thirteen people were treated for smoke inhalation, including five who were taken to hospital, according to the city's emergency information office.
Elsewhere, a woman in her forties is reported to have died in Valencia, though there is no clear consensus in Spanish media on the cause of her death.
Local police have suggested the woman, who suffered from a lung condition, died after the ventilator she was using lost power during the outage, according to media reports.
However, El Pais cited regional health sources who said the woman suffered from a number of health conditions and that she died of natural causes.
The blackout caused huge disruption across Spain and Portugal. Andorra and parts of France were also affected.
In Spain and Portugal, traffic lights stopped working, metro systems ground to a halt, and businesses were unable to accept card payments - triggering huge queues at the few cash machines that were still working.
Initially, mobile phone networks also went down, leaving many scrambling for information.
Nagi Maehashi's RecipeTin Eats food website attracts a monthly readership of 45 million page views.
Two cookbook authors have accused TikTok influencer Brooke Bellamy of copying their recipes.
Nagi Maehashi, the Australian founder of popular food website RecipeTin Eats, said Ms Bellamy's cookbook contains recipes with "word-for-word similarities to mine".
Ms Bellamy, who owns the popular Brooki Bakehouse, has rejected her allegations, saying her book contains "100 recipes I have created over many years". One of those in question was created before Ms Maehashi published hers, she claims.
Hours after Ms Maehashi's raised her allegations, US author Sally McKenney also accused Ms Bellamy of plagiarising her vanilla cake recipe.
Ms Maehashi said that a reader pointed out what she described as "remarkable similarities" between her caramel slice recipe and the one in Ms Bellamy's best-selling cookbook Bake with Brooki.
She said she later also discovered similarities between her baklava recipe and Ms Bellamy's, offering a side-by-side comparison in a statement on RecipeTin Eats.
Ms Maehashi is the author of two cookbooks and her website, which she started in 2014, attracts a monthly readership of 45 million page views.
Ms Bellamy is the owner of three Brooki Bakehouse branches, all in Queensland, which were set up in 2022. She is also a popular baker on TikTok with two million followers.
Ms Maehashi said she had contacted Ms Bellamy's publisher, Penguin Random House Australia, adding that they "brought in lawyers and resorted to what felt to me legal intimidation".
"It feels like a blatant exploitation of my work. To see them plagiarised and used in a book for profit, without permission, and without credit, doesn't just feel unfair," she added.
Ms Maehashi has retained her own legal counsel and has written to both Ms Bellamy and Penguin.
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A side-by-side comparison of recipes on RecipeTin Eats
Bake with Brooki was published in October 2024 and has since sold A$4.6m (£2.1m; $2.9) worth of copies.
Penguin and Ms Bellamy have both strenuously denied the accusations, with the publisher issuing a response to Ms Maehashi confirming "the recipes in the BWB Book were written by Brooke Bellamy".
Despite maintaining no wrongdoing, Ms Bellamy said she offered to take down the recipes from future reprints "to prevent further aggravation", and that this was communicated "swiftly" to Ms Maehashi.
She added that she had "great respect for Nagi", but has stood by her recipes in a series of Instagram stories.
"Recipe development in today's world is enveloped in inspiration from other cooks, cookbook authors, food bloggers and content creators," she said, adding that the "willingness to share receipes" is what she loves about baking.
Both Ms Maehashi's and Ms Bellamy's cookbooks have been shortlisted for this year's Australian Book Industry Awards.
Ms McKenney, who authors the website Sally's Baking Addiction, accused Ms Bellamy of copying her vanilla cake recipe, which is included in Ms Bellamy's cookbook and YouTube channel.
"Original receipe creators who put in the work to develop and test recipes deserve credit - especially in a best-selling cookbook," Ms McKenny wrote on Instagram.
Katy Perry said the "online world" had tried to make her a "human Piñata"
Singer Katy Perry has admitted feeling "battered and bruised" by the backlash following her recent space trip, but reassured fans she is OK as would "keep looking to the light".
Writing two weeks after the much-derided Blue Origin voyage, which saw her take an 11-minute flight with five other women, the US star said the "online world" had tried to make her a "human Piñata".
Her comments came after fans paid for a billboard in New York to show their support for her ahead of her world tour.
Responding to a fan account that posted a video of the billboard, Perry said she was "so grateful" for her fans, adding they were "in this beautiful and wild journey together".
Perry has been one of pop's most successful singers over the past two decades, but the narrative around her has become more negative in the past year.
A poorly received album was accompanied by a lead single, Woman's World, which had a music video which many viewed as regressive.
She was then criticised for her part in Jeff Bezos's all-female Blue Origin space flight, during which she sung Louis Armstrong's What a Wonderful World to her fellow passengers, and held up the setlist for her new tour to an in-flight camera.
Some commentators said it was "tone deaf" for celebrities to be taking part in such a fleeting and expensive trip at a time of economic struggle.
However, singer Lily Allen apologised this week for "being mean" about Perry, saying that although she disagreed with the flight, there was no need to join the "pile on" against the singer.
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Katy Perry (second left) took part in Blue Origin's all-female space mission earlier this month
Some fans showed their support for Perry by clubbing together to pay for a digital billboard message in New York's Times Square for 24 hours.
A Brazillian fan account on Instagram explained fans had done it to "remind her that she is never alone; our love for her is boundless, unwavering, and eternal".
"We're so proud of you and your magical journey and we love you to the moon and back.
"Know that you are safe, seen and celebrated. We'll see you around the world, this is just the beginning."
'Unhinged and unhealed' internet
Perry left a comment expressing her gratitude, telling fans: "I love you guys and have grown up together with you and am so excited to see you all over the world this year!
"Please know I am OK, I have done a lot work around knowing who I am, what is real and what is important to me."
She said she is "not perfect", but rather on a "human journey playing the game of life with an audience of many and sometimes I fall".
"But I get back up and go on and continue to play the game and somehow through my battered and bruised adventure I keep looking to the light and in that light a new level unlocks."
She added: "When the 'online' world tries to make me a human Piñata, I take it with grace and send them love, cause I know so many people are hurting in so many ways and the internet is very much so a dumping ground for unhinged and unhealed."
The singer, whose hits include Roar, Firework and I Kissed A Girl, has just started a world tour, which will run until December and visit the US, Canada, South America, Canada, Europe and the United Arab Emirates.
Perry said she was looking forward to "seeing your faces every night, singing in unison, reading your notes, feeling your warmth".
Constable Boipelo Senoge was among the three officers whose bodies were found in the river
Police in South Africa are searching for answers after the bodies of three police officers - who had been missing for six days - were found in a river.
Boipelo Senoge, aged 20, Cebekhulu Linda, 24, and 30-year-old Keamogetswe Buys were last seen leaving a petrol station near Johannesburg last Wednesday.
Their bodies were discovered by divers around 70km (43 miles) away in Hennops river, along with the remains of two other unnamed persons.
The police initially said they were investigating a case of "possible hijacking and kidnapping" but on Tuesday said they could not speculate whether or not the deaths were accidental.
The three police officers - all constables - were travellng in a white VW Polo when they went missing, a police statement said.
Their vehicle tracking device and mobile phones have been off since then.
A search team subsequently "spent sleepless nights combing the length and breadth" of the Gauteng, Free State and Limpopo provinces, eventually finding parts of a vehicle "believed to be" a VW Polo, said national police commissioner Fannie Masemola.
A Renault Kangoo van was then found nearby on the banks of Hennops river, in the municipality of Centurion.
The three officers were travelling from Free State to Limpopo, when they were went missing.
Divers searched that part of the river and recovered five bodies between Monday and Tuesday.
Along with the three constables, the divers found the remains of a police admin clerk, who has not been named. The clerk had been driving the Renault van, said Gen Masemola.
He added that the fifth body was decomposed and had not yet been identified.
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Keamogetswe Buys (left) and Cebekhulu Linda (right) were last seen a week ago in a white VW Polo
The police are still looking for the VW Polo that the officers were travelling in.
The search for the missing police officers has been followed closely by the South African public and prayers for the three constables had been circulating across social media.
After the bodies were found, devastated loved ones gathered along the banks of the Hennops river, holding candles.
In an address on Tuesday, Gen Masemola said: "We don't want to speculate at this stage what led to the discovery of these bodies in this river, whether it was an accident or not, our investigation will reveal those aspects once we find their vehicle."
This marks a significant change in tone from Sunday, when the commissioner said: "We cannot have criminals undermine the authority of the state by kidnapping three police officers. This is just a stern warning to those behind this incident, either you hand yourselves over, or we will fetch you ourselves."
The Met Police officer who was cleared of murder after shooting Chris Kaba will face a gross misconduct hearing, the police watchdog has said.
Sgt Martyn Blake, an officer in the specialist firearms unit MO19, shot Mr Kaba in the head after he tried to ram his way out of a police vehicle stop in Streatham on 5 September 2022.
Met Assistant Commissioner Laurence Taylor said: "We made strong representations that he should not face any further action due to the extensive evidence tried and tested at court and the not guilty verdict returned by the jury."
The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) said its decision was "based on examining all the evidence [and] views of all parties".
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The Princess of Wales met local children and their families during a walk in Ardura Community Forest in Mull
The Prince and Princess of Wales are spending their second and final day on the Isle of Mull with children taking part in an outdoor learning session with forest rangers.
William and Catherine celebrated their 14th wedding anniversary on Tuesday as they began an official visit to the island off the west coast of Scotland.
The royal couple were greeted by more than 200 cheering tourists and local residents who had lined the main street of Tobermory.
Their final day of the mini-tour will focus on the natural world, which Catherine has previously described as her family's "sanctuary".
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The royal couple are on the second day of their visit to Mull
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Catherine has said nature is her family's "sanctuary"
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The Royal Foundation's Community Impact Programme is providing funding to safeguard two nature warden roles on Mull and neighbouring Iona.
The couple joined a group of children for a session on nature trails, den building and animal tracking at Ardura Community Forest.
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The visit included a nature trail in the forest
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The royal couple were guided through the forest
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The Royal Foundation's Community Impact Programme is providing funding for nature projects in Mull and Iona.
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The visit aims to highlight the importance of protecting and championing the natural environment.
Afterwards, William and Catherine will spend private time on Iona after taking the public ferry from Mull.
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The royal couple shared this photo taken on the Isle of Mull on Tuesday to mark their wedding anniversary.
The couple released a romantic image on their social media accounts on Tuesday evening to mark their 14th anniversary.
They were married at Westminster Abbey on 29 April 2011, when tens of thousands of people lining the streets for their wedding procession to Buckingham Palace.
The Duke and Duchess of Rothesay, as they are officially known when in Scotland, met while studying at the University of St Andrews.
Thursday 1 May is likely to be the hottest start to May on record for the United Kingdom with a peak temperature of 29C expected in south-east England.
This would exceed the previous record of 27.4C on 1 May 1990 at Lossiemouth.
Temperatures will widely be around 7C to 11C higher than the average at this time of year.
After a peak in heat on Thursday, temperatures will start to gradually fall over the bank holiday weekend to around average by Monday.
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Wednesday could become Wales' hottest April day on record with 26C forecast in south Wales, close to the current record of 26.2C
Very warm, even hot weather will be felt right across the UK on Wednesday with temperatures widely in the low to mid-twenties.
The hottest weather will be in south-east England where the thermometer is expected to reach 27C and it will become the warmest spell of April weather for seven years.
And with around 26C forecast in south Wales, there is a chance it could be Wales' hottest April day on record exceeding the previous record of 26.2C on 16 April 2003 at Gogerddan (Ceredigion).
UV levels will be high for most of the UK, though moderate in the far north of Scotland.
The heat builds even further on Thursday across England and Wales with temperatures in the mid to high twenties forecast, and 29C possible.
If that is the case, the record for the warmest start to May would be exceeded by a good few degrees.
However, for Scotland and Northern Ireland, it will turn cooler with some cloud and showers. Temperatures will actually fall to around the early May average of 13 to 17C.
With increasing humidity on Thursday, there will also be a risk of heavy and thundery showers in parts of Wales, the Midlands and eastern England.
Why has it been so warm?
Over the last week there has been a large area of high pressure situated across the UK which essentially has not moved – it has become blocked.
This means rain bearing areas of low pressure that we would normally see come in off the mid-Atlantic have been diverted elsewhere leading to the settled and dry weather in the UK.
The area of high pressure is also situated in a position where the wind direction is from a south or south-easterly. This has been drawing in very warm air from north Africa and the Mediterranean.
It has also helped that with lots of strong sunshine, the ground and air have been progressively getting warmer over the last few days. This is why we have seen temperatures gradually creeping up this week.
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Gradual cooling is expected over the bank holiday weekend
Will the warm weather last into the Bank holiday weekend?
Temperatures will start to gradually fall after the peak on Thursday.
On Friday, temperatures will drop into the high teens to low twenties for most but with some sunshine and 24C forecast in south-east England, it will still feel warm.
As for the rest of the weekend…
Saturday – dry for most with some sunny spells, with a threat of showers in the far south. Cloudier for northern Scotland where it'll be around 11-13C. Temperatures elsewhere mostly 16-22C.
Sunday - cloudier along eastern coast areas of the UK. Sunny spells elsewhere with highs of 13-17C.
Bank holiday Monday – cloud in eastern and south-east England but sunny spells elsewhere. Highs of 14-17C.
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Is this warm spell related to climate change?
While temperatures are between 7C to 11C above average across the UK for the time of year, getting very warm weather in spring is not that unusual.
With the Mediterranean and northern Africa starting to get much hotter during this time of year, any time we have a south or south-easterly wind that gets transported to our shores we see temperatures rise.
However, what is becoming clearer with a changing climate is that the blocking patterns – resulting in this wind direction – are becoming more frequent.
Data from the independent climate research group Climate Central suggests that temperatures this week have been made at least five times more likely, external by human-induced climate change.
It's during blocked weather patterns when we tend to see more extreme weather such as heatwaves and droughts in the spring and summer.
But a blocked weather pattern can also go the other way so that we could get more rainfall and potentially very cold air in the winter when the block is positioned in a certain way; similar to the 'Beast from the East'.
A ticket site for the gigs in Hamburg, Berlin and Cologne states that the summer shows are no longer going ahead.
A number of politicians have been calling for the band to be uninvited from some UK gigs, with Tory MP Mark Francois saying the group should not be allowed to play Glastonbury in light of the ongoing police investigation.
Speaking on RTÉ's Prime Time on Tuesday, the band's manager said "moral hysteria" had taken hold and that the band are being held to a higher moral standard than politicians.
Daniel Lambert claimed a "concerted campaign" against the group is "solely about de-platforming artists".
"It's about telling the next young band, both through the music industry and through the political class, that you cannot speak about Palestine," he said.
On having gigs cancelled, the band's manager said: "It's not for us to worry, it's for us to have the strength of conviction that we did the right thing."
He added that going to Coachella was the right thing to do, and "all of this has emerged from that".
TV personality Sharon Osbourne called for the band's US work visas to be revoked after their performance at the Coachella music festival in California earlier this month, where they described Israel's military action in Gaza as a US-funded genocide.
Which Kneecap gigs have been cancelled?
Scheduled appearances at Hurricane and Southside festivals, also in Germany, were cancelled last week.
On Tuesday, an Eden Sessions Limited spokesperson said: "Ticket purchasers will be contacted directly and will be fully refunded."
The band are set to support Fontaines DC at Boucher Playing Fields, Belfast, in August.
Speaking to BBC Radio Ulster's The Nolan Show, councillor Jim Rodgers said "serious consideration should be given" on whether the concert should go ahead.
"I've already spoken to some of the council officers and I'm hoping that the necessary action will be taken. We have to lead by example," he said.
"We would be sending out the wrong message if we were to allow this group to go ahead with their event."
A Belfast City Council spokesperson said: "Use of the venue for these events is managed via a legal agreement between the council and the promoter. Events programming remains a matter for the organisers.
"Any matter that an elected member wishes to raise would be considered by the relevant committee and full council."
Who are Kneecap?
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The group go by the stage names of Móglaí Bap, Mo Chara and DJ Próvaí
Kneecap are an Irish-speaking rap trio who have courted controversy with their provocative lyrics and merchandise.
The group was formed in 2017 by three friends who go by the stage names of Mo Chara, Móglaí Bap and DJ Próvaí.
Their rise to fame inspired a semi-fictionalised film starring Oscar-nominated actor Michael Fassbender.
Last week, a video emerged of the west Belfast trio at a November 2023 gig appearing to show one person from the band saying: "The only good Tory is a dead Tory. Kill your local MP."
The daughter of the Conservative MP David Amess whose father was stabbed to death at a constituency surgery called for Kneecap to apologise.
In a statement on X, the band said that "an extract of footage, deliberately taken out of all context, is now being exploited and weaponised, as if it were a call to action".
They also called some of the backlash a "smear campaign" and said it was "a transparent effort to derail the real conversation" away from their messages of "love" and support for Palestine.
They added: "To the Amess and Cox families, we send our heartfelt apologies, we never intended to cause you hurt."
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Jo Cox, the former Batley and Spen MP, was killed by far-right terrorist Thomas Mair in 2016, a week before the EU referendum vote
On Tuesday, the husband of murdered MP Jo Cox called on Kneecap to give a "real apology".
Brendan Cox, whose wife was killed in June 2016, said this was "only half an apology".
None of the members of Kneecap have been charged with any offences.
Ali al-Samoudi has been detained in an Israeli forces raid in Jenin
The Palestinian Journalists' Syndicate has condemned the arrest of a prominent local journalist by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank.
Ali al-Samoudi, who has worked extensively with Western media, was detained during a raid on his son's home in the northern city of Jenin early on Tuesday.
The 58-year-old was interrogated for half an hour at an unknown location and was later transferred to an Israeli hospital due to a deterioration in his health, his son Mohammed said.
The Israeli military said Samoudi was "identified with the [Palestinian] Islamic Jihad terrorist organisation" and "suspected in the transfer of funds" to it, without giving any evidence.
His family strongly denied his involvement and said that in his long career he had never previously faced such an accusation.
They said Israeli authorities had not told them the name of the hospital where he was being treated or any other details.
He is expected to be brought before a military court next Tuesday.
The Israeli military separately announced on Tuesday that security forces had detained a total of 24 wanted individuals "involved in the transfer of funds to terrorist organisations", including three from Jenin, during raids across the West Bank.
According to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), Israeli forces have arrested at least 79 journalists in the West Bank and Gaza since the start of the Gaza war in October 2023, while Palestinian authorities have arrested five others.
Another 176 journalists, almost all of them Palestinian, have been killed in Gaza, the West Bank, Israel and Lebanon during the war, the organisation says.
Airlines have been told not to allow Taiwan passport-holders to "enter or exit Somalia", Taiwan says
Taiwan has condemned Somalia for banning travellers with Taiwanese passports from entering or transiting through the East African country.
The ban took effect on Wednesday following an order issued by Somali aviation authorities last week, Taiwan's foreign ministry said.
Somalia is yet to comment on the ban which comes as Taiwan, a self-ruled island claimed by China, boosts ties with Somaliland, which broke away from Somalia 34 years ago, but remains mostly unrecognised internationally.
In 2020, Somaliland and Taiwan set up embassies in each other's capitals, angering both China and Somalia.
Somalia's civil aviation authority issued a notice to airlines saying that Taiwanese passports "will no longer be valid for entry into or transit through the Federal Republic of Somalia" from 30 April, Taiwan's foreign ministry said in a statement late on Tuesday.
"The ministry of foreign affairs has strongly protested Somalia's action made under the instigation of China to restrict the travel freedom and safety of Taiwanese nationals and has demanded that the Somali government immediately revoke the notice," the ministry said.
It condemned Somalia's "misinterpretation" of UN Resolution 2758 by linking it with the "one China" principle.
The ministry urged Taiwanese against traveling to Somalia or Somaliland for their own safety before Somalia reverses the ban, Taiwanese media reported.
Neither Somaliland nor Somalia has commented.
China said it "highly appreciates" the ban, calling it a "legitimate measure" that "reflects Somalia's firm adherence to the one-China principle", Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun told journalists on Wednesday, according to the AFP news agency.
Taiwan has its own constitution and holds regular, multiparty elections to choose its own leaders.
China insists Taiwan is part of its territory and has threatened to use force if necessary to bring the island under its control.
Following a diplomatic push by China, Taiwan - officially known as the Republic of China - is only recognised by a handful of countries.
Somaliland, which is not recognised by any other sovereign state, unilaterally declared independence from the rest of Somalia in 1991, following the collapse of the dictatorial regime in Somalia led by the late General Mohamed Siad Barre.
Somaliland also holds regular elections, while many parts of Somalia are under the control of the al-Shabab militant group, which is linked to al-Qaeda.
Somalia sees Somaliland as part of its territory and has condemned Ethiopia for striking a deal with the Somaliland authorities to lease one of its ports.
The bodies of six soldiers were found at the site of an ambush in Guaviare, the body of a seventh missing soldier was found later
The Colombian government says 15 police officers and 12 soldiers have been killed over the past two weeks in targeted attacks it blames on armed groups.
President Gustavo Petro accused the Gulf Clan criminal gang and other armed groups of targeting members of the security forces in revenge for the recent killing of several of their leaders.
The government has offered a reward for information leading to the arrest of those behind the attacks.
Petro was elected on a promise to bring "total peace" to Colombia, but on Friday his interior minister acknowledged that the strategy was "not going well", following the breakdown of talks with the Gulf Clan and several other armed groups.
Petro published a list on X of the names of the 15 police officers and 12 soldiers which he said had been "systematically" killed since 15 April.
According to the list, 10 of the police officers were murdered on duty, while five were killed off duty.
Seven of the soldiers on the list all died in a single ambush on Sunday in Guaviare province. The army has blamed that attack on a dissident Farc rebel group.
The Farc, short for Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, signed a peace deal with the government in 2016 and most of its fighters laid down their arms.
But a considerable number of Farc rebels who did not agree with the deal formed dissident groups which have continued to fight the security forces.
In an effort to bring peace to Colombia, Petro's government held talks with some of these dissident groups, as well as with rebels of the National Liberation Army (ELN), and members of the Gulf Clan criminal gang.
But Petro suspended the talks with the ELN in January, accusing it of having "no will for peace".
He also opted not to renew a ceasefire with a dissident Farc rebel group in April.
Talks with the Gulf Clan also stalled after police launched an operation against the group's leader, known as "Chiquito Malo" (Spanish for "Bad Shorty"), in February.
Chiquito Malo escaped unharmed, but days later another senior leader, known as "Terror", and his bodyguards were killed by police.
The Colombian government says that the Gulf Clan ordered its members to kill on- and off-duty police officers and soldiers in revenge for these operations.
Constable Boipelo Senoge was among the three officers whose bodies were found in the river
Police in South Africa are searching for answers after the bodies of three police officers - who had been missing for six days - were found in a river.
Boipelo Senoge, aged 20, Cebekhulu Linda, 24, and 30-year-old Keamogetswe Buys were last seen leaving a petrol station near Johannesburg last Wednesday.
Their bodies were discovered by divers around 70km (43 miles) away in Hennops river, along with the remains of two other unnamed persons.
The police initially said they were investigating a case of "possible hijacking and kidnapping" but on Tuesday said they could not speculate whether or not the deaths were accidental.
The three police officers - all constables - were travellng in a white VW Polo when they went missing, a police statement said.
Their vehicle tracking device and mobile phones have been off since then.
A search team subsequently "spent sleepless nights combing the length and breadth" of the Gauteng, Free State and Limpopo provinces, eventually finding parts of a vehicle "believed to be" a VW Polo, said national police commissioner Fannie Masemola.
A Renault Kangoo van was then found nearby on the banks of Hennops river, in the municipality of Centurion.
The three officers were travelling from Free State to Limpopo, when they were went missing.
Divers searched that part of the river and recovered five bodies between Monday and Tuesday.
Along with the three constables, the divers found the remains of a police admin clerk, who has not been named. The clerk had been driving the Renault van, said Gen Masemola.
He added that the fifth body was decomposed and had not yet been identified.
South Africa Police Service
Keamogetswe Buys (left) and Cebekhulu Linda (right) were last seen a week ago in a white VW Polo
The police are still looking for the VW Polo that the officers were travelling in.
The search for the missing police officers has been followed closely by the South African public and prayers for the three constables had been circulating across social media.
After the bodies were found, devastated loved ones gathered along the banks of the Hennops river, holding candles.
In an address on Tuesday, Gen Masemola said: "We don't want to speculate at this stage what led to the discovery of these bodies in this river, whether it was an accident or not, our investigation will reveal those aspects once we find their vehicle."
This marks a significant change in tone from Sunday, when the commissioner said: "We cannot have criminals undermine the authority of the state by kidnapping three police officers. This is just a stern warning to those behind this incident, either you hand yourselves over, or we will fetch you ourselves."
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