The pain of drug addiction continues to course through towns like Clarksburg, W.Va., where many babies are born withdrawing and have to be taken from their parents.
A Ukrainian source later told the BBC that Kirillov was killed by Ukraine's security service, though this was never confirmed on the record. As a matter of policy, Ukraine never officially admits or claims responsibility for targeted attacks.
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Watch: Images, cassettes and high-profile figures - What's in the latest Epstein files?
A batch of files, which includes a photo of US President Donald Trump, were removed by the justice department because of concerns raised by victims, the deputy attorney general said on Sunday.
Todd Blanche said the photo that included Trump also showed unredacted images of women, and rejected criticisms that the removal was related to the president.
At least 13 files from the thousands made public on the justice department's website on Friday had disappeared without explanation by Saturday.
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee questioned the images' removal. In a social media post, they asked Attorney General Pam Bondi: "What else is being covered up?"
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) said in a post on X on Sunday that the image of Trump was flagged by the Southern District of New York "for potential further action to protect victims".
They added that they had temporarily removed the image for further review "out of an abundance of caution".
"After the review, it was determined there is no evidence that any Epstein victims are depicted in the photograph, and it has been reposted without any alteration or redaction," the DOJ said.
Blanche said that the suggestion that the photo was removed due to Trump was "laughable". "It has nothing to do with President Trump," he told NBC News.
"There are dozens of photos of President Trump already released to the public seeing him with Mr Epstein."
He added: "So the absurdity of us pulling down a photo, a single photo, because President Trump was in it, is laughable."
Blanche cited a judge in New York who "has ordered us to listen to any victim or victims' rights group if they have concerns" as a reason behind removing some of the previously posted files.
"There were a number of photographs that were pulled down after being released on Friday," he said.
Trump has consistently denied any wrongdoing in relation to Epstein and has not been accused of any crimes by Epstein's victims. There is no suggestion that these pictures imply any wrongdoing.
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An image of framed photos was removed from the DOJ website and later reappeared
Congressman Thomas Massie, a Kentucky Republican who led the charge to release the files, said he was frustrated with the Trump administration's response and his focus is to get justice for the victims.
He said he is drafting inherent contempt charges for Attorney General Pam Bondi.
"They are flouting the spirit and the letter of the law," he told CBS News on Sunday. "It's very troubling the posture that they have taken. I won't be satisfied until the survivors are satisfied."
The image that was included in the removed files showed a credenza desk in Epstein's home with an open drawer filled with other photos, one of which showed the president with Trump, Epstein, first lady Melania Trump and Epstein's convicted associate Ghislane Maxwell. Framed photos also can be seen on top of the credenza desk.
That image has since been restored by early Sunday, available through a link to the website. The other files had not been restored to the site as of Sunday afternoon.
Ten of the missing files include images which appear to show the same room - a small massage parlour with clouds painted on the ceiling, and brown patterned wallpaper studded with multiple nude pictures. Some appear to be photos, others are artwork.
Most of the women pictured on the wall have had their faces redacted. However, one face is redacted in one file but plainly visible in three of the others. Another face remains unredacted in all of the files while a painted image of the same person is visible.
On Saturday, Democrats on the House Oversight Committee questioned the files' removal.
They posted the missing photo of Trump on social media and asked Attorney General Pam Bondi if it was true that the image had been removed.
"What else is being covered up? We need transparency for the American public," the committee wrote.
The files' removal comes at time of increased suspicion surrounding the US government and the so-called Epstein files.
The documents released on Friday came to light as the result of an act of Congress that forced the DOJ to release them.
The DOJ said it would comply with the congressional request to release documents, with some stipulations.
It redacted personally identifiable information about Epstein's victims, materials depicting child sexual abuse, materials depicting physical abuse, any records that "would jeopardise an active federal investigation" or any classified documents that must stay secret to protect "national defence or foreign policy".
But many of the documents that were released were heavily redacted.
There was limited new information about Epstein's crimes and things like internal DOJ memos on charging decisions were not included in the files that were released.
Additional reporting by Alison Benjamin and Benedict Garman.
St Mary's Catholic school in central Nigeria where schoolchildren were abducted
Nigerian authorities say they have secured the release of the remaining 130 schoolchildren kidnapped from a Catholic boarding school in the country's central Niger state.
Nigeria's federal government described the latest release as a "moment of triumph and relief", after one of the country's worst mass kidnappings.
More than 250 children and staff were abducted from St Mary's Catholic school in Papiri on 21 November. Earlier this month about 100 of the children were released.
The authorities confirmed "the rescue of the remaining 130 children and staff" in a statement, saying "not a single pupil is left in captivity".
Presidential spokesperson Bayo Onanuga said on Sunday the total of freed students was now 230.
Since the kidnapping, the exact number of people taken and how many have remained in captivity has been unclear.
It has not been formally made public how the government secured the latest release - or whether any ransom was paid.
The announcement by Onanuga included pictures of children smiling and waving. The students are expected to arrive in the Niger state capital, Minna, on Monday.
When the earlier release happened the governor of neighbouring Nasarawa state, Abdullahi Sule, told local media that the federal government had played a key role, adding that the behind-the-scenes efforts could not be disclosed for security reasons.
The Christian Association of Nigeria reported that 50 students managed to escape at the time of the kidnapping.
November's abduction was the latest incident in a growing number of targeted attacks on schools and places of worship in north and central Nigeria.
The attack on St Mary's in November was preceded by mass kidnappings just days earlier.
On 18 November, two people were killed and 38 abducted in an attack on the Christ Apostolic Church in Kwara state, and a day before that, two were killed and 25 Muslim students abducted from Government Girls' Secondary School in Kebbi state.
All those taken in the Kwara and Kebbi attacks have since been freed.
It is not clear who is behind these kidnappings - most analysts believe they are carried out by criminal gangs seeking ransom payments.
On 9 December Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu said his government would continue to work with Niger and other states "to secure our schools and make the learning environment safer and more conducive for our younger ones".
The renewed fighting this month has displacing around 900,000 on both sides, officials say
South East Asia's top diplomats are meeting on Monday in Malaysia in a bid to end deadly border clashes between Thailand and Cambodia that have killed at least 41 people and displaced close to one million others.
They will seek to revive a ceasefire that was brokered in July by Malaysia as chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) and US President Donald Trump in July.
This is the first meeting between officials of Thailand and Cambodia since fighting resumed on 8 December. Both countries have blamed each other for the fresh hostilities.
The conflict dates back more than a century, when the borders of the two nations were drawn after the French occupation of Cambodia.
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, who presided over the signing of the July ceasefire alongsideTrump, said he was "cautiously optimistic" about Monday's meeting in Kuala Lumpur.
"Our duty is to present the facts, but more importantly, to press upon them that it is imperative for them to secure peace," he said last week.
Cambodia has said that the talks aim to restore "peace, stability and good neighbourly relations", adding that it would reaffirm its position that the disputes should be resolved through peaceful means.
Thailand, while calling the meeting an important opportunity, reiterated its conditions for negotiations, including a declaration of ceasefire from Cambodia first and a "genuine and sustained" ceasefire.
The US and China have also been attempting to mediate a new ceasefire.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who had a phone call with his Thai counterpart on Thursday, said that he hoped a new ceasefire could be reached by Monday or Tuesday.
China's special envoy for Asian affairs, Deng Xijun, visited Phnom Penh last week. A statement from Beijing said he reaffirmed that China would continue to play a constructive role in facilitating dialogue between Cambodia and Thailand.
A screenshot from a video found on Naveed Akram's phone shows his father conducting firearms training, police allege
The gunmen who allegedly carried out a deadly attack on a Jewish festival at Bondi Beach last week threw four undetonated explosives at the start of the attack, including a "tennis ball bomb", according to newly released documents.
Naveed Akram, 24, has been charged with dozens of offences including 15 counts of murder over the attack at a Hanukkah celebration on 14 December. Akram, who was shot by police during the attack, was released from hospital on Monday and transferred to a prison.
The second alleged gunman, his father Sajid Akram, was shot dead.
The pair recorded a video manifesto in October in which they sit in front of the Islamic State group flag, according to police documents.
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A screenshot from CCTV shows the Akrams carrying 'bulky items' hours before the attacks, police allege
The Akrams "meticulously planned this terrorist attack for many months", police alleged. Videos found on Naveed's phone showed the pair were motivated by "violent extremist ideology" linked to the Islamic State group.
They include one video in which the pair sit in front of an Islamic State flag and detail their motivation for the Bondi attack and condemn "the acts of 'Zionists'", police alleged. Naveed also appears to recite a passage from the Quran in Arabic in the video, police alleged.
Another video allegedly showed the pair conducting firearms training in what police believe to be rural New South Wales in October. "The Accused and his father are seen throughout the video firing shotguns and moving in a tactical manner," police alleged.
A temporary suppression order had been made on the fact sheet last week to protect the identities of the survivors of the attack. The order was revoked on Monday after an application to the New South Wales Local Court by media companies although the names of most survivors were redacted.
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CCTV shows the Akrams carrying out reconnaissance two days ahead of the Bondi Beach attack, police allege
CCTV recorded at Bondi beach two days ahead of the attack also showed the Akrams driving to the area and carrying out reconnaissance, police alleged.
"The Accused and his father, S Akram, are seen to exit the vehicle and walk along the footbridge, being the same position where they attended two days later and shot at members of the public," police wrote.
CCTV also captured the pair leaving rented accommodation in the Sydney suburb of Campsie hours before the attack "carrying long and bulky items wrapped in blankets", police alleged.
Police said the items, which were placed in a car, were three firearms, home-made improvised explosive devices including the "tennis ball bomb" and two Islamic State flags.
They later drove to Bondi where they parked and placed the flags on the inside of the front and rear windows, police alleged. After removing the firearms and homemade bombs from the car, they walked towards the footbridge from where they carried out their attack, police alleged.
Three homemade pipe bombs and the tennis ball bomb were thrown as they approached the bridge, police alleged, but did not explode although they were assessed as "viable". A fifth explosive device was later found in their vehicle, police had previously said.
Naveed Akram, who was shot in the abdomen and critically injured by police, did not appear at Monday's court appearing.
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Police allege a homemade bomb was found in the boot of the Akrams' vehicle
A Ukrainian source later told the BBC that Kirillov was killed by Ukraine's security service, though this was never confirmed on the record. As a matter of policy, Ukraine never officially admits or claims responsibility for targeted attacks.
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Watch: Images, cassettes and high-profile figures - What's in the latest Epstein files?
A batch of files, which includes a photo of US President Donald Trump, were removed by the justice department because of concerns raised by victims, the deputy attorney general said on Sunday.
Todd Blanche said the photo that included Trump also showed unredacted images of women, and rejected criticisms that the removal was related to the president.
At least 13 files from the thousands made public on the justice department's website on Friday had disappeared without explanation by Saturday.
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee questioned the images' removal. In a social media post, they asked Attorney General Pam Bondi: "What else is being covered up?"
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) said in a post on X on Sunday that the image of Trump was flagged by the Southern District of New York "for potential further action to protect victims".
They added that they had temporarily removed the image for further review "out of an abundance of caution".
"After the review, it was determined there is no evidence that any Epstein victims are depicted in the photograph, and it has been reposted without any alteration or redaction," the DOJ said.
Blanche said that the suggestion that the photo was removed due to Trump was "laughable". "It has nothing to do with President Trump," he told NBC News.
"There are dozens of photos of President Trump already released to the public seeing him with Mr Epstein."
He added: "So the absurdity of us pulling down a photo, a single photo, because President Trump was in it, is laughable."
Blanche cited a judge in New York who "has ordered us to listen to any victim or victims' rights group if they have concerns" as a reason behind removing some of the previously posted files.
"There were a number of photographs that were pulled down after being released on Friday," he said.
Trump has consistently denied any wrongdoing in relation to Epstein and has not been accused of any crimes by Epstein's victims. There is no suggestion that these pictures imply any wrongdoing.
US Department of Justice
An image of framed photos was removed from the DOJ website and later reappeared
Congressman Thomas Massie, a Kentucky Republican who led the charge to release the files, said he was frustrated with the Trump administration's response and his focus is to get justice for the victims.
He said he is drafting inherent contempt charges for Attorney General Pam Bondi.
"They are flouting the spirit and the letter of the law," he told CBS News on Sunday. "It's very troubling the posture that they have taken. I won't be satisfied until the survivors are satisfied."
The image that was included in the removed files showed a credenza desk in Epstein's home with an open drawer filled with other photos, one of which showed the president with Trump, Epstein, first lady Melania Trump and Epstein's convicted associate Ghislane Maxwell. Framed photos also can be seen on top of the credenza desk.
That image has since been restored by early Sunday, available through a link to the website. The other files had not been restored to the site as of Sunday afternoon.
Ten of the missing files include images which appear to show the same room - a small massage parlour with clouds painted on the ceiling, and brown patterned wallpaper studded with multiple nude pictures. Some appear to be photos, others are artwork.
Most of the women pictured on the wall have had their faces redacted. However, one face is redacted in one file but plainly visible in three of the others. Another face remains unredacted in all of the files while a painted image of the same person is visible.
On Saturday, Democrats on the House Oversight Committee questioned the files' removal.
They posted the missing photo of Trump on social media and asked Attorney General Pam Bondi if it was true that the image had been removed.
"What else is being covered up? We need transparency for the American public," the committee wrote.
The files' removal comes at time of increased suspicion surrounding the US government and the so-called Epstein files.
The documents released on Friday came to light as the result of an act of Congress that forced the DOJ to release them.
The DOJ said it would comply with the congressional request to release documents, with some stipulations.
It redacted personally identifiable information about Epstein's victims, materials depicting child sexual abuse, materials depicting physical abuse, any records that "would jeopardise an active federal investigation" or any classified documents that must stay secret to protect "national defence or foreign policy".
But many of the documents that were released were heavily redacted.
There was limited new information about Epstein's crimes and things like internal DOJ memos on charging decisions were not included in the files that were released.
Additional reporting by Alison Benjamin and Benedict Garman.
Sir Keir Starmer does not have a "coherent approach to social mobility", the government's social mobility commissioner has said.
Alun Francis, a top adviser to the government, told the Guardian that there was no "overarching narrative" to pull various policy strands together and called on the prime minister to set out a clearer strategy.
A report by the commission released last week warned that "extreme regional disparities exist" in the UK, with many former industrial and mining areas worst affected.
"We have a government that talks quite a lot about social mobility, but mainly about individuals – often about [the] social mobility of themselves or their colleagues," Francis said.
"But what we don't have is a coherent approach to social mobility as a useful concept that you can build a strategy around."
While praising individual policies on housing and skills, he said other proposals had been "stop-start", while almost one million young people are now outside education, work or training.
"We've got other policies like growth, educational improvement where we're just not sure where we're going," Francis said.
Without an overall strategy, he said, the government would "struggle to address some of those issues and have a clear-headed view about what we might do to improve things".
Among the conclusions of week's report were that a child's family background still heavily shapes their education level and future life chances in the UK. It also said there were "extreme regional disparities" within the country.
A government spokesperson called the number of young people outside education, work or training a crisis that couldn't be ignored and said a review by Alan Milburn would help build a system that ensured every young person had an opportunity to make something of their lives.
The report listed North East of England, Yorkshire and the Humber, and the West Midlands as facing "enduring disadvantages", while former mining areas in Wales and Scotland are also "notably disadvantaged".
However, new areas outside London with "favourable conditions for innovation and growth" include Aberdeen, Brighton, Bristol, Chester, Edinburgh, Oxfordshire, Reading and West Berkshire, the report said.
It also noted that almost half of young people aged 25 to 29 years were in professional occupations between 2022 and 2024 - up from 36% between 2014 and 2016.
But people from lower socioeconomic backgrounds "don't benefit as much from these opportunities as their peers", it said.
Clare Lane says she had "no idea" she signed up to a subscription when she bought the sportswear
A woman who found she had spent thousands of pounds on a monthly subscription with a sportswear firm after having bought two pairs of leggings seven years earlier says she had "no idea" she had signed up to such a commitment.
Clare Lane said she had bought the leggings from Fabletics, an online sportswear retailer, in 2017 and "as far as I was concerned, it was a one-off purchase and that was the end of it".
"I wore the leggings, they were decent. I hadn't thought about it at all in that time," Ms Lane said.
She told BBC Radio 4's You & Yours that she only realised she had also taken out a subscription when she and her husband were changing credit cards in October this year.
Purchases on their existing card were being automatically paid off from their joint bank account, she explained.
Ms Lane, from Leeds, said that when she went back to her credit card statements, she was horrified to find monthly payments of about £50 to Fabletics going back seven years - adding up to a total of almost £5,000.
The company has since refunded most of Ms Lane's money, but its general manager for Europe told the BBC that customers must also take "a little bit of responsibility".
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Fabletics founder Kate Hudson is currently starring in the film Song Sung Blue
Fabletics was set up in 2013 and co-founded by Hollywood actress and singer Kate Hudson.
The company has also run high-profile collaborations with Lizzo and Khloe Kardashian.
It claims to be an innovator in bringing subscriptions to fashion, and its latest UK accounts showed revenue of just under £20m in 2024.
Fabletics runs a "VIP" subscription service which means that for a monthly fee of £59.99 its customers get store credit which can only be used to buy products from its website.
The firm has told the BBC it tells customers four times during purchases that they are signing up for a subscription, adding that it is easy to cancel.
However, several of its customers have told the BBC that was not made clear to them.
Ms Lane also said the firm's emails had all filtered into her junk folder.
She said that getting her money back from the firm after discovering she had been paying a monthly subscription had proved difficult.
"It's been a whole series of emails and phone calls, a lot of correspondence and formal recorded delivery letters," she said.
"We've tried to go through our credit card company to retrieve some of the money. We've gone to Trading Standards."
'Waiting for resolution'
Other Fabletics customers told the BBC they had faced similar problems.
Lowri De Gennaro, from Llangollen in Wales, said she had bought a pair of its leggings on a new credit card in March 2023.
She explained it was only 30 months later that she discovered Fabletics had billed her £54.99 a month for a VIP Membership.
Ms De Gennaro said she had since got back £500 from the company, but she had been told the remaining £1,100 would not be refunded as her VIP credits had since expired.
"The customer service is dreadful. I email daily to no avail. I Facebook Message daily and I am still waiting for a resolution," Ms De Gennaro said.
Meanwhile, a woman from Lanarkshire in Scotland, who only wanted to be known as Claire, told You & Yours that she had lost £2,000 in a similar manner.
She said the experience had left her feeling "physically sick".
'Pretty fair deal'
Mark Ralea, Fabletics' general manager for Europe, told You & Yours the firm did attempt to contact by email any customers who were building large credit balances.
Mr Ralea also defended the company's use of a subscription model.
"We want to be as sustainable as possible, so we know how many products we are producing based on our subscription base," he said.
"If you're not going to a gym for one month, the money is gone. In our case, you can still use that money for products, which is a pretty fair deal compared to any other membership.
"We are trying to be as transparent as possible with every single customer."
Mr Ralea said the firm had refunded most of Ms Lane's money out of goodwill, and he insisted VIP subscriptions were easy to cancel.
However, when challenged on this, Mr Ralea responded by saying his customers had responsibilities too.
"I'm checking my credit card statements every month. We try to help as much as we can, but a little bit of responsibility is on people as well," he said.
Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds promised to make subscriptions fairer, but new laws have been delayed
The government has estimated that UK consumers lose £1.6bn a year in unwanted subscriptions.
New laws on so-called "subscription traps", forcing companies to be clearer about subscriptions and make it easier for customers to cancel without penalty, were due to be introduced in the spring.
However, the Department of Business and Trade has confirmed these have been delayed until next autumn at the earliest after retailers raised questions.
Mr Ralea told You & Yours he believed Fabletics already complied with the new rules.
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