Detained immigrants at Georgia ICE facility launch mass hunger strike 07. October 2026 (14:00) At least 73 people estimated to have joined protest against prolonged detention and Folkston facility’s ‘violations’A group of people detained inside a privately-run Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) jail in Georgia have launched a mass hunger strike this week to protest against their prolonged detention and the facility’s conditions, according to advocates and family members.Advocates estimate at least 73 detained immigrants are participating in the hunger strike inside the Folkston D Ray James ICE processing center in south-east Georgia. The Folkston facility, a former state prison, is run by the private prison company GEO Group under a contract with ICE. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Husband of Norfolk GP found dead at home appears in court charged with her murder 07. October 2026 (13:31) Mark Cain, 45, charged on Tuesday after Hannah Cain was found dead in Fern Hill, Dersingham, on Sunday nightThe husband of a GP has appeared in court charged with her murder.Dr Hannah Cain, 45, was found dead at her home in Fern Hill, Dersingham, near the Sandringham estate in Norfolk, on Sunday 4 October. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Ukraine says Russia bombed apartment block as birthday gift for Putin 07. October 2026 (13:14) Building in Pryluky destroyed, killing nine people including three children, officials say, night before Russian president’s 74th birthdayVolodymyr Zelenskyy has accused Russia’s military of deliberately killing civilians and bombing residential buildings as a macabre gift for Vladimir Putin, who celebrates his 74th birthday on Wednesday.Ukraine’s president described Russia’s overnight drone and missiles strikes, which killed at least 15 people, as “despicable”. “The Russians wanted to strike painfully and demonstratively,” he said. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
