Tony Blair should face trial for war crimes over Iraq, says Jeremy Corbyn

Tony Blair should be charged with war crimes for ordering the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Labour leadership frontrunner Jeremy Corbyn has claimed.

In an extraordinary attack on Labour's most successful ever leader, Mr Corbyn said that 'those that made the decisions' in the run-up to the conflict should be put on trial.

He said Mr Blair should be made to 'explain' launching an 'illegal' war which he said helped cause recent migrant deaths in the Mediterranean.

Undergraduate killed by suspected cultist in Imo state Nigeria

 

Suspected cultists yesterday August 4th shot dead a student of the Alvan Ikoku Federal University of Education, AIFUE ,in Owerii Imo state. The cult members reportedly pursued the victim from the school premises into the Federal Medical Center Owerri where he was shot at close range. He died instantly. His body has been deposited at the morgue while police have started investigations into the killing.

Heartbreaking scene as dying bat boy, nine, was cradled by US baseball player while his team prayed after he was fatally struck in the head by a practice swing

These are the heartbreaking scenes after a nine-year-old bat boy was was fatally struck in the head by a practice swing at a baseball game on Saturday. 

In a newly-released photo, Liberal Bee Jays outfielder Gavin Wehby can be seen clutching little Kaiser Carlile to his chest during theNational Baseball Congress World Series game.

Kaiser, who is dressed in his beloved red, white and blue team outfit, is clearly unresponsive, with a speck of blood marking his fair hair, while Wehby appears to be shouting at someone out of view.

4-year-old girl shot in the head in a drive-by shooting

4 year old Martaisha Thomas, (left) was shot in the 700 block of Ridgeway Avenue in Avondale, Cincinnati last Thursday around 8:15 p.m in a drive-by shooting. She is in critical condition at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and presently fighting for her life.

According to the Cincinnati Police, the gunman (pictured right) Darnell Hicks, 20, was targeting someone in a group sitting outside the block but the little girl got hit. According to a news release from the police, Darnell is wanted for felonious assault in connection with the shooting. He's currently on the run.

This Is How People In China Are Riding Escalators After A Horrific Accident

A short video of a mother’s fatal fall into a hole atop an escalator — moments after she saved her son — has been pulling at viewers’ heartstrings since it was released last Sunday.

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But as horrifying as it was, the tragedy captured on security cameras was only the first of three high-profile incidents that happened on Chinese escalators and elevators over the last week.

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Now FOUR police forces reveal they are investigating abuse claims against former Prime Minister Edward Heath as it emerges more alleged victims have come forward

Former Prime Minister Sir Edward Heath is now being probed by four different police forces as more alleged victims continue to come forward with sexual abuse claims.

Kent Police this afternoon became the fourth force to reveal it is probing Sir Edward after an alleged victim came forward to claim that the politician had assaulted them in the 1960s.

A spokesman said: 'We have today received a report of a sexual assault having been committed in east Kent in the 1960s.