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index.feed.received.today — 7 avril 2025

The Rainham volcano: a waste dump is constantly on fire in east London. Why will no one stop it? – podcast

Under Arnolds Field, tonnes of illegally dumped waste have been burning for years, spewing pollution over the area. Locals fear for their health – and despair that no one seems willing to help

By William Ralston. Read by Sam Swainsbury

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© Illustration: Chester Holme/The Guardian

© Illustration: Chester Holme/The Guardian

index.feed.received.yesterday — 6 avril 2025

The alleged UnitedHealthcare CEO killer faces the death penalty. Will a jury impose that punishment?

6 avril 2025 à 16:00

Even if he’s convicted, a jury might decide on a lesser punishment for Luigi Mangione in the trial’s penalty phase

It was a decision that everyone expected to come. But it still had all the drama of a made-for-television legal show: would the government seek the death penalty for Luigi Mangione, the man accused of murdering a top health insurance executive on a Manhattan street?

The answer came last week: yes.

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© Photograph: Steven Hirsch/Getty Images

‘I thought: this is it. I’m going to die’: Music producer Itay Kashti on his kidnapping ordeal

6 avril 2025 à 15:00

As his attackers are jailed for eight years, Kashti speaks about resilience, recovery after being targeted in attack

As he lay on the floor of a remote Welsh cottage, having been battered by a gang of masked kidnappers and handcuffed to a radiator pipe, musician and record producer Itay Kashti was heartbroken to imagine he would never see his family again.

“I thought: ‘This is it. I’m going to die and this is the end of my story.’ I felt it was the final scene from a movie. I was thinking about my children.”

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© Photograph: Graeme Robertson/The Guardian

‘Deception, fraud and coercion’: the Miami property magnate brothers accused of rape

6 avril 2025 à 13:00

Alon, Oren and Tal Alexander used their money and influence to build a sex-trafficking network, prosecutors say

The Alexanders are the ultimate Miami crime story: three brothers from one of Florida’s wealthiest families, opulent real estate, luxury yachts and fast cars; there are drugs, fashion models and A-list celebrities. And, ultimately, a trio who flew too close to the sun, only to crash back down to Earth.

The downfall of the Alexander twins, Alon and Oren, and their elder sibling Tal, is reflected in their current residence, a federal jail in New York ahead of their trial next year. They face charges including rape, sexual assault and the sexual trafficking of dozens of victims.

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Film-maker Paul Schrader accused of sexually assaulting personal assistant

5 avril 2025 à 21:08

Writer and director behind Taxi Driver and American Gigolo accused by former employee in lawsuit

Paul Schrader, the writer of Taxi Driver and director of American Gigolo, has been accused in a lawsuit of sexually assaulting his former personal assistant, firing her when she wouldn’t acquiesce to advances and reneging on a settlement that was meant to keep the allegations confidential.

The former assistant, identified in court documents as Jane Doe, sued the filmmaker and his production company on Thursday. She is seeking a judge’s order to enforce the agreement after Schrader said he couldn’t go through with it. The terms, including a monetary payment, were not disclosed.

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© Photograph: Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP

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