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A French prosecutor said Monday that a husband who planned the mass rape of his wife for almost 10 years, drugged her into unconsciousness, and shared photos and videos of the attacks should be sentenced to the maximum of 20 years in jail. In a trial that garnered international attention and evolved into an investigation into the prevalence of sexual violence in France and beyond, Dominique Pelicot, 71, has admitted the accusations. Public prosecutor Laure Chabaud told the court that the maximum sentence of 20 years is both excessive and insufficient given the gravity of the repeated and violent actions. The majority of the 50 other men on trial have stated that they were unaware that they were raping Gisele Pelicot, that they had no intention of raping her, and that they blamed her former...

For Pamela Hayden, everything is still coming up in Milhouse. Following Sunday night's episode of Treehouse of Horror Presents: Simpsons Wicked This Way Comes, the actress, who has been the voice of Bart's best friend on The Simpsons for 35 years, will be retiring. However, Hayden stated that she has no regrets about leaving the venerable program. How many performers can claim to have been involved in a show for 35 years in a row? Variety was informed by Hayden.That's incredible in and of itself. However, it was time for me to focus on my other artistic pursuits, such as making films. Although it was a difficult choice, I believe it was the right one. Hayden's exit has been planned for some time because animation takes a long time to go from concept to television. The Simpsons has been f...

Three Uzbek nationals have been taken into custody by UAE authorities in relation to the death of an Israeli Moldovan rabbi who was discovered dead in the Gulf state. Israeli officials expressed indignation over the murder, which also brought attention to the small but expanding Jewish community in the Emirate, which established diplomatic relations with the Jewish state in the 2020 Abraham Accords. Israel's attack on the Gaza Strip and the subsequent Arab outcry have put pressure on that opening. On Monday, the Ministry of Interior in the United Arab Emirates revealed the identity of "the three perpetrators arrested for committing the murder of the Moldovan resident, Zvi Kogan." It stated that it was "conducting initial investigations" with Azizi Kamilovich, 33, Makhmudjon Abdurrahim, 28,...

Authorities in Lithuania confirmed Monday that an ADHL freight jet killed one person on board and injured three others when it crashed into a house in Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania. Less than a mile from the airport where it was headed, the plane crashed on Pea Street, a major thoroughfare that runs through Leipzig, Germany, around 5:30 a.m. local time (10:30 p.m. ET on Sunday). "A cargo plane carrying four people crashed close to Vilnius International Airport at 5:30 AM local time, according to early statistics. In an emailed statement to NBC News, Lithuania's national police agency said, "One person was declared dead, three injured." "It turned out that a cargo plane had crashed and a residential house caught fire," the Department of Fire Protection and Rescue stated in a statement. ...

Authorities in the Baltic republic of Lithuania said Monday that a DHL freight jet killed one person on board and injured three others when it crashed into a house in Vilnius, the capital. Less than a mile from the airport where it was headed, the plane crashed on Pea Street, a major thoroughfare that runs through Leipzig, Germany, around 5:30 a.m. local time (10:30 p.m. ET on Sunday). "A cargo plane carrying four people crashed close to Vilnius International Airport at 5:30 AM local time, according to early statistics. In an emailed statement to NBC News, Lithuania's national police agency said, "One person was declared dead, three injured." "It turned out that a cargo plane had crashed and a residential house caught fire," the Department of Fire Protection and Rescue stated in a statemen...

According to a UNICEF report issued Monday, gangs in Haiti are recruiting youngsters at previously unheard-of levels, with the number of minors targeted increasing by 70% over the previous 12 months. According to the U.N., children currently make up between 30% and 50% of all gang members in the violent nation. UNICEF's representative in Haiti, Geeta Narayan, called this trend extremely alarming. The rise coincides with growing poverty and political unrest, as gangs that control 85% of Port-au-Prince attack once-calm neighborhoods in an attempt to seize complete control of the capital. In a phone conversation from Haiti, Narayan stated that young boys are frequently utilized as informers since they are invisible and not perceived as a threat. Some are armed and coerced into taking part in ...

Conservation workers and locals assisted in refloating around 30 pilot whales that became stranded on a New Zealand beach by raising them on sheets, allowing them to be safely returned to the water. According to New Zealand's conservation agency, four of the pilot whales perished. Pilot whales are very common stranders in New Zealand, which is a hotspot for whale strandings. The Department of Conservation informed The Associated Press that a team was keeping an eye on Ruak K Beach, which is close to the city of Whang Rei in the north of New Zealand, on Monday to make sure there were no indications that the whales that were salvaged on Sunday were stranded once more. The efforts of hundreds of volunteers to save the foundering pod were hailed by the agency as amazing. Joel Lauterbach, a spo...

Remaining differences raise questions about whether a final deal is imminent as representatives from 175 nations convened in Busan, South Korea, on Monday for the fifth round of negotiations aimed at establishing an international convention to reduce plastic pollution. After the previous round of negotiations in Ottawa in April concluded without a resolution on limiting plastic output, South Korea is holding the fifth and supposedly final meeting of the U.N. Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5). After petrochemical-producing countries like Saudi Arabia and China fiercely rejected efforts to target plastic manufacturing despite the concerns of countries that bore the brunt of plastic pollution, discussions will now be centered on chemicals of concern and other measures. Talks ove...

Australia's SydneyThe government of Australia announced on Sunday that it has abandoned plans to punish internet companies up to 5% of their worldwide turnover for their inability to stop the spread of false material online. Ahead of a federal election that is scheduled for within a year, the law was part of Australia's extensive regulatory crackdown, in which politicians have expressed dissatisfaction about foreign-domiciled internet platforms displacing the nation's sovereignty. There is no way to pass this idea through the Senate, according to public remarks and interactions with senators, Communications Minister Michelle Rowland said in a statement. According to Rowland, the law would have brought about a previously unheard-of degree of openness by making large corporations answerable ...

Pakistan's Peshawar A seven-day ceasefire agreement between competing sectarian groups was brokered by a Pakistani government team on Sunday, ending days of fighting in the country's northwest that has left at least 68 people dead and several others injured, according to one of the mediators. At least 40 people, primarily Shiite Muslims, were killed when gunmen assaulted convoys of civilian vehicles on Thursday, sparking the bloodshed. Sunni Muslim citizens became the target of reprisal attacks as a result, and armed organizations from both sides have engaged in fierce combat. A land dispute in Kurram district, close to the Afghan border, has led to decades of tribal and sectarian conflict between armed Shiite and Sunni Muslims. Muhammad Ali Saif, a member of the mediation team, told Reu...