Today’s Lead News Stories

Pelicot says she wants truth from Dominique Pelicot over potential abuse of daughter and case of estate agent who was raped and murdered in 1991

Antoine Massey was convicted on charges of rape and kidnapping before New Orleans jailbreak

Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairman Tarique Rahman’s adviser Humayun Kabir on Saturday said that "Hindu extremism and far-right intolerance" are growing in India, describing radicalisation as a wider South Asian concern.

The lawmakers are also pressing for access to unreleased and fully unredacted Epstein documents.

Biffle was killed alongside his family in a tragic plane crash just before Christmas 2025

In a new lawsuit, Paxton accused city officials of under-calculating how much money should go to law enforcement under a voter-backed provision.

Epstein files release shows David Stern advised against mentioning ‘being denied previously or criminal charges’

US immigration authorities are set to dramatically expand detention capacity by 2026, earmarking $38 billion for facility acquisition and renovation. This initiative aims to boost ICE's bed capacity to over 92,600, anticipating heightened enforcement. The plan involves converting buildings into regional processing centers and establishing large detention hubs for deportations,…

A family in Mymensingh cast their votes hoping for justice after their son, Dipu Chandra Das, was burnt alive last December. Dipu, a garment worker, was attacked by a mob over alleged blasphemy. His father expressed hope that the newly elected government will expedite the justice process for his son.

Strike appears to be first in Caribbean since November, with vast majority of recent strikes happening in the Pacific

Democratic representative also condemns US capture of Nicolás Maduro, Trump’s threats to annex Greenland and US support for Israel’s war on Gaza – key US politics stories from Friday, 13 February at a glance