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Widow of Alexei Navalny says lab tests confirm he was poisoned in prison

Yulia Navalnaya says tests by two laboratories on samples smuggled out of Russia show her husband was killed by poison

The Guardian - UK · Sep 17, 2025

Poison Killed Putin Critic Navalny, Wife Says

The wife of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said Wednesday that laboratory analysis of smuggled biological samples found he was killed by poisoning while incarcerated at an Arctic prison in February 2024.

International Business Times · Sep 17, 2025

After Mass Nepal Jailbreak, Some Prisoners Surrender

Days after escaping alongside 13,500 others in a giant jailbreak during deadly anti-corruption protests in Nepal, Avinash Rai rubbed his belly after a meal -- and strolled back into prison.

International Business Times · Sep 17, 2025

Christian Brueckner: Madeleine McCann suspect freed from prison

He left the prison at Sehnde, near Hannover in northern Germany, on Wednesday morning

The Independent UK · Sep 17, 2025

Prime suspect in Madeleine McCann disappearance released from German prison

German national Christian Brueckner was serving a seven-year prison sentence for the rape of an elderly woman at her home in Praia da Luz in 2005.

Evening Standard · Sep 17, 2025

“You Could Hide A Small Child Inside”: New Disturbing Insight On Madeleine McCann’s Prime Suspect

“He's got a criminal record longer than a telephone directory,” said one man who knew Christian Brueckner. The suspect was released from prison on September 17.

Bored Panda · Sep 17, 2025

Main suspect in Madeleine McCann's disappearance is released from prison

Christian Brueckner, 48, was released from prison in Germany after serving a sentence for an unrelated sex crime in Portugal’s Algarve region where McCann disappeared

Evening Standard · Sep 17, 2025

German investigated in Madeleine McCann disappearance released after serving time in unrelated case

A German man who is under investigation in the disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann 18 years ago was released from prison Wednesday after serving his sentence in an unrelated case, police said

The Independent UK · Sep 17, 2025

Main suspect in Madeleine McCann case released from German prison

Authorities say they no longer have legal justification to hold Christian Brückner in jail after serving rape sentence

The Guardian - UK · Sep 17, 2025

‘Push back – or they’ll eat you alive’: James Cromwell on life as Hollywood’s biggest troublemaker

He marched against the Vietnam war, supported the Black Panthers, has protested over animal rights, ended up in prison after a climate sit-in – and starred in Babe, LA Confidential and Succession. He explains how he became the ultimate activist-actor

The Guardian - UK · Sep 17, 2025