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Baroness Louise Casey, who led the national investigation into grooming gangs, called on the government last year to quash any convictions of victims who were criminalised when they should have been protected.

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026

That appearance came just a few months after Perry and Bloom, 49, officially called it quits after nine years together.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 12, 2026

Oil fell, while U.S. futures and global markets rose in early morning European trading after President Trump called off further strikes on Iran and said the two countries were close to a peace deal.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's powerful sister called Lee's statement "wise behaviour", but hopes for a rapprochement faded after the diplomatically isolated nation returned to calling the South its "most hostile" enemy.

From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026

I didn’t have to be there when the social worker called him and told him what I reported; I knew the rage he felt, and I knew he felt I betrayed him.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam