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Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be executed in Britain, will receive a conditional pardon in recognition of a "profound injustice", Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy announced in parliament on Wednesday, after a decades-long campaign by her family.

A German palliative care doctor was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday for murdering 15 people with lethal doses of sedatives, and he remains under investigation for dozens more killings.

According to recent statistics by the Western Cape Department of Health, nearly 300 girls aged 10 to 14 gave birth in the province between April and December 2025.

The Health Ombud has found no evidence linking the deaths of four healthcare workers at KwaZulu-Natal public hospitals to their working conditions.

The newly formed People's Coalition, made up of prominent opposition figures, called on Zimbabweans to demonstrate while lawyers prepared to challenge the constitutionality of the country's latest law.