New York state prosecutors say they will reopen a criminal inquiry into the alleged rape of a woman at Cornell University in 2024.

The woman filed a civil lawsuit on 16 September alleging she was drugged and raped by multiple people at a fraternity house at the university.

“Once we determine the appropriate charges, the case will be prosecuted in the most objective and impartial means possible” through a grand jury, Tompkins County District Attorney Matthew Van Houten said Monday.

Cornell University said that while it supported the case being brought before a grand jury, “any suggestion that the university did not impose consequential punishments for those involved is false”.

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Every morning Igor Smelyansky looks at a vast map of Ukraine on his office wall and decides where he should put his people in harm’s way.

His aides provide him with live intelligence about Russian attacks and he deploys his teams, balancing their potential operational success against risk to life or limb.

But Smelyansky is no military commander. He is the head of Ukraine’s state postal service, Ukrposhta.

The BBC’s James Landale follows the postal workers who are risking their lives.

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Bluefin tuna had all but vanished from UK waters.

Now, the giant predatory fish are back – in huge numbers.

Their return is one of several wildlife recoveries highlighted in a major new report from WWF, which it says shows conservation can work.

But the Living Planet Report 2026 also finds that monitored wildlife populations around the world have fallen by an average of 73% since 1970.

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A major incident has been declared and homes have been evacuated in a village near an RAF base which hosts the United States Air Force.

Several men have been arrested on suspicion of offences under the Explosives Act, Gloucestershire police said. An army explosive ordnance disposal team is currently examining a number of vehicles.

Whitehall officials say the investigation into the incident is being led by counter-terror police.

The base has been recently used to deploy American bombers since the country’s conflict in Iran began on 28 February.

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Isaias has strengthened to the first hurricane of the Atlantic season this year and will make landfall over the coming days.

It has the potential to bring damaging winds, torrential rain and a storm surge to parts of the US Gulf Coast.

Shell, BP and Chevron have started evacuating workers from their offshore platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. Authorities say a quarter of production in the region is now shut down.

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