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Iran executes 13 members of a Sunni rebel group blamed for attacks in the country's south-east, state media says.

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Clockwise from top left: Jonathan Horne, William Aldridge, James Backhouse, Daniel Simpson, Daniel Hume, John Brackpool, Lee Scott and Joseph Murphy Eight soldiers' bodies flown home
The bodies of eight British soldiers killed in a single 24-hour period in Afghanistan will be flown home to the UK later.

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Private schools charity threat

Elderly people 'Care insurance' planned for old
Older people in England could be asked to take out insurance to pay for long-term care in their old age, it is reported.

UK conductor dies at Dignitas clinic
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