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Every justice story from the last two weeks of One Turn, newest first. Each links to its sources and to its place on the 3D globe.
Independent MP Helen Haines was struck by a vehicle outside her office in Wangaratta in what police allege was a targeted attack; her husband said both her legs were amputated and she is stable. Brendan Nugent, 43, was charged and denied bail. The federal police chief said one person a week is being charged over threats to MPs.
New York federal judge Loretta Preska vacated her 2023 judgment ordering Argentina to pay more than $16bn over the expropriation of oil company YPF and closed the case at first instance. Its future depends on whether the US Supreme Court agrees to hear an appeal sought by Burford Capital.
The Gambia confirmed it received $2.5m from the sale of a US mansion owned by former president Yahya Jammeh and said it will use the funds for reparations to victims of his rule.
Brendan Nugent, 43, has been charged with three offenses after independent MP Helen Haines was struck by a vehicle outside her office in Wangaratta, Victoria. Haines lost a leg and remains in critical but stable condition; Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the driver did a U-turn and called it deliberate. The suspect's family said they had known Haines for more than 20 years, and a barber who ran to help her was praised by the prime minister.
A Kenyan court found preacher Paul Mackenzie, his wife and 29 others guilty of murdering 190 children and one adult linked to starvation in Shakahola Forest. Prosecutors said his church ordered followers to starve themselves and their children. His son Dan told the BBC that Mackenzie's younger children were still being starved weeks before the trial.
New York federal judge Loretta Preska vacated her 2023 judgment ordering Argentina to pay more than $16bn over the expropriation of oil company YPF and closed the case at first instance. Its future depends on whether the US Supreme Court agrees to review it, as litigation funder Burford Capital has requested.
Kenya's High Court found self-proclaimed pastor Paul Mackenzie and all 29 co-accused guilty of murdering 191 people, 190 of them children, linked to starvation in Shakahola Forest. Sentencing is set for 6 November.
Florida issued an arrest warrant for former Cuban leader Raúl Castro, mirroring a federal indictment from May as Washington steps up pressure on Havana.
A court upheld lifting the arrest warrant against former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont over the 2017 independence bid, allowing him to return.
Robert Kabera, a former army sergeant major, popular YouTuber and singer who criticised Rwanda's president and had sought asylum in Uganda, was found beheaded.
More opposition figures in Pakistan have been implicated under the country's anti-terrorism law as a political showdown continues.
A nursery owner in China was sentenced to life in prison after hundreds of children were poisoned; she and five staff were found to have added inedible paint to meals to make them look more appealing.
An incarcerated Indigenous woman was shackled to a hospital bed while giving birth, an advocacy group said, days before Labor and the Coalition blocked a bill to ban the practice.
Rome prosecutors widened an investigation into the alleged abuse and sexual assault of detained flotilla activists to include Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz and 12 senior military, police and prison officials.
Rights groups warn a young man faces imminent execution in Saudi Arabia for attending protests and funerals when he was 15, calling it a 'new low'. Sri Lanka separately appealed to Riyadh to overturn a migrant worker's death sentence.
US prosecutors charged Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro with ordering the torture of opponents and Americans.
The International Criminal Court condemned new US sanctions as an assault on the rule of law and the international legal order, saying 'history will judge this moment'.
A Hamburg court sentenced a Danish national to eight and a half years and an Afghan national to four and a half years for plotting, on Iran's behalf, to assassinate Josef Schuster, president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany.
Jeffrey Donaldson, former leader of Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for child sexual abuse and rape. The offences took place between 1985 and 2008.
President Donald Trump announced that the Defense Department had reversed a plan to livestream the firing squad execution of Nidal Hasan, scheduled for 3 December, following broad backlash.
Police rescued around 200 people from an unregistered rehabilitation centre in Mpumalanga and arrested two people over alleged kidnapping and health and safety violations. Fourteen people needed medical treatment.
A judge in Ensenada sentenced three Mexican men to more than 158 years in prison each for the 2024 murders of two Australians and an American.
A Hamburg court sentenced a Danish national to eight and a half years and an Afghan national to four and a half years for plotting, on Iran's behalf, to assassinate Josef Schuster, president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany.
A Ukrainian citizen accused of sabotaging the Nord Stream gas pipelines in 2022 went on trial at Hamburg's Higher Regional Court.
President Trump said the Defense Department had reversed its plan to livestream the firing squad execution of Nidal Hasan, the 2009 Fort Hood gunman, set for December 3. The reversal followed broad backlash.
Jeffrey Donaldson, former leader of Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for child sexual abuse and rape. The offences took place between 1985 and 2008.
Costa Rica inaugurated a maximum-security prison modeled on El Salvador's CECOT, designed to hold 20% of its current prison population. It comes as the country fights organised crime after record homicides.
A Ukrainian citizen accused of sabotaging the Nord Stream gas pipelines in 2022 went on trial at the Higher Regional Court in Hamburg.
A Chinese court sentenced three triad members to death for crimes tied to scam centres in Myanmar's Kokang region, including fraud, drug trafficking, gambling, prostitution and the murders of two Chinese citizens.
Costa Rica inaugurated a maximum-security prison modelled on El Salvador's CECOT, designed to hold 20% of its current prison population, as it confronts organised crime after record homicides in 2023.
A New Delhi court ordered Cockroach Janta Party spokespeople Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka held for five days after police detained them for entering the restricted Jantar Mantar protest site.
A Nevada court sentenced former Crips leader Duane 'Keffe D' Davis to a minimum of 40 years in prison for orchestrating the 1996 murder of rapper Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas.
Three Indian nationals were killed and five injured in a suspected arson attack in Bochum, Germany; a 41-year-old resident was arrested.
A Chinese court sentenced three triad members to death for crimes tied to scam centres in Myanmar's Kokang region. The charges included fraud, drug trafficking, illegal gambling, prostitution and the murder of two Chinese citizens.
A Clark County court in Nevada sentenced former Crips leader Duane 'Keffe D' Davis to a minimum of 40 years in prison. He was convicted of orchestrating the 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas.
Three Indian nationals died and five others were injured in a suspected arson attack in Bochum, Germany. Police arrested a 41-year-old resident.
A New Delhi magistrate's court ordered the release of Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke and two other leaders. They must avoid breaches of the peace for one year.
A woman stabbed her husband and three-year-old son to death while the family was on vacation at a Great Wolf Lodge in Pennsylvania, according to reports.
South African judge and former UN human rights chief Navi Pillay received the Nobel Peace Prize. The committee cited her efforts to promote peace and international law.
The United States imposed sanctions on the ICC, freezing its US-held assets and restricting US companies from dealing with it. The move came after former ICC judge Navi Pillay won the Nobel Peace Prize.
Brazil's Supreme Federal Court issued an arrest warrant for Eduardo Bolsonaro on charges of lobbying the US to interfere in his father's trial. His brother Flávio Bolsonaro is a presidential candidate.
The United States imposed sanctions on the ICC itself, freezing its US-held assets and restricting US companies from dealing with it. The move came after former ICC judge Navi Pillay won the Nobel Peace Prize.
Eight people, including the gunman, died in a shooting at a home in Erie, Pennsylvania. Further details were not given in the input.
Brazil's Supreme Federal Court issued an arrest warrant for Eduardo Bolsonaro, accused of lobbying the US to interfere in his father Jair Bolsonaro's trial. His brother Flávio is a presidential candidate.
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that the firing squad execution of Nidal Hasan, who carried out the 2009 Fort Hood shooting, will be publicly broadcast.
A High Court judge quashed search warrants used by Thames Valley Police at Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's homes, citing errors in the applications and in the handling of legally protected material.
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that the firing-squad execution of Nidal Hasan, who carried out the 2009 Fort Hood shooting, will be publicly broadcast.
London's Court of Appeal overturned the convictions of five former Barclays traders for manipulating Libor and Euribor. It followed a 2025 Supreme Court ruling that legal errors made similar convictions unsafe.
Judge Nicholas Hilliard quashed warrants used to search Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's homes. He found errors in Thames Valley Police's applications and in how legally protected material was considered.