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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was told her daughter would be taken away and that her husband was a spy after she was first detained in Iran, a new account has revealed. The 41-year-old said she spent 40 days in complete isolation after being imprisoned, which caused her to 'doubt herself' and question whether accusations that she was a spy were actually correct. The British-Iranian national, who will return to court in Tehran to face new charges on Monday, revealed her ordeal in White Torture, a book of interviews with Iranian political prisoners. The 41-year-old said she spent 40 days in complete isolation after being imprisoned, which caused her to 'doubt herself' and question whether accusations that she was a spy were actually correct Her account said interrogators 'tried to induce me to say something that didn't exist'. She added: 'They said they had top-secret evidence that I worked for the parliament and against Iran. 'I was sure that was not th

Families have been put on alert after a student contracted coronavirus at a trampoline venue as New South Wales records four new cases. The student from Cabramatta High School, had visited the Flip Out Prestons Indoor Trampoline Park at Prestons in Sydney's south-west. The school will be closed over the weekend to undergo a deep clean. The three other cases recorded in NSW on Saturday were in hotel quarantine.  The student from Cabramatta High School, had visited the Flip Out Prestons Indoor Trampoline Park at Prestons in Sydney's south-west The student had visited the venue at the same time as a known case which has been linked to the Hoxton Park cluster that has led to five infections.  Cabramatta High School is now working with NSW Health to identify any close contacts of the case while staff and students have been told to self-isolate.  There are currently 73 people being treated for COVID-19 within the state with one on ventilation.  NSW Health are asking residents from Sy

Kyle Rittenhouse on August 25 Kyle Rittenhouse, the 17-year-old vigilante who shot dead two left-wing protesters at the Kenosha riots in August, will be extradited to Wisconsin to face murder charges after an extradition hearing on Friday. Rittenhouse shot and killed Joseph Rosenbaum and Anthony Huber during the riots earlier this year. He claims he was acting in self-defense and that the men attacked him first.  The teen then fled Wisconsin to go a short distance over the state line to his home state of Illinois.  He has been in custody there ever since but on Friday, a judge ruled he would be sent back to Wisconsin.  It's unclear if he will go immediately. Earlier in the proceedings, his attorneys told the court: 'This Illinois child must go free.' Many are hailing him as an 'American hero' who was defending the town. Kyle has been in a juvenile facility in Illinois but now faces adult jail in Wisconsin. According to prosecutors and court documents, Rittenhouse ki

A raccoon has been caught on camera causing chaos inside a high school west of Dallas, Texas.   The furry critter managed to enter the main building of Euless Trinity High on Thursday where it ran riot through the halls.   Principal Mike Harris released surveillance video showing seven teachers trying in vain to catch the creature.  Trying out for the track team! A raccoon has been caught on camera causing chaos inside a high school west of Dallas, Texas The raccoon outran the educators, who eventually called in animal control for help.  However, the specialist was also unable to detain the creature, even after deploying a lasso.  The critter's caper continued, with a teacher seen on surveillance camera trying to trip up the raccoon with her foot.  While faculty members may be adept at wrangling rowdy teenagers, they were outmaneuvered by the fast-moving animal.  An animal control specialist was unable to detain the creature, even after deploying a lasso The escapade only came to

A train has been named in honour of civil rights pioneer Paul Stephenson as part of Black History Month celebrations. Dr Stephenson, 83, who was born in Essex to a West African father and British mother, served in the RAF before moving to Bristol in 1960, where he became the city's first black social worker. In 1963, he led the Bristol Bus Boycott, which saw campaigners overturn a ban on ethnic minorities working on the city's buses. Dr Stephenson, 83, moved to Bristol in 1960, where he became the city's first black social worker He was made an OBE in 2009 for his services to equal opportunities and to community relations in Bristol, and received a Pride of Britain Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2017. Dr Stephenson was nominated for the train naming by the public and members of staff at Great Western Railway , as part of the company's Great Westerners campaign to recognise past and present heroes from across the network. On Friday morning, GWR hosted a naming ceremo

The US set a record-high number of coronavirus cases with more than 88,500 new infections reported in a single day Thursday. This breaks the previous record set on Saturday of 83,757 and brings the total number of cases to 8.9 million.    Several states also reported their own single-day high number of cases with nearly 6,400 new cases recorded in Illinois, more than 2,000 in Colorado and more than 1,000 in North Dakota. The seven-day rolling average number of new daily cases also hit a high of 76,541 according to a DailyMail.com analysis of data from Johns Hopkins University.   President Donald Trump tweeted on Friday that 'more testing equals more cases' and claimed that COVID-19 coronavirus deaths are 'WAY DOWN.' However, while daily deaths are low compared to figures seen in the early days of the pandemic, they are creeping back upward with 971 fatalities reported on Thursday and 994 reported on Wednesday. On average, about 800 people are dying per day, according to

Footballer Marcus Rashford has praised the efforts of a great-great-grandmother who has baked hundreds of pies to help feed hungry children during half-term. Flo Osborne, 89, has rallied to the Manchester United player's calls and has thrown herself into pie-making to help feed those going hungry - producing as many as 20 pies a day. Flo can bake two or three pies in one go in her tiny kitchen in Harwich, Essex, but has made hundreds through lockdown for her community - and now many that will feed children over the half term break.  Flo Osborne, 89, has made hundred of pies in her tiny kitchen in Harwich, Essex during lockdown and has recently concentrated her efforts to help feed hungry schoolchildren during half-term  The great-great-grandmother of five rallied to the Manchester United player's calls and has made as many as 20 pies a day Last night, 22-year-old Marcus Rashford tweeted his appreciation for Flo to his 3.7 million followers, writing: 'I'm going to leave

Billionaire financier Leon Black told investors that giving Jeffrey Epstein a second chance following his imprisonment in 2008 for soliciting an underage prostitute was a 'terrible mistake'. The Apollo Global Management Inc CEO on Thursday gave his most comprehensive account to date of his ties with Epstein on the company's third-quarter earnings call.  He acknowledged that what he called a personal matter was now affecting the private equity firm he co-founded in 1990 and still controls. It comes after the value of the hedge fund plunged by $500million earlier this month when it emerged Black reportedly transferred up to $75million to Epstein for 'professional services' in the years after the financier had been convicted of child sex offenses.  One of the biggest US public pension funds has already frozen new investments in the firm in light of the revelation.    Billionaire financier Leon Black, pictured, reportedly transferred at least $50 million to Jeffrey Epst