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Review by Brian Lowry, CNN After a bleak reimagining of “A Christmas Carol” in 2019, Steven Knight (“Peaky Blinders”) is back to give another Charles Dickens tale, “Great Expectations,” similar treatment, with equally grim results. While the underlying story is better suited to such tinkering, even Olivia Colman‘s toothy performance can’t salvage this six-part production,

By Alex Hardie, CNN A man has been charged with attempting to murder two elderly men who were set on fire after they had left mosques in the English cities of London and Birmingham. Mohammed Abbkr, 28, is alleged to have sprayed a substance on the men before setting it alight in separate incidents in

By CNN’s Catherine Nicholls A Nigerian senator was found guilty of plotting to harvest organs on Thursday, at the UK’s Old Bailey Court, the Crown Prosecution Service said in a statement. Senator Ike Ekweremadu, his wife Beatrice and Dr. Obinna Obeta were found guilty of trafficking a 21-year-old street trader to the UK to provide

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Fans who are missing McDonald’s “Snack Wraps” can soon get their fix at a rival. Beginning Tuesday, in a move that could attract customers clamoring for the return of the fan-favorite food, Wendy’s is adding a new grilled chicken ranch wrap to its menu. For $6.29, Wendy’s said customers will get

By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Australians have learned the question they’ll be asked later this year in the country’s first referendum in 24 years, a vote deemed so significant that the Prime Minister paused to gather his emotions Thursday as he announced the details. On a date to be set, Australians will be asked whether the

By Sarah El Sirgany, CNN A probe into whether UK soldiers stormed the houses of two innocent Afghan families and summarily executed their relatives began Wednesday, part of an effort by investigators looking into allegations of war crimes committed by the British Armed Forces in Afghanistan — and the purported coverups that followed them. The

By Rob Picheta and Luke McGee, CNN Boris Johnson admitted he misled lawmakers but claimed he did so unintentionally, as the former British prime minister fought to save his political career at a tense and combative hearing into the “Partygate” scandal that contributed to the collapse of his government. Johnson, flanked by lawyers in a

By Bertha Ramos, Elizabeth Plaz, Jorge Engels and Jack Guy, CNN Ecuador’s public prosecutor has opened a terrorism investigation after at least five journalists received envelopes containing explosive devices. Three of the envelopes reached the newsrooms of Ecuavisa, Teleamazonas and TC Televisión television channels, while two further envelopes addressed to radio station EXA FM and

By Rosa Flores, CNN One of the weapons used in the deadly abduction of four Americans in the Mexican border city of Matamoros earlier this month was purchased in the United States and provided to a Mexican cartel, according to a federal court document. Roberto Lugardo Moreno was arrested and charged with knowingly conspiring to

By Paula Newton, CNN Police in Halifax, Nova Scotia said three people were stabbed in an incident at a high school Monday morning. In a statement, Halifax Regional Police said three people were injured and all were taken to a hospital for treatment. The extent of their injuries is unknown. Officers took one person, a

By Maija Ehlinger, Marlon Sorto, Abel Alvarado and Heather Chen, CNN At least 13 people died after a magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck southern Ecuador on Saturday afternoon, according to government officials. The earthquake struck near the southern town of Baláo and was more than 65 km (nearly 41 miles) deep, according to the United States