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A man who used a mobility scooter has been stabbed to death in east London.

The incident occurred when the victim was approached by two men on bicycles who demanded his scooter and attacked him with a knife. The man, whose identity has not been released, was taken to an east London hospital where he later died from his injuries.

Pavel Durov, the chief executive of Telegram, is to face further investigation over allegations he allowed criminal activity on the messaging app.

Durov's company has come under scrutiny for not doing enough to curb illegal activities such as drug trafficking and terrorism on its platform. The charges against Durov come after a court in Russia ordered him to pay 800 million roubles ($12.4 million) in damages to the Russian state over similar accusations.

Two former news editors in Hong Kong have been found guilty of sedition - the first journalists to be convicted under the law.

The case against Yeung Chicheng and Chan Puiman, both former editors at Oriental Daily News, was brought after they published an article in 2016 that criticised Beijing's decision to impose a national security law on Hong Kong. The pair were found guilty of conspiracy to publish seditious publications, and could face up to two years in prison.

It is "inevitable that things will go wrong" when prisoners are freed early to try to alleviate prison overcrowding, the Chief Inspector of Probation has said.

Juliet Lyon's comments come after the UK government announced plans to release up to 10,000 inmates early as part of a bid to tackle the spread of Covid-19 in prisons. Critics have warned that such measures could increase crime rates and undermine public confidence in the justice system.

At least three people have been killed after a typhoon hit southern Japan on Thursday morning, sparking fears of flooding, landslides and extensive damage to buildings.