内容摘要：Police said Mr Banta's former girlfriend was around six-weeks pregnant when she went for a check up with her doctor, who told her the baby was healthy and had "a strong heartbeat" and vital signs.

Police said Mr Banta's former girlfriend was around six-weeks pregnant when she went for a check up with her doctor, who told her the baby was healthy and had "a strong heartbeat" and vital signs.

He also claimed the conditions in a US prison would be "inhuman and degrading" for him because of his health conditions, including type 2 diabetes and asthma.He lost all of these arguments at every stage and was extradited in May 2023.

His case did not go to trial. In November last year, Hafeez pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiring to manufacture and distribute heroin, methamphetamine and hashish and to import them into the US.Pre-sentencing, prosecutors described the "extremely fortunate circumstances" of Hafeez's life, which "throw into harsh relief his decision to scheme... and to profit from the distribution of dangerous substances that destroy lives and whole communities"."Unlike many traffickers whose drug activities are borne, at least in part, from desperation, poverty, and a lack of educational opportunities," they said, "the defendant has lived a life replete with privilege and choice."

An outdoor exhibition featuring life-sized prints of fifteen famous artworks has opened.Art on Your Doorstep, featuring works by artists including Van Gogh and Monet, can been seen in Bethesda Gardens, in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent.

The city becomes the first place in the UK to host a National Gallery outdoor exhibition and was chosen to help mark its centenary year.

"It offers people the chance to encounter art as they go about their everyday life," said Jane Knowles from the gallery. The free display will run until January.She believes South Sudanese models are in demand not just for their physical beauty, but for their "resilience" too.

Goi was born in Juba but as a child she moved to neighbouring Uganda, like Akol and hundreds of thousands of other South Sudanese.Many fled in the years after 2011, when South Sudan became independent from Sudan.

There were high hopes for the world's newest nation, but just two years later a civil war erupted, during which 400,000 people were killed andAlthough the civil war ended after five years, further waves of violence, natural disasters and poverty mean people continue to leave.