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Welcome to bbc news. A british woman accused of smuggling drugs into egypt has been sentenced to three years in jail. Laura plummer, whos 33 and from hull, was arrested in october with 290 tablets of the painkiller, tramadol, which is banned in egypt. A spokesman from the Foreign Office says they will continue to provide assistance to the family. My colleague in cairo, hanan razek, has been speaking to laura plummers family who say they are shocked by todays sentencing. I was just speaking to lauras mother and she tells me she is still shocked after the verdict. She says she cannot believe it ...

Snap election. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. A british woman has been sentenced to three years in prison after being convicted of smuggling drugs into the country. A british woman has been sentenced to three years in prison in egypt after being found guilty of smuggling drugs into the country. Laura plummer, whos 33 and from hull, was arrested in october when she was found carrying almost 300 tablets of the painkiller, tramadol, in her suitcase. Daniela relph reports. Laura plummers family and friends say she is naive, not a criminal. But today the 33 year old shop workerfrom hull is b...

These photos posted on twitter by the syrian red crescent, an International Committee of the red cross. A sign of hope forjust a few. Four patients with critical medical conditions will now receive treatment in a hospital in damascus. In the rebel held suburb of Eastern Ghouta, the most vulnerable have little help. Sick and malnourished, trapped under siege since 2013. On christmas day, the bbc aired a story ofa christmas day, the bbc aired a story of a young baby, two month old who lost a n of a young baby, two month old who lost an eye and suffered severe injuries ina lost an eye and suffere...

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