Government shutdown draws near as Democrats push for healthcare funding

Top Senate Republican says Democrats see shutdown as ‘politically advantageous’ as 30 September deadline looms

The US government is drawing nearer to a potential shutdown after Donald Trump told Republicans on Friday “don’t even bother dealing with” the Democrats, whose congressional leaders are refusing to support spending bills that do not include their healthcare priorities.

Congress is up against an end-of-the-month deadline to approve legislation funding the federal government, otherwise many departments will stop work and employees will be told to stay home. While the Senate and House of Representatives have made some progress on passing the 12 appropriations bills that make up the budget, it seems certain that Congress will need to pass a short-term measure to keep the government open beyond 30 September.

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Trump can block Medicaid funds to ‘defund’ Planned Parenthood, court rules

Reproductive rights group condemns ruling as ‘backdoor abortion ban’ and says 200 US clinics may face closure

The Trump administration can move forward with its plan to “defund” Planned Parenthood by blocking it from receiving reimbursements from Medicaid, the US government’s insurance program for low-income people, a federal appeals court ruled late Thursday.

The ruling from the first US circuit court of appeals lifts a lower court’s preliminary injunction, which had stopped the Trump administration from enacting a provision of its tax and spending bill that axed Planned Parenthood’s ability to participate in Medicaid for one year.

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World's first AI minister will eliminate corruption, says Albania's PM

Named Diella, the new minister will help Albania "leapfrog" bigger, more advanced countries, says Edi Rama.

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UK says 'great news' British national freed in Belarus release deal

Julia Fenner was given a long jail term after being detained while entering Belarus in March 2024.

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South African rapist in bid to block Netflix documentary about his life

Thabo Bester, who allegedly faked his death in prison and escaped, says the documentary is defamatory.

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Killing of Trump ally lays bare America's bloody and broken politics

Charlie Kirk's killing is another episode of gun violence in America and the latest in a line of recent political violence.

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John Lennon’s killer denied parole for 14th time

Mark David Chapman, 70, is serving 20-years-to-life sentence in New York after fatally shooting Beatle in 1980

The man who killed John Lennon outside the former Beatle’s Manhattan apartment building in 1980 has been denied parole for a 14th time, according to New York prison officials.

Mark David Chapman, 70, appeared before a parole board on 27 August, and the decision was recently posted online by the state department of corrections and community supervision.

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Boris Johnson under pressure to explain how private office follows funding rules

Office is part-funded by public duty costs allowance, which should only be used to support public work of former PMs

Boris Johnson is under mounting pressure to explain how his private office complies with rules over taxpayer subsidies after further revelations about how his staff appear to be overseeing his global commercial operations.

A leak of data from the Office of Boris Johnson appears to show all three of his staff helping Johnson’s business and profit-making ventures.

Secretly lobbied the UAE for a billion-dollar private venture in a potential breach of ethics rules. His work as a “principal adviser” for Bia Advisory, a “climate finance solutions” firm seeking backing from Abu Dhabi’s $300bn investment fund, involved courting a top Emirati official Johnson hosted in No 10 when he was prime minister.

Approached Elon Musk, the billionaire owner of X, on behalf of Evgeny Lebedev. The Evening Standard owner, whom Johnson made a peer, was seeking a business relationship between his newspaper and Musk, who bankrolled Donald Trump’s ascent to the White House.

Secured contracts with a combined total of more than £850K in separate deals with GB News and Associated Press, the owner of the Daily Mail. GB News suggested some of the information was incorrect but confirmed an ongoing arrangement with Johnson.

Earned more than £5m from less than two years of paid speeches, for some of which he charged $350,000 (£259,000). The 34 speeches include a conference leadership in Delhi, a blockchain symposium in Singapore and a bizarre turn as the headline act at the 50th birthday party of a German pharmaceuticals company boss.

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Surprise as Ivory Coast's ex-first lady cleared to contest presidency

Simone Gbagbo will run against President Alassane Ouattara, who is seeking a controversial fourth term.

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Trump asks Supreme Court to allow billions in foreign aid cuts

The administration is seeking an emergency order as it tries to claw back funds allocated by Congress.

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Ousting PM plunges France into fresh political crisis

François Bayrou is out, and President Emmanuel Macron now faces the same problem four prime ministers have failed to solve.

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Senior Labour figures tell Keir Starmer to stop making mistakes

Prime minister faces criticism from Emily Thornberry, who highlights risk of ‘handing country to Farage’

Keir Starmer has been warned by senior Labour figures to stop making mistakes, before a battle over the party’s deputy leadership and amid fears the government could row back on workers’ rights.

As candidates began to jostle to replace Angela Rayner, the prime minister faced public criticism from Emily Thornberry, a potential contender, who said further mistakes from Starmer could lead to having to “hand our country to [Nigel] Farage”.

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Crowd greets Donald Trump with boos and cheers at US Open men’s final

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Donald Trump drew a mixture of boos and cheers from the crowd as he attended the US Open men’s final on Sunday.

Arthur Ashe stadium was only partially full – heavy security around the president’s arrival meant the arena was slow to fill – when he stepped outside his luxury box to wave at the crowd. His appearance was also brief enough so that some of those in attendance didn’t notice Trump. He was shown on the stadium’s video screens later, during the national anthem, and his appearance was again met with cheers and boos.

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Timelapse shows Blood Moon rising around the world

s the Moon passes through the Earth's shadow, it will take on a deep red hue, creating a striking "Blood Moon".

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Those angry about migration figures are ignoring what happened in Australia during Covid and other key facts

But the lack of a well-reasoned migration plan from Labor is not helping at a time when extremist views are flourishing

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In a little under two weeks we will get the latest official report on the number of overseas migrants entering and leaving Australia.

Whatever the number is, some people will be outraged. But they shouldn’t be.

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Lisbon funicular worker among those killed in crash

Four employees of a non-profit organisation and a transport worker are among those who died.

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Reshuffle of junior ministers raises fears over future of Labour’s workers’ rights bill

Some believe fight is looming over sweeping reforms after employment rights minister Justin Madders sacked and union allies sidelined

Keir Starmer has sought to tighten his grip on his government with a wave of junior ministerial changes that has sidelined allies of the unions, raising questions over the future of Labour’s workers’ rights package.

The reshuffle has been used by Downing Street to signal a tougher stance on immigration in an apparent bid to take on Reform UK, with Shabana Mahmood – a self-described social conservative rising star – now in charge of the Home Office, supported by Sarah Jones who returns to her former policing brief.

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Thailand names third prime minister in two years

Multiple administrations have been deposed by court interventions and military coups in recent years.

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Three ways Epstein scandal could go for Trump

This week the victims of Epstein's crimes came forward to demand more information, piling pressure on the White House.

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US justice department reportedly opens criminal inquiry into Fed governor Lisa Cook

Officials to investigate claims of mortgage fraud against Cook, who has refused to accept firing by Donald Trump

The US justice department has initiated a criminal investigation into mortgage fraud claims against Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook, according to new reports, as a lawsuit she filed against Donald Trump over her firing makes its way through court.

Lawyers with the justice department have issued subpoenas for the investigation, according to the Wall Street Journal.

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'The hit was very hard': Eyewitness in second carriage shares video of crash moment

The incident in Lisbon's funicular has left 16 dead and multiple injured.

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Boy, 3, pulled from funicular crash that has shocked Portugal

It is unclear what caused the crash in which 16 people died and more than 20 were injured, including many foreign nationals.

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Trump says 11 killed in US strike on drug-carrying vessel from Venezuela

The Trump administration has signalled a willingness to use military force against drug cartels.

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Trump faces new Epstein headache as Congress returns from recess

Lawmakers plan pressure campaign for release of Epstein files as victims meet with speaker and oversight committee

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Congress returns to session on Tuesday, and with it will come a political headache for Donald Trump in the form of renewed attention on the investigation into the disgraced financier Jeff Epstein and his death, a subject that the president has sought to avoid in recent weeks.

While the president got a month-long break from the Epstein issue when lawmakers left town for the annual August recess – with the House of Representatives wrapping up a day early because of the controversy over Epstein – the calm is likely to end quickly. On Tuesday afternoon, representatives from both parties have planned press conferences and legislative maneuvers intended to put pressure on the Trump administration for more transparency over Epstein, whose suicide while awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges in 2019 has been the subject of conspiracy theories the president amplified while on the campaign trail.

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Afghan quake victims buried on mountain top as aftershocks continue

The BBC's Yama Bariz travelled to a region devastated by the 6.0 magnitude earthquake.

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Angela Rayner’s Hove flat: five questions for the deputy PM

What Rayner may be asked to explain about the arrangements behind her purchase of an £800,000 home

Angela Rayner is under pressure to explain her property arrangements after she bought an £800,000 flat in Hove, far from her constituency of Ashton-under-Lyne.

Most of the criticism has centred on the complicated tax arrangements surrounding the purchase, though the deputy prime minister’s allies insist she has done nothing wrong and she is not under investigation by the prime minister’s adviser on ministerial standards.

Rayner has not said anything yet about the row, which Downing Street said on Monday was partly because a court had ruled some information could not be disclosed. But here are five questions she will face when she does speak publicly about it.

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Nestle fires boss after romantic relationship with employee

The food giant says Laurent Freixe had an "undisclosed" relationship with "a direct subordinate".

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India's Modi has 'insightful' talks in Putin's limo

The two leaders - both under pressure from Donald Trump - spent 45 minutes inside the Russian leader's car.

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Reeling from Trump's tariffs, India and China seek a business reboot

India's prime minister hopes to draw nearer to some of the world’s largest economies.

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JB Pritzker calls for resistance to Trump’s Chicago crackdown

President is preparing for controversial federal takeover of US city in crusade against immigration ‘sanctuary cities’

Illinois’s governor JB Pritzker has called on “all to stand up” to Donald Trump as the US president prepares to launch a federally led immigration crackdown across Chicago, a plan which has been met with widespread backlash from local leaders and the public.

Pritzker’s comments come as White House officials vow to target Chicago next in its sweeping immigration crackdowns across the country. Recently, the White House requested that a US military base on the outskirts of Chicago assist with immigration operations as the Trump administration plans a broader takeover of Democratic-run “sanctuary cities”.

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Bernie Sanders demands that RFK Jr step down as health secretary

Vermont senator says Kennedy is endangering the health of the American people as head of the US health department

Bernie Sanders has joined in on growing public calls for Donald Trump’s health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, to resign, after recent chaos across US health agencies.

In an op-ed published in the New York Times on Saturday, the Vermont senator accused Kennedy of “endangering the health of the American people now and into the future”, adding: “He must resign.”

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Watch: The best looks from the Venice red carpet so far

Actor Julia Roberts makes her Venice Film Festival debut promoting her new movie After The Hunt.

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Three killed and dozens injured in train derailment in Egypt

The train had been travelling from Marsa Matruh to the Egyptian capital Cairo when it came off the tracks.

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Kim meets families of North Korea soldiers killed fighting in Ukraine

The North Korean leader met the families of soldiers killed fighting for Russia against Ukraine.

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Trump accused of using mortgage fraud allegations as ‘weapon of choice’ to attack Fed

At hearing for Federal Reserve governor’s suit over firing, attorney says president engages in ‘litigation by tweet’

Donald Trump has been accused of wielding unconfirmed allegations of mortgage fraud as his “weapon of choice” to attack the Federal Reserve’s independence, as a governor at the central bank sues the president over his bid to fire her.

In court on Friday, lawyers for Lisa Cook argued she was fired without the notice or “cause” required to remove a Fed governor. Cook learned of her removal from the board via a post on social media, they said.

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Why has Kamala Harris' security detail been withdrawn?

The overstretched Secret Service is required to provide 6 months of protection to former vice-presidents.

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Democrats seek ‘immediate answers’ after reported arrests of firefighters by US border agents

Senator Patty Murray calls Trump’s immigration policy ‘fundamentally sick’ after incident in Washington state

Patty Murray, the Washington senator, has called for the Trump administration to provide “immediate answers” about reports that two firefighters were detained by border agents as they were responding to a wildfire in the state.

Federal immigration authorities on Wednesday staged an operation on the scene of the Bear Gulch fire, a nearly 9,000-acre (3,600-hectare) blaze in the Olympic national forest, where they arrested two people who were part of a contract firefighting crew, the Seattle Times first reported. The fire is the largest currently burning in the state.

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BBC reports from scene of deadly Russian attack on Kyiv

Russia launched a major attack on Ukraine's capital in the early hours of Thursday evening, killing at least 19 people, including four children.

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FDA approves new Covid-19 vaccines in US but limits who can get them

Agency authorizes shots for those 65 and older, with young people eligible if they have underlying medical conditions

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved updated Covid-19 vaccines but has placed new restrictions on who can get them.

The agency has authorized Covid vaccines for people 65 and older, who are known to be more at risk from serious illnesses from Covid infections.

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South African influencer apologises over viral Russian job videos

There has been a backlash over the recruitment scheme and a government warning to young people.

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Cracker Barrel apologizes for new logo but says it is sticking with change

Company says ‘we could have done a better job sharing who we are’ after taking heat over rebrand

The US restaurant chain Cracker Barrel has apologized to fans who were angered when it announced a new logo recently – but it is sticking with the change.

“If the last few days have shown us anything, it’s how deeply people care about Cracker Barrel. We’re truly grateful for your heartfelt voices,” the company said Monday in a statement on its website. “You’ve also shown us that we could have done a better job sharing who we are and who we’ll always be.”

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Teen avoids jail over plot to attack Taylor Swift Vienna concert

Mohamed A will serve an 18-month suspended sentence after sending bomb-making instructions.

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Musk’s AI startup sues OpenAI and Apple over anticompetitive conduct

Lawsuit accuses companies of ‘conspiracy to monopolize markets for smartphones and generative AI chatbots’

Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup xAI is suing OpenAI and Apple over allegations that they are engaging in anticompetitive conduct. The lawsuit, filed in a Texas court on Monday, accuses the companies of “a conspiracy to monopolize the markets for smartphones and generative AI chatbots”.

Musk had earlier this month threatened to sue Apple and OpenAI, which makes ChatGPT, after claiming that Apple was “making it impossible” for any other AI companies to reach the top spot on its app store. Musk’s xAI makes the Grok chatbot, which has struggled to become as prominent as ChatGPT.

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Kilmar Ábrego García detained after reporting to US immigration agents

Maryland man, back in US after being wrongly deported to El Salvador, is threatened with deportation to Uganda

Kilmar Ábrego García – who has been thrust into the middle of an acrimonious deportation saga by the second Trump administration – has been detained after reporting to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) agents in Baltimore on Monday, just three days after his release from criminal custody in Tennessee.

“The only reason he was taken into detention was to punish him,” Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg, an attorney representing Ábrego, told a crowd of supporters outside a Baltimore Ice field office on Monday. “To punish him for exercising his constitutional rights.”

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UK MPs voice alarm at rise in online abuse over immigration debate

After further demonstrations at hotels housing asylum seekers, MPs say harassment is worse than during Brexit

MPs have raised the alarm about a rise in abuse linked to debates around immigration, with some reporting levels of online harassment and death threats worse than during the Brexit years.

The warning came after a weekend of protests and counter protests at hotels used to house asylum seekers, with 15 people arrested on Saturday and demonstrations continuing into Sunday.

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Bus carrying junior high football team crashes in Pennsylvania, sending 21 people to hospital

Bus overturned about 20 miles north of Pittsburgh while carrying players from Aliquippa junior high school

A bus carrying a junior high football team to a game crashed on Saturday north of Pittsburgh, sending 21 of the 28 people onboard to the hospital, officials said.

Twenty-five Aliquippa junior high students and three adults were headed to a game in nearby Gibsonia. The crash occurred in Economy Borough, about 20 miles north of Pittsburgh.

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Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupts creating lava fountain

Kilauea, on Hawaii's Big Island, started spewing fresh lava on 22 August, the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said.

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Marjorie Taylor Greene joins Bernie Sanders in urging US to end Gaza famine

Breaking from most of her peers in Congress, far-right Georgia Republican has also described crisis as a genocide

Amid mostly silence in Congress, some US lawmakers on opposite sides of the political spectrum spoke out Saturday over a UN-backed report warning of famine in parts of Gaza.

“Let’s be clear: President Trump has the power to end the starvation of the Palestinian people,” Vermont’s politically independent senator Bernie Sanders posted on X. “Instead he is doing nothing while watching this famine unfold. Enough is enough. No more American taxpayer dollars to Nethanyahu’s [sic] war machine.”

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Young climate activists in Wisconsin sue state over pro-fossil fuel policies

Lawsuit brought by two non-profit law firms have had previous wins in Montana and Wisconsin

Fifteen young climate advocates, aged eight to 17, on Friday sued the state of Wisconsin over its pro-fossil fuel policies.

The case provides the opportunity for state officials to “make the correct step to decarbonize Wisconsin” because of the “climate harms they’ve caused youth”, said Kaarina, 17, who is the lead plaintiff in the lawsuit.

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Wired and Business Insider remove articles by AI-generated ‘freelancer’

At least six publications have taken down articles under the name Margaux Blanchard that were AI-generated

Multiple news organisations have taken down articles written by an alleged freelance journalist that now appear to have been generated by AI.

On Thursday, Press Gazette reported that at least six publications, including Wired and Business Insider, have removed articles from their websites in recent months after it was discovered that the stories – written under the name of Margaux Blanchard – were AI-generated.

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Brent Hinds, former lead guitarist of Mastodon, dies in motorcycle crash

The 51-year-old, who left the successful heavy metal group earlier this year, died in a collision in Atlanta

Brent Hinds, the former lead guitarist of the acclaimed heavy metal group Mastodon, was killed in Atlanta overnight.

Police said Hinds, 51, died late on Wednesday after his Harley-Davidson collided with a BMW SUV whose driver did not yield while making a turn. The crash occurred at about 11.35pm.

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Why Donetsk matters so much for Ukraine's defences

For Ukraine to lose western Donetsk would mean the fall of a bulwark against any future Russian advance.

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Ice used Marriott chain to detain immigrants, despite hotel’s 2019 pledge not to cooperate

Sheraton in Louisiana held father and teenage son this month in apparent contradiction of former position

A Sheraton hotel in Louisiana has been used by immigration officials to hold people who are being deported, in what appears to be a contradiction of a position Sheraton’s parent company, Marriott, took in 2019 when it said its properties would not be used in cooperation with Ice.

The Intercept first reported that the hotel, located on MacArthur Drive in Alexandria, Louisiana, near a major deportation hub and airport used by Ice, had been used by immigration officials earlier this month to hold a father and his teenage son for four days after their arrest in New York. They were then deported to Ecuador. The Intercept cited phone-tracking evidence that had been shared with the publication and was later seen by the Guardian.

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Netanyahu accuses Australian PM of 'betraying' Israel

Relations between the two countries have frayed since Australia said it planned to recognise a Palestinian state.

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China and India should be partners, not adversaries, says foreign minister Wang Yi

Yi's India visit comes days before PM Modi's trip to China, and signals a further thaw in relations.

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Washington DC restaurants suffer sharp drop in diners since Trump crackdown

Eating out drops by up to 31% amid federal takeover of policing that Democrats call ‘stunt’ to distract from Epstein

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The number of people eating at restaurants in Washington DC has plummeted since Donald Trump deployed federal troops to the city, according to data, as the president’s purported crackdown on crime continues.

Research by Open Table found that restaurant attendance was down every day last week compared with 2024, with the number of diners dipping by 31% on Wednesday, two days after Trump ordered the national guard to patrol Washington.

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BBC at Rafah crossing as queues of aid trucks wait to enter Gaza

The BBC's Chief International Correspondent Lyse Doucet is travelling with Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa and Egypt’s Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty.

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'No-one was expecting this': European leaders rush to US to help Ukraine avoid 'capitulation'

The heads of state hope to stop Trump from threatening long-term European security, writes James Landale.

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Trump posted a photo of me sitting by my tent - then a bulldozer arrived

DC's largest homeless encampment was destroyed after the president called for a crackdown. What happened to its residents?

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Man dead and another wounded after shooting outside Sydney hotel

New South Wales police said two people were shot multiple times by assailants who left Forest Lodge scene by car

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One man is dead and another has been taken to hospital with serious wounds after a shooting outside a Sydney hotel.

Emergency services were called to the location on Ross Street in Forest Lodge in Sydney’s inner west at about 6.40pm on Sunday.

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Record salaries for UK chief executives as pay rises for third year in a row

Report finds more than £1bn handed out to just 217 FTSE 100 bosses in the last financial year

The bosses of Britain’s largest listed companies took home record high pay packets for the third successive year, according to a report.

Analysis found that the record set in the last financial year means the average FTSE 100 chief executive is now paid 122 times the salary of the average full-time UK worker.

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Thieves steal $2m in jewelry in under two minutes at Seattle store

Brazen daytime robbery involved four masked suspects taking diamonds, luxury watches and gold, police say

Smash-and-grab thieves in Seattle made off with an estimated $2m in diamonds, luxury watches, gold and other items in a daring midday jewelry store robbery that took just about 90 seconds, police said on Friday.

Video from the west Seattle store’s surveillance cameras shows four masked suspects shattering the locked glass front door with hammers and then ransacking six display cases on Thursday.

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Gazan woman flown to Italy dies of malnutrition

The woman was one of 180 Gazans evacuated by Italy in response to the humanitarian crisis

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Tropical storm turns into Hurricane Erin as it approaches Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands

Hurricane is predicted pick up steam toward Florida before veering away from the US mainland

A tropical storm sped up to become Hurricane Erin mid-morning on Friday, as it approached Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, bringing heavy rains that could cause flooding and landslides on its way to becoming a major Atlantic hurricane.

The huge storm was swirling across the Caribbean and is ultimately expected to head towards Florida, picking up speed over warm ocean water, before ultimately veering away from the US mainland.

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Texas Democrats say they are prepared to return to state after two-week absence

Chair of state’s house Democratic caucus said they will return once California submits new congressional map to offset losses in Texas

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Texas Democrats said on Thursday they are prepared to return to the state under certain conditions, ending a nearly two-week-long effort to block Republicans from passing a new congressional map that would add five GOP seats.

The lawmakers said they would return as long as the legislature ends its first special session on Friday, which Republicans have said they plan to do. Texas’s governor, Greg Abbott, has said he will immediately call another special session.

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Ex-guard at California women’s prison sentenced to 224 years for sexual abuse

Gregory Rodriguez was convicted of more than 60 charges of abusing women in his custody over nearly a decade

A former California correctional officer convicted of dozens of sexual abuse charges at a women’s prison was sentenced to 224 years in prison on Thursday.

Gregory Rodriguez, 57, worked as a guard at the Central California women’s facility (CCWF), the state’s largest women’s prison, and was found guilty in January of over 60 charges of abusing women in his custody, including rape and battery. The state brought its case on behalf of 13 women.

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Mamdani widens lead as New York City mayoral race heats up, poll finds

Democratic socialist edges further ahead of ex-mayor Andrew Cuomo and incumbent mayor Eric Adams

New York City’s mayoral race is heating up, with Zohran Mamdani, the young progressive who leapt ahead of establishment figures in the primary to win the Democratic party nomination, appearing to widen his lead over his main rivals this week.

Mamdani, 33, edged further ahead of the former New York state governor Andrew Cuomo, with the incumbent mayor, Eric Adams, far behind, in advance of the election this November to pick a leader for the largest city in the US.

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Europe expresses hope after call with Trump on Putin summit

Trump, who described the call as "a ten", was urged to keep Ukraine's interests at the forefront when he meets Putin on Friday.

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Trump administration to review 19 Smithsonian museums to ensure exhibits are ‘patriotic’

White House letter orders review of exhibitions, materials and operations as part of a broader push to assert oversight over cultural institutions

The Trump administration is evidently extending its control of cultural representation at the Smithsonian, the world’s largest museum and research complex.

In a letter obtained by the Wall Street Journal, the White House told the Smithsonian that it plans a wide review of exhibitions, materials and operations ahead of the US’s 250th anniversary celebrations in 2026.

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China rams own warship while chasing Philippine vessel

The crash in the disputed Scarborough Shoal rendered a Chinese warship "unseaworthy", Manila said.

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Trump deploys National Guard to Washington DC and pledges crime crackdown

The president also takes control of the city's police force, as the mayor rejects his claims of a crime wave.

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Bowen: Israeli settlers intensify campaign to drive out West Bank Palestinians

In the shadow of the Gaza war, violence is rising in the occupied territories as radical settlers seize land with the backing of the government.

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Texas redistricting fight with Democrats ‘could last years’, threatens Greg Abbott

Governor warns lawmakers who left to foil redistricting plan that he coould call special session to extend battle

Texas governor, Greg Abbott, has stepped up his war of words with Democratic lawmakers who have left the state to foil an aggressive redistricting plan aimed at giving his Republican party five additional seats in Congress, saying on Sunday that the fight “could literally last years”.

Abbott issued his new threat on Fox News Sunday, saying that he would use his powers to call a special session of the Texas legislature to extend the battle indefinitely. The special session lasts 30 days, he said, “and as soon as this one is over, I’m going to call another one, then another one, then another one, then another one”.

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Netanyahu defends Gaza plans as Israel heavily criticised at UN Security Council

Israel's Prime Minister also claimed Israeli hostages held in Gaza were "the only ones being deliberately starved".

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IRS commissioner’s removal reportedly over clash on undocumented immigrant data

Trump removed Billy Long from post months after agency said it couldn’t release information on some taxpayers

The removal of the Internal Revenue Service commissioner Billy Long after just two months in the post came after the federal tax collection agency said it could not release some information on taxpayers suspected of being in the US illegally, it was reported on Saturday.

The IRS and the White House had clashed over using tax data to help locate suspected undocumented immigrants soon before Long was dismissed by the administration, according to the Washington Post.

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Putin gives Trump envoy award for CIA official's son killed fighting in Ukraine

Michael Gloss, 21, who was killed in Ukraine last year, was the son of Juliane Gallina, a CIA deputy director,

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Far-right protesters clash with police in Nuneaton after rally outside town hall

Hundreds gather after alleged rape of girl for demonstration that also featured tense exchanges with anti-racism counter-protesters

Far-right protesters clashed with police on Saturday after hundreds of people gathered outside the town hall in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, for a planned protest.

The event was organised to protest over the alleged rape of 12-year-old girl in the town, for which two men, reportedly Afghan asylum seekers, have been charged.

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Teenager arrested after three shot in New York City's Times Square

An 18-year-old woman grazed by a bullet in the neck was among the injured as gunfire rang out.

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Mushroom murderer tried to kill husband with pasta, cookies and curry, court was told

One alleged attempt left Simon Patterson in a coma, with his family twice told to say their goodbyes.

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Rapidly spreading brush fire prompts evacuations for thousands in California

Canyon fire in Ventura county, north of Los Angeles, is a ‘very dynamic situation’ and 0% contained, officials say

Hundreds of firefighters and first responders are working to contain a rapidly growing brush fire in a mountainous area of southern California that has forced thousands of evacuations.

The Canyon fire erupted in a rural, sparsely populated area of Ventura county on Thursday afternoon and quickly exploded in size, spreading east into Los Angeles county. The blaze covered roughly 4,800 acres (20.2 sq km) by 11pm, according to authorities.

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‘The economics made it a challenge’: CBS boss talks Stephen Colbert cancellation

As the Paramoung-Skydance merger is made official, George Cheeks has finally spoken about the controversial decision to end The Late Show after 32 years

After much media consternation and criticism over the cancellation of The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, CBS chief has spoken up about the company’s decision to end the television institution after 32 years.

Speaking at a press conference following the takeover of Paramount by the media conglomerate Skydance, George Cheeks, the chair of TV media at the company, attributed the cancellation to financial headwinds faced by the format.

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Depression, suicides, overdoses: broad impacts of US wildfires revealed in study

Fallout goes beyond deaths and injuries, including lung damage and deaths caused by healthcare disruptions

New research looking at the aftermath of some of the deadliest wildfires to have struck the US in recent years has shed light on the devastating effects the disasters have on human health, with impacts that extend far beyond the official death toll and injury counts.

Three studies published this week examine the long-term fallout from the Maui and Los Angeles wildfires, including depression, suicide and overdose deaths, lung damage, and deaths caused by healthcare disruptions.

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Bear chases hockey mascot during photoshoot

The Seattle Kraken mascot, who was filming a promotional video with team forward John Hayden, safely escaped the encounter.

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Tesla shareholders sue Elon Musk for allegedly hyping up faltering Robotaxi

Carmaker and CEO accused of securities fraud and hiding significant risk posed by company’s self-driving vehicles

Tesla shareholders sued Elon Musk and the electric vehicle maker for allegedly concealing the significant risk posed by company’s self-driving vehicles.

The proposed class-action suit, which accuses Musk and Tesla of securities fraud, was filed on Monday night. Tesla conducted its first public test of its self-driving taxis in late June near the company’s headquarters in Austin, Texas. That test showed the vehicles speeding, braking suddenly, driving over a curb, entering the wrong lane and dropping off passengers in the middle of multilane roads. The National Highway Transit Safety Administration (NHTSA), the main transportation regulator in the US, is investigating the Robotaxi’s pilot test.

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New York Post to launch a version of the rightwing tabloid in California in 2026

Murdoch family’s News Corp will bring a version of the NYC paper to LA with daily newspaper called the California Post

News Corp, part of the Murdoch family media empire, has announced it will bring a version of the brash rightwing New York City tabloid the New York Post to California in early 2026 with the launch of a daily Los Angeles-based newspaper called the California Post.

According to New York Post Media Group – a News Corp subsidiary and home of New York’s biggest tabloid, as well as Page Six, and Decider – the California Post will look and feel similar to its New York counterpart, delivering reporting, sports coverage and celebrity gossip from a California perspective.

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Democrats flee Texas to block Republican redistricting map backed by Trump

The redistricting would create five new Republican-leaning seats in the US House of Representatives.

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Manhunt intensifies for Montana bar shooting suspect as four victims named

Police say the suspect was "a regular" at the bar where he opened fire, and that a bartender and three patrons were among the victims.

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Ukraine officials held in military drone corruption probe

The arrests come just two days after Ukraine's anti-corruption agencies had their independence restored.

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US Boeing defense workers slated to strike after rejecting latest offer

Over 3,200 union machinists around St Louis expected to strike at midnight on Monday as they seek new contract

More than 3,200 unionized workers who assemble Boeing’s fighter jets in the St Louis area rejected Boeing’s latest offer on Sunday and will strike at midnight on Monday, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers union said.

“IAM District 837 members ... deserve a contract that reflects their skill, dedication, and the critical role they play in our nation’s defense,” the union’s business representative, Tom Boelling, said.

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Murder inquiry begins after teenager stabbed in ‘targeted attack’ in Bury

Nineteen-year-old stabbed several times in a car park and Greater Manchester police are appealing for information

Detectives have launched a murder investigation after a teenager died in Greater Manchester in a “targeted attack”, police have said.

The 19-year-old sustained several stab wounds and died later from his injuries.

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Federal agency opens inquiry into ex-special counsel Jack Smith over Trump investigations

Smith led investigations into Trump’s part in the January 6 Capitol attack and the mishandling of classified documents

The US office of special counsel, an independent federal agency, confirmed to NBC News on Saturday that it is investigating former Department of Justice prosecutor Jack Smith for possible violations of the Hatch Act.

Smith led investigations into Donald Trump’s part in January 6 US Capitol riot and alleged mishandling of classified documents.

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Chess grandmaster Carlsen wins at Esports World Cup

World number one Magnus Carlsen takes home $250,000 (£188,000) for winning the online competition.

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Trump's global tariffs 'victory' may well come at a high price

The US president considers it a win - but if this all triggers a foundational realignment, the results may not break in his favour

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Trump administration reportedly suspends $200m in grants to UCLA

University chancellor said ‘life-saving research’ will be defunded as Trump’s academic crackdown continues

The Trump administration is suspending some research grants to the University of California, Los Angeles, claiming “antisemitism and bias”, the school announced in a statement on Thursday.

“UCLA received a notice that the federal government, through its control of the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and other agencies, is suspending certain research funding to UCLA,” Julio Frenk, the university chancellor, said in a letter to the campus. The move means “life-saving research” will be defunded, he said.

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Wall Street to scrutinize Apple over China struggles and slow AI progress

Tech company expected to report 4% rise in revenue over past quarter despite drop in stock price and looming tariffs

Apple has been under pressure this year. It’s playing catch-up to its fellow tech giants on artificial intelligence, it’s seen its stock fall by double digits since the year began, it closed a store in China for the first time ever this week, and looming US tariffs on Beijing threaten its supply chain. On Thursday, the company will release its third-quarter earnings of the fiscal year as investors scrutinize how the iPhone maker might turn things around.

Despite the gloomy outlook, the company is still worth more than $3tn, and Wall Street appears optimistic it will deliver on earnings. Analysts are expecting Apple to report a 4% rise in revenue over the last quarter to $89.3bn, according to S&P Global.

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Trump threatens drug giants with crackdown over prices

US president tells pharma firms to match lowest global prices or face crackdown, citing burden on US families

Donald Trump has threatened to use “every tool in our arsenal” to crack down on pharmaceutical giants if they fail to cut drug prices for Americans within 60 days.

The president wrote to executives at 17 companies on Thursday, demanding they match their US prices for prescription drugs with the lowest price offered in other developed nations.

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Major tsunami no longer expected to hit Hawaii but coasts remain hazardous

Powerful 8.8-magnitude earthquake off Russia triggered tsunami alerts across Pacific including for US and Japan

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A major tsunami was not expected to strike Hawaii, a Pacific monitoring agency has said, after the initial waves hit the islands following a powerful magnitude-8.8 earthquake struck off Russia’s eastern coast.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, operated by the US National Weather Service, said in an update that “based on all available data”, a major tsunami was not expected to hit the state of Hawaii, although it warned all coasts could remain “a hazard to swimmers and boaters”, including people near the shore, due to sea level changes, powerful waves and strong currents.

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What does recognising a Palestinian state mean?

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has announced that the UK will recognise a Palestinian state in September unless Israel meets certain conditions.

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Ghislaine Maxwell demands immunity before testifying to Congress

Convicted sex trafficker’s lawyer responds to subpoena from House oversight committee with set of conditions

Ghislaine Maxwell, the convicted sex trafficker and associate of Jeffrey Epstein, says that she is willing to testify before Congress but only if certain conditions are met, including being granted immunity, according to a new letter sent to the House oversight committee by her lawyer on Tuesday.

Last week, the House committee on oversight and government subpoenaed Maxwell, who is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence, to testify via deposition next month at a federal prison in Tallahassee, Florida, where she is currently in custody.

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Human dignity must be protected from rise of AI, Pope says

The pontiff warns about emerging technologies during the Vatican's first Mass for social media influencers.

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Seventeen killed as gunmen attack bar in Ecuador

Police say a boy, 12, was among the victims of the latest mass shooting in a country plagued by drug violence.

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Watch: BBC's Jeremy Bowen goes onboard a plane dropping aid into Gaza

The BBC's international editor was on a Jordanian flight as it dropped supplies into Gaza.

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Seventeen killed as gunmen attack bar in Ecuador

Police say a boy, 12, was among the victims of the latest mass shooting in a country plagued by drug violence.

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Keir Starmer to recall cabinet for emergency meeting on Gaza crisis

Prime minister expected to press Donald Trump to take tougher stance towards Israel when they meet in Scotland

Keir Starmer will recall his cabinet from their summer break for an emergency meeting on the Gaza crisis this week as cross-party MPs warned his talks with Donald Trump provided a critical juncture in helping to resolve the conflict.

Amid growing international horror over the situation on the ground in Gaza, he will urge the US president to take a tougher stance towards Israel and will push for ceasefire talks to resume, when they meet in Scotland on Monday.

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Hundreds gather again at Essex asylum hotel in weekend of anti-immigrant protests

Protests at Bell hotel in Epping for fifth time on Sunday as others demonstrated in Norfolk and London

Hundreds of people gathered outside a hotel in Epping on Sunday for the fifth time to demonstrate over the premises being used to house asylum seekers, as protests spread to other hotels over the weekend.

A large police presence containing officers from multiple forces restricted contact between anti- and pro-immigrant protesters, with Essex police saying restrictions were necessary after what it described as repeated serious disruption, violence and harm to the community since the first demonstration took place on 13 July.

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Top medical body concerned over RFK Jr’s reported plans to cut preventive health panel

American Medical Association writes to health secretary after reports he aims to overhaul taskforce for being ‘woke’

A top US medical body has expressed “deep concern” to Robert F Kennedy Jr over news reports that the health secretary plans to overhaul a panel that determines which preventive health measures including cancer screenings should be covered by insurance companies.

The letter from the the American Medical Association comes after the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday that Kennedy plans to overhaul the 40-year old US Preventive Services Task Force because he regards them as too “woke”, according to sources familiar with the matter.

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Several reported killed in German train derailment

German media report deaths and injuries in crash near Stuttgart, south-west Germany.

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Wildfire burns through northern suburb of Athens as residents told to evacuate

People in Kryoneri, north-east of the Greek capital, receive SMS messages telling them to get to safe areas

A wildfire burned through a northern suburb of the Greek capital of Athens on Saturday and some residents were ordered to evacuate, the country’s fire service reported.

Residents of the town of Kryoneri, 12.5 miles (20km) north-east of Athens, received three SMS messages to evacuate to safe areas, fire service spokesperson Vassilis Vathrakoyannis told reporters.

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Israel to open Gaza humanitarian corridors as aid drops begin

IDF says it wants to improve humanitarian response in Gaza after days of pressure and growing reports of starvation.

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Trump calls on Thailand and Cambodia to stop fighting

As he golfs in Scotland, the US president talks to the Thai and Cambodia leaders about stopping fighting.

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Canadian wildfires prompt New York air quality alert

Authorities warn air quality is 'unhealthy for sensitive groups' in many parts of New York state on Saturday.

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Epstein revelations threaten to derail Trump’s trip to Scotland

President’s name appears as contributor in book celebrating notorious sex offender’s 50th birthday in 2003

The furore over Donald Trump’s ties with the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein continued on Friday as new revelations about the pair’s relationship threatened to mire the president’s golfing trip to Scotland.

The US president’s name appeared on a contributor list for a book celebrating Epstein’s 50th birthday in 2003, according to reporting from the New York Times, lending further weight to reports that Trump participated in the leather-bound collection of messages, drawings and accolades – despite denying that he contributed a signed and sexually suggestive note and drawing, as reported by the Wall Street Journal earlier this month.

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220 MPs call for Starmer to recognise Palestinian state

The PM says recognition of a Palestinian state must be part of a "wider plan" to ensure peace in the region.

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Watch: Protesters pack Tel Aviv square to demand Gaza ceasefire

Demonstrators urged Isreal's leaders to end the war and bring back the hostages.

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Rapper GloRilla arrested on drug charges after police respond to burglary call

Police arrested rapper after finding a ‘significant amount of marijuana’ in her Atlanta home during investigation

The American rapper GloRilla was arrested on felony drug charges the night before her performance at the WNBA all-star game, after police responded to a report of a burglary at her home in Atlanta on Saturday.

The Forsyth county sheriff’s office confirmed to Atlanta’s WSB-TV that authorities responded to a call about a burglary at a home owned by the rapper, legal name Gloria Hallelujah Woods, around 1.30am on Saturday. Woods was in Indianapolis at the time to perform at the WNBA all-star game that evening.

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Blood, sweat and tears: Look back at the highs and lows of Hulk Hogan

The all-American hero of wrestling also had a Hollywood career and was one of Donald Trump's biggest fans.

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Idaho students’ killer sentenced to life in prison for 2022 murders

Families speak of grief as court hears how DNA and video footage helped link Bryan Kohberger to crimes

Bryan Kohberger was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday for the murders of four University of Idaho students, a crime that shocked the quiet college town of Moscow nearly three years ago.

Judge Steven Hippler ordered Kohberger to serve four life sentences without parole for four counts of first-degree murder in the brutal stabbing deaths. He was also given a 10-year sentence for burglary and assessed $270,000 in fines and civil penalties.

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Doctor pleads guilty to giving Matthew Perry ketamine leading up to his death

Salvador Plasencia is the fourth of the five people charged in connection with the Friends star’s death to plead guilty

A doctor pleaded guilty on Wednesday to giving Matthew Perry ketamine in the month leading up to the Friends star’s overdose death.

Dr Salvador Plasencia became the fourth of the five people charged in connection with Perry’s death to plead guilty. He stood next to his lawyer and admitted guilt to four counts to judge Sherilyn Peace Garnett in federal court in Los Angeles.

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Telegraph sale poised to go ahead after Lords foreign ownership vote

Consortium led by RedBird Capital in line to buy group for £500m, in deal that would result in UAE retaining 15% stake

The sale of the Telegraph looks set to finally go through after government legislation to allow foreign states to own up to 15% in British newspapers survived a potentially fatal vote in the House of Lords.

Gerry Cardinale’s RedBird Capital is leading a consortium looking to buy the Telegraph for £500m, in a deal that would result in the United Arab Emirates retaining a stake of 15%.

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Wild life of Ozzy Osbourne, rock's 'prince of darkness'

The singer helped invent both heavy metal and the image of the wild rock star, before unlikely reality TV fame.

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‘Broken’ water industry in England and Wales faces tighter controls under new watchdog

Ofwat abolished as ministers adopt Cunliffe review ideas such as sewage map naming and shaming firms

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The “broken” water sector in England and Wales faces an era of much tighter oversight after a landmark review, including the creation of a new sector watchdog to “prevent the abuses of the past”.

With water and sewerage companies reeling from what the report’s author Sir Jon Cunliffe called their “Great Stink” moment, the government announced it would abolish Ofwat and combine its powers with those of other water watchdogs under a new “super-regulator”.

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Minneapolis Democrats endorse democratic socialist for mayor over incumbent

Omar Fateh’s endorsement gives momentum to progressive left’s rise after Zohran Mamdani’s primary win in New York

A Democratic socialist member of the Minnesota state senate won his party’s endorsement for the Minneapolis mayoral race over the incumbent, giving momentum to the progressive left’s political rise.

Omar Fateh, a state senator from Minneapolis’s southside, beat Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey, who served as mayor during the George Floyd protests and through the pandemic. Fateh gained momentum after Zohran Mamdani, also a democratic socialist and state lawmaker, won the primary for New York City mayor.

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Watch: At the final checkpoint before the 'dangerous' road to Suweida city

Government forces say it is too dangerous for journalists and aid trucks to enter Suweida city.

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Bedouins tell BBC they could return to fighting Druze in Syria

More than 1,000 people in Syria have been killed in recent clashes between Bedouin and Druze fighters.

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One dead and two missing after six people swept down waterfall in Oregon

Search and rescue operation under way after group went over Dillon Falls on the Deschutes River

One person has died while two others remain missing after six people were swept down a waterfall in Oregon over the weekend.

On Saturday, the Deschutes county sheriff’s office announced a multi-agency search and rescue operation after the group went over Dillon Falls on the Deschutes River west of Bend on Saturday afternoon.

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British woman dies after rafting incident in French Alps

The woman fell from her raft in Briancon and was later found on a riverbank in a serious condition.

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Ellen DeGeneres: I moved to the UK because of Trump

The TV star makes her first public appearance since moving to the UK the day after Trump's re-election.

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Tech CEO caught with company’s HR head on Coldplay kiss cam resigns

Andy Byron leaves startup Astronomer after he and Kristin Cabot were placed on leave over Jumbotron incident

The married CEO who was filmed at a Coldplay concert in the US with his arms around his company’s HR head in a video that went viral has now resigned, the company Astronomer said on Saturday.

In a post on Linkedin, the software startup said: “Andy Byron has tendered his resignation, and the Board of Directors has accepted.”

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Ukraine seeks new round of talks with Russia

The offer comes amid renewed fighting and seeks to resume negotiations that were halted in early June.

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Third person arrested after violent clashes outside Essex hotel for asylum seekers

Police detained man, 33, on Saturday on suspicion of violent disorder and criminal damage

A third person has been arrested after violent clashes outside a hotel housing asylum seekers in Essex, police said.

Eight police officers were injured in what started as a peaceful protest outside the Bell hotel in Epping on Thursday evening.

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Newsom ready to pursue lawsuit against Fox News host despite on-air apology

California governor accuses Jesse Watters of lying about Trump phone call during anti-immigration raid protests

The California governor, Gavin Newsom, and Fox News host Jesse Watters have locked into a political tit-for-tat after the network figure admitted to mistakenly claiming that Newsom lied about a phone call with Donald Trump during June’s anti-immigration enforcement protests in the state.

On Thursday, Watters issued an apology on his program stemming from a $787m defamation lawsuit filed by Newsom against the host and Fox News, as the Los Angeles Times and other outlets reported. Newsom’s lawsuit claimed that Watters lied on air about the timeline of the governor’s conversations with the president during the peak of the anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) protests across Los Angeles.

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Ice given access to Medicaid data in move critics call a privacy betrayal

Officials let Ice access health data to locate migrants, alarming experts who warn of civil rights and health risks

Medicaid officials have reportedly made an agreement with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) to allow agents to examine a database of Americans’ personal information – including home addresses, social security numbers and ethnicities.

The data sharing agreement will allow Ice to find “the location of aliens”, according to an agreement obtained by the Associated Press. Medicaid is the nation’s single largest health insurer, providing coverage for 79 million low-income, disabled and elderly people.

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British spies and SAS named in Afghan data breach

The personal details of spies and soldiers were included in a data leak that also named 19,000 Afghans.

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Paranormal investigator dies on US tour with allegedly haunted doll Annabelle

New England Society for Psychic Research announced the ‘sudden’ death of Dan Rivera, 54, the organization’s leader

A paranormal investigator who was helping lead a national tour of the allegedly haunted Annabelle doll has suddenly died over the weekend.

On Tuesday, the New England Society for Psychic Research announced the “sudden” passing of 54-year-old Dan Rivera, the organization’s lead paranormal investigator and army veteran.

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New York county clerk rejects Texas’s effort to fine doctor in abortion pill case

A New York doctor faced a $113,000 penalty from Texas after being accused of shipping abortion pills across state lines

A New York county clerk again rejected an effort by Texas to fine a New York-based doctor accused of shipping abortion pills across state lines, in a case that could tee up a US supreme court showdown between states that protect abortion access and those that ban it.

On Monday, acting Ulster county clerk Taylor Bruck rejected a court filing by Texas attorney general Ken Paxton, which sought to collect a $113,000 penalty against Dr Margaret Carpenter. Paxton had sued Carpenter in December 2024 over allegations she shipped abortion pills to a Texas woman in defiance of the state’s ban on virtually all abortions. When Carpenter didn’t show up to a court hearing earlier this year, a judge automatically ruled against her and ordered her to pay the fine as well as stop mailing pills to Texas.

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Trump to unveil $70bn AI and energy plan at summit with oil and tech bigwigs

Pittsburgh event angers climate groups as Trump ties AI expansion to oil and gas, sidelining renewable energy

Donald Trump will join big oil and technology bosses on Tuesday at a major artificial intelligence and energy summit in Pittsburgh, outraging environmentalists and community organizations. The event comes weeks after the passage of a megabill that experts say could stymy AI growth with its attacks on renewable energy.

The inaugural Pennsylvania energy and innovation summit, held at Carnegie Mellon University, will attempt to position the state as an AI leader, showcasing the technological innovation being developed in the city and the widespread availability of fossil fuel reserves to power them.

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French PM looks to scrap two public holidays in bold bid to cut national debt

MPs will vote on François Bayrou's budget plan in the autumn, in a moment of high risk for the government.

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Fire at Massachusetts assisted living facility leaves nine dead

One person in critical condition after blaze rips through residence for seniors in Fall River on Sunday night

Nine people were killed after a fire ripped through an assisted living facility in Fall River, Massachusetts, on Sunday night, with one person remaining in critical condition in hospital.

More than 30 residents were taken to area hospitals and dozens were rescued by ladder as firefighters battled heavy smoke that filled the Gabriel House Assisted Living Residence on Oliver Street, local officials said.

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RSF storms cattle market and prison in 'death trap' Sudanese city

It is the first time RSF fighters have entered el-Fasher in such numbers since a siege began in May 2024.

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‘Humanitarian city’ would be concentration camp for Palestinians, says former Israeli PM

Ehud Olmert says forcing people into camp would be ethnic cleansing, and anger at Israel over Gaza war is not all down to antisemitism

The “humanitarian city” Israel’s defence minister has proposed building on the ruins of Rafah would be a concentration camp, and forcing Palestinians inside would be ethnic cleansing, Israel’s former prime minister Ehud Olmert has told the Guardian.

Israel was already committing war crimes in Gaza and the West Bank, Olmert said, and construction of the camp would mark an escalation.

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Wildfires destroy historic lodge on Grand Canyon’s North Rim, park says

Grand Canyon Lodge consumed by two wildfires that have burned more than 45,000 acres in area

A historic lodge on the Grand Canyon’s North Rim has been destroyed by a fast-moving wildfire, the park said Sunday.

The Grand Canyon Lodge, the only lodging inside the park at the North Rim, was consumed by the flames, park Superintendent Ed Keable told park residents, staff and others in a meeting Sunday morning. He said the visitor center, the gas station, a waste water treatment plant, an administrative building and some employee housing also were lost.

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Abundance: the US book is a sensation among our progressive MPs. But can it spur action in Canberra?

One thing’s for certain, it will take more than an abundance of rhetoric to get things done

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Texas Hill Country under flood watch as search continues for missing people

‘Locally heavy rainfall’ of 1-3in predicted as death toll from the Fourth of July flood rises to nearly 130 people

Texas Hill Country was back under a flood watch on Saturday, with the National Weather Service warning of “locally heavy rainfall” of 1-3in with isolated amounts close to 6in possible.

The flood watch, which continues through Sunday evening, comes as the death toll from the 4 July flood continues to rise – now at nearly 130 people - and authorities continue their search for the 160 more who are missing.

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Arkansas prison guards fired over escape of killer dubbed ‘Devil in the Ozarks’

Officials say breaches by two staff members let Grant Hardin walk free, and lawmakers warn of deeper security failures

Two employees at an Arkansas prison where an inmate known as the “Devil in the Ozarks” escaped have been fired for policy violations, corrections officials said on Thursday as they faced questions from lawmakers who said the escape pointed to deeper problems.

The head of the Arkansas board of corrections told state lawmakers the violations allowed Grant Hardin to escape from the Calico Rock prison wearing a makeshift law enforcement uniform on 25 May. But officials have said there was no evidence employees knowingly assisted Hardin’s escape.

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Charges dropped against Atlanta journalist detained by Ice

Mario Guevara remains in detention in Georgia while his attorneys work to free the Spanish-language reporter

The last remaining charges have been dropped against Mario Guevara, a prominent Spanish-language journalist outside Atlanta who was arrested by local police while covering “No Kings” day protests in June.

The Gwinnett county solicitor, Lisamarie Bristol, announced on Thursday that her office would not prosecute the three traffic citations laid by the Gwinnett county sheriff’s office following Guevara’s arrest in DeKalb county. Guevara was turned over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) shortly after his arrest, and has remained in federal custody despite being granted bond more than a week ago.

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Larry David and the Obamas team up for American history sketch comedy show

The star comic will follow up Curb Your Enthusiasm with a new show partnering with the former president and his wife

Barack Obama and Larry David are making comedy history for HBO.

The programmer announced on Thursday that the 44th US president and the Curb Your Enthusiasm comic would team up for a sketch comedy series focused on American history, in honor of the country’s 250th birthday.

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Why is Trump targeting Brazil - and will it backfire for Bolsonaro?

The US president's threatened new tariffs on Brazil are likely to have major political ramifications in the country.

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Trump targets Brunei, Libya and Moldova with latest threat of US tariffs

Latest threats heighten fears that the president’s erratic trade strategy risks exacerbating inflation across the US

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Donald Trump continued to fire off letters threatening steep US tariffs on foreign exports, targeting countries including Brunei, Libya and Moldova.

The US president had been scheduled to hike tariffs on dozens of countries on Wednesday. Earlier this week he announced a fresh three-week delay, to 1 August, but started announcing new rates that countries would face unless they strike a deal with the White House.

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Greece suspends asylum applications for migrants from North Africa

The temporary measures come as Crete grapples with a 350% increase in arrivals compared to last year.

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Trump threatens to escalate trade war amid confusion over new tariff rates

US president announces tariffs of up to 200% on foreign drugs and 50% on copper as he continues to shift plans

Donald Trump vowed to further escalate his trade wars on Tuesday, threatening US tariffs of up to 200% on foreign drugs and 50% on copper, amid widespread confusion around his shifting plans.

Hours after saying his latest deadline for a new wave of steep duties was “not 100% firm”, the US president declared that “no extensions will be granted” beyond 1 August.

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US posts highest annual measles case tally in 33 years amid Texas outbreak

Milestone comes as health secretary RFK Jr has injected upheaval into US vaccine policy and spread misinformation

The annual tally of measles cases in the US is the highest in 33 years, as an ongoing outbreak in west Texas continues to drive cases.

The latest figures mean Americans will have to look back to 1992 to find a worse year with the vaccine preventable disease. The official tally very likely undercounts the scope of the outbreak, experts told the Guardian.

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Trump accuses Brazil of 'witch hunt' against Bolsonaro

The former Brazilian president is on trial for his role in an alleged attempted coup, which he denies.

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IDF says it killed Hamas commander in cafe strike that killed dozens of civilians

After Monday's attack, family members told the BBC of their shock at the scale of civilian casualties.

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Musk should stay out of politics, treasury secretary says after ‘America’ party news

Scott Bessent suggests Musk focus on business a day after tech billionaire announced his new political party

Elon Musk should focus on running his companies and keep himself out of politics, Donald Trump’s treasury secretary said on Sunday, a day after the world’s richest person – and a former White House adviser – announced the formation of a new political party.

“The principles of Doge were very popular – I think if you looked at the polling Elon was not,” Scott Bessent said on CNN’s State of the Union, referring to the so-called “department of government efficiency” that Musk temporarily headed after Trump’s second presidency began in January.

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A girls' summer camp cut short by deadly disaster

Camp Mystic, where young girls were having the "time of their life" just days ago, is now the site of one of the deadliest disasters.

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Former Mossad official details how Israel eliminated Iran's military elite

The former deputy chief of the Israeli intelligence explains how technology and innovation played a key role for Israel in the 12-day conflict.

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Will the Tasmanian election put an end to the island’s parliamentary chaos?

While the electorate will be hoping for a more stable result, it’s again unlikely either major party will be given a majority

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The last Tasmanian state election, in March 2024, produced a very unstable situation – not just a hung parliament, but a parliament where no party was close to a majority. So the state returning to the polls on 19 July shouldn’t be much of a surprise.

While the parties will be hoping for a more enduring result, it’s again unlikely either major party will be given a majority.

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Key suspect arrested in shooting of Colombia senator

Police say Élder Arteaga masterminded the attempt on the life of presidential hopeful Miguel Uribe in June.

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Alleged organiser of shooting of Colombian senator caught by police

Elder José Arteaga Hernández in custody after the non-fatal attack on Miguel Uribe Turbay in a Bogotá park in June

The alleged mastermind behind the shooting of a conservative Colombian senator and presidential candidate has been taken into custody, almost a month after the attack, law enforcement authorities have said.

Elder José Arteaga Hernández, alias “Chipi” or “Costeño”, was arrested in the north-western part of the capital, Bogotá, on Saturday, national police director Maj Gen Carlos Fernando Triana told reporters. Authorities had previously accused him and other suspects of being near the Bogotá park where Miguel Uribe Turbay was shot on 7 June.

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Democratic lawmakers denied entry to ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ immigration jail

Florida state lawmakers call blockage ‘a blatant abuse of power and an attempt to conceal human rights violations’

A group of Florida lawmakers were denied entry on Thursday into the new Florida-based immigration jail dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” one day after the first immigrant detainees began to arrive.

Five Democratic lawmakers attempted to enter the facility, which was previously toured on Tuesday by White House officials, but were stopped by law enforcement officers from local agencies, according to the state representative Anna Eskamani in an interview with CNN.

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Trump’s tax and spending bill passes Congress in major win for president

Early-morning negotiations proved enough to persuade hardline House conservatives to back bill

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The US House of Representatives passed Donald Trump’s sweeping tax and spending bill on Thursday, handing the president the first major legislative victory of his second term and sending to his desk wide-ranging legislation expected to supercharge immigration enforcement and slash federal safety net programs.

The 218-214 vote came after weeks of wrangling over the measure that Trump demanded be ready for his signature by Friday, the Independence Day holiday. Written by his Republican allies in Congress and unanimously rejected by Democrats, the bill traveled an uncertain road to passage that saw multiple all-night votes in the House and Senate and negotiations that lasted until the final hours before passage. Ultimately, Republicans who had objected to its cost and contents folded, and the bill passed with just two GOP defections: Thomas Massie, a rightwing Kentucky lawmaker, and Brian Fitzpatrick, who represents a Pennsylvania district that voted for Kamala Harris in last year’s election.

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‘Let Puffy go’: outside court, Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs supporters hail verdict

Cheers greet acquittal on most serious charges but victim support groups call verdict ‘stain’ on criminal justice system

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After the jury returned a mixed verdict in the federal sex-trafficking and racketeering trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs, supporters of the 55-year-old music mogul gathered outside the courthouse on Wednesday in celebration.

Combs was found guilty of two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution and not guilty of two counts of sex trafficking and a count of racketeering conspiracy.

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