Man arrested in shooting of prominent muslim leader in Utah during Ramadan

Imam Shuaib Din was not hit by multiple shots fired by Abdul Raouf Afridi, who ambushed him outside his home

A man has been arrested for recently shooting a gun at prominent Muslim leader Imam Shuaib Din in Utah, the police department in the city of Sandy said Saturday.

Din’s suspected attacker was identified as Abdul Raouf Afridi. Police said the man was arrested on 12 counts of aggravated assault, including felony discharge of a firearm, possession of a controlled substance, dangerous discharge of a weapon from a vehicle and possession of a dangerous weapon as a prohibited person.

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Nasa announces Artemis III mission no longer aims to send humans to moon

Plans to return humans to the moon will come in later mission as agency grapples with delays and glitches

Nasa announced on Friday radical changes to its delayed Artemis III mission to land humans back on the moon, as the US space agency grapples with technical glitches and criticism that it is trying to do too much too soon.

The abrupt shift in strategy was laid out by the space agency’s recently confirmed administrator, Jared Isaacman. Announcing the changes on Friday, he said that Nasa would introduce at least one new moon flight before attempting to put humans back on the lunar surface for the first time in more than half a century, in 2028.

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Moment cooling tower is demolished at German power plant

Onlookers watched as the cooling tower of the decommissioned Frimmersdorf power plant in Germany collapsed.

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Average long-term mortgage rate falls below 6% in time for spring home-buying season

Benchmark 30-year fixed mortgage rate fell to 5.98% from 6.01% last week, the lowest level since September 2022

The average long-term US mortgage rate slipped this week below 6% for the first time since late 2022, good news for home shoppers as the spring home-buying season gets rolling.

The benchmark 30-year fixed mortgage rate fell to 5.98% from 6.01% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said on Thursday. One year ago, the rate averaged 6.76%.

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FBI raids Los Angeles school district headquarters and superintendent’s home

Federal officials search district chief Alberto Carvalho’s home, but allegations being examined remain unclear

The FBI on Wednesday raided the Los Angeles unified school district’s headquarters and the superintendent’s home.

Federal officials served the warrants as part of an ongoing investigation, according to a person familiar with the investigation, who spoke to the Associated Press on condition of anonymity to discuss the inquiry. The nature of the investigation and what allegations were being examined was not immediately clear.

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Farmers in England face losses under new cap on sustainable farming payments

Environment secretary says payments will be limited to £100,000 per farm so ‘more farmers can benefit’

Some farmers will lose money by opting into environment schemes under new plans to cap payments available for sustainable farming.

Emma Reynolds, the environment secretary, said the new system is “fairer”, adding: “Too much of our most productive land was removed from conventional farming.” Farmers will be disincentivised from taking large amounts of their land out of food production and rewilding it for nature, under her plans.

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Ramaphosa thanks Putin for release of South Africans lured into Russia-Ukraine war

The men believed they were going to Russia for training as bodyguards but ended up on the front line.

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Ex-Mail on Sunday editor denies misleading inquiry over private investigator

Peter Wright confronted in high court over evidence on newspaper’s relationship with convicted investigator

The former editor of the Mail on Sunday has denied claims he misled the Leveson inquiry into press standards over the newspaper’s involvement with corrupt private investigators.

Appearing at the high court, Peter Wright, who edited the Sunday newspaper from 1998 to 2012, said some of the allegations aimed at the title – which include landline tapping and bugging – were “just incredible”.

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US evacuates staff from Lebanon embassy amid tensions with Iran

US state department official says it’s ‘prudent’ to reduce their footprint to essential personnel

Washington has evacuated dozens of non-essential personnel from its embassy in Lebanon as US ships and warplanes have been positioned in the region for a potential strike against Iran in the coming days.

The diplomatic drawdown followed reports that dozens of US personnel had been evacuated through Lebanon’s Beirut-Rafic Hariri international airport to protect them from a possible Iranian counterattack if tensions between the US and Iran escalate into war. Roughly 30-50 US embassy personnel have left the country, estimates suggest.

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Nancy Pelosi-palooza: Democrats praise lawmaker’s career at California convention

Officials at California Democratic convention celebrated the former House speaker’s advocacy as she prepares to retire

It was a “Nancy Pelosi-palooza” in San Francisco over the weekend, as thousands of California Democrats gathered in her beloved city by the bay, a place the former speaker of the House has represented in Congress for nearly four decades. They were there to attend the state party’s annual convention – but with Pelosi retiring at the end of the term, it was also a days-long celebration of a woman many Democrats regard as a living legend.

A video salute during the general session charted her rise from a stay-at-home mom to the US House of Representatives, where she shattered the marble ceiling and became the first – and to this day only – woman to wield the speaker’s gavel. Tote bags were emblazoned with her silhouette in every color of the rainbow – a nod to her trailblazing advocacy for the LGBTQ+ community. It also included one of her favorite aphorisms: “We don’t agonize, we organize.”

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GoFundMe for actor Eric Dane’s family raises more than $415,000 after his death

Grey’s Anatomy and Euphoria actor died on Thursday less than a year after he publicly revealed ALS diagnosis

A GoFundMe campaign meant to provide financial support for the widow and daughters of Eric Dane after the actor’s recent death had raised more than $415,000 as of Monday.

The fundraising platform over the weekend had temporarily paused the “In Honor of Eric Dane” campaign while it underwent a standard review. But by Monday, GoFundMe said it had verified the effort and listed the Grey’s Anatomy star’s family as the beneficiary.

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Homeland security reverses course on TSA PreCheck suspension

DHS official reportedly says Global Entry program would remain halted amid partial government shutdown

The Department of Homeland Security partially reversed course Sunday morning on an order that had suspended the TSA PreCheck and Global Entry airport security programs as a result of staffing shortages caused by the partial government shutdown.

“TSA PreCheck remains operational with no change for the traveling public,” the Transportation Security Administration said in a social media post. “As staffing constraints arise, TSA will evaluate on a case by case basis and adjust operations accordingly.”

Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report

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US group allegedly ran fake law firm and court proceedings to scam immigrants

Federal prosecutors have arraigned four people in New Jersey, with a fifth at large in Colombia

Four people were arraigned on Saturday in New Jersey for allegedly posing as immigration attorneys and officials to scam immigrants, the justice department said.

Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn, New York, who announced the arrests on Friday, said the group pretended to run a law firm, and staged fake court proceedings, in an elaborate scheme to defraud people seeking legal help for their immigration cases.

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Giant tortoises return to Galápagos island after nearly 200 years

The native species was driven to extinction by sailors in the 1800s. Now, 158 juvenile giant tortoises have been reintroduced to the island.

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Nasa to launch historic Artemis II moon mission on 6 March after delays

Administrator Jared Isaacman cites ‘major progress’ since earlier discovery of liquid hydrogen leaking from rocket

Nasa said on Friday it was planning to launch its delayed Artemis II moon mission on 6 March after successfully completing a fueling test that had caused it to stand down earlier this month.

Jared Isaacman, the space agency’s newly confirmed administrator, cited “major progress” since the original so-called wet dress rehearsal in which engineers discovered liquid hydrogen leaking from the space launch system (SLS) rocket on its Florida launchpad at Cape Canaveral.

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US build-up of warships and fighter jets tracked near Iran

A second US aircraft carrier appears to be heading towards the Middle East, as Washington puts pressure on Iran.

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Women in California prison accuse staff cook of rape and urge criminal charges

Exclusive: After investigators concluded an abuse incident occurred, women speak out for first time – ‘I was so scared to tell anybody’

Two women incarcerated in a California prison are calling for the prosecution of a staff cook who they say sexually assaulted them.

The women say Marcus Johnson, a former supervisory cook at the California Institution for Women (CIW), raped them in 2020 while they were working for him in kitchen jobs. The women, who were making under 40 cents an hour, said in federal civil complaints he threatened disciplinary action if they reported him.

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I would scream in my sleep: Women from Syria's Alawite minority tell of kidnap and rape

The BBC hears harrowing accounts of assaults appearing to target the sect of former President Assad.

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Rhode Island ice rink shooting may have been tied to ‘family dispute’, officials say

Shooting at hockey game in Pawtucket that left three dead and three injured may have also been a ‘targeted event’

The shooting at a Rhode Island high school hockey game that left three dead and three injured may have been a “targeted event” stemming from a “family dispute,” officials have said, with local media reporting that one of the victims was the suspect’s son.

The Pawtucket police chief, Tina Goncalves, confirmed the suspect was also among the three people who died.

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Family of Zambia's ex-President Lungu dismiss poisoning allegation - lawyers

It is the latest twist over the fate of Lungu's body, which remains in a South African morgue since his death.

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Robert Duvall, Apocalypse Now and Godfather star, dies aged 95

From the classic To Kill a Mockingbird to blockbuster Gone in 60 Seconds, the Oscar-winning actor’s films spanned a remarkable range

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Robert Duvall, the veteran actor who had a string of roles in classic American films including Apocalypse Now, The Godfather, MASH and To Kill a Mockingbird, has died aged 95.

“Bob passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by love and comfort,” wrote his wife, Luciana Duvall, in a message on Facebook.

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US teen who pushed for her father’s release from ICE custody dies of cancer

Ofelia Torres, 16, spotlighted her dad Ruben’s illegal detention last fall during Trump’s crackdown in Chicago

A Chicago teenager, whose father was detained by immigration authorities while she navigated cancer, died on Friday, a family spokesperson said.

Ofelia Torres, a 16-year-old in Chicago, had been undergoing treatment for an aggressive and rare form of cancer since late 2024. As she and her family struggled with the medical procedures, her father, Ruben Torres Maldonado, was detained by immigration authorities while at a Home Depot in October, leading to a contentious and public case that highlighted the human effects of the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration crackdown.

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Girl, 17, who died after three-car crash in Cwmbran was ‘funny, kind and caring’

Family pay tribute to Demi Edmunds, from Caldicot, saying she ‘loved her friends, and she was loved by all’

A 17-year-old girl who died in a collision involving three cars in Wales was “funny, kind and caring”, her brother said.

Demi Edmunds was the sole pedestrian in the incident on the A4042 in Cwmbran, Torfaen, Wales, which occurred at about 12.25pm on Thursday, Gwent police said.

The teenager from Caldicot was pronounced dead at the scene.

Her brother Jake said in a tribute published by the force on Saturday: “Demi was the best sister I could’ve ever asked for. She was funny, kind and caring.

“Me and her were very close, she was like a best friend to me that I could trust with anything and everything, but she’s no longer with us any more. Hopefully she’s in heaven, somewhere better.”

Police said the family has requested privacy to grieve.

In a shared statement, the family said: “Demi was a beloved daughter, granddaughter, sister, cousin and niece. Demi loved her friends, and she was loved by all.”

Inquiries are ongoing and police have asked anyone with information including CCTV or dashcam footage to get in contact quoting log reference 2600046163.

The Welsh ambulance service also attended the incident.

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Rental ebike programs booming in Australian cities as e-scooter ‘moral panic’ sees take-up stall

After a fast kick-off in Australia, e-scooter hire crackdowns fuelled by safety concerns have seen shared ebikes pull ahead

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Rental ebikes are booming in popularity as e-scooter hire operations decline across Australia amid what some have labelled a “moral panic” over safety.

The ebike boom has been led by Sydney, where the number of vehicles on streets nearly doubled in 2025 as US operator Lime deployed thousands more.

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Ukraine wants 20-year US security guarantee to sign peace deal

Speaking in Munich, Volodymyr Zelenskyy also called for a clear date for his country to be allowed to join the EU

Ukraine wants security guarantees for a minimum of 20 years from the US before it can sign a peace deal with dignity, Volodymyr Zelenskyy said ahead of talks next week with Russia and the US.

He was speaking in Munich on Saturday where he also called for a clear date for Ukraine to be allowed to join the EU. Some EU officials have put the date as early as 2027.

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New York police leader charged with bribery over school alert system scheme

Kevin Taylor allegedly accepted trips and lavish dinners for help in selling a ‘mobile panic alert system’ to city schools

A New York police leader tasked with protecting the city’s schoolchildren allegedly accepted bribes to help a businessman sell his “mobile panic alert system” to schools in 2023, Manhattan federal prosecutors have alleged.

Kevin Taylor, former commanding officer of the New York police department’s school safety division, “repeatedly abused his authority and considerable influence … by soliciting or demanding bribes in two bribery schemes” – allowing him to enjoy lavish travel and luxe eateries, an indictment against him alleged.

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Leak damages 19th Century painting in latest Louvre setback

A catalogue of incidents at the world's most visited museum have placed museum bosses come under increasing scrutiny.

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Trump’s border czar says immigration crackdown in Minnesota will ‘conclude’

Tom Homan says Trump has backed ‘significant drawdown’ in the state, where two US citizens have been killed

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The Trump administration has claimed it is drawing down its immigration crackdown in Minnesota that led to the death of two US citizens, mass detentions and widespread protests.

The move was announced by Tom Homan, the US border czar, at a press briefing on Thursday.

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‘You’re a washed-up loser lawyer’: Pam Bondi taunts Democrats over Epstein

US attorney general goes on attack during questioning by House judiciary committee over handling of files

The US attorney general Pam Bondi attacked and insulted Democrats during a House judiciary committee hearing on Wednesday as she defended the justice department’s handling of files related to Jeffrey Epstein.

Democrats pounded Bondi with questions about the way the department has complied with a law last year mandating the complete release of the files with specific and limited room for redactions. Since releasing the documents after the statutory deadline, the justice department has come under intense scrutiny both for releasing the names of survivors and redacting, without explanation, the names of people who may have committed crimes.

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Malinowski concedes to Analilia Mejia in New Jersey Democratic primary for House seat

Ex-congressman Tom Malinowski congratulates activist on ‘hard-won victory’ in special primary for US House seat

In an upset victory that may carry implications for Democrats nationwide, the progressive activist Analilia Mejia on Tuesday was on the verge of winning a special primary for a US House seat in New Jersey after her main challenger conceded defeat.

Former congressman Tom Malinowski issued a statement congratulating Mejia, a former adviser to Bernie Sanders’ 2020 presidential campaign and leader of New Jersey’s Working Families Alliance who has narrowly been in the lead since last Thursday’s election.

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Beloved LA taco shop makes surprise cameo in Bad Bunny’s half-time show

Owner of Villa’s Tacos said the rapper loved their restaurant and asked the business to join his Super Bowl performance

A beloved Los Angeles taqueria made its primetime debut during Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl LX half-time show, delighting and surprising its legion of faithful patrons.

Bad Bunny’s 13-minute performance was a love letter to the culture, history and legacy of Puerto Rico, with sets depicting sugarcane fields, a house party and even a wedding ceremony, complete with Lady Gaga performing a salsa rendition of her hit “Die With a Smile.”

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Christchurch shooter seeks to overturn guilty plea

Brenton Tarrant is serving a life sentence after murdering 51 people in the March 2019 attack on two mosques in New Zealand.

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No big names. No big budget. But Heated Rivalry is a big hit

The made-on-a-shoe-string, Canadian-produced series is taking the world by storm.

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GetUp hires David Sharaz for senior role as it takes on ‘democratic threat’ of conservative groups

Progressive organisation will focus on combating far-right groups and pushing for policy wins in the lead-up to the 2028 election

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Progressive political campaigning outfit GetUp has hired former journalist David Sharaz to a senior role, as it rebuilds organisational strength and pledges to take the fight up to conservative groups including Advance.

Sharaz – most recently a public relations executive – is married to former Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins, who was at the centre of the high profile rape case which has rocked federal politics since 2021.

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'I don't want to imagine what happened' - Shock and disbelief in area Nancy Guthrie went missing

The disappearance of the 84-year-old mother of news anchor Savannah Guthrie has left a community searching for clues and hoping for her safe return.

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Reform faces police investigation over ‘concerned neighbour’ byelection letters

Material distributed in Gorton and Denton did not have legally required imprint stating it was funded by party

Reform UK will face a police investigation in Gorton and Denton after admitting it sent out letters from a “concerned neighbour” which did not state they had been funded and distributed by the party.

Greater Manchester police confirmed it had received a report about the breach of electoral law and said it would investigate. The Electoral Commission said the omission was a matter for the police, stressing that failing “to include an imprint in candidate election material is an offence”.

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Actor Timothy Busfield indicted in New Mexico on child sex abuse charges

Acts are alleged to have occurred in 2024 on set of TV drama The Cleaning Lady, which Busfield acted in and directed

A grand jury in New Mexico has indicted the actor Timothy Busfield on child sex abuse charges, officials announced on Friday.

Busfield was indicted on four counts of criminal sexual contact of a child, the Bernalillo county district attorney’s office said in a statement.

In the US, call or text the Childhelp abuse hotline on 800-422-4453 or visit their website for more resources and to report child abuse or DM for help. For adult survivors of child abuse, help is available at ascasupport.org. In the UK, the NSPCC offers support to children on 0800 1111, and adults concerned about a child on 0808 800 5000. The National Association for People Abused in Childhood (Napac) offers support for adult survivors on 0808 801 0331. In Australia, children, young adults, parents and teachers can contact the Kids Helpline on 1800 55 1800, or Bravehearts on 1800 272 831, and adult survivors can contact Blue Knot Foundation on 1300 657 380. Other sources of help can be found at Child Helplines International

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Trump administration issues rule that makes it easier to fire federal workers

New rule would strip job safeguards for 50,000 federal employees and change how whistleblowers are protected

The Trump administration is seeking to finalize its overhaul of the federal government’s civil service system through a rule issued this week by the office of personnel management (OPM) to strip job protections from 50,000 civil service employees.

Under the rule, the president would have the authority to fire and hire an estimated 50,000 career federal employees.

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Rape allegation against ex-Barclays CEO Jes Staley was raised in US Epstein investigation

Newly unsealed files claim the banker, who has denied any wrongdoing, forced a woman to touch his genitals

US prosecutors reviewed allegations of rape and bodily harm against the former Barclays boss and former JP Morgan banker Jes Staley, according to newly unsealed files linked to the child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Multiple documents in the Epstein files cite serious allegations of sexual misconduct against Staley, including that he forced a woman to touch his genitals during a massage before raping her, and left “bloody marks” on the arms of a woman he called “tinkerbell”.

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Starmer apologises to Epstein victims for believing Mandelson's 'lies'

The PM says the depth of the pair's relationship was not known when he was appointed US ambassador.

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Steve Bannon calls for immigration agents at polling sites during midterms

Ex-Trump adviser adds to elections officials’ concern about potential interference from Trump administration in voting

Steve Bannon, the former White House strategist and rightwing podcast host, said he wants to see immigration agents at the polls in November, a proposal that election officials have feared.

Bannon has no formal power, but is an influential figure on the far right and is closely tied with the Trump administration.

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How plans for Trump International hotel in Belgrade unravelled

The project would have built on the ruins of the defence ministry bombed by Nato back in 1999.

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‘Finally got him to go’: how Epstein was given inside track on events that rippled through global markets

Apparent leak by Peter Mandelson gave advance notice of Gordon Brown’s resignation and €500bn eurozone deal

On a brisk Monday evening in May 2010, Gordon Brown stood on the steps of Downing Street and delivered one of the most dramatic announcements of the New Labour era: his resignation as UK prime minister.

The decision came days after a nail-biting general election that left no single party with a clear run at No 10. Brown kept his decision, which followed days of political wrangling, to a tight inner circle. Nick Clegg, who would go on to serve as deputy prime minister of the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition, was formally told of Brown’s resignation only 10 minutes before the announcement.

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US says it shot down Iranian drone flying towards aircraft carrier

A US military spokesman says the drone was shot down while approaching an American vessel in the Arabian Sea.

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Republican senator suggests ICE agents wear body cameras on patrols

Ron Johnson says he does not ‘have a problem’ with key demand made by Democrats blocking agency’s funding

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents could wear body cameras on immigration patrols, a Republican senator has suggested, in a concession that could pave the way to an agreement on Capitol Hill to fund the much criticized agency.

Ron Johnson, a GOP senator from Wisconsin, said he did not “have a problem” with ICE officers wearing the cameras, one of the key demands made by Democrats who are currently blocking the agency’s financing.

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Todd Blanche says review of Jeffrey Epstein sex-trafficking case ‘is over’

Deputy US attorney general says victims ‘want to be made whole’ but that doesn’t mean ‘we can just create evidence’

The deputy US attorney general, Todd Blanche, the point person on the Trump administration’s Epstein files release, told ABC News on Sunday that prosecutors’ review of the Jeffrey Epstein-Ghislaine Maxwell sex-trafficking case “is over”.

Separately, in comments to CNN about Epstein, Blanche said that “victims want to be made whole” after surviving the scheme attributed to the late convicted sex offender and which led to a 20-year prison sentence for Maxwell beginning in 2022.

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Teenager dies from Swiss bar fire injuries, bringing death toll to 41

The 18-year-old Swiss national died at a hospital in Zurich, the local prosecutor said.

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