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She had moved from India to live the American dream. Priyanka Shetty came to study acting at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, a liberal place of clipped lawns and classical architecture rated in one survey as the happiest city in America. But what she found was isolation and discomfort because of her race and, … Read more

The Hairspray and Sex Education actor Reece Richards has condemned the police watchdog for refusing to consider race in its investigation of Met officers who arrested and pepper-sprayed him. The 34-year-old was walking home in west London last September after performing in Hairspray when a car crashed into a lamp-post nearby. Two white men fled … Read more

Justin Welby, the former archbishop of Canterbury, has said that he forgives a serial abuser at the centre of the scandal that led to his resignation as leader of the Church of England and spoke of feeling “profoundly ashamed” of comments he made afterwards. In his first interview since resigning last November, he also said … Read more

Confidence in the government will not improve unless they get their faces and ideas on online media platforms including YouTube, a group of Labour MPs has warned colleagues. The Labour Growth Group of about 110 MPs is working with leading podcasters and popular figures to help Labour backbenchers become influencers in their own right, amid … Read more

The first orbital rocket launched from continental Europe crashed seconds after blast-off on Sunday, dealing a blow to the continent’s effort to build a new space economy. The Spectrum rocket, developed by the German startup Isar Aerospace, tilted over and crashed back to Earth with a powerful boom just after launching from Norway’s Andøya spaceport … Read more

Washington DC has found itself in the crosshairs of Donald Trump and congressional Republicans in recent weeks, with efforts by both to exert more control over the overwhelmingly Democratic capital city. The president on Thursday signed an executive order he said would make Washington DC “safe, beautiful, and prosperous” by stepping up crime fighting, arrests … Read more

The future of the far-right leader Marine Le Pen – and France’s political landscape – will be decided on Monday when a court hands down its verdict on charges she and party officials embezzled money from the European parliament. If convicted, the three-time presidential candidate of the National Rally (RN) could be barred from standing … Read more

Ministers are reviewing how international human rights law is being applied to allow people to stay in the UK after entering by irregular means, Yvette Cooper has said. The home secretary said on Sunday she was looking into the implementation of article eight of the Human Rights Act, which guarantees people the right to a … Read more

Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty Images Democrats are furious. And they want their leaders to get mad, too. “I wish you’d be angry,” a constituent told representative Gil Cisneros, a Democrat of California, at a recent town hall. At an event in Minnesota featuring a panel of Democratic attorneys general, an activist voiced a similar sentiment: “Get … Read more

Standing on the stone bridge that crosses the River Coln in the heart of Bibury on a clear spring day, it is not hard to see why the 19th-century designer William Morris described it as “the most beautiful village in England”. Chances are, however, the picturesque Cotswold view will not be enjoyed alone. For Bibury … Read more