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A young runner on a Noel Clarke film left the industry for three years after the actor followed her into the women’s toilets, pulled out a condom and propositioned her, the high court has heard. Philippa Crabb, now a production manager, was working in an entry-level position on Brotherhood, the last of the Kidulthood trilogy, … Read more

Two hikers were rescued from California’s rugged and remote north coast over the weekend after one of them slid more than 100ft (30 metres) down a steep cliff and was clinging to a “near vertical” bluff with hiking poles, authorities said. The Shelter Cove fire department and a US Coast Guard team responded to a … Read more

Benjamin Netanyahu has repeated Israeli threats to seize territory in Gaza if Hamas refuses to release the remaining Israeli hostages, as, for the second consecutive day, hundreds of Palestinians joined protests against the militant group and demanding the end of the war. The Israeli prime minister’s warning came a week after Israel resumed its military … Read more

Donald Trump has nominated a conservative, pro-Israel media activist as US ambassador to South Africa, at a time when the relationship between the two countries is at a nadir. Leo Brent Bozell III founded the Media Research Center – whose website states it is “a blog site designed to broadcast conservative values, culture, and politics … Read more

A landmark freedom of speech ruling against the University of Sussex that resulted in a fine in excess of half a million pounds has prompted fears other institutions could face investigation and even bigger penalties. The record £585,000 fine, the biggest ever from the higher education regulator in England, was issued after an investigation into … Read more

Israel’s attacks on Gaza are “unjustifiable” and “intolerable”, Wes Streeting has said, as the health secretary expressed discomfort at images of bombs shattering the region that has been under threat by the Israelis “for many years”. Streeting said he found Israel’s decision to break the Gaza ceasefire “soul-destroying”, and insisted the attacks do not “serve … Read more

The Phoenix police department has disciplined three officers who violently used a stun gun on and punched a deaf Black man with cerebral palsy last year. The department’s interim police chief, Michael Sullivan, announced that he has issued 24-hour unpaid suspensions to the officers who were involved in the arrest of Tyron McAlpin last August, … Read more

Canada’s former spy chief has said the Trump administration’s attempts to downplay the leak of top-secret attack plans is a “very worrying” development, with implications for broader intelligence sharing among US allies. On Wednesday, the Atlantic magazine published new and detailed messages from a group chat, including plans for US bombings, drone launches and targeting … Read more

The heads of National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service testified in a heated congressional subcommittee hearing on Wednesday amid a renewed Republican effort to defund US public media. “NPR and PBS have increasingly become radical leftwing echo chambers,” said Georgia Republican representative Marjorie Taylor Greene during her opening remarks, accusing NPR of having … Read more

People in the EU are being advised to stockpile enough food, water and essentials for 72 hours as part of a European strategy that aims to increase readiness for catastrophic floods and fires, pandemics and military attacks. Outlining its first preparedness strategy, the European Commission said it wanted to encourage citizens to take “proactive measures … Read more