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A prominent women’s justice organization launched a campaign on Thursday to have accused rapist and human trafficker Andrew Tate deported from the US. The group, UltraViolet, also attacked the Trump administration for reportedly influencing Romanian officials to allow Tate to fly to Florida last month. Volunteers from the group put up “Unwanted in Miami” posters, … Read more
As a demand, it is Donald Trump at his most confusing. The American president appears, at least according to Marco Rubio, the US secretary of state, to have told Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday that “American ownership” of Ukraine’s four nuclear power plants would be their best protection in future – although the Ukrainian president said … Read more
Ukraine will have a delegation in Riyadh on the same day the US is holding ceasefire talks there with a Russian negotiating team led by a secretive former FSB chief who played a key role in planning Vladimir Putin’s 2022 full-scale invasion. Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said the delegation would meet with US representatives on … Read more
The US attorney general announced charges against three people she accused of “violent destruction of Tesla properties”, amid protests and controversy over Tesla owner Elon Musk’s role in slashing US government staffing and budgets under Donald Trump. In a statement on Thursday, Pam Bondi said: “The days of committing crimes without consequence have ended. Let … Read more
Karla Sofía Gascón has described herself as “less racist than Gandhi” and insisted “no one has to forgive me for anything” as she returns to the public eye after the emergence of offensive social media posts widely thought to have torpedoed the Oscar hopes of her film Emilia Pérez. The Spanish performer, who became the … Read more
The Spanish parliament has voted through a measure that will in effect lift the hunting ban on wolves that was imposed in 2021. A coalition led by the conservative People’s party, with the support of the far-right Vox party and Basque and Catalan nationalists, added an amendment to a law aimed at reducing Spain’s estimated … Read more
The Home Office has granted a man who has lived in the UK since he was a child the right to remain under the Windrush scheme after a battle of almost 50 years. Samuel Jarrett-Coker, 61, arrived in the UK at the age of 13 in 1976 from Sierra Leone on the diplomatic passport of … Read more
Vladimir Putin will face “severe consequences” if he breaches a peace deal with Ukraine, Keir Starmer has warned as western military planners begin drawing up plans to enforce any agreement between the two countries. The British prime minister issued his warning to the Russian president after meeting officials from 31 countries at the Northwood military … Read more
West Papua’s Indigenous people have called for a boycott of KitKat, Smarties and Aero chocolate, Oreo biscuits and Ritz crackers, and the cosmetics brands Pantene and Herbal Essences, over alleged ecocide in their territory. All are products which contain palm oil and are made, say the campaign, by companies that source the ingredient directly from … Read more
Nigel Farage is once again in America helping to fundraise for Donald Trump’s Republican party, with the latest data showing he has spent more than 800 hours on outside employment since being elected. The Reform party leader is appearing on Thursday night to give a keynote speech at a fundraiser for Florida Republicans’ “Disruptors” dinner, … Read more