The actor Noel Clarke made calls to some of the women he thought were cooperating with the Guardian prior to the publication of its investigation into his behaviour, leaving them “shaken, fearful and in tears”, the high court in London has heard. The Guardian’s head of investigations, Paul Lewis, was giving evidence in defence of … Read more
Donald Trump has issued a full pardon to another person involved with the January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol and commuted the sentence of a former business associate of Hunter Biden, Joe Biden’s scandal-plagued son. Thomas Caldwell, 69, of Berryville, Virginia has been granted a pardon for his alleged role in the Capitol attack … Read more
Virginia Giuffre, a victim of the disgraced US financier Jeffrey Epstein who once alleged she was sexually trafficked to Britain’s Prince Andrew, says she has just days to live after being involved in a vehicle accident. “This year has been the worst start to a new year … I won’t bore anyone with the details, … Read more
Tenants of two buildings in east London have been awarded a six-figure sum in rent repayments by a tribunal after challenging a billionaire described by a judge as a “rogue landlord”. The group of current and former residents of Olympic House and Simpson House in Hackney took companies owned by John Christodoulou to tribunal for … Read more
Nearly two years after the American drag artist Heklina was found dead in London, her friends and fans gathered outside Scotland Yard’s headquarters to protest against the force’s handling of the case. Heklina, whose real name was Steven Grygelko, was found at a flat in Soho, central London, on 3 April 2023, by a friend … Read more
Three of the four US soldiers missing in Lithuania since last week were found dead on Monday, the US army said after rescuers recovered their armoured vehicle from a peat bog. The fourth soldier is still missing. The Lithuanian authorities received a report on Tuesday that the soldiers went missing on an expansive training ground … Read more
Virgin Atlantic has warned of a slowdown in demand for transatlantic travel, prompting a further fall in the share price of rival British Airways’ owner IAG. Both UK long-haul carriers lean heavily on lucrative routes between London and north America to boost their profits, and analysts have warned that economic uncertainty and growing tension between … Read more
Iran has reacted with outrage after Donald Trump said Iran will be bombed if it does not accept US demands to constrain its nuclear programme. The US president said on Sunday that if Iran “[doesn’t] make a deal, there will be bombing. It will be bombing the likes of which they have never seen before.”. … Read more
The US has sent 17 more people accused of being gang members to El Salvador without providing their names or any other identifying information, the latest in the Trump administration’s controversial method of deporting people to be imprisoned abroad without due process in the US. The secretary of state, Marco Rubio, announced the overnight military … Read more
The owner of the Sun has run up more than £1.2bn in losses since the start of its costly battle to end allegations of illegal phone hacking almost 15 years ago. News Group Newspapers (NGN), a subsidiary of Rupert Murdoch’s News UK which publishes the Sun and retains liability for the activities of the now … Read more