2 hours ago Duterte drug war back in ICC spotlight after parliamentary committee hears claims his office paid police $17,000 to kill suspects

Accusation against former Philippines president increases pressure on successor Ferdinand Marcos Jr to allow access to international criminal courtA Philippines former police colonel has testified that Rodrigo Duterte’s office offered police up to $17,000 to kill suspects as part of his “war on drugs”, sparking calls for the evidence to be referred to the international criminal court.Royina Garma, a former police colonel who had close ties to Duterte, gave the most damning evidence yet against the former president, when she told a parliamentary committee last week he had called her in May 2016, asking her to find a police officer capable of implementing a nationwide “war on drugs”. Continue reading...

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2 hours ago Increasing capital gains tax will not push investors out of UK, says think tank

Millionaire businessman Graham Hobson said the argument raising capital gains tax would deter entrepreneurs was ‘a myth’.

Economics

3 hours ago Bayern Munich chief takes brutal dig at ‘catastrophic’ new England boss Thomas Tuchel

Thomas Tuchel spent 18 months at Bayern Munich but left under a cloud after falling out with the club's hierarchy, who continue to send pot shots at the new England boss

Politics

4 hours ago Trump visited Georgia for a town hall on women’s issues. Some of his biggest fans were already in the crowd

Eric Garcia reports from Georgia on how Fox News created a safe space for Donald Trump as he seeks to court female voters

Politics

5 hours ago US supreme court declines to pause new federal power plant emissions rule

Emergency requests by 27 states to pause rule requiring fossil fuel-powered plants to reduce emissions were deniedThe US supreme court declined on Wednesday to put on hold a new federal rule targeting carbon pollution from coal- and gas-fired power plants at the request of numerous states and industry groups in another major challenge to Joe Biden’s efforts to combat the climate crisis.The justices denied emergency requests by West Virginia, Indiana and 25 other states – most of them Republican-led – as well as power companies and industry associations, to halt the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule while litigation continues in a lower court. The regulation, aimed at cutting greenhouse gas emissions that drive the climate crisis, took effect on 8 July. Continue reading...

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5 hours ago BBC Strictly Come Dancing's Dr Punam Krishan gets 'look of love' as famous pal joins rehearsals

Punam was given a boost thanks to a visit from her Morning Live pal and former Strictly Come Dancing contest Kimberley Walsh

Politics

5 hours ago Arsenal vs Valerenga LIVE! Women's Champions League match stream, latest score, goal updates today

Gunners raced into two-goal lead but visitors halved deficit before half-time

Sport

6 hours ago Coronation Street's Samia Longchambon says 'couldn't resist' as she's seen with soap legend after surprise visit

The actress said castmate Bill Roache 'couldn't resist' getting in a snap with her as they were visited by Scottish singer Marti Pellow

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6 hours ago Bill Clinton calls Ethel Kennedy the 'cat's meow' who would 'flirt' with him in bizarre funeral eulogy

Former President Bill Clinton had a bizarre moment while eulogizing the late Ethel Kennedy before a crowd of influential politicians and Kennedy family members.

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