Supreme Court is set to release at least one opinion on Friday morning

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Justin Baldoni sues Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds for $400m as It Ends With Us legal feud heats up  LBC

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Roger Nores, whose name featured prominently during the investigation into the death of the late One Direction singer, has taken legal action against the star's grieving father

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Officers facing allegations of domestic abuse and sex attacks could be allowed to return to the Met if the force loses a legal battle over vetting

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Across the continent books can be expensive and libraries scarce. But growing numbers of tech innovators and independent publishers are working to make African literature available and affordableTsitsi Dangarembga’s Nervous Conditions, a novel about growing up in colonial Zimbabwe, is one of the most important works of 20th-century African literature and features on university curricula across the UK. British students can order a used copy for less than £3.But there is one place readers struggle to find it: Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe and Dangeremba’s home town, even though it is published in paperback across the border in South Africa. “It’s very, very difficult to find my books anywhere in Zimbabwe,” says Dangarembga. Continue reading...

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British content creators, who may lose a big chunk of their audiences, say they see the app as a gateway to AmericansIf TikTok disappears from the US, it won’t just be its 170 million American users who will lose out.British TikTokers and business owners have told the Guardian they will also lose a sizeable chunk of their audiences after a ban. The video app has become a key gateway to Americans for the UK’s online video creators, who make a living from accruing views and making sponsored content deals. With the ban scheduled to go into effect on Sunday, a US-sized hole will appear in the global userbase. Continue reading...

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Jonathan Jacob Meijer, a 43-year-old YouTuber from the Netherlands, faces legal action from one of the mothers of his donor children who accuses him of not 'keeping away'

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A close friend of the late singer Liam Payne has launched legal proceedings against the artist's father Geoff Payne, in an eye-watering £8 million lawsuit for defamation

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Footage showed a dramatic explosion believed to be at a port on the Ukrainian side of the River Danube which forms the frontier with Romania.

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Peter Snakebite Wright is also in action as we enter the business end of the tournament

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Nikita Hand, also known as Nikiti Ni Laimhin, won her claim for damages against Mr McGregor after accusing the professional fighter of raping her in a Dublin hotel in December 2018.

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Settlement ends legal dispute over researcher’s ‘no-fly’ climate stance

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Legal requirement supported by parents and teachers, but not local authorities

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The men's and women's EA FC 25 TOTY squads have been revealed, with the first batch of TOTY items to enter Ultimate Team packs soon.

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Sunshine Coast mother, 34, appears in court charged with giving her one-year-old unauthorised prescription medicationsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA lawyer for a Queensland woman accused of poisoning her one-year-old girl with unnecessary medications to gain a social media profile is seeking protective custody for his client due to the publicity.The 34-year-old from the Sunshine Coast, who cannot be identified, appeared in Brisbane magistrates court on Friday wearing a long green police watchhouse top and green pants.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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A Toyota subsidiary has agreed to pay more than $1.6 billion and plead guilty for violations related to the submission of false and fraudulent engine emission testing and fuel consumption data to regulators and the illicit smuggling of engines into the United States

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Lawyers say impeached president will not attend questioning, with investigators expected to seek warrant to extend his detentionSouth Korea’s arrested president, Yoon Suk Yeol, will not attend a new round of questioning by investigators on Friday, his lawyer said, as authorities face an imminent deadline to obtain a warrant to extend his detention or release the embattled leader.In order to hold Yoon in custody for longer, investigators are expected on Friday to ask a court to approve a detention warrant for up to 20 days, legal experts said. Continue reading...

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‘The number one reason why he got elected, he said, was because of the immigration and the border issue,’ DeSantis says of Trump

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A court in Edinburgh heard how the Scottish Government's decision was a ‘direct consequence’ of the Westminster move.

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Neighbours told to stay inside as police seek information on stabbing deaths of two men from same familyFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTwo men died in a brawl at a birthday party on that spilled on to the streets in Melbourne’s outer south-eastern suburbs, police say.Detectives said the two men, aged 23 and 54, who were from the same family, were involved in a brawl involving about 20 people. Police alleged some left the scene before police arrived.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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Despite security concerns, Americans are flooding the app, where Chinese users are welcoming them with open arms – and Luigi Mangione memesCute cats. Fit checks. Travel vlogs. Luigi Mangione latte art. Americans who downloaded RedNote saw it all this week, as they fled to the Chinese social media app in advance of an imminent (or not ) TikTok ban.English language content has flooded RedNote, whose default language is Mandarin, with Americans posting introductions to themselves and kicking off cross-cultural discussions: How much do you pay for groceries? What Chinese slang do I need to know? Do you have any opinions about the state of Ohio? Continue reading...

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More than 28 tonnes of cocaine was seized last year in a record haul for Border Force and police.

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Despite security concerns, Americans are flooding the app, where Chinese users are welcoming them with open arms – and Luigi Mangione memesCute cats. Fit checks. Travel vlogs. Luigi Mangione latte art. Americans who downloaded RedNote saw it all this week, as they fled to the Chinese social media app in advance of an imminent (or not ) TikTok ban.English language content has flooded RedNote, whose default language is Mandarin, with Americans posting introductions to themselves and kicking off cross-cultural discussions: How much do you pay for groceries? What Chinese slang do I need to know? Do you have any opinions about the state of Ohio? Continue reading...

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An audit shows Lord Hermer KC, the Attorney General and a specialist human rights lawyer before joining Sir Keir's Cabinet, has previously represented Gerry Adams.

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Exclusive: MPs warned not to invite Russian diplomats to parliament after incident said to have alarmed ministersRussian diplomats accessed a private area of parliament in a major security breach just before Christmas that has alarmed security officials and prompted private warnings from the speakers of both houses, the Guardian understands.The small group of diplomats joined a public tour of the Houses of Parliament and then broke off to enter a part of the House of Lords that was out of bounds, before they were found by security and thrown out. Continue reading...

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A legal expert has spoken about Wellings' potential fate in prison.

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Latest Manchester United transfer news as Napoli reportedly enter the race for Marcus Rashford amid interest to Alejandro Garnacho

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The Housing, Communities and Local Government Secretary approved the building of a jail holding 1,700 prisoners near Chorley in Lancashire.

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China-based RedNote has experienced a huge surge in downloads from users both from the US and across the world

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As the US prepares for a Supreme Court hearing to decide TikTok's fate - and the worldwide debate over data privacy and national security continues to heat up - should the UK follow suit and consider banning the app?

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If the administration stops the ban, the issue would be adjudicated by the incoming Trump administration

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Until the 1900s daylight beach swimming was forbidden and women were expected to wear pants in the waterGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWhen Bettine Baker was ordered to leave Bondi beach because of her skimpy swimwear, she couldn’t help but scoff.“The whole business is so old-fashioned and narrow-minded that it’s not even funny,” the 20-year-old said.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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Fleeing the regime in Venezuela, a couple scored one of the few appointments to apply for asylum via the CBP One app but the president-elect has warned: ‘Get ready to leave’Jorge Luis Jiménez and his wife did exactly what the US government asked of them when they spent months trying over and over again to get an appointment to cross the border, after risking everything to flee Venezuela.Now they may be easy targets in Donald Trump’s anti-immigration crackdown – despite living and working legally in the US. Continue reading...

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Mounir Lameche, 48, worked as a school caretaker at Beechwood School in Slough, Berkshire, under a fake name and fraudulently using an Italian passport to pass a DBS check.

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Shou Chew will attend inauguration for the man who has both advocated for and tried to ban the popular app

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Ellen Clifford brought legal action against the Government, arguing that the process did not provide people with sufficient information.

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Elon Musk took to his own platform to search for 'hardcore software engineers to help develop the Everything App. But what does it take to be an employee of the richest man on earth?

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This includes the popular Microsoft 365 suite, with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.

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The 18-year-old victim, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was lured to a roller disco in Harrow where a masked mob screamed 'tranny' at her as they punched, kicked and stamped on her

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Union Takes Legal Action Against External Contractor for ‘Discrimination’ and ‘Victimisation’ of London Museum Guards  ARTnews

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Rising fears of a potential TikTok ban in the US means RedNote has been topping download charts

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Some 215 people in four boats arrived in the UK on Wednesday, taking the total for the year so far to 603 people, according to Home Office data.

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Nothing has challenged Silicon Valley like the Chinese app. Blocking its use in the US would be like stealing half the books in a libraryHow many times in your life can you say that one of the culture-defining platforms of your era is being forcibly removed? This is what will happen to the one third of American adults who use TikTok – and the other two-thirds whose lives have been undoubtedly affected by it – if the US supreme court upholds its ban on the Chinese-owned app, as it is expected to do on 19 January, in the interests of national security.I have spent the last few years researching instances of linguicide, where authoritarian regimes have burned dictionaries, or sent people to prison just for singing a song. I see alarming parallels with the dismantling of TikTok in the US; a ruthless cull of a communication tool that challenges Silicon Valley hegemony and gave the US a serving of what it is allegedly supposed to prize: healthy, full-fat competition.Sophia Smith Galer is ...

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Supreme Court is reviewing the legality of legislation that would force TikTok to be sold or be banned

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The Bafta nominee told a French chatshow he used the ebike to avoid traffic but the red carpet is not an authorised parking spaceTimothée Chalamet’s choice of vehicle to the London premiere of the Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown on Tuesday night won him a new legion of fans – and a few sceptics.The actor, who was Bafta nominated for his role on Wednesday, rode on to the red carpet on a Lime bike – one of the capital’s popular rental bicycles, which you can hire via an app. Continue reading...

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Fifty years ago, Icelandic women went on strike, kickstarting a gender revolution. Today, the concept of ‘konur eru konum bestar’ is everywhere – including the female-led coalition governmentWalking in steady procession, mittened hand in mittened hand, we descend in our swimsuits into the icy cold North Atlantic Ocean, singing. Usually the women sing an Icelandic song as they enter the waves, but this Saturday, for my benefit, they have chosen to sing You Are My Sunshine first. It’s 11am but the sun is only just rising, the ocean waves lapping and the sky shades of pink and purple. The big black rock in the middle of Reykjavík’s Skarfaklettur beach is dusted in snow. The water is apparently around zero degrees. When we are about waist high, my thighs go numb and the chain of hands breaks up. For a second I feel alone as I start to lose my breath and the others disappear into the water. But then Guðrún Tinna Thorlacius, known as Tinna, arrives to ask if I am OK. She looks at me with ...

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The Bafta nominee told a French chatshow he was issued with a penalty, but it is unclear who charged him for the red carpet offenceTimothée Chalamet’s choice of vehicle to the London premiere of the Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown on Tuesday night won him a new legion of fans – and a few sceptics.The actor, who was Bafta nominated for his role on Wednesday, rode on to the red carpet on a Lime bike – one of the capital’s popular rental bicycles, which you can hire via an app. Continue reading...

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The armament plant is in the Tambov region hundreds of miles from the border with Ukraine

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