38 h. ago Worried P Diddy fans 'feel sorry' for shamed rapper as they say he's 'gone grey'

Sean 'Diddy' Combs appeared in court to start off his eight-week long trial – with some fans and family gathering outside the courtroom to show their support for the rapper

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43 h. ago 'Icon' Sean 'P Diddy' Combs 'had inner circle who helped him commit crime after crime'

Sean 'Diddy' Combs appeared in court to start off his eight-week long trial as the music mogul faced the first day of jury selection in his sex trafficking trial

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65 h. ago Love Island's Liam Reardon reveals plans to start family with girlfriend Millie Court

Love Island stars Liam Reardon and Millie Court - who won the ITV dating show in 2021 - could be taking their romance to a whole new level if a social media post suggestion is enacted

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9 d. ago Trump’s 100% film tariffs to send ‘shock waves’ through global industry – US politics live

US president announces move, citing ‘national security threat’ to US film sectorMeanwhile, Germany has said it “strongly rejects” criticism by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio of its domestic spy agency’s decision to label the far-right AfD party as an extremist group.“I reiterate that the insinuations contained (in his comments) are certainly unfounded,” foreign ministry spokesman Sebastian Fischer said.This is democracy. This decision is the result of a thorough & independent investigation to protect our Constitution & the rule of law. It is independent courts that will have the final say. We have learnt from our history that rightwing extremism needs to be stopped.”The UK is a world leader in film and TV production, employing thousands of talented workers, and this is a key growth sector in the government’s industrial strategy,” she said.“These tariffs, coming after Covid and the recent slowdown, could deal a knock-out blow to an industry that is only just recovering and...

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9 d. ago 60 Minutes prepares to drop bombshell Trump report despite lawsuit threat

The broadcast channel has said it will be running a segment on Sunday titled 'The Rule of the Law', which scrutinizes Trump's executive orders against law firms.

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1 week ago ‘What is left of our democracy?’: freed Palestinian human rights advocate warns of US authoritarian rule

Mohsen Mahdawi, student detained by Ice last month, pens blistering attack on Trump’s deportation policiesMohsen Mahdawi, the Palestinian green-card holder and Columbia University student freed on Wednesday after more than two weeks in immigration detention, has issued a stark warning about the US’s descent into authoritarianism.“Once the repression of dissent, in the name of security, becomes a key objective of a government, authoritarian rule and even martial law are not far off. When they look at my case, all Americans should ask themselves: what is left of our democracy, and who will be targeted next?” said Mahddawi in an op-ed for the New York Times. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Pam Bondi turning DoJ into Trump’s ‘personal law firm’, top experts warn

Attorney general accused of targeting political foes, halting prosecutions and placing premium on loyalty to presidentDonald Trump’s Department of Justice has taken radical steps to target his political foes, back a harsh agenda against undocumented immigrants and help business allies – steps which underscore its politicization under the attorney general Pam Bondi and undermine the rule of law, say ex-prosecutors and legal experts.Some even say that the department has in effect become Trump’s “personal law firm”. Continue reading...

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1 week ago ‘Armed agents nearly turned up at my house’: fired DOJ attorney on defying Trump – podcast

The US justice department says it did not fire a former pardon attorney, Liz Oyer, after she refused to recommend reinstating Mel Gibson’s gun rights.But Oyer tells Jonathan Freedland a different story, one she believes points to a wider crackdown by the Trump administration on the rule of law in AmericaArchive: ABC News, Face the Nation, CBS News, CNN, PBS, NBC News, Fox News, WHAS11 Continue reading...

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1 week ago Kamala Harris says ‘courage is contagious’ in major speech excoriating Trump

Democratic presidential candidate speaks in San Francisco in first significant appearance since election defeatKamala Harris delivered a searing indictment of Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office, warning in her first major address since leaving office that the nation was experiencing a “wholesale abandonment of America’s highest ideals”.Speaking to a crowd of Democrats in San Francisco, the former vice-president struck a defiant posture as she praised the leaders and institutions pushing back against the president and his agenda – from the members of Congress acting boldly to the judges “who uphold the rule of law in the face of those who would jail them”, the universities defying the administration’s “unconstitutional demands”, and the everyday Americans rallying to protect social security. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago The uniting theme of Trump’s presidency? Ineptitude | Robert Reich

From deportations to human rights to the economy, the president’s actions have resulted in mayhem. Here’s a samplingSome Democrats fear they’re playing into Donald Trump’s hands by fighting his mass deportations rather than focusing on his failures on bread-and-butter issues like the cost of living.But it’s not either-or. The theme that unites Trump’s inept handling of deportations, his trampling on human and civil rights, his rejection of the rule of law, his dictatorial centralization of power, and his utterly inept handling of the economy is the ineptness itself.Robert Reich, a former US secretary of labor, is a professor of public policy emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley. He is a Guardian US columnist. His newsletter is at robertreich.substack.com Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Trump 100 days: Trump’s whirlwind start to his second presidency

The president has begun his second term at a whirlwind pace, slashing the government, upending international alliances, challenging the rule of law and ordering mass deportationsLaw-abiding migrants sent to foreign prisons. Sweeping tariffs disrupting global markets. Students detained for protest. Violent insurrectionists pardoned. Tens of thousands of federal workers fired. The supreme court ignored.The first 100 days of Donald Trump’s second term have shocked the United States and the world. On the eve of his inauguration, Trump promised the “most extraordinary first 100 days of any presidency in American history”, and what followed has been a whirlwind pace of extreme policies and actions that have reshaped the federal government and the US’s role in the world. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Israel attacking framework for international law compliance, ICJ hears

Court considering if Israel acted unlawfully by cutting ties with Unwra with claim it is ‘starving, killing and displacing Palestinians’Israel appears set on destroying the framework created to ensure compliance with international law in a way that will have profound consequences that reverberate far beyond Palestine, the international court of justice has heard.The warning was made at the start of five days of proceedings in The Hague that may prove critical to Israel’s future within the world body. The UN’s top court will hear from dozens of nations and organisations in order to draw up an advisory opinion on Israel’s humanitarian obligations to Palestinians more than 50 days into its total blockade on aid entering Gaza. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Israel seems set on destroying system of international law compliance, ICJ hears

Country accused of obstructing UN as court considers its decision to end cooperation with Unrwa Israel appears set on destroying the framework created to ensure compliance with international law in a way that will have profound consequences that reverberate far beyond Palestine, the international court of justice has heard.The warning was made at the start of five days of proceedings in The Hague that may prove critical to Israel’s future within the world body. The UN’s top court will hear from dozens of nations and organisations in order to draw up an advisory opinion on Israel’s humanitarian obligations to Palestinians more than 50 days into its total blockade on aid entering Gaza. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago UN is threatened by Israel’s decision to cut ties with relief agency, world court told

Hague judges start five days of hearings on Gaza humanitarian crisisMiddle East crisis – live updatesThe very nature of the UN is threatened by Israel’s refusal to accept the rights of its agencies to operate freely in the occupied Palestinian territories, the international court of justice has heard.The statement was made at the start of five days of proceedings in The Hague that may prove critical to Israel’s future inside the world body. The UN’s top court will hear from dozens of nations and organisations in order to draw up an advisory opinion on Israel’s humanitarian obligations to Palestinians more than 50 days into its total blockade on aid entering Gaza. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Israel’s ban on working with Gaza aid agency threatens aims of UN, ICC hears

Court considering if Israel acted unlawfully by cutting ties with Unwra with claim it is ‘starving, killing and displacing Palestinians’The very nature of the UN is threatened by Israel’s refusal to accept the rights of its agencies to operate freely in the occupied Palestinian territories, the international court of justice has heard.The statement was made at the start of five days of proceedings in The Hague that may prove critical to Israel’s future within the world body. The UN’s top court will hear from dozens of nations and organisations in order to draw up an advisory opinion on Israel’s humanitarian obligations to Palestinians more than 50 days into its total blockade on aid entering Gaza. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Israel’s ban on working with Gaza aid agency threatens aims of UN, ICJ hears

Court considering if Israel acted unlawfully by cutting ties with Unwra with claim it is ‘starving, killing and displacing Palestinians’The very nature of the UN is threatened by Israel’s refusal to accept the rights of its agencies to operate freely in the occupied Palestinian territories, the international court of justice has heard.The statement was made at the start of five days of proceedings in The Hague that may prove critical to Israel’s future within the world body. The UN’s top court will hear from dozens of nations and organisations in order to draw up an advisory opinion on Israel’s humanitarian obligations to Palestinians more than 50 days into its total blockade on aid entering Gaza. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Kim Kardashian robbery suspects appear in Paris court as trial begins

Ten men nicknamed ‘grandpa robbers’ accused of stealing jewellery worth millions from American TV star in 2016A group of pensioners nicknamed the “grandpa robbers” by French media have gone on trial charged with stealing jewellery worth millions of euros from the American reality TV star Kim Kardashian when she attended Paris fashion week in 2016.Ten suspects, whose ages range from 35 to 78, appeared in a court in the French capital on Monday afternoon at the start of a month-long trial in which Kardashian, 44, will testify in May. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Kim Kardashian robbery suspects to appear in Paris court as trial begins

Ten men nicknamed ‘grandpa robbers’ accused of stealing jewellery worth millions from American TV star in 2016Ten people nicknamed the “grandpa robbers” by French media are to go on trial charged with stealing jewellery worth millions of euros from the American reality TV star Kim Kardashian when she attended Paris fashion week in 2016.The suspects, whose ages range from 35 to 78, will appear in a court in the French capital on Monday afternoon at the start of a month-long trial in which Kardashian, 44, will testify in May. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago The rule of law in Trump’s America and what it means for Mel Gibson’s guns – podcast

The US justice department says it did not fire a former pardon attorney, Liz Oyer, after she refused to recommend reinstating Mel Gibson’s gun rights.But Oyer tells Jonathan Freedland a different story, one she believes points to a wider crackdown by the Trump administration on the rule of law in AmericaArchive: ABC News, Face the Nation, CBS News, CNN, PBS, NBC News, Fox News, WHAS11 Continue reading...

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2 w. ago The battle for Battersea: decision looms for controversial riverfront high

Residents fear the excessive height and scale of the proposed 29-storey block will set a precedent for other riverfront towers

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