11 h. ago Watch: Starmer refuses to rule out further benefit cuts after Trump’s tariffs

Sir Keir Starmer has refused to rule out a fresh round of benefit cuts ahead of the autumn Budget, with Donald Trump’s tariffs threatening to blow a hole in the UK’s public finances.

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20 h. ago Government failure to order public inquiry into Sean Brown murder ‘cannot stand’

The GAA official was murdered in 1997 by loyalists.

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23 h. ago China vows to retaliate against Trump's Liberation Day 'bullying' and accuses US of 'violating trade rules' while SE Asia is left reeling from huge tariffs

'History proved that raising tariffs will not solve US problems. There can be no winners in a trade war,' the Commerce Ministry in Beijing said as it vowed to take 'firm countermeasures'

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38 h. ago Prince Harry's security battle may return to court in major case update

The Court of Appeal has given a ruling in the case of the Duke of Sussex's security arrangements in the UK, ahead of a hearing next week

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39 h. ago Major ruling in Prince Harry's security battle as case poised for return to court

Prince Harry's appeal against a High Court ruling over his security arrangements when in the UK is set to be heard next week - and the Court of Appeal has issued a ruling ahead of the hearing

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42 h. ago Trump's 'Liberation Day' explained – what he wants, who will suffer most and UK hopes

While Liberation Day to many countries around the world tends to relate to being freed from colonial rule, or perhaps the end of occupation, Donald Trump has used the term on a number of occasions

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43 h. ago Parts of Harry challenge over UK security arrangements to be held in private

Three judges said that ‘confidential facts’ in the case would be heard in private.

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43 h. ago Donald Trump tariffs: Sir Keir Starmer does not rule out retaliation as UK ‘preparing for all eventualities’

A tariffs announcement will be made late on Wednesday evening

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57 h. ago Court affirms convictions of 2 key people in plot to kidnap Michigan's governor

An appeals court has affirmed the convictions of two men who were accused of leading a plot to kidnap Michigan’s governor in 2020 and start a civil war

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65 h. ago FCA says UK Court of Appeal car finance ruling went ‘too far’

Financial regulator’s submission to Supreme Court comes at start of pivotal three-day hearing

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3 d. ago Coleen Rooney's lawyers accused of committing 'serious misconduct' in Wagatha Christie case

Rebekah Vardy and Coleen Rooney's Wagatha Christie court case rumbled on today once again as Rebekah's team appealed against the costs she is due to pay for Coleen's legal fees

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4 d. ago Trans people are less than 1% of the population. Trump made them a political lightning rod

Donald Trump has signed a slew of policies aimed at wiping trans people out of records, sports and even history

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6 d. ago Appeals court clears way for DOGE to keep operating at USAID

A federal appeals court has lifted an order blocking Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from further cuts at the U.S. Agency for International Development

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6 d. ago US Naval Academy to no longer consider race when evaluating candidates

White House detailed policy change in filing asking court to suspend appeal by group opposed to affirmative actionThe US Naval Academy has changed its policy and will no longer consider race as a factor when evaluating candidates to attend the elite military school, a practice it maintained even after the US supreme court barred civilian colleges from employing similar affirmative action policies.The Trump administration detailed the policy change in a filing on Friday asking a court to suspend an appeal lodged by a group opposed to affirmative action against a judge’s decision last year upholding the Annapolis, Maryland-based Naval Academy’s race-conscious admissions program. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Appeals court rules Trump can fire board members of independent labor agencies

An appeals court has ruled that President Donald Trump can fire two board members of independent labor agencies from their respective posts in the federal government

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6 d. ago Former Brazil footballer Dani Alves has rape conviction quashed after appeal

Ex-player was initially sentenced in February 2024Court rules unanimously that conviction was unsafeThe former Brazil international Dani Alves has had his conviction for rape overturned on appeal.In February 2024, a court sentenced Alves to a minimum sentence of four years and six months for the rape of a 23-year-old woman in a Barcelona nightclub in December 2022. As he had already spent more than a year on remand, Alves was released under legal supervision shortly afterwards. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Dani Alves’ sexual assault conviction overturned by Spanish court on appeal

A court last year found him guilty of raping a woman in a Barcelona nightclub in 2022

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6 d. ago Dani Alves’ rape conviction overturned by Spanish court on appeal

The former Barcelona and Brazil right back was previously found guilty of sexual assault in a nightclub in 2022

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7 d. ago Fossil fuel companies get direct email line to Trump for exemption requests

EPA sets up email address where ‘regulated community’ can request exemption to evade air pollution rulesDonald Trump’s administration has offered fossil fuel companies an extraordinary opportunity to evade air pollution rules by simply emailing the US president to ask him to exempt them.Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has set up a new email address where what it calls the “regulated community” can request a presidential exemption from their requirements under the Clean Air Act, which is used to regulate dangerous toxins emitted from polluting sources. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Appeals court refuses to halt an order for the rehiring of thousands of fired federal workers

An appeals court in California has refused to halt a judge’s order requiring the Trump administration to rehire thousands of probationary workers who were let go in mass firings

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