33 h. ago Hundreds join protest against Chinese super embassy in London

Politicians including Kemi Badenoch join protest on Saturday in opposition to controversial plans at Royal Mint Court

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36 h. ago Protest against Chinese super embassy to take place in London

Politicians and residents to gather on Saturday in opposition to controversial plans at Royal Mint Court

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44 h. ago Minnesota leaders decry targeting by US justice department over ICE turmoil

Governor Tim Walz says ‘weaponizing the justice system is an authoritarian tactic’ as he and Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey reportedly will be subpoenaedThe US justice department is investigating Minnesota’s political leaders for allegedly conspiring to obstruct the Trump administration’s controversial immigration crackdown there, according to multiple reports.The investigation, which CBS News first reported, marks an extraordinary use of federal power to challenge two of the crackdown’s most vocal Democratic critics, including the state’s governor, Tim Walz, and the mayor of Minneapolis, Jacob Frey. Continue reading...

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47 h. ago US justice department to inquire into Minnesota leaders for alleged conspiracy to obstruct ICE

Tim Walz, state’s Democratic governor and Jacob Frey, Minneapolis mayor, have been vocal critics of immigration crackdownThe US justice department is investigating Minnesota’s political leaders for allegedly conspiring to obstruct the Trump administration’s controversial immigration crackdown there, according to multiple reports.The investigation, which CBS News first reported, marks an extraordinary use of federal power to challenge two of the crackdown’s most vocal Democratic critics, including the state’s governor, Tim Walz, and the mayor of Minneapolis, Jacob Frey. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Reform’s Nadhim Zahawi once said he would be ‘frightened’ to live in a country run by Nigel Farage

The controversial former Tory chancellor has become the highest-profile politician to defect to Reform UK

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6 d. ago Reform’s Nadhim Zahawi once said he would be ‘frightened’ to live in country run by Nigel Farage

The controversial former Tory chancellor became the highest profile politician to defect to Reform UK on Monday

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6 d. ago Reform’s Nadhim Zahawi once said he would be ‘frightened’ to live in country run by Farage

The controversial former Tory chancellor became the highest profile politician to defect to Reform UK on Monday

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1 week ago Poignant farewell to Brigitte from the grandchildren she barely knew: Bardot's son and his family turned out for her funeral despite fraught relationship

The long-lasting family feud was due to Bardot's rejection of motherhood, her estrangement from her son following her divorce, and her limited contact with her granddaughters.

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1 week ago France bids adieu to Brigitte Bardot: Macron is snubbed by star's family as hard

The grieving husband of French movie icon Brigitte Bardot has revealed she had undergone two operations for cancer before she succumbed to the disease last month.

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1 week ago Brigitte Bardot laid to rest in funeral ceremony broadcast across Saint

Service attended by singers, animal rights activists, and public figures including Marine Le PenBrigitte Bardot, the film star turned animal rights activist, will be laid to rest in her home town of Saint-Tropez on Wednesday during a funeral attended by her favourite politician, the far-right leader Marine Le Pen.Bardot died at her La Madrague villa on 28 December aged 91. Her funeral is being held at the Notre-Dame de l’Assomption church and broadcast on large screens across the town. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Brigitte Bardot’s cause of death revealed ahead of icon’s Saint

Bardot died after undergoing surgeries for cancer, late icon’s husband says

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1 week ago Brigitte Bardot: French film star's cause of death and final words revealed as funeral held in Saint

Her husband Bernard d’Ormale opened up about the late screen star’s final moments ahead of her funeral in France

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1 week ago Europe live: Russia reportedly deploys naval escort for oil tanker near Iceland

Ageing vessel had previously been involved in Venezuelan oil exportsMeanwhile, over in France, Brigitte Bardot’s funeral gets under way in Saint-Tropez, with hundreds of well-wishers lining up the streets, AFP reported.Bardot’s coffin, covered in mostly orange and yellow flowers, was carried into the town’s Notre-Dame-de-l’Assomption church at the start of the funeral service, which was covered live by French news channels.“Later-life Bardot was a passionate defender of animal rights, true, but she was also a committed, enthusiastic racist. She also referred to gay people as “fairground freaks” and denounced #MeToo victims as “hypocritical, ridiculous, and pointless”. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Brigitte Bardot: French film star's cause of death and final words revealed ahead of funeral

Her husband Bernard d’Ormale opened up about the late screen star’s final moments

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1 week ago France bids adieu to Brigitte Bardot: Mourners including hard

The grieving husband of French movie icon Brigitte Bardot has revealed she had undergone two operations for cancer before she succumbed to the disease last month.

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1 week ago Brigitte Bardot funeral live: Movie icon's cause of death revealed as fans line the streets

Brigitte Bardot's grieving husband Bernard d'Ormale has revealed the French movie actress' cause of death as mourners gather in St Tropez ahead of her funeral today

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1 week ago Brigitte Bardot’s cause of death revealed as husband shares sex symbol’s final words

Brigitte Bardot, the legendary French film star, passed away last month at the age of 91 and her husband has now shared the cause of death ahead of her funeral today

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1 week ago Brigitte Bardot died of cancer, her grieving husband reveals as mourners gather for St Tropez funeral with hard

The grieving husband of French movie icon Brigitte Bardot has revealed she had undergone two operations for cancer before she succumbed to the disease last month.

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2 w. ago Sex object, animal rights activist, racist: the paradox that was Brigitte Bardot

A fantasy figure for men and women, a victim of press intrusion, a defender of animals the French actor was also a mouthpiece for racial hatred whose views grew uglier over timeBrigitte Bardot inspired many fantasies, from the wanton, panting reveries of assorted French auteurs in the 1950s and 60s, to the perky-nippled bust created in 1969 as a model for Marianne, the embodiment of the French Republic itself.With her death on 28 December, another more contemporary Bardot illusion was shattered. The singer Chappell Roan, responding to Bardot’s passing at 91, posted a photo of the actor in her beehived prime on Instagram, saying she had inspired her song Red Wine Supernova and writing": “Rest in peace Ms Bardot.” Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Celebrity deaths in 2025 – the stars we've lost from Ozzy Osbourne to Brigitte Bardot

From Ozzy Osbourne and Brigitte Bardot, to The Vivienne and Linda Nolan, here are the string of iconic famous faces who have sadly died in 2025

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