2 d. ago Gaza ceasefire live: Vance arrives in Israel as Qatar condemns ‘continued violation’ of ceasefire

US vice-president’s trip comes a day after two Trump envoys met NetanyahuUS vice-president JD Vance has arrived in Israel with his wife, Usha.Vance is expected to meet top US Middle East envoys and military experts monitoring the truce on Tuesday. He is expected to meet with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and president Isaac Herzog in Jerusalem tomorrow. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy hugs supermodel wife before going into prison

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5 d. ago Portugal bans burqas: Wearing face veils for 'gender or religious reasons' will bring fine of up to £3,475

The measure would prohibit coverings such as burqas and niqabs from being worn in most public places.

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9 d. ago Australia rejects Candace Owens’ visa challenge after failing ‘character test’

Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke found there was a risk Owens would ‘incite discord in the community’

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9 d. ago Australia’s top court backs visa ban on US commentator Candace Owens

Judges rule conservative influencer poses risk of fuelling discord

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9 d. ago Candace Owens: Australia’s high court backs government decision to deny visa to US rightwinger

Court supports home affairs minister’s 2024 decision to reject visa application for planned speaking tour on character groundsAustralia’s high court has unanimously backed the government’s 2024 decision to refuse rightwing provocateur Candace Owens a visa to enter the country.The full bench of the court ruled on Wednesday that the minister’s denial did not infringe an implied constitutional freedom of political communication. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Labour's digital ID card 'may let people choose their own gender', MPs are warned

Experts and women's rights groups are concerned that the digital cards could allow people to pick their preferred gender instead of recording birth sex.

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2 w. ago Sarina Wiegman and Mel B among stars backing girls’ rights campaign

Led by the charity Plan International UK, the campaign aims to highlight how progress towards gender equality is stalling.

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2 w. ago Children will be able to choose their own gender at any age under EU proposals

Therapy to check whether children are certain they want to change their gender and age limits on gender recognition could be discarded in the new plans.

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2 w. ago Candace Owens is an opportunistic vulture. I know exactly why she released Charlie Kirk's texts, writes MARK HALPERIN

For Charlie Kirk's friends, fans and countless Americans affected by his death, his assassination is still a raw wound. But grief has not slowed the opportunists.

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2 w. ago CLARE FOGES: I know the REAL reason Candace Owens is attacking Brigitte Macron and accusing her of being a man. Candace is reckless

Have you heard? Popular US YouTuber Candace Owens is actually 50 per cent human, 50 per cent serpent. How do I know? A guy on TikTok said so.

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3 w. ago 'The doctor told me it was a boy. I cried for days': Middle class mothers with  'gender disappointment' will baffle anyone who has longed for a healthy baby

One mother all too familiar with gender disappointment is Chloe, from South London, who runs a parenting blog and has four sons.

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3 w. ago Department of Justice uses federal shutdown to stonewall legal fight over domestic violence survivor funding

Survivors last month condemned Trump’s remarks dismissing intimate partner violence as a “little fight with the wife,” warning that the president’s dismissive statements send a dangerous message that normalizes abuse

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3 w. ago Candace Owens ‘doubled down’ on ‘smear campaign’ of gender lies against French president’s wife, new lawsuit says

Far-right conspiracy theorist continued ‘outlandish, defamatory, and far-fetched fictions’ after mammoth defamation lawsuit

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3 w. ago The gilded existence that JK Rowling says makes Emma Watson 'ignorant': She blames her speeding on having a chauffeur, had £4m at 14 and 'hasn't used a high street changing room in years'

From sunning herself in Venice earlier this month to living a life of luxury in her nine-bedroom mansion, multi-millionaire Emma Watson has now come under fire for being 'ignorant... of real life'.

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3 w. ago Brigitte Macron accuses Candace Owens of trying to cash in on her false claim that the French first lady was born a man in new legal papers ahead of US libel hearing

Brigitte and Emmanuel Macron have accused Candace Owens of doubling down on fake birth claims in order to boost her online following since they sued her for libel in the US. 

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3 w. ago How a baseless internet rumour has forced Brigitte Macron to prove she is a woman in a US court: Astonishing full story that led to French president's wife facing Candace Owens

The bizarre story of how an unsubstantiated internet conspiracy theory about 72-year-old Brigitte Macron secretly being a transgender woman has snowballed into a high-profile U.S. court case.

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4 w. ago Trump waves finger at wife Melania who sternly shakes her head in awkward conversation on Marine One

Donald and Melania Trump were caught having an awkward conversation on Marine One with the president seen waving a finger at his wife and the first lady shaking her head.

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4 w. ago Barack Obama admits he had to ‘dig himself out of a hole’ with Michelle amid divorce rumors

The former president says he’s now at ‘level ground’ with his wife

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4 w. ago Barack Obama tells audience at London's O2: 'I've been digging myself out of a hole with Michelle for years'

The former United States president said he is ‘at about level ground’ with his wife of three decades during the London leg of his European speaking tour

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