5 h. ago The Latest: Kash Patel confronts Senate questions over probe into Charlie Kirk’s killing

FBI Director Kash Patel is confronting skeptical Democrats at a Senate hearing Tuesday, touting his leadership of the nation’s top federal law enforcement agency and facing questions about the investigation into Charlie Kirk’s killing, the case against sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and the firings of senior FBI officials who have accused Patel of illegal political retribution

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6 h. ago Eritrean man wins High Court bid to block removal in latest blow to Government's ‘one in, one out’ drive

Ministers agreed the pilot scheme with the French government in July as part of efforts to deter the number of arrivals by small boat crossings

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6 h. ago Sickening sex dolls that look like kids advertised for sale on Facebook

Social media giant Meta has profited from over 1,300 ads from websites promoting child-like sex dolls despite the ban on importing them to the UK, a joint investigation between the Mirror and the Bureau of Investigative Journalism has found.

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7 h. ago Chemical castration of sex offenders to be trialled in north west

Chemical suppressants that limit "problematic sexual arousal" will be trialled in north-west

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8 h. ago Man wins High Court bid to block removal to France under ‘one in, one out’ drive

Ministers agreed the pilot scheme with the French government in July as part of efforts to deter the number of arrivals by small boat crossings.

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9 h. ago Chemical castration pilot of sex offenders to expand to two more regions – Lammy

The Government had pledged to widen the existing pilot from four prisons in the south-west to 20 prisons nationwide in May.

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10 h. ago Kash Patel claims no evidence Jeffrey Epstein trafficked girls to anyone but himself

FBI Director Kash Patel said the bureau has no proof that Jeffrey Epstein trafficked girls to anyone other than himself.

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11 h. ago Just when Keir Starmer thought he’d got Jeffrey Epstein off his plate – look who’s coming to dinner | Marina Hyde

After a tough week for Labour, Donald Trump is touching down for a state visit. Let’s hope the PM can stomach itQuick update on Keir Starmer’s government of “national renewal”: having just lost his deputy and housing secretary over her failure to pay the required stamp duty, the prime minister has also lost his US ambassador over his known close association with a known paedophile sex trafficker. Hang on – he’s now also lost his director of political strategy for relating some dirty jokes about Diane Abbott.Meanwhile, an increasing number of people think the solution to all this is Andy Burnham taking over, suggesting the current Greater Manchester mayor could run in a parliamentary seat that has only notionally become free because the previous Labour MP was suspended from the party after being found to have sent messages hoping a couple of constituents would soon be dead/“mown down”, and is now apparently “off sick”. On top of which, we’re having the Americans round. US president D...

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11 h. ago Doctor left patient midway through operation to have sex with nurse

Dr Suhail Anjum has now faced a tribunal hearing

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11 h. ago Married doctor, 44, who left patient on operating table in the middle of surgery to have sex with a nurse is cleared to resume his medical career

Consultant anaesthetist Suhail Anjum, 44, was discovered 'in a compromising position' with another nurse in an operating theatre at Tameside General Hospital in 2023.

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11 h. ago Kim Cattrall, 69, makes rare public appearance with boyfriend Russell Thomas, 54, at Jimmy Choo event after stoking Sarah Jessica Parker feud by weighing in on claims she 'carried' Sex and the City

The actress, 68, exuded elegance in shimmering black dress that clung to her enviable curves and featured ruched detailing to cinch her in at her svelte waist.

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12 h. ago Popular homeware store to open another shop in Greater Manchester town

The popular retailer will be opening its fourth location in the region in the coming months

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12 h. ago US airman raped teenager he met over the internet after smuggling her onto RAF base in boot of his car, court hears

Keharron Bogstad, 24, is on trial accused of having 'forced' sex with his alleged victim on a number of occasions.

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13 h. ago New Covid 'Stratus' variant alert issued over 'unpleasant bug' that is 'highly transmissible'

The new Covid variant is rapidly becoming the dominant strain in multiple regions across the world

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13 h. ago Drone pilot arrested for breaching restrictions ahead of Trump state visit

Thames Valley Police said the 37-year-old from Brentford, west London is being investigated under aviation legislation.

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13 h. ago Serie C club Crotone placed under judicial administration due to Mafia infiltration

Italian club played in top flight in 2020-21Ndrangheta clans had infiltrated ticketing operationsThe Italian third-tier club Crotone have been placed under judicial administration for a year because police found “sufficient evidence” of pervasive Mafia infiltration, prosecutors said on Tuesday.Crotone, based in the southern Calabria region that is home to the powerful ’Ndrangheta Mafia, are seventh in group C of the Serie C league, on five points from four games. They played in Serie A for two consecutive seasons almost 10 years ago, and in 2020-21. Continue reading...

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14 h. ago Man charged with selling chemicals to assist with suicide after two deaths

Miles Cross, 33, was arrested in January in connection with the sale of a substance to assist with suicide - with officers investigating two deaths linked to four packages sold online

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14 h. ago Can ChatGPT make you better in bed? Meet the young men turning to AI for sex advice

As a new study finds that Gen Z men are on increasingly intimate terms with AI, Sophie Peachey investigates whether it’s helping or hindering their love lives

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15 h. ago Notorious rapist and paedophile's planned move to open prison blocked

Sex cult leader Colin Batley was jailed 14 years ago for a string of sex offences including inciting a child to have sex and 11 counts of rape

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15 h. ago Sex work and abuse: the women trapped in Malawi’s growing refugee camp

With the US no longer accepting refugees, Dzaleka’s residents have no prospect of relocation. Three women tell us what life is like in a camp designed for 10,000 people but which now holds more than 58,000• Photographs by Amos Gumulira for the GuardianTears stream down Francine’s* face as she pulls her glove off. Her right hand is covered by a pale, mottled burn scar. Her fingers are stiff and unnaturally bent. Francine turned to sex work to survive soon after she arrived alone at Malawi’s Dzaleka refugee camp in 2015, having travelled there from Burundi.On Christmas Eve in 2022, a client refused to pay. When she blocked the doorway, he grabbed a boiling-hot saucepan of beans and threw it at her, scalding her hand and chest. Continue reading...

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