1 hour ago Arsenal news: Martin Odegaard injury timeline blow as Mikel Arteta told where he's gone wrong

Arsenal captain Martin Odegaard was substituted in their win against West Ham and could be out of action for an extended period as Mikel Arteta faces up to another problem

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2 h. ago Peru lawmakers vote to oust president Dina Boluarte over crime crisis

Congress leader José Jerí sworn in as interim president as majority of lawmakers initiate impeachment against BoluarteLawmakers in Peru have voted to remove the president, Dina Boluarte, whose term has been marked by protests and accusations of failing to stem crime.Boluarte refused to appear before Congress on Friday for an overnight hearing after a majority of lawmakers, including some once loyal to her, voted to initiate impeachment proceedings. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago National Guard set to patrol Memphis but blocked in Illinois for 2 weeks

National Guard troops are expected to begin patrolling in Memphis

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3 h. ago I saw desperation at the Tory conference – but all traditional parties may be in this position soon | Andy Beckett

The feeling of crisis in Manchester also afflicts Labour and the Lib Dems. It leaves voters facing a dangerously unstable political orderMuch of democratic politics is about getting people’s attention. That’s a particular problem for struggling, less-than-compelling leaders. The further your party falls in the polls, the larger the temptation to launch dramatic, supposedly transformational policies. It’s like speaking more and more loudly to someone who has stopped listening.Thus this week’s Conservative conference in Manchester, with the party at historic lows in the polls, featured a frenzy of policy announcements, on once-successful Tory themes such as tax cuts, law and order, welfare and immigration, that were often made to half-empty rooms. Expanses of blue carpet had been installed in the huge, barn-like convention centre – as if to reassure delegates that the party still had an identity – yet much of the time they were eerily deserted. The Conservatives, famed and feared for ...

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4 h. ago Military mom begs House Speaker Mike Johnson to pass bill to pay troops during shutdown: ‘My kids could die’

“I think that it is awful, and the audacity of someone who makes six figures a year to do this to military families is insane,” the voter told House Speaker Mike Johnson

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9 h. ago Judge temporarily blocks Trump’s National Guard troops in Chicago: ‘Will only add fuel to the fire’

Judge April Perry says administration ‘simply unreliable’ when it comes to its demands for boots on the ground

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9 h. ago Israel approves Trump’s plan for Gaza ceasefire and hostage release

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet votes for the first phase of the US president’s peace deal

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11 h. ago Celebrity Traitors live: Kate Garraway is suspected as Paloma Faith meets her maker in shock episode 2 twist

BBC game-show phenomenon saw the musician murdered with a slow-acting poison by Alan Carr, while Stephen Fry looks set to make an important vote in episode’s cliffhanger ending

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11 h. ago Letitia James indicted for fraud after Trump demanded case against New York attorney general

Letitia James won blockbuster fraud case against the president and his business empire

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11 h. ago England vs Wales live: Rogers, Watkins and Saka blow visitors away in superb Wembley win

Bragging rights are on the line as Wales make the trip across the border to face the Three Lions

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11 h. ago Alex Jones asks US supreme court to block $1.4bn defamation judgment

Rightwing pundit’s request is latest in a series of appeals, both against the judgment and against sale of InfoWarsRightwing conspiracy fabulist Alex Jones has petitioned the US supreme court to block a massive defamation judgment imposed after he argued that the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting in which 20 children and six adults were killed was a hoax.In a filing to the US high court, Jones asked the justices to act immediately to prevent his website InfoWars from being handed over to the satirical news site The Onion. Continue reading...

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12 h. ago Dominion, the voting firm baselessly attacked by Trump after 2020 election, sold to ex

As part of its deal with Liberty Vote, Dominion was asked to settle its remaining lawsuits against Trump allies and MAGA media outlets, which it had done in recent weeks.

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12 h. ago Renfrewshire Council publish plans to demolish old Paisley housing in regeneration scheme

Eleven blocks are due to be knocked down at Ladyburn Street, Howard Street and McKerrell Street in the town.

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12 h. ago Grand jury considers criminal charges against Letitia James after Trump demanded case against New York attorney general

James won blockbuster fraud case against the president and his business empire

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12 h. ago National guard remains in Chicago area as judge to rule on Trump deployment

President attacks Chicago mayor and Illinois governor as extra troops at army training site south-west of cityHundreds of national guard troops remained in the Chicago area as city and Illinois officials awaited a judge’s decision to stop Donald Trump’s aggressive immigration enforcement operation in the nation’s third-largest city.It was still unclear where specifically the Trump administration would send the troops who reported to an army training site south-west of Chicago, which was laden with extra fencing and tarps put up to block the public’s view of the facility late on Wednesday evening. Continue reading...

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13 h. ago Block on small boat migrants claiming British citizenship could be ruled 'unlawful' under new human rights legal challenge

An application for a judicial review could leave the Government unable to block citizenship applications from migrants, the Daily Mail can reveal.

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13 h. ago Dominion, voting firm targeted by false 2020 election claims, sold to new owner

Company, which reached $787.5m defamation settlement with Fox News, becomes new entity called Liberty VoteDominion Voting Systems, the company that makes widely used voting equipment in the United States that became synonymous with election conspiracies and Donald Trump’s effort to overturn the 2020 election, has been sold.The company was purchased by Scott Leiendecker, a former Republican Missouri election official who founded KnowInk, which makes electronic pollbooks used at voting sites across the country. Leindecker purchased Dominion under a new company called Liberty Vote. Leiendecker, served as the elections director in St Louis from 2005 until 2012, according to his LinkedIn, a period during which he would have overlapped with Ed Martin, a staunch Trump ally at the justice department who served as chairman of the St Louis board of elections from 2005 to 2006. Continue reading...

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13 h. ago England suffer injury blow as Ollie Watkins taken off after agonising collision with post

Aston Villa star Ollie Watkins looked in significant pain in England's clash against Wales after colliding with the post at Wembley and was replaced at half-time by Thomas Tuchel

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13 h. ago Senate still deadlocked over shutdown as Trump reiterates threat to Democrats

Seventh round of votes fails to yield breakthrough while president threatens to cut funds for ‘Democrat programs’ The US Senate remained deadlocked on legislation to end the government shutdown on Thursday, as Donald Trump reiterated his threat to make Democrats pay for the funding lapse that has closed federal agencies and furloughed workers nationwide.The Senate took its seventh round of votes on competing Democratic and Republican proposals to restart the funding, but neither won enough bipartisan support to clear the 60-vote threshold for advancement in the chamber. In a sign that neither party had budged from its demands, no senators changed their votes from when the bills were last considered in recent days. Continue reading...

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13 h. ago No rubber bullets, no body slamming and no attacking journalists: Judge lays down rules for Trump’s federal agents in Chicago

Judges across US consider lawsuits to block National Guard from supporting Homeland Security in Dem-led states and cities

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