11 h. ago Journalist Mario Guevara deported to El Salvador after 100 days in Ice custody

Removal comes after Emmy-winning Salvadorian reporter was arrested while covering ‘No Kings Day’ protestJournalist Mario Guevara’s imprisonment by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (Ice) ended with deportation to El Salvador on Friday, his family announced on social media.Guevara has been a media mainstay in the Atlanta area for about 20 years, after fleeing El Salvador to escape leftwing militias in 2004. Though he has a work permit and two of his children are American citizens, he has operated under the “administrative closure” of deportation orders for much of that time. Continue reading...

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64 h. ago Ed Miliband to announce total ban on fracking – UK politics live

There is not currently a permanent ban in law, just a temporary moratoriumSome people have argued that it is a mistake for Keir Starmer and Labour to talk about Nigel Farage and Reform UK as much as they have. There is a case for saying that this just shores up the credibility of a party with only five MPs, and it switches the news agenda towards immigration and small boats (issues where Reform UK polls well) and away from “Labour issues” like health.And art of this argument is that, by calling the Reform UK migration policy racist, Labour is also making it easier for Farage to leverage grievance (which, as Starmer himself argued in his speech yesterday, is part of what lies behind Reform UK’s electoral support.I think it’s a mistake to pretend this isn’t the fight of our times.If it is the fight of our times, we’ve got to recognise that, and we’ve got to be in it. I think simply ignoring it is a mistake, a political mistake.No, not at all. There is a political fight that has to be ...

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7 d. ago From Israel to JK Rowling, has Emma Watson taken her final form as the millennial people’s princess?

After years out of the spotlight, the actor-activist returns with striking candour in an exhaustive podcast. In the process, she’s carved out a surprising new role as the millennial people’s princess: almost perfect, but powerfully human, argues Hannah Ewens

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9 d. ago Epping protester who refused to uncover face argued people can ‘wear burkas’

Joshua Meadows, 18, refused to remove the covering when asked to do so by police during a protest in the Essex town on July 24, the court heard.

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9 d. ago Epping protester who didn’t remove face covering argued people can ‘wear burkas’

Joshua Meadows, 18, refused to remove the covering when asked to do so by police during a protest in the Essex town on July 24, the court heard.

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1 week ago ‘Manipulative’ asylum seeker at centre of Epping hotel protests jailed for sexually assaulting girl

A judge said Hadush Kebatu posed a ‘significant risk of reoffending’ after his offences sparked protests outside asylum hotels across the UK

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1 week ago ‘Manipulative’ asylum seeker at centre of Epping hotel protests jailed for 12 months

A judge said Hadush Kebatu posed a ‘significant risk of reoffending’ after his offences sparked protests outside asylum hotels across the UK

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2 w. ago Trump security shambles shames Britain around the world: Foreign media condemn UK cops' failure to stop images of president and Epstein being beamed onto Windsor

News outlets from around the world have shamed the UK for failing to stop protesters from projecting images of Donald Trump with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein onto Windsor Castle.

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2 w. ago Trump UK visit live: Crowds turn out to support ‘special man’ before King Charles welcomes US president

Trump’s visit is under tight security, with four arrests made after pictures of the US president and the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were projected onto Windsor Castle

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2 w. ago Trump UK visit live: King Charles to welcome US president after Sadiq Khan lashes out at ‘autocratic’ Trump

Trump’s visit is under tight security, with four arrests made after pictures of the US president and the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were projected onto Windsor Castle

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2 w. ago Trump UK visit live: King Charles to welcome US president for ‘big day’ at Windsor Castle

Trump will be greeted with the largest guard of honour ever assembled for a state visit

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2 w. ago The Trump protests begin: Four people are arrested after images of Epstein, Trump and Prince Andrew are projected on to Windsor Castle in security shambles as US President lands in UK

Thousands of people are set to descend on London to protest the US President's visit, with other demonstrations gearing up around the UK in opposition to his two-day stay.

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2 w. ago Trump UK visit live: Four arrested over Epstein images on Windsor Castle after US president lands in Britain

US president hails ‘great honour’ of being hosted at Windsor Castle

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2 w. ago Police update following 'public stunt in Windsor' during Donald Trump visit

Photographs of Virginia Giuffre were beamed on to the King's residence, as well as images of Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, as protesters gathered in London yesterday

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2 w. ago Trump mocked by protesters as relationship with Jeffrey Epstein projected on Windsor Castle

Photographs of Virginia Giuffre are being beamed on to the King's residence, as well as images of Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell as protesters gathered in London

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2 w. ago Trump and Epstein merch dotted throughout Windsor Castle gift shop ahead of presidential UK visit

Merchandise featuring Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein has been placed around Windsor Castle gift shop by protesters ahead of the US president’s state visit to the UK.

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2 w. ago Huge Trump and Epstein photograph unveiled outside Windsor Castle ahead of US president’s state visit

A giant picture of Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein has been unveiled outside of Windsor Castle ahead of the US president’s visit to the UK.

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3 w. ago The president doth protest too much: Trump’s denial on Epstein is backfiring

Typically full of brio and swagger, the White House is scrambling because Trump is behaving so out of characterIt took Trump chronicler Maggie Haberman to cut to the chase: if Trump didn’t sign the birthday card or other documents released by Jeffrey Epstein’s estate, the reporter asked in a quiet yet insistent tone, what’s the working theory as to why he’s in there?“The president has one of the most famous signatures in the world,” Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, replied on Tuesday. “The president did not write that letter. He did not sign those documents.” Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Essex leaders call for ‘breathing space’ in Epping after summer of protests

In an open letter, local government leaders for the area have said they acknowledge the right to peaceful protest and called for calm.

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3 w. ago Mother arrested at Epping hotel protest feared she would be 'the next Lucy Connolly'

Sarah White, mother-of-five, said she feared she would be 'the next Lucy Connolly' after being arrested outside Epping District Council offices during an anti-immigration protest.

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