67 h. ago BBC apologises to Donald Trump over edit of speech for Panorama

Corporation rejects demands for compensation after US president’s lawyers threatened to sue for $1bnThe BBC has apologised to Donald Trump over the editing of a Panorama that led to the resignation of its director general, Tim Davie, and the BBC News chief, Deborah Turness.However, the corporation has rejected his demands for compensation, after lawyers for Trump threatened to sue for $1bn (£759m) in damages unless the BBC issued a retraction, apologised and settled with him. Continue reading...

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67 h. ago BBC apologises to Trump over edited speech but rejects compensation claim

‘We strongly disagree there is a basis for a defamation claim’, reads statement expressing ‘sincere regrets’ over Panorama episodeThe BBC has apologised to Donald Trump over the editing of a Panorama documentary that led to the resignation of its director general, Tim Davie, and the BBC News chief, Deborah Turness.However, the corporation has rejected his demands for compensation, after lawyers for Trump threatened to sue for $1bn (£759m) in damages unless the BBC issued a retraction, apologised and settled with him. Continue reading...

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2 d. ago Starmer defies calls to sack chief of staff, claiming briefing didn’t come from No 10

PM is standing by chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney, despite calls to sack himKeir Starmer has attempted to draw a line under extraordinary briefings by his allies that No 10 feared Wes Streeting could launch a leadership coup, insisting he had been reassured it “didn’t come from Downing Street”.The prime minister gathered his senior staff to stress that briefings against cabinet ministers were “unacceptable” after apologising to Streeting for what had happened on Wednesday. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Australian restaurant chain apologises for burger curse as Oscar Piastri hopes to turn F1 season around

Grill’d apologises for jinxing 24-year-old with promotionPiastri’s manager Mark Webber backs McLaren driver to rebound from Formula One woesAs Oscar Piastri desperately works to rebound from his recent Formula One woes, an Australian restaurant chain is doing its part to keep his title hopes alive.After offering free burgers for every time the Australian made the podium, Grill’d burger chain has apologised for putting a “curse” on the McLaren driver. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago British state supplied victims to ‘worst sex offender in history’ as abuse continued unchecked at notorious detention centre

Investigation finds the ‘silence of many’ allowed widespread physical and sexual abuse to continue at Medomsley Detention Centre - as watchdog says victims deserve public apology

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5 d. ago Liam Gallagher reveals why Oasis tour 'saved his life' as he gives health update

The Oasis frontman, 53, was reportedly put on strict doctors’ orders before the Live ‘25 reunion tour kicked off

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6 d. ago Tim Davie resigns as BBC director general after accusations of ‘serious and systemic’ bias in coverage

Davie tells staff departure was “my own decision” but it comes with the BBC preparing to apologise for the way it edited a Trump speechTim Davie, the BBC’s director general, and the head of BBC News have resigned after a former adviser to the corporation accused it of “serious and systemic” bias in its coverage of issues including Donald Trump, Gaza and trans rights.In a shock move, Davie said his depature was his own, but comes with the BBC preparing to apologise for the way the broadcaster edited a Donald Trump speech. Continue reading...

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1 week ago ‘New York will be the light’: Zohran Mamdani vows to protect working class and speaks directly to Trump in victory speech – live

New York City mayor elect condemns forces of ‘oligarchy and authoritarianism’ in speech vowing to meet voters’ high expectations Zohran Mamdani elected mayor of New York City in historic winNYC mayoral election – live results trackerat the Ziegfeld Ballroom in midtown ManhattanThere’s a couple of hundred Cuomo supporters at his watch party now. I just saw a man down a bottle of Stella Artois. No sign of Cuomo yet. Among the attenders is Suzanne Miller, a realtor who volunteered for the Cuomo campaign. She said she is “50-50” about his chances of winning. Miller said she was nervous because of Zohran Mamdani’s energetic closing few days of the campaign. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Huge crowds gather on first anniversary of Serbian train station disaster

Student-led movement continues to demand political change as embattled president issues rare apologyTens of thousands of Serbians have gathered to commemorate victims of a fatal railway station collapse a year ago, a tragedy that galvanised anti-government sentiment that still threatens the embattled president, Aleksandar Vučić.A student-led movement organised the rallies in the country’s second largest city, Novi Sad, where on 1 November 2024, the canopy at the newly renovated railway station collapsed. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago WH Auden formed ‘intense friendship’ with sex worker who burgled him, unseen letters reveal

Exclusive: the newly released correspondence reveals how a strong bond developed between the Funeral Blues poet and the sex worker who broke into his homeA “once in a century” discovery of a cache of long-lost letters has revealed how the English poet WH Auden developed a deep and lasting friendship with a Viennese sex worker and car mechanic after the latter burgled the Funeral Blues author’s home and was put on trial.York-born Auden, a prominent member of a generation of 1930s writers that also included Christopher Isherwood, Louis MacNeice and Stephen Spender, described his unconventional arrangement with the man he affectionally called “Hugerl” in the posthumously published poem Glad. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago BTS reportedly planning biggest world tour yet with 65 shows and new album

This would mark a full-group comeback for the band after its members completed South Korea’s mandatory military service

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3 w. ago Heat’s Rozier and Blazers coach Billups among over 30 arrested over gambling claims

FBI’s Kash Patel says operation that ‘spanned the course of years’ also connected to mafia familiesMiami Heat guard Terry Rozier and Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups have been arrested in connection with a sweeping federal investigation into illegal gambling, authorities announced on Thursday.“Today, we are here in New York to announce a historic arrest across a wide sweeping criminal enterprise,” the FBI director, Kash Patel, said at a news conference on Thursday. “This is an illegal gambling operation and sports rigging operation that spanned the course of years.” Continue reading...

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3 w. ago NBA player and head coach among 30 arrested in illegal US gambling investigation

FBI says years-long operation that led to arrest of Heat’s Terry Rozier and Trail Blazers’ Chauncey Billups also connected to mafia families Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier and Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups have been arrested in connection with a sweeping federal investigation into illegal gambling, authorities announced on Thursday.“Today, we are here in New York to announce a historic arrest across a wide sweeping criminal enterprise,” the FBI director, Kash Patel, said at a news conference on Thursday. “This is an illegal gambling operation and sports rigging operation that spanned the course of years.” Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Newly freed George Santos promises to name kids after these MAGA icons

George Santos’ saga has made him a recognizable, and occasionally celebrated, internet figure

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3 w. ago George Santos continues apology tour amid reports New York authorities may seek to throw him back in prison

Former Republican congressman recounts horrified reaction to prison life as Nassau County district attorney hints she could pursue fresh charges against him

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3 w. ago White House responds to claims that Diddy will be pardoned this week days after George Santos was released

Trump’s public statements about pardoning Sean Combs have wavered, though he has not given a definitive answer

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3 w. ago January 6 US Capitol rioter arrested for alleged threat to kill Hakeem Jeffries

Christopher Moynihan, pardoned by Trump for his role in Capitol attack, allegedly threatened House minority leaderA man who was pardoned by Donald Trump for his conviction in the US Capitol attack carried out by the Republican president’s supporters in early 2021 has been arrested for allegedly threatening to kill the Democratic House minority leader, Hakeem Jeffries, according to authorities and the New York representative himself.Christopher Moynihan, 34, was arrested by New York state police on a felony count of making terroristic threats, the agency announced. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Disgraced former lawmaker George Santos appears on Fox News days after Trump pardon: ‘I owe the American people an apology’

Republican expelled from Congress for lying about his personal history offers mea culpa

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3 w. ago Friedrich Merz accused of using ‘dangerous’ rhetoric on immigration

German chancellor rebuffs critics and insists anyone with daughters would agree ‘we have to change something’Critics have accused Germany’s chancellor, Friedrich Merz, of adopting “dangerous” rhetoric on immigration, after he championed “very large scale” expulsions of people from cities – and claimed that anyone with daughters would agree with him.Merz, who took office in May with a pledge to beat back the rise of the far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party, on Monday chastised a reporter who asked if he wished to revise his hardline remarks on migration from last week in light of widespread criticism, or apologise for them. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago George Santos says prison sentence was ‘disproportionate’ but ‘large slice of humble pie’

Disgraced former congressman who was meant to serve seven years for fraud and identity lashes out at criticsDisgraced former US congressman George Santos said on Sunday that his prison sentence had been “disproportionate”, but that he had been served “a very large slice of humble pie”, while lashing out at his critics in his first interview since Donald Trump commuted his sentence.Speaking to Dana Bash on CNN’s State of the Union, Santos said he was “all politicked out”, and called for his former campaign staffer, Sam Miele, to also receive a commutation. Continue reading...

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