2 d. ago It's off to court we go! Disney faces discrimination lawsuit over Snow White snub of 'little people' actors who were replaced by cartoons in 'woke' £215m live

A top US lawyer has been appointed and is expected to file a claim against the studio alleging discrimination in the latest headache for the company over its £215 million live-action remake

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4 d. ago Thousands allege sexual abuse in youth detention centers. It could cost Maryland a huge sum

Arlando “Tray” Jones is among thousands of people seeking accountability under a new state law that eliminated the statute of limitations for child sexual abuse claims

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6 d. ago I am a Palestinian political prisoner in Louisiana. I am being targeted for my activism | Mahmoud Khalil

The Columbia graduate and green-card holder, held in Louisiana by immigration agents, dictated this letter to family and friendsMy name is Mahmoud Khalil and I am a political prisoner. I am writing to you from a detention facility in Louisiana where I wake to cold mornings and spend long days bearing witness to the quiet injustices under way against a great many people precluded from the protections of the law.Who has the right to have rights? It is certainly not the humans crowded into the cells here. It isn’t the Senegalese man I met who has been deprived of his liberty for a year, his legal situation in limbo and his family an ocean away. It isn’t the 21-year-old detainee I met who stepped foot in this country at age nine, only to be deported without so much as a hearing. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Romance fraudster jailed after swindling woman he met on Tinder out of £50,000

A judge said Peter Gray had duped the victim into believing they were in a loving relationship before she was fleeced to the tune of £50,000.

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7 d. ago ‘I am a political prisoner’: Mahmoud Khalil says he’s being targeted for political beliefs

Exclusive: Palestinian activist and green card holder speaks out from Louisiana immigration detention for first timeNever miss global breaking news. Download our free app to keep up with key stories in real time.In his first public remarks since being detained by federal immigration authorities, Palestinian activist and recent Columbia graduate, Mahmoud Khalil, spoke out against the conditions facing immigrants in US detention and said he was being targeted by the Trump administration for his political beliefs.“I am a political prisoner,” he said in a statement provided exclusively to the Guardian. “I am writing to you from a detention facility in Louisiana where I wake to cold mornings and spend long days bearing witness to the quiet injustices underway against a great many people precluded from the protections of the law.”Read Khalil’s full statement here. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Parents' victory as daughter's death from 'diet drugs' ruled not suicide in groundbreaking decision

Their victory, aided by the Daily Mail, came with a groundbreaking decision by judges to simply rewrite the findings of a previous inquest, without the need for a fresh hearing.

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1 week ago Paedophiles should lose their HOMES, ministers are told: Labour urged to follow Aussie example where online perverts have assets seized even if they aren't profiting from crimes

The UK should consider introducing laws to confiscate the homes of people who commit online child sexual exploitation, a senior police chief has said.

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1 week ago Pete Hegseth to overhaul US military lawyers in effort to relax rules of war

The defense secretary has empowered his lawyer Tim Parlatore to remake the judge advocate general’s corpsThe US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, is expected in the coming weeks to start a sweeping overhaul of the judge advocate general’s corps as part of an effort to make the US military less restricted by the laws of armed conflict, according to two people familiar with the matter.The changes are poised to have implications across the military, as Hegseth’s office considers changes to the interpretation of the US rules of engagement on the battlefield to the way that charges are brought under the military justice system. Continue reading...

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1 week ago 67% of Scots support intestacy law reform, shows Will Aid poll

A Will Aid poll has revealed 67% of people in Scotland believe the law of intestacy should be changed to offer legal protections for unmarried couples without a Will - now public support for change could soon translate into action.

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1 week ago Wales’ biggest police force is hiding the name of a corrupt ex

The public has a right to know when people in positions of authority break the law and abuse that power — and who those people are

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2 w. ago Government to toughen laws that allow people to buy suicide drugs online

Sarah Sackman said laws are in place which stop people encouraging or assisting suicide, but added the Government would introduce more restrictions.

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2 w. ago Texas lawmakers consider bill that would send trans people to jail for up to two years

Texas lawmakers are considering a bill that would make it a felony for trans people to identify as their gender on official documents, punishable by up to two years in jail.

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2 w. ago The DWP forced over 680,000 people to pay for its own mistakes. Now campaigners want the law changed

Exclusive: The DWP must ‘take responsibility’ for its mistakes, campaigners say

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2 w. ago Changing US law keeps victims’ families – and people on death row – waiting decades for closure

Marcia Fulton has waited 37 years for David Wood to be executed for her daughter’s murder, but lawyers who believe he’s innocent keep filing appealsTwo months ago, Marcia Fulton received a knock on her door in El Paso, Texas, from lawyers for David Wood – a name she knows all too well. Wood is facing execution on 13 March for the 1987 murder of Fulton’s teenage daughter, Desiree Wheatley, along with five other girls and young women.“I promised Desi at her gravesite that I would find out who did this and make them pay,” Fulton told Wood’s lawyers that afternoon. Now, she was making plans to attend the execution. “I’ll feel like it’s a promise I kept to her.” Continue reading...

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2 w. ago The founding fathers baked reason, truth and free speech into the US. That’s all gone now | Will Hutton

Donald Trump’s actions go against the Enlightenment values that gave rise to the constitution. His might-is-right politics have nothing to offer BritainThe founding fathers of the USA – James Madison, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, Benjamin Franklin and more – were quintessential disciples of the European Enlightenment. Their intent was to embed Enlightenment values into the government and culture of the New World. America would be a republic of laws. Its constitution would ensure governance of the people, by the people, for the people. Through checked and balanced branches of government, it would expunge the possibility of monarchical discretionary power and inaugurate proper democracy.It would celebrate all liberties, from freedom of speech to freedom of worship. Their belief in science “for the benefit of mankind in general”, in Franklin’s words, would imbue the republic’s commitment to reason, the scientific method and the pursuit of truth. The dynamic economy and society...

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2 w. ago HMRC discusses new powers to monitor 'every UK bank account'

Officials could be able to directly take money from people's bank account under new laws

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2 w. ago Judge pauses GOP states' lawsuit to limit people in the US illegally from census count

A federal judge has agreed with Trump administration lawyers to pause a lawsuit filed by four Republican state attorneys general that attempted to exclude people in the U.S. illegally from numbers used to divvy up congressional seats among states

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3 w. ago Monty Don's urgent warning to people mowing lawns after March

Gardening expert Monty Don says mid-March is the best time to start mowing the lawn after winter, but people shouldn't overdo it for an important reason

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3 w. ago Is this the REAL reason Claudia Lawrence case has never been solved? Claims people 'responsible for chef's disappearance have used their money and power to enforce wall of silence'

Chef Claudia Lawrence, 35, vanished without a trace after failing to turn up to work at the University of York's Goodricke College on March 19, 2009.

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4 w. ago It’s grand theft AI and UK ministers are behind it. Oppose this robbery of people’s creativity | Andrew Lloyd Webber and Alastair Webber

The plan to weaken copyright law, allowing tech firms to profit for free from people’s talent, is an outrage, and the nation would sufferWe are father and son: one has written 16 musicals and counting, the other cofounded The Other Songs, a leading independent record and publishing company. Our work has employed thousands globally, nurturing the next generation of talent. Copyright is the foundation that protects this, and all creative work: from music, theatre and literature to film and art. Copyright ensures creators retain control and are fairly compensated. It underpins the creative economy. Put simply, it allows artists and creatives to make a living. Endless studies have shown what a benefit that creativity – music, theatre, dance, art, film, TV, the list is endless – has on the rest of society.Yet, today, the UK government is proposing changes that would strip creators of this protection. Under the data (use and access) bill, AI companies would be allowed to take works, past ...

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