10 h. ago Gun crackdown and controversial protest laws to be passed in NSW despite Coalition split over firearms

NSW Nationals to oppose gun law reforms introduced in wake of Bondi attack, as Greens say protest laws are ‘draconian’ and may be unconstitutionalFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastGun laws will be significantly tightened and protests restricted for up to three months in New South Wales at the behest of the police commissioner, under an emergency set of laws introduced to the state parliament in the wake of the Bondi shooting.The bill is being debated in the lower house on Monday and is expected to pass the lower house on Monday afternoon with the support of the NSW Liberal party, and pass the upper house on Tuesday. Continue reading...

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44 h. ago Epstein files: 7 things we've learned from latest release of documents

The long-awaited Epstein files arrived on Friday following months of anxious waiting - and a law passed by Congress mandating the Trump administration release them

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3 d. ago Democrats release more images from Jeffrey Epstein estate, including photos of writing on woman’s body – live

Latest image drop comes as pressure mounts on Trump’s justice department to release filesFull report – Democrats release new Epstein photosWhat we know so far about the Epstein filesDemocratic lawmakers will release more photographs from evidence gathered from the estate of Jeffrey Epstein if the Department of Justice fails to meet the Friday deadline to disclose investigative documents, Congressman Robert Garcia told CNN yesterday.Speaking to Erin Burnett, Garcia said a petition to the federal court by Ghislaine Maxwell – Epstein’s convicted accomplice - to have her conviction on sex trafficking charges thrown out and to obtain a pardon do not trigger an exemption to the law Congress passed mandating a release of documents by the DoJ. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Brazilian president vows to veto bill cutting Jair Bolsonaro’s prison term

Lula acknowledges his decision to uphold 27-year sentence could be overridden by conservative lawmakers Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has promised to veto a bill passed by congress to reduce the prison term of Jair Bolsonaro, the former president who was sentenced to more than 27 years in prison for masterminding an attempted coup to overturn the 2022 elections.Lawmakers passed the bill late on Wednesday after it was approved last week by the lower house. On Thursday, Brazil’s leftist president – who, investigations showed, was the target of an assassination plan as part of the coup plot – acknowledged his veto could be overridden by the largely conservative congress. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Cops launch investigation into TikToker’s death after fans allege she was bullied online

Fans of Riziki Ilenre have launched a petition to pass a new law in her name that will harshen punishments for cyberbulling

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4 d. ago Wes Streeting admits children cannot consent to taking puberty blockers as opposition mounts to controversial medical trial with MPs joining in protest outside Department of Health

The Health Secretary told MPs that participants in the study can only repeat back to doctors what the risks are and need a parent to agree they can be given the powerful drugs.

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6 d. ago Business groups urge peers to PASS Labour's workers' rights law

In a joint letter to Business Secretary Peter Kyle, six organisations said that 'now is the time' for Parliament to pass the Employment Rights Bill.

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9 d. ago Oregon woman sexually assaulted on American Airlines flight by drunk passenger, lawsuit claims

According to the woman, her alleged assaulter said “this is my lucky day” when he sat down next to her on their flight

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2 w. ago Vocal Jeffrey Epstein accuser urges judges to unseal his court records ‘to lead to justice’

Annie Farmer and other victims fought for the passage of the law, known as the Epstein Files Transparency Act

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3 w. ago Hello, foreign oligarchs and corporations! Please come and sue the UK for billions | George Monbiot

The case of a planned Cumbrian coalmine shows how governments around the world are being threatened by litigation in shadowy offshore courtsHow do you reckon our political system works? Perhaps something like this. We elect MPs. They vote on bills. If a majority is achieved, the bills becomes law. The law is upheld by the courts. End of story. Well, that’s how it used to work. No longer.Today, foreign corporations, or the oligarchs who own them, can sue governments for the laws they pass, at offshore tribunals composed of corporate lawyers. The cases are held in secret. Unlike our courts, these tribunals allow no right of appeal or judicial review. You or I cannot take a case to them, nor can our government, or even businesses based in this country. They are open only to corporations based overseas.George Monbiot is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Asylum seekers in detention centre go on hunger strike over deportation to France under Labour's 'one in, one out' policy

Thirty asylum seekers held in a UK detention centre have launched a hunger strike in protest at their imminent removal to France under Labour's controversial 'one in, one out' policy.

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3 w. ago Farmers are arrested by police and led away in handcuffs as they defy Westminster tractor ban to protest over Rachel Reeves' budget

Agriculturists were banned from bringing their tractors amid protest plans against controversial UK inheritance tax reforms, known as 'family farm tax' ahead of Rachel Reeves' Budget,

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last month Sir Alex Ferguson among football greats to pay respects at Denis Law memorial service

One of Scottish football's biggest icons Denis Law CBE sadly passed away in January aged 84 after a battle with Alzheimer's.

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