42 h. ago Trump wanted to use Kirk’s death to launch a ‘war on terror’ on the left – but many close to him weren’t convinced

Members of president’s inner circle privately doubted that the Turning Point USA founder’s assassin really belonged to a radical left-wing terror network, according to new report

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2 w. ago In London, Ukrainian press freedom NGOs and RSF officially launch the International Fund for Ukrainian Media (IFRUM)

In London, Ukrainian press freedom NGOs and RSF officially launch the International Fund for Ukrainian Media (IFRUM)  Reporters sans frontières

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2 w. ago Angelina Jolie says 'I’ll be careful' as she states America is living through 'heavy times'

Angelina Jolie said she loves her country but does not "recognise it" as she spoke about freedom of expression in the US during a press conference at the San Sebastian Film Festival

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2 w. ago Feds have found no links between Kirk assassination suspect and left

Source tells NBC News: ‘Every indication so far is that this was one guy who did one really bad thing because he found Kirk’s ideology personally offensive’

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2 w. ago Israel attack on Yemeni newspaper was second deadliest on journalists ever recorded

Press freedom group says ‘brutal and unjustified attack’ is deadliest since 2009 Maguindanao massacre in PhilippinesThirty one journalists and media staff were killed by Israeli strikes on newspaper offices in Yemen last week in what the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said on Friday was the deadliest attack on journalists in the last 16 years.Israel struck a newspaper complex in Sana’a, Yemen’s capital, which housed three Houthi-connected media outlets on 10 September. At the time, members of the Yemeni army’s press arm were finishing the weekly print edition, according to the publication’s editor-in-chief, which increased the number of journalists present during the strike. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Moated castle wing with cinema and tennis court on market for £900,000 in Lancashire town

Originally built as a medieval manor house, Thurland Castle is situated between the Lake District and the Yorkshire Dales National Park

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3 w. ago 'Extreme right wing' prisoner threatened to shoot guard over jacket potato

Nicholas Brock, 57, was behind bars for a terror-related offence when he threatened to shoot a prison officer in the back of the head because he was unhappy with his lunch

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3 w. ago How the US rightwing is taking over news media and choking press freedom

Takeover of broadcast companies by Donald Trump’s allies is harbinger of media capitulation to authoritarian leaningsThe US right has appeared to increase its influence on mainstream media in America in recent weeks, especially in television news which has been a major target of the Donald Trump administration.CBS News – once home to legends of US journalism like Walter Cronkite and Edward R Murrow – installed a Trump ally as its ombudsman, weeks after the family of Larry Ellison, one of the world’s richest men, and a friend of the US president, sealed control over Paramount, the owner of CBS. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago How the US right wing is taking over news media and choking press freedom

Takeover of broadcast companies by Donald Trump’s allies is harbinger of media capitulation to authoritarian leaningsThe US right has appeared to increase its influence on mainstream media in America in recent weeks, especially in television news which has been a major target of the Donald Trump administration.CBS News – once home to legends of US journalism such as Walter Cronkite and Edward R Murrow – installed a Trump ally as its ombudsman, weeks after the family of Larry Ellison, one of the world’s richest men, and a friend of the US president, sealed control over Paramount, the owner of CBS. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Charlie Kirk's UK campaign group warns of death threats against its members as Left

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage said Left-wingers had also called for him to be shot in the wake of Mr Kirk's murder at Utah Valley University on Wednesday.

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3 w. ago Global press freedom suffers sharpest fall in 50 years, report finds

The International IDEA’s survey of democratic markers finds US is offering ‘encouragement’ to populist leadersPress freedom around the world has suffered its sharpest fall in 50 years as global democracy weakens dramatically, a landmark report has found.According to the Stockholm-based International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA), democracy has declined in 94 countries over the last five years and only a third have made progress. Continue reading...

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last month The Noel Clarke judgment was a victory for the freedom of the press – but it should also act as a warning | Nik Williams

Embedded within Clarke’s legal action was a new threat to public interest reporting, despite his emphatic defeatNik Williams is a policy and campaigns officer at Index on CensorshipThe high court’s ruling in favour of the Guardian struck a powerful blow for the free press and for holding those accused of sexual misconduct to account. While across the globe, we have seen the courtroom as the venue of choice to push back against the legacy of the #MeToo movement, this victory sent a clear signal that the voices of those affected have lost none of their power, impact or poignancy.Noel Clarke is an actor, screenwriter, producer and director who is best known for the Hood trilogy, as well as acting in Doctor Who. In 2022, he sued the Guardian for its reporting based on the testimony of 20 women who accused him of “sexual harassment, unwanted touching or groping, sexually inappropriate behaviour and comments on set, professional misconduct, taking and sharing sexually explicit pictures an...

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last month Israel used to lie about killing journalists; now it barely bothers to do so. What happened? | Meron Rapoport

The ‘most moral army in the world’ has killed at least 248 journalists in Gaza, seemingly without any shameMeron Rapoport is an Israeli journalist for +972 magazine and Local CallIn September 2022, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) published the results of an internal investigation into the killing of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in Jenin four months earlier. “There is a high possibility that Ms Abu Akleh was accidentally hit by IDF gunfire that was fired toward suspects identified as armed Palestinian gunmen,” read the summary of the investigation. The IDF expressed “its deep condolences” over her death. “The freedom of the press and maintaining the safety of journalists are part of the primary components of Israeli democracy, which the IDF is committed to upholding,” it added.This statement had little to do with the facts. Not only did numerous independent investigations indicate that Abu Akleh was killed by Israeli soldiers (a claim which the Israeli army initially denie...

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