4 d. ago Two teenagers due in court charged with animal cruelty after kittens 'tortured and killed'

Boy and girl charged after two dead kittens were found dismembered in west London

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9 d. ago Man appears in court charged with cruelty and fraud after 37 dogs found dead at 'Save a Paw UK' rescue centre during police raid over 'missing animals'

Oaveed Rahman, 25, of Crays Hill, Essex, denied a charge of causing unnecessary suffering to an animal and three counts of fraud.

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1 week ago ‘Forgive me, Reader: I ghost him.’ The best dating apps, tested

I spent two months testing the most popular dating apps, from those for hookups to the best for relationships. Here’s what happened• Online dating advice: five ways to stay safe, according to the expertsIf you want to make a single person angry, ask them about dating apps. Chances are they’ve tried using them at least once – just under 5 million adults in the UK visited an online dating service in May 2024, according to Ofcom’s Online Nation report – and will have a diatribe ready to go.They might lament how the apps have gamified dating, turning us all into Charlie Brooker-engineered ciphers playing aimlessly with one another until we get bored. Perhaps they’ll carp on about how vacuous it all feels, making snap judgments about whether or not someone is a potential life partner depending on their “typical Sunday afternoon”. Or they’ll complain about how the apps have plagued the dating landscape with callous cruelty, giving us myriad new methods to hurt one another. There’s no shor...

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2 w. ago Trump thinks he is shaping the Middle East. Instead, it’s Gulf states that will dictate US foreign policy | Simon Tisdall

The US president travels to meet the region’s leaders facing an uncomfortable reality: he may need them more than they need him Donald Trump is accustomed to getting his own way. That could change next week when he’s confronted by the mess he’s making in the Middle East. As he begins a three-day trip to Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Qatar, the US president is promising great things. As ever, he’s delusional. The reality is that reckless, incoherent and neglectful US regional policies are failing across the board. A fundamental course correction is urgently required.Gulf leaders have the leverage to set Trump straight, if they decide to use it. He relies on them to an unprecedented degree – far more than on Europe – as diplomatic interlocutors, security partners and financial backers. His approach to Palestine, which is on the brink of a second Nakba (catastrophe), is a mix of prejudice, cruelty and sheer ignorance. Without Arab help, the US and Israel may remain trapped indefinitely in ...

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2 w. ago Trump expected to announce UK trade agreement, sources say, after teasing ‘major’ news

President said he would hold a press conference at 10am ET (3pm BST) but analysts said it was unclear if a final agreement had been reachedDonald Trump is expected to announce on Thursday that the US will strike a trade agreement with the UK, according to a person familiar with the matter, which would mark the first deal for the White House since it imposed sweeping tariffs against trading partners last month.The specifics of the trade deal were not immediately clear and there was no comment from the UK on whether a trade deal had been agreed. Analysts said it was unclear if a final agreement had been reached, or if the countries would announce a framework that would be subject to further negotiation. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago I witnessed US cruelty as a Guantánamo lawyer. Trump’s deportations are disturbingly familiar | Mark Denbeaux

The government’s claims against detainees were paper-thin and the process riddled with errors. Now history is repeatingGuantánamo is a horror Americans have tried to forget. But the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) deportation regime resembles so many of Guantánamo’s evils that it compels comparison. That comparison reveals significant differences but frightening similarities.On 11 January 2002, the detention facility opened. The first detainees, in orange jumpsuits, hobbled along in a parade to show the press the success of the government in this battle of the “war on terror”.The detainee admits he was a cook’s assistant for Taliban forces in Narim, Afghanistan under the command of Haji Mullah Baki.Mark Denbeaux is professor emeritus at Seton Hall Law School and for 18 years represented four detainees held in Guantánamo who had endured torture by the CIA Continue reading...

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3 w. ago George Clooney's lawyer wife Amal could face BAN from US amid explosive Trump sanctions

George Clooney 's attorney wife Amal could face a ban from the US under proposed new sanctions from President Donald Trump.

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3 w. ago Mothers deported by Trump ‘denied’ chance to transfer custody of children, lawyer says

Two women and their children, who are US citizens, held in ‘complete isolation’ before being put on flight to HondurasTwo women who were deported to Honduras alongside their US citizen children were held in “complete isolation” and denied any opportunity to coordinate the care and custody of their children before being put on a flight, according to one of the lawyers representing them.The mothers were unable to contact attorneys or loved ones, and were not allowed the option to transfer the custody of their citizen children to another parent or caregiver, said Gracie Willis, an attorney with the National Immigration Project who is representing one of the families and coordinating with the team representing the other family. Continue reading...

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