1 week ago Google, Justice Department face off in climactic showdown in search monopoly case

Google will return to federal court Friday to fend off the U.S. Justice Department’s attempt to topple its internet empire at the same time it’s navigating a pivotal shift to artificial intelligence that could undercut its power

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2 w. ago Boeing to avoid prosecution over 737 Max crashes in justice department deal

Airplane giant will pay and invest $1.1bn after misleading US regulators, including $445m for crash victims’ familiesThe justice department has reached a deal with Boeing that will allow the airplane giant to avoid criminal prosecution for allegedly misleading US regulators about the 737 Max jetliner before two of the planes crashed and killed 346 people, according to court papers filed on Friday.Under the “agreement in principle” that still needs to be finalized, Boeing would pay and invest more than $1.1bn, including an additional $445m for the crash victims’ families, the justice department said. In return, the department would dismiss the fraud charge in the criminal case against the aircraft manufacturer. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Starmer urged to ‘deploy every tool’ to free jailed British activist

MPs and peers have pressed for the release of Alaa Abd El-Fattah, who has been on hunger strike for more than 80 days.

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3 w. ago Ministers told to proscribe Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp as a terrorist group after UK arrests and row over 'hijab and chastity law'

More than 550 MPs and peers have signed a letter calling for the 125,000-strong  Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corp to be outlawed in the UK over the 'hijab and chastity law'.

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3 w. ago Hundreds of MPs and peers call for Starmer to ban Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

Three Iranian men in London were charged with spying offences after a counter terror probe

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3 w. ago ‘No brainer' to give visas to young Brits and EU citizens under mobility scheme, say London business chiefs

More than 70 Labour MPs and peers are backing this work opportunity for 18 to 30-year-olds

Economics

3 w. ago Former footballers claim ‘financial grooming’ took them to ‘hell and back’

HMRC pursued former players over failed investmentsDanny Murphy and Brian Deane among those involvedPoliticians, campaigners and former footballers have protested at the “financial grooming” of Premier League stars who claim they were persuaded to put their money into failed investment schemes that led to them being accused of tax avoidance and faced with enormous penalties from HM Revenue & Customs.A host of peers, MPs, lawyers and experts in policing and tax laws gathered in Westminster on Monday night to hear from alleged victims of investment and pension fraud and their subsequent treatment by HMRC. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago 400 Islamic State fighters are living in UK, claims bombshell report

None of the fighters have been successfully prosecuted for their crimes, say MPs

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3 w. ago Hundreds of Islamic State fighters living in the UK ‘must face justice’

There are over 400 people who fought for the terror group living in the UK, MPs say

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3 w. ago Islamic State fighters who returned to the UK must face justice, MPs and peers call

Fighters with the so-called Islamic State who returned to the UK after killings, terror attacks and persecution of minorities in Iraq and Syria must face justice, MPs and peers have said

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