3 d. ago Italy’s Meloni greenlights controversial laws targeting protests, squatters and cannabis

The session was suspended due to protestors who chanted ‘shame, shame’ on the chamber floor

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7 d. ago Far right weaponising LGBTQ+ rights in Europe to sow division, campaigners say

At the start of Pride month, groups report rise in hate crimes as politicians use laws and speeches to target trans people in particularFar-right politicians in Europe are weaponising LGBTQ+ rights and sowing divisions that are sending hate crimes soaring, campaigners have said as communities prepare to mark Pride month.For years, countries in Europe were among those at the forefront of advancing rights, making steady progress on issues such as marriage equality, said Katrin Hugendubel of ILGA-Europe, an umbrella organisation that works with more than 700 groups across Europe and central Asia. Continue reading...

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1 week ago NPR sues Trump administration over funding cuts it says violate first amendment

Lawsuit argues executive order violates constitution by targeting NPR for news coverage Trump feels is biasedUS politics live – latest updatesNational Public Radio, the US public broadcaster that provides news and cultural programming to more than 1,000 local stations, has filed a federal lawsuit against Donald Trump’s administration, challenging an executive order that cuts federal funding to the public broadcaster as an unconstitutional attack on press freedom.The lawsuit, which landed on Tuesday in federal court in Washington, argues that Trump’s 1 May executive order violates the first amendment by targeting NPR for news coverage the president considers “biased”. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Trump hates wind power. But these Texas Republicans are embracing it

Wind turbines have become a financial lifeline in rural areas, but state legislators are now targeting themAs a Republican state lawmaker for 16 years, a Texas rancher and a staunch supporter of Donald Trump, John Davis’s conservative credentials are impeccable. But Davis has become horrified at his party’s assault upon an increasingly vital lifeline to many rural, conservative areas of the US – clean energy development.Davis allowed seven wind turbines to be situated on his ranch, in the rolling hill country near Menard, west of Austin, and has seen the income provide opportunities not only for his family but also his local community in what is one of the poorest counties in Texas. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago NONE of Kim Kardashian's armed robbers will spend one more day in prison after they held her at gunpoint and stole $10million of jewellery

Lawyers for the seven men and one woman found guilty of targeting the 44-year-old reality TV star confirmed on Saturday that all remained free.

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2 w. ago Kash Patel scraps FBI unit monitoring surveillance rules compliance

Bureau’s office of internal auditing was set up to uncover misuses of Fisa surveillance during Trump’s first termUS politics live – latest updatesThe FBI director, Kash Patel, has scrapped a watchdog team set up to scrutinise a warrantless surveillance law he previously claimed was being abused to target supporters of Donald Trump.He has ordered the closure of the FBI’s office of internal auditing, a unit set up during Trump’s first presidency to uncover misuses of a contentious part of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (Fisa), the New York Times reported. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Flamingoland's controversial £40m Balloch plans given greenlight as rejection of mega resort overturned

Developers of the site - who also own Flamingoland - have priased the decision, while campaigners say the resort will do "irreversible damage".

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3 w. ago USAID looking for lawyers to target employees who spoke to media

The majority of the staff at USAID will be fired by beginning of September, according to Trump administration

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3 w. ago No evidence of genocide in Gaza, UK lawyers say in arms export case

Palestinian rights organisation Al-Haq has launched high court action over carve-out of F-35 fighter jet programmeNo evidence has been seen that a genocide is occurring in Gaza or that women and children were targeted by the IDF, UK government lawyers have claimed, as a high court case opened into the handling of arms exports controls to Israel.They also suggested there was no obligation placed on the UK to make other states comply with international humanitarian law but only to ensure that no breach occured within its jurisdiction. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago FBI opens inquiry into 764, online group that sexually exploits and encourages minors to self

Agency is investigating 250 people affiliated with networks that manipulate and threaten young victims in cyberspaceThe name of the group sounds innocuous enough: 764.But the ordinary-seeming number hides one of the most disturbing trends in the US’s criminal landscape, disguising a brutal and sinister online group that exploits its victims in cyberspace and is now a top target for US law enforcement. Continue reading...

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