25 h. ago Jet2 warning that cost of Spain holidays will rise if protests continue

Jet2 CEO Steve Heapy has warned that anti-tourism protests in Spain could lead local politicians to introduce or raise taxes on visitors, bringing up the cost to holidaymakers

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4 d. ago Marta Kostyuk praises Daria Kasatkina ‘courage’ and shakes hands at Italian Open

Ukrainian lauds former Russian for switching nationalityKasatkina makes point of shaking hands with world No 15Daria Kasatkina’s switch from Russian tennis to play for Australia has been given a stamp of approval from her Ukrainian conqueror at the Italian Open.Marta Kostyuk, one of the women’s tour’s in-form players, has made a high-profile point along with many of her fellow Ukrainian players of not shaking hands with Russian or Belarusian opponents after matches in protest at the invasion of her homeland. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Trump news at a glance: Rubio tangles with Germany; crackdown on campus protests continues

Berlin dismisses secretary of state’s criticism over AfD designation; nine pro-Palestinian activists arrested at Swarthmore College – key US politics stories from Saturday 3 May at a glanceGermany’s foreign ministry has pushed back after Marco Rubio criticised the country’s decision to designate the far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party a “confirmed rightwing extremist” force incompatible with its constitution.“This is democracy,” the ministry said in a post on X, adding that the courts would have the final say and that “we have learnt from our history that rightwing extremism needs to be stopped”. The US secretary of state had called the move “tyranny in disguise”. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Campaigners claim victory as judges quash Braverman move against protests

Appeal court backs ruling against home secretary’s redefinition of when police could put limits on protestersCivil rights campaigners have hailed a “huge victory for democracy” after the court of appeal upheld the quashing of a key anti-protest regulation they said was introduced unlawfully.The government had appealed against a high court ruling that the previous Tory home secretary, Suella Braverman, did not have the power to redefine “serious disruption” as “more than minor” in the law concerning when police could impose limits on protests. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Furious activists target holidaymakers with water pistols and surround their tour bus at Barcelona's Sagrada Familia with cops called in as summer of anti

The latest anti-tourism protest took place on Sunday as campaigners continue to demand 'the detouristification' of the city and its economy.

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2 w. ago ‘A trickle to a tidal wave’: behind the Trump protest movement that launched on Reddit

From humble beginnings, the 50501 community is one of many coming together to resist the president and his policiesIt started with a Reddit post.“50 PROTESTS – 50 STATES – 1 DAY,” the user who goes by Evolved Fungi wrote, kicking off a movement that has since drawn hundreds of thousands to the streets in protests against Donald Trump across the country. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago York Minster hosts controversial metal concert as threatened protests fail to materialise

Cheering crowd at 800-year-old cathedral enjoys Plague of Angels gig, which had been branded ‘deeply inappropriate’Protests at one of the most controversial concerts of the year, labelled “shocking and deeply inappropriate”, failed to materialise on Friday evening, as a metal act performed to a cheering crowd of 1,400 people at York Minster.The 800-year-old cathedral hosted a gig by Plague of Angels, which some of the congregation previously called an “outright insult” to their faith and said they would be protesting if the concert went ahead. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Police continue to analyse transgender rights protest footage after banner claim

Questions have been raised over whether some protesters held signs with apparent death threats.

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3 w. ago The UK supreme court and the definition of a woman – podcast

A ruling on equality law has caused relief, fear – and confusion. Libby Brooks reportsOn paper it does not sound like something that would spark nationwide interest. Last week the UK supreme court gave its judgment on a case brought by a women’s group against the Scottish government over the Gender Representation on Public Boards (Scotland) Act 2018.But its judgment – that the word “woman” in equality law refers only to biological sex – has upended years of legal interpretation. And the news of the ruling led to celebrations, protest and an outpouring of emotion. Continue reading...

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