6 h. ago Brexit didn’t solve Britain’s woes, but no matter: leaving the ECHR definitely will. Sounds simple, doesn’t it? | Polly Toynbee

As Reform gathers for its conference, momentum builds for ditching the European convention on human rights. It would be a disasterSign up for our new weekly newsletter Matters of Opinion, where our columnists and writers will reflect on what they’ve been debating, thinking about, reading and moreThere will be fireworks and celebration at Nigel Farage’s party conference this weekend. Burgeoning membership and council seats as Reform UK tops 30% in the polls. Immigration is the boat that sailed him here: the more small boats arriving, the broader his wolfish grin. Prime inflamer of foreigner hatred that he is, black and brown people report what they call the Farage effect in a wave of attacks: Mothin Ali, new deputy head of the Greens and a Leeds councillor, was attacked with bottles while with his family last week on Cromer beach in Norfolk, and racist abuse was hurled at them. He said that Reform rhetoric was causing people to blame immigrants and non-white people for Britain’s prob...

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14 h. ago Nancy Mace was tearful after meeting with Epstein victims. A day later she defended Trump who has called it a ‘hoax’

Mace, a survivor of sexual assault and rape herself, has defied GOP leadership and thrown support behind House bill to force further releases of Epstein files

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18 h. ago Nancy Mace demands Prince Andrew be locked up and thrown in 'cold dark cell' following heart

Firebrand Nancy Mace is demanding that Prince Andrew be thrown in prison for his alleged involvement with Jeffrey Epstein.

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39 h. ago Trump ally calls for 'discussion on prosecuting Prince Andrew' after tearful Epstein hearing

US representative for South Carolina's First congressional district, Nancy Mace, tweeted: 'Now seems like a good time to discuss prosecuting Prince Andrew for any and all potential crimes on US soil.'

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39 h. ago Donald Trump ally says 'now a good time to discuss prosecuting Prince Andrew' on US soil

Nancy Mace, the US Representative for South Carolina’s First Congressional District, was seen in tears exiting a closed-door briefing where victims of Jeffrey Epstein

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48 h. ago Nancy Mace leaves Epstein victims’ testimony hearing in tears after ‘full blown panic attack’

Republican lawmaker says she was left ‘hyperventilating,’ ‘shaking,’ and unable to breathe after meeting Jeffrey Epstein survivors on Capitol Hill

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49 h. ago GMB viewers threaten to 'report' Susanna Reid and Ed Balls to Ofcom over alleged 'attack'

Good Morning Britain viewers have threatened to report Susanna Reid and Ed Balls to Ofcom after they accused the presenters of 'attacking' new Green party leader Zack Polanski

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5 d. ago TV icon confirms big cats are roaming UK as beasts 'crack ribs' and 'eat everything'

Wildlife expert Ray Mears says he spotted a 'jungle cat' in Sussex after reports of a 'big animal' that was attacking lambs who had their ribs 'cracked through'

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6 d. ago Ukraine war briefing: US says strikes ‘cast doubt’ on Russia’s ‘desire for peace’ as Dnipropetrovsk attacked

US diplomat John Kelley tells UN security council Washington could impose sanctions on Moscow if war continues. What we know on day 1,283Ukraine’s central Dnipropetrovsk region came under a “massive attack” early on Saturday, the region’s governor said, reporting strikes in Dnipro and Pavlograd. “The region is under a massive attack. Explosions are being heard,” Sergiy Lysak wrote on Telegram, warning residents to take cover. He said overnight Russian strikes killed two people in Dnipropetrovsk, which had been largely spared from intense fighting since Russia’s 2022 invasion. Kyiv acknowledged on Tuesday that Russian troops had entered the region.The United States has warned Russia to move toward peace and meet with Ukraine or face possible sanctions at an emergency meeting of the UN security council called on Friday after missile strikes on Kyiv killed at least 23 people overnight on Thursday. US diplomat John Kelley told the meeting the strikes “cast doubt on the seriousness of Ru...

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1 week ago Nancy Mace roasted for posting picture of an alleged campus shooter but it was just a man with an umbrella

‘She bravely alerted the public to the dangers of a guy carrying an umbrella,’ one commentator mockingly said about Mace

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1 week ago Where is Jussie Smollett now six years after hate crime hoax scandal?

Jussie Smollett was taken to trial in 2019 for allegedly filing a false police report after the actor claimed he suffered a racial and homophobic attack in Chicago

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1 week ago Parents of missing baby arrested on suspicion of murder after 'kidnapping'

Emmanuel Haro was reported missing on August 14 after his mother claimed she was attacked and knocked unconscious outside a shop.

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1 week ago Police update after boy was allegedly beaten in street attack

A 15-year-old boy was taken to hospital with minor injuries after the reported attack in a Welsh seaside town

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2 w. ago Airline reveals what horrified cabin crew did with rapist businessman after girl, 15, reported sex attack during flight from Mumbai to Switzerland

The teenager told crew she was raped by an Indian businessman sitting next to her after she fell asleep on the nine-hour journey.

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2 w. ago Lucy Connolly to be released from prison after 'set fire to all the hotels' post

Lucy Connolly, who was imprisoned for inciting racial hatred following the Southport terror attack, is reportedly due to be freed from jail

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2 w. ago Nancy Mace boasts about securing $195M in infrastructure funds. She voted against the law that made it possible

South Carolina congresswoman voted against the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which made the $195 million grant possible

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2 w. ago Gang of six schoolgirls aged 12 and 13 are arrested after 'park assault' on a 13

Police rushed to Wish Park in Hove, Sussex on Friday at around 5.55pm after reports of the attack. The victim was taken to hospital for assessment of her injuries and later discharged.

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2 w. ago Israeli military preparing to expel Gaza City residents as baby in tent among those killed in latest attacks

Military claims it is displacing population ‘to ensure their safety’ even as health officials report deadly attacks on previously designated safe zonesThe Israeli military will begin preparing for the forcible displacement of Palestinians from Gaza City, it said on Saturday, as health officials said it had killed at least 40 people including a baby in a tent and people seeking aid in its latest attacks.The announcement came days after Israel said it intended to launch a new offensive to seize control of Gaza City, the enclave’s largest urban centre, in a plan that raised international alarm. The Israeli offensive has already displaced most of the population, killed tens of thousands of civilians and created a famine. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Israeli minister posts video online confronting Palestinian detainee in his prison cell – Middle East crisis live

Far-right national security minister Itamar Ben Gvir posts video showing him confronting Marwan Barghouti, who has spent more than 20 years in Israeli custodyAt least 16 Palestinian people, including five aid seekers, have been killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza since dawn, Al Jazeera is reporting, citing medical sources.Here are some of the latest images being sent to us over the newswires from Gaza: Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Several Palestinian people reported injured in overnight attack by Israeli settlers in West Bank – Middle East crisis live

Settlers attacked Palestinian people in village of Susya, south of Hebron, while separately settlers reportedly attacked village of Atara and set fire to vehiclesHere is some more detail on the controversial plan to significantly expand a settlement near occupied East Jerusalem.The decision from the Supreme Planning Council, which meets next week, is expected to support the plan after rejecting objections by Israeli NGOs.The expected decision in favour will come after Israel’s far-right finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich – who backs both the plan and the imposition of Israeli sovereignty through the occupied West Bank – gloated that he believed construction on E1 would “bury the idea of a Palestinian state”. Continue reading...

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