29 h. ago EU 'prepares to hit Elon Musk with potential $1 BILLION fine for breaking disinformation laws'

The penalties are expected to be announced this summer, sources said, and will be the first to be issued under the new EU law which aims to force social media companies to police their services.

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37 h. ago Officer Accused of Threats, Stalking Fired from New London Police Force

Officer Accused of Threats, Stalking Fired from New London Police Force  CT Examiner

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39 h. ago Deputy stomped on genitals of mentally ill man who suffered agonizing death in custody, say prosecutors

A mentally ill man had his genitals forcefully stomped on by abusive police before being left to die in agony in jail, according to prosecutors.

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56 h. ago Vilified, arrested, held incommunicado: that's the price of protest in Britain today | George Monbiot

It seems to me that whatever the charges facing the activists at the Quaker meeting house raid, their fundamental crime is dissentThe faces are different, but it’s the same authoritarianism. Keir Starmer’s team might not look or sound like Donald Trump’s, but its policies on protest and dissent are chillingly similar. So is the reason: coordinated global lobbying by the rich and powerful, fronted by rightwing junktanks.Last week, six young women were having tea and biscuits in the Quaker meeting house in Westminster. Twenty police officers forced open the door and arrested them on conspiracy charges. Had the police discovered a plot to blow up parliament or to poison the water supply? No. It was an openly advertised, routine meeting of a protest group called Youth Demand, discussing climate breakdown and the assault on Gaza.George Monbiot is a Guardian columnistThe Invisible Doctrine: The Secret History of Neoliberalism, by George Monbiot and Peter Hutchison, was published in paperb...

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67 h. ago UK’s biggest police force to axe 1,700 officers and staff despite funding boost

The Metropolitan Police will cut services including the Royal Parks Police.

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69 h. ago PETER HITCHENS: Britain's police forces are a pathetic failure and a dark menace to our society. This is my plan to finally fix the problem

We pay these people, and we pay them a lot, as your council tax bill will tell you if you look. So why do they treat us as a nuisance and worse?

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3 d. ago Italian police increase security at Tesla dealerships after 17 cars destroyed in Rome fire

State police anti-terrorism unit investigating whether blaze in Torre Angela was started by anarchistsItaly’s interior ministry has written to police forces across the country to increase security at Tesla dealerships after 17 of the electric cars made by Elon Musk’s company were destroyed in a fire in Rome.Italy’s state police anti-terrorism unit, Digos, is investigating whether the fire at the Tesla dealership in Torre Angela, a suburb in the east of the capital, was started by anarchists. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago French ministers condemn threats to judges in Marine Le Pen case

Senior figures also reject claim verdict against Le Pen on embezzlement charges was ‘political and partisan’French ministers have condemned threats against the judges who convicted the far-right leader Marine Le Pen and banned her from public office for five years – threatening her 2027 presidential run – and rejected accusations the verdict was “political and partisan”.France’s prime minister, François Bayrou, told the Assemblée nationale the trial judges had his “unconditional support” after they found Le Pen guilty of embezzlement charges, throwing France into political chaos. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago ‘Absolutely devastated’ family pay tribute to grandfather who died in XL bully attack

Police were forced to shoot two XL bully dogs 19 times after the vicious attack in Warrington, Cheshire

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4 d. ago Bag your next bargain as police forces across the UK sell stolen goods on eBay and Vinted

The Standard takes an online stroll through the auctions to see what bargains can be had

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4 d. ago Two NYPD officers are charged with robbing and forcibly touching a sex worker

Two New York City police officers are charged with robbing and forcibly touching a sex worker while responding to a complaint of an illegal brothel

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5 d. ago Martin Lewis points to bargains on offer as police sell stolen Apple Macs, designer shoes and Jimmy Choo bags

Police forces are selling hundreds of bargain items online

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6 d. ago Thai police officer alleges Shane Warne death 'cover up' after marathon orgy in last hours

A police officer has claimed that he was forced to remove a bottle of Kamagra from the hotel room where where cricket legend Shane Warne sadly died back in 2022

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6 d. ago Police chief blasts force after parents arrested over school WhatsApp group

Times Radio producer Maxie Allen, 50 and his partner Rosalind Levine, 46, were arrested on suspicion of harassment and malicious communications after a 'trivial' dispute.

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6 d. ago Police chief criticises force after parents arrested for complaining about daughter's school in WhatsApp group

Jonathan Ash-Edwards, the Police and Crime Commissioner for Hertfordshire, said the force should never have been involved in the first place

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7 d. ago Move fast, kill things: the tech startups trying to reinvent defence with Silicon Valley values

Venture capital-backed, $1bn companies are disrupting the way war will be waged with AI and futuristic weapons. Will they overthrow the traditional big military manufacturers, and what would that mean for the battlefield?Visit tech startup Skydio’s headquarters on the San Francisco peninsula in California and you’re likely to find flying robots buzzing on the roof overhead. Docking stations with motorised covers open to allow small drones that resemble the TIE fighters from Star Wars films to take off; when each drone lands back again, they close. The drones can fly completely autonomously and without GPS, taking in data from onboard cameras and using AI to execute programmed missions and avoid obstacles.Skydio, with more than $740m in venture capital funding and a valuation of about $2.5bn, makes drones for the military along with civilian organisations such as police forces and utility companies. The company moved away from the consumer market in 2020 and is now the largest US dro...

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7 d. ago Mapped: The number of dog attacks in your area since XL Bully ban with more than 60 reported a day

Exclusive: For the first time, data has been obtained showing the number of dog attacks reported to police forces since the ban on XL Bully dogs came into force in February last year

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7 d. ago Are your children texting secret incel emojis? These are what the seemingly

Teachers and police forces have distributed a 'periodic table of sinister emojis' believed to be used by under-18s to conceal disturbing messages about violence, sex, and drugs.

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8 d. ago Outrage after video shows cops using a taser on motorist in aftermath of an epileptic seizure

Lawsuit accuses police of using excessive force and violating federal disability law

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9 d. ago Modern police officers lack an investigative mindset and miss crucial chances to bring criminals to justice, finds damning watchdog report

The report follows numerous complaints that UK police forces are failing to investigate crimes like shoplifting, burglary and vehicle theft.

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