6 h. ago Pornography showing women being choked should be banned, Government told

A review heard concerning evidence from teachers about students asking how to choke girls during sex.

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45 h. ago Newsom threatens to pull funds unless California cities crack down on homelessness

‘We’re not going to fund failure,’ says governor, who warned local authorities they could lose out on millions of dollarsCalifornia’s governor warned cities and counties that they could lose out on hundreds of millions of dollars in state funding if they do not make progress in clearing out encampments and tackling homelessness.Gavin Newsom’s comments on Monday, while announcing $920m in funding to address the crisis, come as he escalates efforts to push local governments to take greater action. Last summer, Newsom told counties he could withhold state support if they failed to do more homeless encampment sweeps. Continue reading...

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50 h. ago Italian priest close to pope told he was target of surveillance tool used by a government

Meloni administration pressed to address issue after other people working with migrants also told they were targetedAn Italian priest who has a close relationship with Pope Francis and was previously in telephone contact with him was notified he had been a target of a sophisticated surveillance tool used by a government, a revelation that will increase pressure on Giorgia Meloni’s government after other similar cases.Father Mattia Ferrari is a chaplain on the migrant rescue ship owned by the NGO Mediterranea Saving Humans, whose founder, Luca Casarini, revealed this month that he was a victim of a military-grade spyware attack. Continue reading...

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63 h. ago Trump administration briefing: chaos caused by Musk’s Doge; fears over far

From the latest in Musk’s fight to fire federal workers to concern over appointment of Dan Bongino – key US politics stories from Monday at a glanceConfusion continued on Monday over the demands made by Elon Musk of federal workers. Just hours after the US Office of Personnel Management (OPM) had directed agencies that responses to its email were optional, Musk again threatened federal workers. He wrote on X, the platform he owns: “Subject to the discretion of the president, they will be given another chance. Failure to respond a second time will result in termination.” President Donald Trump backed Musk earlier Monday, two days after OPM initially sent an email asking federal workers to list five things they accomplished last week. Several government agencies, including the FBI and state department, have told their employees not to respond.Here are the biggest stories in US politics on Monday, 24 February. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago ‘It feels like a vindication’: Andrea Dworkin’s widower on the radical feminist’s rediscovery

John Stoltenberg, Dworkin’s partner for three decades, is thrilled by the reissue of three of her books as Penguin Modern Classics, and how a new generation is finding inspiration from her workThough it’s now two decades since Andrea Dworkin died, her widower John Stoltenberg still finds it difficult to talk about her. “I sometimes break down,” he warns me, his mellow voice bumpy for just a moment. In a way, of course, she’s all around. He has stayed on in the Washington DC condominium where she died (he lives there with his husband of 15 years, Joe Hamilton); her books and music – she loved country – are a constant reminder of the life they shared. But her absence is deeply felt nonetheless. “It was a huge loss. Sometimes, I turn to her work just to hear her voice again. I connect to the way her mind was working, and I kind of invent a conversation with her.” In truth, it’s a blessing that she was a writer. In 2005, at the mortuary to discuss her cremation, he heard the horrible wo...

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4 d. ago Kash Patel tells FBI staff to ignore Elon Musk request to list their achievements

Agency reportedly seeking guidance from DoJ as Musk’s demand sparks confusion across key government agenciesThe new FBI director, Kash Patel, has told his agency employees to hold off on responding to an email from the Donald Trump administration asking them to list their accomplishments in the last week as tech billionaire Elon Musk expands his crusade to slash the federal government’s size.Hundreds of thousands of federal workers had been given little more than 48 hours to explain what they achieved to the office of personnel management (OPM), sparking confusion across key agencies that included the US’s top law enforcement agency. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Women's rights campaigner threatened with legal action by Wes Streeting over protest posters ridiculing the NHS over 'female prostate screening' and 'male smear tests'

Activist Kellie-Jay Keen told MailOnline she would defy calls by the Government to take down promotional material she produced, after getting a letter this week.

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7 d. ago Women's rights campaigner threatened with legal action by Wes Streeting over protest leaflet ridiculing the NHS over 'female prostate screening' and 'male smear tests'

Activist Kellie-Jay Keen told MailOnline she would defy calls by the Government to take down promotional material she shared online, after getting a letter this week.

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7 d. ago Martial law was Yoon Suk Yeol’s answer to ‘legislative dictatorship’, insurrection trial hears

Lawyers for impeached South Korean president who caused chaos argue that court has no jurisdiction to put him on trial for ‘act of governance’Lawyers for Yoon Suk Yeol have told a court in Seoul that the impeached president declared martial law in late 2024 to prevent the country becoming a “legislative dictatorship” controlled by his political opponents.The claim came as Yoon became the first South Korean president to stand trial in a criminal case, brought over his short-lived declaration of martial law in early December. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Swinney urged to reconsider stance on lynx reintroduction amid poll support

The First Minister told farmers earlier this month his government would not reintroduce lynx.

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9 d. ago Treasury blocks farmers’ proposed compromise over inheritance tax

Government will not back down on reforms outlined at Budget, industry told during meeting with officials

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9 d. ago UK Treasury rejects farmers’ proposed compromise on inheritance tax

Government will not back down on reforms outlined at Budget, industry told during meeting with officials

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1 week ago Alleged student rapist’s ‘favourite’ pornography was sleeping women – court

Zhenhao Zou, 27, is accused of drugging and raping 10 women in total, including three in London and seven in China between 2019 and 2023.

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