7 m. ago Epstein files: Democrats vow to fight Trump officials’ plan to hold back some documents, slamming ‘violation of federal law’ – live

Lawmakers accuse justice department of defying the Epstein Files Transparency ActUS legislators say justice department is violating law by not releasing all Epstein filesEpstein files to be released after months of delays from Trump officialsFBI director Kash Patel has said “no one is above the law” after a Wisconsin judge was found guilty on Thursday of helping a migrant evade a planned immigration arrest outside her courtroom.Patel is the latest member of President Donald Trump’s administration to celebrate what it sees as a victory in its effort to deter interference with its hardline immigration tactics. Continue reading...

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10 m. ago At the dark end of a brutal year, I’m grateful to these heroes for showing us the light | Jonathan Freedland

From Palestinians standing up to Hamas to the Bondi beach rescuers, great acts of courage offer hope even in the bleakest timesSome traditions are getting harder to maintain. Among them, my own custom of devoting the last column before Christmas to reasons to be hopeful. In recent years, amid war and bloodshed, that task has been especially challenging – and this week was no exception.It began with the news from Bondi beach, where 15 people were gunned down and dozens more injured, most of them Jews celebrating the festival of Hanukah. That came just two-and-a-half months after the deadly attack on Heaton Park synagogue in Manchester, on the holiest day of the Jewish calendar, Yom Kippur. To be a Jew at the end of 2025 is to fear that to gather together, whether at moments of joy or sorrow, is to take a mortal risk. That even to do relatively ordinary things together has become a matter of life and death.Jonathan Freedland is a Guardian columnist and the author of The Traitors Circl...

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13 m. ago What time is the Jake Paul vs. Anthony Joshua fight in the UK? How to watch live

Here’s the exact time you can watch Jake Paul vs. Anthony Joshua live in the UK.

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51 m. ago Teen rugby player repeatedly stabbed by stranger outside social club

Morgan Hopkins - known as 'Hoppy' - was in surgery for more than 10 hours and had to have part of his bowel removed after Kane Evans attacked him outside a south Wales social club

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68 m. ago Top Democrat slams justice department plan to hold back some Epstein files despite today’s deadline – live

Chuck Schumer comment comes after deputy attorney says ‘several hundred thousand’ files would be released but some may be held back temporarilyEpstein files to be released after months of delays from Trump officialsFBI director Kash Patel has said “no one is above the law” after a Wisconsin judge was found guilty on Thursday of helping a migrant evade a planned immigration arrest outside her courtroom.Patel is the latest member of President Donald Trump’s administration to celebrate what it sees as a victory in its effort to deter interference with its hardline immigration tactics. Continue reading...

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72 m. ago How to watch Jake Paul v Anthony Joshua fight for free if you don't have Netflix

Anthony Joshua and Jake Paul will face off in Miami on Saturday night in a controversial professional heavyweight bout, with the entire event being shown on Netflix in the UK

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84 m. ago Jake Paul vs Anthony Joshua LIVE: Latest updates and start time after AJ vows to ‘kill’ YouTuber in Netflix fight

YouTuber Paul’s controversial boxing endeavour has led him to Joshua, a former two-time world heavyweight champion, for a strange but seismic fight in Miami

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94 m. ago Anthony Joshua vs Jake Paul UK ring walk time tonight: What time does the fight start?

Jake Paul faces his biggest test yet as he takes on heavyweight icon Anthony Joshua live on Netflix

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99 m. ago Stephen Jamieson appears in court after Dubai extradition on gangland activity charges

Jamieson, 42, appeared at Glasgow Sheriff Court on Friday.

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1 hour ago Driver who killed man and hurt others in Christmas Day rampage guilty of murder

Anthony Gilheaney, 31, launched a series of violent attacks against five people in the early hours of December 25 2024.

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1 hour ago Seven Colombian soldiers killed in rebel drone attack on base near Venezuela

Colombia’s ELN guerrilla group used drones and explosives in Thursday night attack that also injured at least 30 soldiersColombia’s ELN guerrilla group has attacked a military base near Venezuela with drones and explosives, killing seven soldiers and wounding 30.Founded in 1964 and inspired by the Cuban revolution, the ELN is the oldest surviving guerrilla group in the Americas, and controls key drug-producing regions of Colombia. Efforts to negotiate a peace settlement have repeatedly stalled. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Cornish farmer fined after cow attacks left walkers fearing for their lives

One 75-year-old man was hospitalised for five days with serious injuries

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2 h. ago How to watch Anthony Joshua vs Jake Paul for free on Netflix with Sky and Virgin Media

Anthony Joshua and Jake Paul will go head-to-head in a highly-anticipated boxing clash in the small hours of Saturday morning - and here's how you can watch the fight for free on Netflix

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2 h. ago Foreign Office was victim of cyber attack – and we don’t know who did it, minister admits

It comes amid fears thousands of confidential documents and data had been stolen in a breach two months ago

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2 h. ago World's wealthiest boxer revealed with net worth double Anthony Joshua and Jake Paul

Anthony Joshua and Jake Paul are set to split a mega purse for their heavyweight fight on Saturday - but both still trail boxing's richest fighter

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2 h. ago Investigators seek motive for shootings of MIT professor and Brown students

Suspect Claudio Manuel Neves Valente was found dead in New Hampshire storage facility after five-day manhuntInvestigators turned on Friday to the search for a motive in the murders of two Brown University students and a physics professor in Massachusetts in separate but linked attacks, after the prime suspect was found dead from an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound.The body of Claudio Manuel Neves Valente, 48, a Portuguese national and formerly very briefly a student at Brown, was discovered in a New Hampshire storage facility on Thursday night after a five-day manhunt. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Married college professor murdered his pregnant mistress and her dog to stop affair being exposed, police say

Matthew R. Sierra, 38, of Genoa, Wisconsin, is sitting in jail on a $1million bond after he allegedly killed his on-and-off-again girlfriend, Alexis Pickett, 27, and her dog before setting her house on fire.

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3 h. ago Advocates raise alarms after Wisconsin judge Hannah Dugan found guilty of obstruction

Defenders of a Wisconsin judge found guilty of felony obstruction for helping a Mexican immigrant evade federal officers are raising alarms about judicial independence and say they hope the conviction will be overturned on appeal

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3 h. ago Pictured: Homeless hero 'John' who blew Brown University case open as he reveals his chilling interaction with the shooter

John encountered gunman Claudio Neves Valente in the bathroom of the engineering building just hours before the deadly attack

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3 h. ago Justice department will release ‘several hundred thousand’ Epstein files today, says deputy attorney general – live

Todd Blanche suggests some documents may be held back temporarily, citing need to protect victimsFBI director Kash Patel has said “no one is above the law” after a Wisconsin judge was found guilty on Thursday of helping a migrant evade a planned immigration arrest outside her courtroom.Patel is the latest member of President Donald Trump’s administration to celebrate what it sees as a victory in its effort to deter interference with its hardline immigration tactics. Continue reading...

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