5 h. ago Spain admits solar power could be to blame for nationwide blackouts: Mystery over cause of outage grows as top court opens 'sabotage' probe

REE said on Tuesday its preliminary assessment had ruled out cyberattack as the cause of the nationwide power outage that hit most of Spain and Portugal on Monday.

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5 h. ago Spain’s criminal court to investigate whether 'computer sabotage' caused blackout

Top judge says ‘cyberterrorism’ is among possible explanations for blackout

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38 h. ago NJ high court to hear case between Catholic diocese, prosecutor over investigating sex abuse claims

A Catholic diocese wants to stop New Jersey from trying to empanel a grand jury to investigate allegations of clergy sexual abuse

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1 week ago Rape survivor bringing case to EU over Portuguese investigation of Christian Bruckner: 'I'm standing up after being silenced and ignored for far too long'

Hazel Behan wants the European Court of Human Rights to investigate alleged failures in the investigation following the serious sexual assault she said she suffered in Portugal in 2004.

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2 w. ago ‘We’re on a knife edge’: Alex Gibney warns about the dangers of dark money

In two HBO documentaries, the acclaimed film-maker shines a light on corrupt political spending in AmericaWhen the Rev Robert Schenck saw Donald Trump secure the Republican presidential nomination in Cleveland, Ohio, in 2016, he turned to a fellow evangelical and asked: “Are we really going to do this? We’re going to choose this man who’s inimical to everything we believe?” The Christian leader looked at Schenck and replied: “I don’t care how bad he is. He’s going to get us the court we need.’”This anecdote about the devil’s bargain struck between Trump and the religious right is told in The Dark Money Game, director Alex Gibney’s new diptych of documentaries investigating how untraceable political spending has corrupted America’s highest court, corroded its democracy and put oligarchs in charge. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago High school basketball player facing felony charges over repeated fouls

Gage Ketterman’s actions on the court were ‘intentional and criminally malicious in nature’, according to investigators

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2 w. ago Russia could cause 'worldwide internet blackouts' by sabotaging undersea cables as Nato warned over danger posed to 'defenceless' cables used for vital infrastructure

Telecoms giants fear the critical network of underwater cables are 'defenceless' and at the mercy of tyrant Vladmir Putin .

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3 w. ago Brits should prepare a 72 hour 'survival kit' as Putin plots to sabotage gas pipelines and cause mass blackouts, warn spies

Concerns that the Russians are planning a sabotage operation have escalated since one of their spy ships was detected mapping underwater infrastructure

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3 w. ago ‘No agenda’ in Guardian investigation of Noel Clarke, high court hears

Actor accuses newspaper of libel in articles about his alleged sexual misconductThere was “no agenda” in the Guardian’s investigation of sexual misconduct allegations against Noel Clarke, the high court has heard.In her second day in the witness box, Lucy Osborne, an investigative correspondent at the Guardian, defended the publication’s reporting in the face of questioning from the former Doctor Who star’s barrister, Philip Williams. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Man in court after 35 bodies found during grim funeral directors investigation

Robert Bush has been charged with 64 offences following a "complex and highly-sensitive" investigation into Legacy Independent Funeral Directors in Hull, East Yorks.

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4 w. ago Noel Clarke left women he thought spoke to Guardian ‘fearful and in tears’

Court hears from publisher’s head of investigations about actor’s libel claim over sexual misconduct allegationsThe actor Noel Clarke made calls to some of the women he thought were cooperating with the Guardian prior to the publication of its investigation into his behaviour, leaving them “shaken, fearful and in tears”, the high court in London has heard.The Guardian’s head of investigations, Paul Lewis, was giving evidence in defence of Clarke’s libel claim against the news publisher over allegations of sexual misconduct. Continue reading...

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