6 h. ago RFK Jr accused of ‘reckless disregard for science and the truth’ in Senate hearing

Health secretary defended his leadership as Democrats attacked his vaccine policy and demanded his resignationUS politics live – latest updatesThe US health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, faced the Senate finance committee in a tense and combative hearing on Thursday, during which lawmakers questioned his remarks expressing vaccine skepticism, claims that the scientific community is deeply politicized, and the ongoing turmoil plaguing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).In a hearing lasting more than three hours and ostensibly about the Trump administration’s healthcare agenda, Kennedy defended his leadership at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), claiming that his time at the agency will be focused on “unbiased, politics-free, transparent, evidence-based science in the public interest”. Continue reading...

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40 h. ago Streeting says hate speech laws are having ‘unintended consequences’ after arrest of Father Ted writer – UK politics live

Health secretary says government needs to balance legislation so police are ‘not just policing tweets’ following detention of Graham Linehan over posts on transgender issuesAt the Downing Street lobby briefing yesterday the PM’s spokesperson was reluctant to comment directly on the arrest of Graham Linehan. But he did say that Keir Starmer thought the police should be focusing on “antisocial behaviour, shoplifting, street crime, as well as reducing serious violent crimes like knife crime and violence against women”. The Daily Telegraph has interepreted that as an attack on the Met.Wes Streeting, the health secretary, was on the media round this morning and in some respects he adopted the same line. Asked about the arrest, he told Times Radio:I think the prime minister and the home secretary have been very clear that with the law and order challenges we’ve got in our country, we want to see people being kept safe by policing streets, not just policing tweets.One thing I would say, be...

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41 h. ago Streeting says Government could look at legislation after Linehan arrest

The Government wants to keep people safe by ‘policing streets, not just policing tweets’, Health Secretary Wes Streeting said.

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4 d. ago Cooper fights back after summer of discontent over small boats and asylum hotels

The Home Secretary will tell MPs police are tackling small boat gangs and the Government is acting to overhaul the asylum system.

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4 d. ago Five MSPs were 'secretly filmed by camera hidden in Holyrood toilets'

At least five male MSPs have been contacted by police as potential victims of an alleged secret camera in a Holyrood toilet, it has been reported.

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5 d. ago STEVE WRIGHT: 'Farage has made it plain just how woefully unfit his party is for power'

Farage has made it plain just how unfit his party is for power with his mass deportation policy announcement, the Fire Brigades Union general secretary Steve Wright writes

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5 d. ago Killer's question to police as they discover his appalling secret

Christopher Barlow was jailed for life for the murder of Mariann Borocz

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2 w. ago Texas Republicans to approve new gerrymandered map; Vance and Hegseth booed at DC station – live

State house to hold vote on map; US vice-president, defense secretary and Trump aide Stephen Miller booed at photo op with police in Washington DCThe White House launched an official TikTok account on Tuesday, as Donald Trump continues to permit the Chinese-owned platform to operate in the US despite a law requiring its sale.“America we are BACK! What’s up TikTok?” read a caption on the account’s first post, a 27-second clip, on the popular video-sharing app. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Ice deported three US citizen children, including a boy with cancer, to Honduras, suit alleges

Suit filed in Louisiana says agency didn’t give parents choice as to whether children should be deported with themA lawsuit filed in Louisiana on behalf of two mothers and their four minor children, including one with cancer, claims the two families were unlawfully denied due process and deported by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) to Honduras in April 2025.The lawsuit, which names attorney general Pam Bondi, Department of Homeland Security secretary Kristi Noem and various Ice officials as defendants, alleges Ice violated its own policies, and multiple federal laws, when officers secretly detained the families, denied access to counsel and swiftly deported them to Honduras, ignoring legal filings. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Ice deported boy with cancer and two other US citizen children to Honduras, suit alleges

Suit filed in Louisiana says agency didn’t give parents choice as to whether children should be deported with themA lawsuit filed in Louisiana on behalf of two mothers and their four minor children, including one with cancer, claims the two families were unlawfully denied due process and deported by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) to Honduras in April 2025.The lawsuit, which names the attorney general, Pam Bondi, Department of Homeland Security secretary, Kristi Noem, and various Ice officials as defendants, alleges Ice violated its own policies, and multiple federal laws, when officers secretly detained the families, denied access to counsel and swiftly deported them to Honduras, ignoring legal filings. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Trump defense official led thinktank that spread lies about Tren de Aragua

Under Joseph Humire, the thinktank tracked alleged crimes by the Venezuelan gang in the US. A non-profit found multiple false entriesA senior official appointed to the defense department led a thinktank that promoted fake news about the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua (TdA) gang, according to InSight Crime, a non-profit analyzing organized crime.Joseph Humire was appointed this summer to be the head of policy focusing on the western hemisphere within the office of the under secretary of defense for policy. He was previously the executive director of a conservative thinktank focused on global security. Humire’s appointment comes as the Trump administration is ramping up its aggressive strategy against organized crime in Latin America and the Venezuelan government, which it accuses of working with TdA. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Cooper defends live facial recognition expansion amid privacy row

The Home Secretary said ‘safeguards and protections’ would govern use of the cameras.

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3 w. ago JD Vance UK summer holiday puts Cotswolds on lockdown 'like Men in Black scene'

Fuming locals have likened the scene to the 'Men in Black', describing guards in black suits and sunglasses, and a number of police and US Secret Service agents on standby as JD Vance holidays in the Cotswolds

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3 w. ago More countries added to UK’s ‘deport first’ scheme for foreign criminals

Former justice secretaries criticise expansion of policy that they say allows perpetrators to go unpunishedForeign criminals from 15 more countries face deportation before they have a chance to appeal in an expansion of the UK government’s “deport first, appeal later” scheme.Ministers are extending the scheme, which applies in England and Wales and was restarted in 2023, to cover 23 countries including India, Bulgaria, Australia and Canada. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Talking parrot brings down Blackpool drugs ring after revealing secrets to police

A talking parrot has helped bring down an organised crime gang, after a member taught the bird how to say the drug-dealing phrase “two for 25”.

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4 w. ago Police chief calls for urgent guidance for forces after cover

Warwickshire’s police and crime commissioner has written to the Home Secretary asking for revised guidance as soon as possible.

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4 w. ago Talking parrot helps bring down crime gang after it is caught on video repeating drug

Mango the parrot was found when officers raided homes in Blackpool, where they seized large amounts of cocaine and heroin.

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