15 h. ago Music executive LA Reid settles sexual assault lawsuit on day civil trial was due to begin

The former Arista Records chief executive had faced allegations that he derailed the career of former employee Drew Dixon after she rejected his advancesThe Grammy-winning music executive LA Reid settled a lawsuit by a former employee who accused him of sexual assault and harassment, on the day the civil trial was due to begin.In 2023, Drew Dixon alleged that the former Arista Records chief executive born Antonio Reid – who helped develop Mariah Carey, TLC, Pink and Usher – derailed her career after she rejected his advances in 2021. Dixon said that he groped, kissed and digitally penetrated her without consent on two occasions. Continue reading...

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25 h. ago Red Arrows lands its first ever female boss: Hope for 'culture change' after string of sexual abuse and harassment scandals

Wing Commander Sasha Nash, a Tornado pilot, has taken charge of what is known officially as the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team.

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29 h. ago Will Smith happily poses at Pole To Pole premiere in London in his first public appearance since being sued for sexual harassment by America's Got Talent star

Will Smith happily poses at Pole To Pole premiere in London in his first public appearance since being sued for sexual harassment by America's Got Talent star  Daily Mail

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59 h. ago Hollyoaks star Trevor A Toussaint dies aged 65: Onscreen daughter Kellé Bryan leads the tributes to 'boundary breaking' actor who 'fought against every stereotype'

Hollyoaks star Trevor A Toussaint has died aged 65, his representatives have confirmed.

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69 h. ago Elite German army unit accused of sexual harassment, drug use and making Nazi salutes

Scandal comes as Berlin tries to strengthen the military and boost recruitment

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5 d. ago 'I served time behind bars and people won't believe what we do to avoid boredom'

Former inmates shared their experiences about life in prison, leaving many shocked at the creative activities and 'level of freedom' they experienced behind bars

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7 d. ago How the US captured Nicolas Maduro: Inside President Donald Trump's extraordinary early

Months of covert planning led to the brazen operation overnight on January 2. Elite US troops, including the Army's Delta Force, created an exact replica of Maduro's safe house.

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8 d. ago How a top secret 'blackout bomb' was key to Maduro's capture: Trump watched as US Air Force plunged Caracas into darkness, letting commandos walk into despot's bedroom

Months of covert planning led to the brazen operation overnight on January 2. Elite US troops, including the Army's Delta Force, created an exact replica of Maduro's safe house.

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1 week ago Will Smith 'sued for sexual harassment' by male tour musician for 'predatory behaviour'

Actor Will Smith is being "sued for sexual harassment" by a musician who joined him on tour throughout 2025 - Smith's lawyers have "categorically denied" the allegations

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1 week ago Will Smith is sued for sexual harassment by America's Got Talent star

Joseph, 32, rose to prominence as a top-three finalist on America's Got Talent in 2018.

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1 week ago Hackers replaced Silicon Valley crosswalks messages with Elon Musk’s voice after exposing ‘weak password,’ report says

Investigations revealed that the Caltrans system was hacked because the company did not change the passwords on the crosswalk system, despite being advised to by the manufacturers

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2 w. ago Why haven’t Trump’s tariffs crashed the US economy? | Jeffrey Frankel

Effects on inflation and employment have not been as bad as feared – but could still materialise with full force in 2026When Donald Trump took office last January, most economists feared what would happen if he raised tariffs. The expectation was that, as the new duties drove up prices of consumer goods and inputs – affecting households and companies, respectively – surging inflation and falling real incomes would follow. This would be a supply shock, so the US Federal Reserve could not do much to counteract it.Trump did raise tariffs to shocking levels, violating international agreements and blowing up the Republican party’s oft-professed commitment to free trade. In terms of severity and disruptiveness, Trump’s 2025 tariffs went far beyond the already harmful tariffs of his first term, and even beyond the infamous Smoot-Hawley Act of 1930. According to the Yale Budget Lab, the average effective tariff on US imports rose from 2% to 18%, the highest level since the 1930s, this year....

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2 w. ago Holly Ramsay and Adam Peaty are getting married today – but who's on the guest list?

The Beckhams are in, the mother-in-law is out – but who else is in attendance this weekend?

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2 w. ago 'The Army is still not safe for women years after my daughter took her own life': Jaysley Beck's mother condemns MoD report exposing shocking levels of sexual harassment

Gunner Beck was 19 years old when colleagues found her unresponsive at Larkhill Camp, Wiltshire, in December 2021.

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2 w. ago Dawn French plays mother in family ‘like the Beckhams’ in trailer for BBC show

French stars in a new BBC sitcom about a ‘complicated’ family.

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3 w. ago Spain’s socialists shed voters in regional election as far right makes gains

Vox doubles its seats in Extremadura as Socialist Workers’ party, mired in corruption scandals, loses 10 of its 28 seats Spain’s ruling Socialist Workers’ party (PSOE), already reeling from a series of corruption and sexual harassment scandals, has suffered another blow with a disastrous showing in Sunday’s regional election in the north-western region of Extremadura.The PSOE lost 10 of its 28 seats as the far-right Vox party doubled its representation on two years ago from five to 11 seats. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Like Brooklyn Beckham, I'm estranged from my mother and it's crushing

Victoria Beckham is said to have offered an olive branch to her son. Take it, says our writer who hasn’t seen her own mother in over three years, you don’t know how lucky you are

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3 w. ago Spain’s ruling party faces crunch regional poll amid corruption and harassment claims

Results of Sunday’s snap election in Extremadura are seen as key test of Pedro Sánchez and his PSOE partySpain’s beleaguered prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, faces a key test on Sunday when voters in the south-western region of Extremadura cast their ballots in the first major election to be held since a series of corruption and sexual harassment allegations enveloped his inner circle, his party and his administration.Extremadura, once a stronghold of Sánchez’s Spanish Socialist Workers’ party (PSOE), has been in the hands of the conservative People’s party (PP) since 2023, when the latter managed to form a short-lived coalition government with the far-right Vox party, despite finishing just behind the socialists. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Food becoming more calorific but less nutritious due to rising carbon dioxide

Researchers noticed ‘dramatic’ changes in nutrients in crops, including drop in zinc and rise in leadMore carbon dioxide in the environment is making food more calorific but less nutritious – and also potentially more toxic, a study has found.Sterre ter Haar, a lecturer at Leiden University in the Netherlands, and other researchers at the institution created a method to compare multiple studies on plants’ responses to increased CO2 levels. The results, she said, were a shock: although crop yields increase, they become less nutrient-dense. While zinc levels in particular drop, lead levels increase. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Keir Starmer recalls toughest day as PM which ‘broke my heart’

Sir Keir Starmer has revealed his worst day as prime minister, describing it as “so hard”.

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