32 h. ago Thousands of landlords risk fines over £2,500 as new safety laws come into force

The new laws in Northern Ireland mandate landlords to conduct safety checks on the electrical installation of a property, such as the socket outlets, consumer unit and wiring, by a competent and qualified person at least once every five years

Economics

3 d. ago Oliver Stone to testify at John F Kennedy assassination hearing

The director, whose film JFK has been derided by historians for suggesting the CIA had a role in the killing, will speak to task force aiming ‘to get to the bottom of this mystery’Film director Oliver Stone will testify at a US House of Representatives hearing on Tuesday that is considering thousands of pages of documents related to the 1963 assassination of John F Kennedy released this month at the direction of President Donald Trump.Representative Anna Paulina Luna, chair of the Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets, said that lawmakers will hear from witnesses about the value of the documents. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Outrage after video shows cops using a taser on motorist in aftermath of an epileptic seizure

Lawsuit accuses police of using excessive force and violating federal disability law

Culture

7 d. ago Ninja sword ban to come into force this summer after mother of 16

From August 1 it will be illegal to possess, sell, make or import the weapon in the final part of anti-knife crime measures come into force under Ronan's Law, named after Ronan Kanda.

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7 d. ago Ninja sword ban under Ronan’s Law set to come into force by summer

The move to ban the blades will be laid before Parliament on Thursday.

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1 week ago Why Indonesia’s new military law has sparked outrage: ‘We’re going backwards’

Amendments to 2004 Armed Forces Law give military direct role in public life

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2 w. ago Indonesia passes controversial law allowing greater military role in government

Activists in world’s third-largest democracy warn the legal changes signal a return to military dominance in civilian affairs that characterised Suharto yearsIndonesia has ratified controversial changes to its military law allowing armed forces personnel to hold more civilian posts, a move that analysts fear could usher in a resurgence of the military in government affairs.Activists in the world’s third-largest democracy have criticised the revisions, warning they signal a return to Indonesia’s “New Order” era, when the country was led by former authoritarian ruler Suharto, who stepped down in 1998. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Ontario’s police force using ‘growing ecosystem’ of Israeli spyware – report

Findings raise questions about extent and scope of Canadian authorities’ use of cyberweaponsResearchers have uncovered “possible links” between Ontario’s provincial police force and an Israel-based military-grade spyware maker called Paragon Solutions, raising questions about the extent and scope of Canadian authorities’ use of cyber weapons.The new findings were published by the Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto, which tracks and identifies digital threats against civil society, and come three years after a parliamentary committee in Canada called for Ottawa to update the country’s privacy laws in the wake of press reports that the national police force was using spyware to hack mobile phone devices. No laws were ever passed to address the controversy. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Ontario’s provincial police force could be using Israeli spyware, report finds

Report on ‘possible links’ raises questions about extent and scope of Canadian authorities’ use of cyber weaponsResearchers have uncovered “possible links” between Ontario’s provincial police force and an Israel-based military-grade spyware maker called Paragon Solutions, raising questions about the extent and scope of Canadian authorities’ use of cyber weapons.The new findings were published by the Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto, which tracks and identifies digital threats against civil society, and come three years after a parliamentary committee in Canada called for Ottawa to update the country’s privacy laws in the wake of press reports that the national police force was using spyware to hack mobile phone devices. No laws were ever passed to address the controversy. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago ACLU asks judge to force Trump administration to say if it violated court order

Plaintiffs in a lawsuit over President Donald Trump's use of an 18th century wartime law are asking a federal judge to force the administration to state under oath whether it violated his court order temporarily barring deportations

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2 w. ago What is the Online Safety Act? Law explained as it finally comes into force

Long-awaited powers will come into effect from Monday

Politics

2 w. ago Disabled 'will feel forced to end lives' by combination of assisted dying law and slashed benefits, British paralympics star reveals

Tanni Grey-Thompson, the holder of 11 paralympic gold medals, said the combination of a welfare squeeze and assisted dying legislation was 'extremely worrying'.

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3 w. ago Biased laws and poverty driving huge rise in female prisoners – report

First such study finds laws on abortion, debt and dress help increase rate of women being jailed twice as fast as for menPoverty, abuse and discriminatory laws are driving a huge rise in the number of women in prison globally, according to a new report.With the rise of the far right and an international backlash against women’s rights, the research said there was a risk that laws would increasingly be used to target women, forcing more behind bars. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago ‘If you fall into the dialogue of the far right, the far right wins’: Spain’s deputy PM on the need for workers’ rights

Yolanda Díaz Pérez’s leftwing government has championed employment reform similar to Labour’s proposals – and she tells British business there is nothing to fearSpain’s leftwing deputy prime minister, Yolanda Díaz Pérez, has a message for Labour politicians as the UK government’s employment rights bill takes its next step to becoming law this week: take heart from our success.With business groups in the UK issuing dire warnings about the impact of the workers’ rights package, Díaz, the minister of labour and social economy, remembers her own government’s battle when it thrashed out radical labour laws that came into force in 2022. “We went through nine months of hell, literally. We had the press against it, academia, research centres – everybody was saying this was going to contribute to unemployment and not eradicate it,” she recalls. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago England star in tears after going down 'like he'd been shot' in freak injury

Ollie Lawrence was forced off with an injury after just seven minutes of England's Six Nations clash with Italy, with the centre looking close to tears as he left the field

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4 w. ago Exile is ‘a little bit less than death’ for lawyer forced to flee Guatemala

Virginia Laparra spent two years in prison after reporting her suspicion that a judge leaked sealed details of a caseA Guatemalan anti-corruption prosecutor forced into exile after being pursued by the country’s conservative elite has said that leaving the country was the only way to save her life but was only “a little bit less than death”.Virginia Laparra, 45, spent two years in prison for allegedly abusing her position after she reported her suspicion that a judge had leaked sensitive details from a sealed corruption case to a colleague in 2017. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Florida attorney general opens criminal investigation into Andrew Tate and brother

Inquiry launched after pair was able to fly into state despite facing trial in Romania on rape and trafficking chargesThe attorney general of Florida has opened a criminal investigation of Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan after the pair were able to fly into the state last week despite facing trial in Romania on charges of rape, sex with a minor, people trafficking and money laundering.James Uthmeier, appointed to be the state attorney general by Florida governor Ron DeSantis, said on Tuesday he had begun an “active criminal investigation” of the brothers and was prepared to use the “full force of law” in his examination of their conduct. Continue reading...

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last month Abusive parents 'banned from school site' as schools forced to employ lawyers to stop them

"I felt very low and dreaded opening my emails"

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