54 h. ago Sarkozy to be released from prison pending appeal, French court rules – Europe live

Former president will be freed today and placed under ‘judicial supervision’As we are waiting for the Paris court decision on Sarkozy to come, expected around 13.30 local time (12.30 GMT), let’s take a look at other news across Europe.If Sarkozy gets released with an ankle tag, it won’t be his first: Reuters notes that last year, France’s highest court upheld a separate conviction for corruption and influence peddling, ordering him to wear an electronic tag for a year, a first for a former French head of state. The tag has now been removed. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago ‘Huge victory’ in Portland as judge’s final order bars Trump from sending national guard

Karin Immergut said earlier she ‘found no credible evidence’ that protests in Oregon city were out of controlA federal judge in Oregon on Friday blocked Donald Trump from deploying national guard troops to Portland, ruling there was no evidence of widespread violence to justify federal intervention.The US district court judge, Karin Immergut, a Trump appointee, delivered her final order in the case on Friday. She found that protests near Portland’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility were “predominately peaceful, with only isolated and sporadic instances of relatively low-level violence”. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Federal judge issues permanent ban on deployment of national guard troops in Portland – live

Judge Karin Immergut ruled that president Trump ‘did not have a lawful basis to federalize the National Guard’ in response to ICE protests that were ‘predominately peaceful’Andrew Roth in Washington and Flora Garamvolgyi in BudapestViktor Orbán will visit the White House today as Hungary’s far-right prime minister tries to broker another summit between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin that Orbán’s advisers claim could help end the war between Russia and Ukraine. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Trump live: President threatens to send National Guard into more cities – ‘We can do as we want’

President Trump met with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, a conservative nationalist, in Tokyo and inked a deal to strengthen US access to rare earth minerals

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2 w. ago Trump told to send National Guard to major US city to combat deadly opioid crisis

Crystal West, 42, lost her 20-year-old son Xi'Risse Kiev West-Owens to a fentanyl overdose in September and is now calling for the National Guard to be sent to Baltimore

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3 w. ago San Francisco leaders push back against Trump's National Guard threat

President Trump keeps threatening to send National Guard troops to San Francisco, calling it crime-ridden and claiming residents want federal help

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3 w. ago Oregon governor urges Trump national guard ruling to be overturned

Tina Kotek calls for ‘en banc’ review after three-judge panel permits US president to send federal troops to PortlandOregon governor Tina Kotek, has called on a federal appeals court to review and overturn a decision made by a three-judge panel on Monday that would permit Donald Trump to deploy federalized national guard troops to the streets of Portland against the wishes of state and local officials.Kotek said that she hopes the full ninth circuit court of appeals vacates the panel’s 2-1 decision, as the dissenting judge, Portland-based Susan Graber, urged her colleagues to do. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Trump cleared to send National Guard into Portland after appeals court ruling

Trump has attempted to send out-of-state National Guard troops into cities to quell protests and protect federal law enforcement

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3 w. ago Trump can send national guard troops to Portland, appeals court rules

Order marks an important legal victory for president as he continues to send military forces to Democratic-led citiesA divided US appeals court ruled on Monday that Donald Trump can send national guard troops into Portland, Oregon, despite objections by the leaders of the city and state, giving the Republican president an important legal victory as he dispatches military forces to a growing number of Democratic-led cities. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Trump can deploy national guard troops to Portland, Oregon, federal appeals court rules – live

Justices on ninth circuit court of appeals overrules lower court decision that blocked deploymentThe Senate will vote, for the 11th time, on a House-passed funding bill that would reopen the government at 5.30pm today.As the government shutdown enters its 20th day, there is little end in sight. The lower chamber is still out of session, as both parties continue to trade barbs over the lapse in funding. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Transgender man wanting to get pregnant wins legal appeal after High Court rules it is 'not incompatible to live as a man when trying to conceive and carry a baby'

In February this year, the Gender Recognition Panel declined to issue the man, known only as W, a GRC.

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3 w. ago Palestine Action's bid to challenge its status as a terror organisation CAN proceed, judges rule, as they dismiss Home Office appeal

Palestine Action's co-founder can proceed with a High Court challenge against the Government over the group's ban as a terror organisation, the Court of Appeal has ruled.

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3 w. ago Palestine Action legal challenge over group’s terror ban allowed to go ahead

The Court of Appeal ruled Palestine Action’s co-founder can proceed with a High Court challenge against the government

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3 w. ago Laurence Fox libel case over ‘racist’ claim to face retrial, Court of Appeal rules

The actor-turned-activist was sued by now-Stonewall chief executive Simon Blake and drag artist Crystal over a row on X.

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3 w. ago Laurence Fox's libel case over ‘racist’ claim to face retrial, appeals court rules

Controversial actor Laurence Fox was sued by now-Stonewall chief executive Simon Blake and drag artist Crystal, real name Colin Seymour, over a row on X/Twitter

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3 w. ago Bitter Jimmy Kimmel brands Trump 'dumb dumb' and suggests president, 79, needs 'walk

Jimmy Kimmel torched Donald Trump's decision to send the National Guard to Portland, Oregon, in a blistering opening monologue on Wednesday.

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4 w. ago Appeals court backs Michigan school in banning 'Let's Go Brandon' shirts

A federal appeals court has ruled in favor of a Michigan school district in a dispute over free speech and “Let’s Go Brandon” shirts

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