3 d. ago Police arrest three as officers are injured in furious scenes outside Epping migrants hotel with demos expected today across UK as councils press ahead with legal fight to close asylum accommodation

Police have arrested people in angry scenes outside an Epping migrants hotel at the centre of a Government court case - with warnings of more protests to come.

Events

4 d. ago Trump loses another court fight as his push to remove legal status for 600,000 migrants is put on hold

Homeland Security has ‘plunged into uncertainty’ the lives of tens of thousands of Venezuelans, California appeals court says

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6 d. ago More records from Uvalde, Texas school shooting are being released after law firm error

Thousands more pages of records related to the 2022 Robb Elementary School massacre in Uvalde, Texas, were being released this week after the school district's lawyer said his firm mistakenly failed to make public all documents as promised in a legal settlement

Economics

7 d. ago Trump wants executions for ‘anybody’ who kills in DC, where death penalty is banned

Local officials abolished capital punishment more than 40 years ago, teeing up yet another political and legal fight

Events

7 d. ago Trump seeks ‘capital, capital punishment’ for ‘anybody’ who kills in DC, where death penalty is banned

Local officials abolished executions more than 40 years ago, teeing up yet another political and legal fight

Events

7 d. ago Thousands more Uvalde school massacre documents to be released after lawyer admits ‘mistake’

About 26,000 pages of records related to the 2022 Robb Elementary School shooting, which left 21 dead, are set for release

Events

8 d. ago Feds fight to keep 'Alligator Alcatraz' open amid legal battle as 3rd challenge is filed

The federal government has asked a Miami judge to pause her order to close an immigration detention center in Florida's Everglades, known as "Alligator Alcatraz."

Events

9 d. ago Heatwave that fuelled deadly wildfires was Spain’s ‘most intense on record’

Country’s weather agency says 10-day period from 8-17 August was hottest since at least 1950, as fires still rageA 16-day heatwave Spain suffered this month was “the most intense on record”, the country’s state meteorological agency (AEMET) has said.Provisional readings for the 3-18 August heatwave exceeded the last record, set in July 2022, and showed an average temperature 4.6C higher than for previous such phenomena, the agency said on X. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Lawyer argues Meta can't be held liable for gunmaker's Instagram posts in Uvalde families' lawsuit

Lawyers for the media giant Meta says a lawsuit brought by families of the victims of the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, should be thrown out

Society

2 w. ago Zambian president’s feud with late rival continues over funeral plans

Family of Edgar Lungu trying to prevent repatriation of his body for state funeral presided over by his successorA furious row is raging over whether the Zambian president, Hakainde Hichilema, will preside over the funeral of his predecessor, Edgar Lungu, as the former president’s family wage a legal battle in South Africa to try to prevent his body from being repatriated.The legal fight marks the latest twist in a feud between the two men that goes back at least a decade and has now outlasted the former president, who died in South Africa in June aged 68 while being treated for an undisclosed illness. Continue reading...

Politics

2 w. ago Britain to be hotter than Hawaii as runners brave 30C heat and families soak up summer holiday sunshine

It comes as Britain is on track for its sunniest year yet - despite failing to break the 40.3C record set in Coningsby, Lincolnshire in July 2022.

Society

2 w. ago DWP confirms legal action to fight people trying to cheat the benefits system

The UK Government has sent a clear message that benefit fraud will be detected and pursued to the full extent of the law.

Politics

2 w. ago What newly released videos and records reveal about the Uvalde school shooting

Anguished pleas from parents

Events

3 w. ago A legal fight is playing out around a Mexican migrant activist accused of human trafficking

A legal battle is playing out in Mexico after police detained a well-known migration activist earlier this month, accusing him of human trafficking

Events

3 w. ago Uvalde County leaders release video, records showing response to school shooting that left 21 dead

County leaders in Uvalde, Texas, have released police body camera video and documents detailing the law enforcement response during one of the deadliest classroom attacks in U.S. history

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3 w. ago Uvalde school district releases records for 2022 classroom shooting, after legal fight over access

School district officials have released text messages, personnel files and student records of the shooter from the 2022 attack at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, that killed 19 students and two teachers

Events

3 w. ago Uncle who ordered honour killing of his niece, 20, loses legal fight over ITV programmes he says made him look bad

Ari Mahmod (pictured), 69, was jailed for life in 2007 for murdering Banaz Mahmod at the family home in London in January 2006.

Events

3 w. ago Locals fight plans for Italy’s Sicily bridge that would be world’s longest

The Messina Strait Company overseeing the project is bracing for a big legal fight

Politics

4 w. ago Zambian conman who stole £3.5million in elaborate mortgage scam is finally being deported after losing 25

Conman Alick Kapikanya, 57, who has a string of convictions including identity fraud to steal people's homes has finally lost a 25-year legal fight against deportation to his native Zambia.

Economics