44 m. ago The Christian right has set the US on the road to Gilead. Without a fight, other nations may follow | Deborah Frances

Organisations that pumped money into overturning Roe v Wade are making inroads in Europe. Women’s rights are truly at riskWith Donald Trump as president, there is now a heavy strain of Christian nationalism driving the US political agenda. From draconian abortion policies to ending birthright citizenship, some of Trump’s first executive orders sound startlingly like something out of Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale, the dystopian novel turned TV show set in Gilead, a fundamentalist, fascist version of the US where women have no rights. But it is urgent we understand that what is happening in the US could happen here. This road to Atwood’s Gilead is charting a course straight through the UK and Europe, and we may well be sleepwalking on to it.In November 2024 I debated with the American conservative lawyer Erin Hawley at the Oxford Union. The motion was “This house regrets the overturning of Roe v Wade”, the US supreme court’s landmark decision that once protected the right to h...

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Martin O’Hagan, 51, was shot dead by loyalist paramilitaries as he walked home from a night out with his wife in Lurgan in September 2001.

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61 h. ago Russian wife who was recorded urging her soldier husband to rape Ukrainian women 'but use protection' is sentenced to five years in prison

Olga Bykovskaya was convicted in absentia of violating the laws and customs of war by the Shevchenkivskyi District Court of Kyiv on March 24.

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3 d. ago Women urged to call this number when walking home alone at night

A new study has revealed that nearly half of British women avoid calling a friend or support line while walking home alone at night - even if they feel unsafe at the time

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4 d. ago Annie Kilner makes statement about her children hours after cryptic Kyle Walker dig

WAG Annie Kilner admitted her four sons are her 'whole purpose' as she celebrated Mother's Day by sharing rare photos after issuing a cryptic dig following Kyle Walker's night out

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1 week ago My dry eyes and mouth were signs of a devastating disease that mainly strikes women. I'm urging others to seek help as doctors warn a delay can be disastrous

Sheeraz Henderson had just arrived in France on holiday when she noticed her foot was swollen. She'd travelled on the Eurostar, 'so I wondered if it was from not moving around enough', she says.

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1 week ago Annie Kilner posts about 'poisoning men' after Kyle Walker's model night out

Annie Kilner has recently laid down new rules for Kyle Walker after he was spotted partying with models in Milan, and he hinted that things still weren't 100% between them despite halting their split

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Labour-backing union bosses have written to Sir Keir Starmer urging him to reconsider the decision not to compensate 1950s-born women.

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1 week ago Donald Trump sends NCAA Wrestling Championships fans wild as he attends with Elon Musk in Philadelphia

Donald Trump was given a raucous reception when he walked into the NCAA wrestling championships on Saturday night for the second time in three years.

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1 week ago Donald Trump sends wrestling fans wild as he attends college finals in Philadelphia with Elon Musk

Donald Trump was given a raucous reception when he walked into the NCAA wrestling championships on Saturday night for the second time in three years.

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2 w. ago A tale of two conferences: women against women as ‘poison of patriarchy’ returns and abortion fight intensifies

Last week, anti-choice campaigners emboldened by current US politics met in New York at the same time as UN delegates gathered to address the widespread inequalities women face. The battle to protect rights has never felt more urgentIn a meeting room on the 27th floor of a swish Manhattan hotel, Denise Mountenay is telling the audience that the right to abortion is “Nazi thinking.” Mountenay regrets her own abortions, and says she has been called by God to spread the word that she and other women “were lied to, deceived, pressured into making the most horrible choice: to choose death instead of life”.She goes on to list reasons why abortion is “not a safe procedure. [That’s what] they want woman to think – that is a lie.” Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Manchester United defender Ayden Heaven leaves King Power Stadium in protective boot

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An unexpected walkout of staff at airports in Germany began last night.

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3 w. ago Kyle Walker's two Milan party girls revealed to be huge models and fashion moguls

Two women who were seen on a night out in Milan with footballer Kyle Walker are Serbian models who have spoken about how much the player, on loan from Manchester City, is enjoying his time in Italy

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Marijana Vidoviic and Dragana Draca were snapped with the father-of-six last month when he was on a night out in Milan - just hours after long suffering wife Annie Kilner had jetted back to the UK.

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3 w. ago Annie Kilner 'issues husband Kyle Walker with new relationship rule' after his night out with two mystery brunettes

Annie Kilner is reportedly standing by her husband Kyle Walker and has issued him with a new relationship rule after his recent antics. 

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3 w. ago Kyle Walker's 'new relationship rule' from Annie Kilner after party with models

EXCLUSIVE: After Kyle Walker was spotted on a night out in Spain with two 'mystery brunettes', a source tells us that his wife Annie Kilner is 'not a walkover' and he needs to be 'careful'

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