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Prince Andrew rejected in effort to get US sexual abuse case dismissed
Virginia Giuffre’s civil claim against duke can move forward, federal judge rules in New YorkThis article contains descriptions of sexual abuseLongtime Prince Andrew accuser Virginia Giuffre’s sexual abuse lawsuit against him can move forward, as a New…
Aras Amiri: Iran frees British Council employee accused of spying
Amiri, 34, back in UK after Iran’s supreme court overturned 2019 conviction and 10-year prison sentence An Iranian woman who worked for the British Council has been freed from detention in Evin prison and returned to the UK after being acquitted of spy…
Gordon Brown calls on Liz Truss to help raise funds for Afghanistan
Former prime minister says country is at risk of famine and UK must take lead in resuming delivery of aid• The people of Afghanistan are starving; to turn our backs on them is morally wrongGordon Brown has written to the foreign secretary, Liz Truss, c…
Covid live: ‘concerning’ rates of Omicron in northern England; two linked to Australian Open leave country
Latest developments as Philippines reports record 26,458 cases and scientist says Omicron variant could become endemic in UKRequiring PCR tests for isolation funds in UK may fail legal test’See all our coronavirus coverageThe north-east and north-west …
Kazakhstan protests: president appeals to Moscow-led security bloc
Kassym-Jomart Tokayev declares state of emergency and says he plans to act ‘as toughly as possible’Kazakhstan’s president has appealed to a Moscow-led security bloc to help regain control amid protests sparked by fuel price rises, after demonstrators t…
Covid live: Italy, Netherlands and Turkey report record daily cases as Omicron surges across Europe
Italy reports a record 189,109 new cases; Dutch authorities announce more than 24,000 new cases; Turkey reports record 66,467 casesMacron rebuke to unvaccinated citizens incurs anger in parliamentChina’s locked down cities pay price of zero-Covid strat…
Trump cancels news conference for Capitol attack anniversary – US politics live
Press conference at Mar-a-Lago canceled to Republicans’ reliefMerrick Garland to speak on DoJ investigation into insurrectionTrump’s ‘cult-like control’ of party grows stronger, a year onCNN is reporting that Stephanie Grisham, former White House press…
Audiences to be put in hypnotic trance at Swedish film festival
Three screenings at this year’s Göteborg festival will ‘transform the audience’s state of mind’ with a live hypnotist on stageThe Göteborg film festival is no stranger to stunts. It has previously featured screenings for a single audience member at a N…
Tigrayans deported by Saudis ‘forcibly disappeared’ in Ethiopia – rights group
Thousands of Tigrayan migrants abused and deported from Saudi Arabia are forcibly detained in Ethiopia, Human Rights Watch saysThousands of Tigrayans are being deported from Saudi Arabia and held in secret detention sites in Ethiopia, according to Huma…