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On paper it does not sound like something that would spark nationwide interest. Last week the UK supreme court gave its judgment on a case brought by a women’s group against the Scottish government over the Gender Representation on Public Boards (Scotland) Act 2018. But its judgment – that the word “woman” in equality law […]

Ukraine’s foreign ministry has summoned Beijing’s ambassador as Volodymyr Zelenskyy said citizens of China were working at a drone production site in Russia, possibly using “stolen” Chinese technology. The Ukrainian president said on Tuesday: “I asked the Security Service of Ukraine to transfer information of a broader nature to the Chinese side regarding Chinese citizens […]

Images of child sexual abuse created by artificial intelligence are becoming “significantly more realistic”, according to an online safety watchdog. The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) said advances in AI are being reflected in illegal content created and consumed by paedophiles, saying: “In 2024, the quality of AI-generated videos improved exponentially, and all types of AI […]

Police officers in England and Wales who fail background checks will be automatically sacked under rules coming into force to improve confidence in policing. Measures will be introduced to parliament on Wednesday that will make it a legal requirement for serving officers to pass vetting procedures. It will also mean police chiefs will be able […]

The Tesla chief executive Elon Musk said he will start pulling back from his role at the so-called “department of government efficiency” starting in May. Musk’s remarks came as the company reported a massive dip in both profits and revenues in the first quarter of 2025 amid backlash against Musk’s role in the White House. […]

Sarah Palin on Tuesday lost in the retrial of her defamation case against the New York Times – a second defeat in the efforts by the former Republican vice-presidential candidate. A federal jury in New York deliberated for two hours then found the newspaper not liable for allegedly defaming Palin in a 2017 editorial about […]

A panel of Brazil’s supreme court justices has unanimously accepted criminal charges against six more key allies of former president Jair Bolsonaro over an alleged coup plot to keep him in office after his 2022 election defeat. Last month, the panel unanimously accepted charges against Bolsonaro and seven close allies over the alleged coup plot […]

What do Liz Truss and JD Vance have against elderly people? Specifically, those who are kind, decent and compassionate. Take Radon Liz. In September 2022 she made a fleeting visit to Balmoral to be sworn in as prime minister by the queen. The last picture that was taken of Queen Elizabeth was of her standing […]

Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Unai Emery speaks to Sky Sports. “Good evening … the match today … game 34 … now we are going to play for three points … to be consistent is the most important … the demand for us will be huge […]

Phillipson tells MPs government will continue to protect single-sex spaces Bridget Phillipson, the education secretary and minister for women and equality, is making her statement about the supreme court judgement. She starts by saying this is personal for her. Before I was elected to this place, I ran a women’s refuge in the north-east for […]