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The federal sex-trafficking trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs resumed on Tuesday morning, with a former employee of his taking the stand. The 55-year-old music mogul and businessman is facing charges of sex trafficking, racketeering conspiracy and transportation to engage in prostitution. Combs was arrested in September 2024 and has pleaded not guilty to all of […]

King Charles says Canada would remain ‘strong and free’ in speech from the throne Charles, who is speaking during a symbolic visit to show support for Canada at a time it has faced US annexation threats, expresses his love for Canada and says the country would remain “strong and free” – a reference to the […]

Man, 53, arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and dangerous driving offences Detective Ch Supt Karen Jaundrill is updating on the investigation and says police have arrested a 53-year-old man from the West Derby area of Liverpool. She says he has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, dangerous driving offences and driving while unfit […]

Adult-only hospitality establishments in France, such as restaurants, hotels and campsites, which don’t admit children could face prosecution following government plans to crack down on them. The high commissioner for childhood, Sarah El Haïry, said the “no-kids trend” amounted to “violence against children” but that her target was not couples who decide to remain childless, […]

Her life was one of war but Yaqeen Hammad somehow found a reason to smile. The 11-year-old was Gaza’s youngest influencer, whose bright smile reached tens of thousands, including other children, while she offered practical survival tips for daily life under bombardment, such as advice on how to cook with improvised methods when there was […]

UN unsure on how much aid has been delivered inside Gaza by Israeli-backed logistics group An update on the dire aid situation in Gaza. As a reminder, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), an Israeli-backed logistics group, has said lorry loads of food have been delivered to secure sites in Gaza and that supplies had begun […]

Farage: ‘no contradiction’ in Reform UK being ‘the party of workers but also the party of entrepreneurs’ Nigel Farage claims that “the exodus in London and in some other parts of the country is now in full flight.” He says it is “the biggest brain drain we’ve had since the 1970s, and yet no one […]

Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Norrie, leading 2-1 on serve, has two more break points against Medvedev on Simonne Matheiu, to add to the one he had in the second game. But these come and go too, the second when Medvedev draws Norrie in with a […]

Sarah Moss’s post-Brexit novels, Ghost Wall, Summerwater and The Fell, have dealt centrally with the anxieties and hostilities of the white working and middle classes in contemporary Britain. This trio of short, vivid works has also quietly established Moss as a revered chronicler of the political present. Though Ripeness bears many of the hallmarks of her recent […]

Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Bond prices rally, pulling down yields European bond prices are rising this morning, pulling down government borrowing costs. The yield, or interest rate, on German 10-year bonds has dropped by four basis points (0.04 percentage points) to 2.519%. UK 10-year gilts […]