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Ryan Routh to stand trial for alleged Trump assassination attempt
AFPTV/AFP via Getty Images This screengrab taken from AFPTV shows Ryan Wesley Routh at a protest supporting Ukraine in April 2022 On Monday, the trial for a man accused of plotting to assassinate US President Donald Trump last September began in Florida. The incident – which occurred just weeks after a bullet grazed Trump’s ear…
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Murdochs reach deal in succession battle
A years-long succession battle within Rupert Murdoch’s conservative media empire has drawn to a close, with his son Lachlan set to control the news group. The deal, which the family announced on Monday, will ensure the ongoing conservative leaning of Fox News, The Wall Street Journal and The New York Post even after 94-year-old Rupert’s…
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France in fresh political crisis after MPs oust prime minister
France has been plunged into a new political crisis with the defeat of Prime Minister François Bayrou at a confidence vote in the National Assembly. The defeat – by 364 votes to 194 – means that Bayrou will on Tuesday present his government’s resignation to President Emmanuel Macron, who must now decide how to replace…
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Democrats in Congress release alleged Trump birthday note to Epstein
Democrats in Congress have released a note they say US President Donald Trump sent to Jeffrey Epstein for his 50th birthday. Lawyers for Epstein’s estate sent documents to the House Oversight Committee after they were subpoenaed last month. Democratic members of the committee then posted the letter on X on Monday. It comes after the…
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Supreme Court rules that immigration raids in LA can continue
The US Supreme Court has ruled sweeping immigration raids in Los Angeles can continue for now, lifting a federal judge’s order that had barred agents from making stops without “reasonable suspicion”. The Monday ruling is a win for President Donald Trump, who has vowed to conduct record-level deportations of migrants in the country illegally. The…
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Trump asks Supreme Court to allow billions in foreign aid cuts
US President Donald Trump’s administration has asked the Supreme Court to let it withhold more than $4bn (£3bn) in foreign aid. The administration is seeking an emergency order as it tries to claw back funds for foreign assistance programmes that have already been allocated by Congress. A lower court last week said the Trump administration…
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What’s behind France’s political crisis and what could happen next?
EPA Prime Minister Bayrou before his speech to parliament François Bayrou, the French prime minister, is set to lose a confidence vote on his stewardship, in the latest twist in a period of chaos inside the National Assembly. Bayrou, 74, is the fourth prime minister in two years under President Emmanuel Macron, whose second term…
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How the former president’s coup trial has divided Brazil
Ione WellsSouth America correspondent in São Paulo Reuters There were rallies by supporters and opponents of ex-President Bolsonaro on Sunday On Sunday, Brazilians celebrated their country’s independence from Portugal as they do every year on 7 September: with patriotism, military parades, flag-waving and churrascos – Brazilian barbecues. But with a verdict imminent in the trial…
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How four-year hunt for New Zealand dad unfolded
Watch: Police issue statement after fugitive’s children found On 11 September 2021, Tom Phillips and his three children went missing for the first time. His Toyota Hilux was found parked below a tide line at a beach near his parents’ home in Marokopa on New Zealand’s North Island. Police launched a massive search operation by…
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French doctor goes on trial for poisoning 30 patients, 12 fatally
A former anaesthetist has gone on trial in the city of Besançon, in eastern France, accused of intentionally poisoning 30 people, including 12 patients who died. Frédéric Péchier, 53, considered by colleagues to be a highly-talented practitioner, was first placed under investigation eight years ago, when he was suspected of poisoning patients at two clinics…
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