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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/05/los-angeles-times-ai-bias-trump
# The LA Times’ AI ‘bias meter’ looks like a bid to please Donald Trump The past few months have been brutal ones for the readers and journalists of the largest news organization in California, the . Since he bought the paper in 2018, the billionaire and medical entrepreneur Patrick Soon-Shiong has become something of a acolyte. That’s his right. Many media owners have political views; but the best keep those views to themselves, or at least allow their news organizations to exercise editorial freedom. But Soon-Shiong, who took over promising to steady the ship and return it to financial health, has turned out to be a deeply flawed leader. You might recall that many longtime subscribers canceled their subscriptions months ago when Soon-Shiong blocked his editorial board’s decision to endorse Kamala Harris for president. Then he reportedly told his editorial board to “” from writing about Trump, and, according to a staff memo signed by members of the opinion section, instituted a policy in which articles critical of the newly elected president were to be published side-by-side with the opposing, pro-Trump, view. That’s straight-up meddling. But now, he’s taken a more public-facing step by inflicting what’s become known as a “bias meter” on some LA Times opinion pieces. Its findings are generated by artificial intelligence, without human intervention or review. If there’s one firm rule about the use of AI in journalism, it’s this: there should always be a “human in the loop” before publication. Why? Because AI, at least at this point, is often wrong on the facts, and because many news consumers are suspicious of it. At the LA Times, evaluates opinion articles and puts a label on them – for example, “center left”. Then it provides “different views”. Articles about Trump-related policies have gotten the bias meter treatment – for example, an opinion piece on Ukraine that stated that “Trump is surrendering a century’s worth of US global power in a matter of weeks.” According to , that piece is followed by an AI-generated summary of “different views”, such as describing Trump’s policy as “a pragmatic reset of US foreign policy”. Soon-Shiong called the new feature a victory for viewpoint diversity. “No more echo chamber,” he crowed on social media. > This effort is less a rooting out of lefty bias than a way to give a platform to pro-Trump views If there’s one firm rule about the use of AI in journalism, it’s this: there should always be a “human in the loop” before publication. Why? Because AI, at least at this point, is often wrong on the facts, and because many news consumers are suspicious of it. At well-run news companies, it is journalists themselves – editors, in particular – who can point out unfairness, inaccuracy or bias. And they deal with that, editor to writer, before pieces are published. “Our members – and all Times staffers – abide by a strict sense of ethics guidelines, which call for fairness, precision, transparency, vigilance against bias, and an earnest search to understand all sides of an issue,” the LA Guild, the union representing the paper’s journalists, said in a statement objecting to Soon-Shiong’s idea. These days, many of the opinion-side journalists at the LA Times have fled. This is apparently no longer a place where they feel they can do their jobs. Soon-Shiong’s gambit is happening in a broader context of media companies yielding to Trump’s will, as Axios’s Journalists are doing their jobs, but owners are “compromised”, she wrote, listing some of the most prominent examples: ABC News settled a defamation suit by Trump it could have won; CBS seems poised to settle Trump’s absurd claim against its flagship 60 Minutes show; Disney and Paramount have rolled back some DEI policies; the Washington Post’s opinion section will reflect owner Jeff Bezos’s beliefs about “personal liberties and free markets”. Some of the bias-meter results so far are simply weird, as in an AI response to . The original piece, by two experts in film production, explored the dangers of AI-generated footage within documentary films and how it could shatter audience trust in the visuals they see. The AI-generated bias meter labeled this piece “center-left” and provided “different views”. Another piece, reflecting on the in Anaheim, California, included an AI-generated defense of the Klan at the bottom, as the tech journalist . It’s since been removed. I can’t imagine what reader would want to trot around in this silly circle like a horse on a lead line. Most of us can read a viewpoint article and decide, all by ourselves, without a helpful robot, whether we agree. In the name of viewpoint diversity – but really to push his paper Trump-ward – Soon-Shiong has done far more harm than good. His bias meter should – quickly – go the way of hot type, the manual typewriter and the dodo. - Margaret Sullivan is a Guardian US columnist writing on media, politics and culture ```
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https://apnews.com/sports/delaware-college-sports-mens-college-basketball-college-basketball-4cba6b733deb4747b39f31dabaf52f49
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https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/mar/10/mike-amesbury-resigns-as-mp-triggering-byelection
# Mike Amesbury resigns as MP, triggering byelection Member for Runcorn and Helsby quits two weeks after receiving a suspended sentence for punching a constituent Mike Amesbury has resigned as an MP after being given a prison sentence for punching a constituent, triggering the first byelection of Keir Starmer’s government. The Runcorn and Helsby MP was suspended by Labour and lost the party whip in October after a video of the incident on a night out was published online. He was given , suspended for two years. Amesbury told the BBC he would “step aside at the earliest opportunity”. Since it became clear that he would have to resign or face a recall petition, Labour has been planning for a byelection in the Cheshire seat, which it won at the general election with a 14,696 majority. Nominations for a candidate opened last week and the application process closed days later, with a selection meeting in the constituency expected on Thursday, the Guardian understands. After a difficult first six months in power, Labour has been buoyed in recent weeks by Starmer’s handling of complex geopolitics around the war in Ukraine, acting as a bridge between European nations and the unpredictable US president, Donald Trump. The byelection will also be the first big test for Reform UK since its surge in the national polls, and it has already started campaigning in the area. Nigel Farage’s party has been mired in chaos in recent days, however, with a fierce clash at the top leading to Rupert Lowe losing the whip. The Conservatives, who finished only two points behind Reform last July, also face their first big byelection challenge under Kemi Badenoch, potentially highlighting her failure to rebuild support and adding credibility to Reform’s claims it could displace the Tories as the main party of the right. Rob Ford, a professor of politics at Manchester University, said: “Labour have a 35 point majority in Runcorn and Helsby, which may look big, but these are volatile times, and Reform UK are in second place.” He said the constituency would fall on a 17.5-point swing away from the government. Starmer achieved six swings of 20 points or more in the previous parliament, with Labour about as unpopular now as its Conservative predecessors were then. “A Labour defeat to Reform would be a big blow to morale and intensify internal arguments over how to respond to Farage, particularly as it would come either soon before or soon after local and mayoral contests which will also feature Reform heavily,” he said. “A Reform byelection win on such a big swing would be a huge deal for Farage, demonstrating his claim to be ‘coming for Labour’ is credible, and likely also showing that Reform can squeeze third-placed Conservative voters where they are the best placed local opponent to Labour.” Labour sources cautioned that the byelection would be “very, very” tough for the party. “We have had to do a lot of tough stuff early on as part of a long-term plan,” one said. In his first interview since the sentencing, Amesbury told the BBC he regretted attacking his constituent Paul Fellows “every moment, every day”. He would have tried to stay in the job had he been given a lighter community sentence. “I’m going to step aside at the earliest opportunity,” he said. “I’ve got processes I must go through, there’s a statutory process in terms of redundancies.” He described the fallout from his court case as difficult but said he owned his mistake. He defended continuing to take his MP’s pay – despite not appearing in the Commons since the video of the assault first emerged – saying he carried out casework for his constituents even while behind bars. He also rejected suggestions he had been treated lightly in having his sentence suspended, saying he was “going to lose the family home”, his livelihood and walk away with a criminal record. “If people think that’s lightly, so be it,” he said. Amesbury spent three nights in jail after his 10-week sentence was handed down at Chester magistrates court on 24 February. Chester crown court later suspended his sentence, allowing him to serve his time in the community. As part of his suspended sentence, he must carry out 200 hours of unpaid work, undertake an alcohol monitoring programme, go on an anger management course and carry out 20 days of rehabilitation work. Amesbury was first elected to parliament in 2017 to represent the Weaver Vale constituency and served in a number of frontbench positions between 2018 and 2023 under Starmer and Jeremy Corbyn. ```
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https://www.theguardian.com/law/2025/mar/06/ministers-criticise-two-tier-sentencing-changes-england-wales
Ministers criticise ‘two-tier’ sentencing changes in England and Wales | UK criminal justice | The Guardian =============== Ministers have criticised plans to make the ethnic background of offenders a greater factor in determining whether to jail them, saying they amounted to a “two-tier system” of justice. Sarah Jones, the industry minister, said the government was published on Wednesday by the Sentencing Council for England and Wales, which is an independent arm’s-length body. The guidance, aimed at tackling bias and reducing reoffending, puts more emphasis on the need for pre-sentence reports, which give details of the offender’s background, motives, and personal life before sentencing. Under the change, which would come into force on 1 April, magistrates and judges would be asked to consult a pre-sentence report before determining whether to imprison someone of an ethnic or religious minority as well as young adults, abuse survivors, and pregnant women. At present black and minority ethnic communities are of the criminal justice process in England and Wales, and are more likely to be imprisoned and receive longer sentences than white people. Asked about the new guidelines on LBC radio, Jones said: “We disagree with this decision. I think it’s really important in the country that people are trusting in the justice system that we have and that means you can’t have a two-tier system, it has to be fair, it has to be equal to everybody and so we have asked them to think again about this guidance.” Shabana Mahmood, the justice secretary, said overnight that she would write to the Council to “register my displeasure and to recommend reversing this change to guidance”. She added: “As someone who is from an ethnic minority background myself, I do not stand for any differential treatment before the law, for anyone of any kind. There will never be a two-tier sentencing approach under my watch.” Ministers’ reference to “two-tier justice” will raise eyebrows. The term “two-tier Keir” was used by critics, , to accuse the prime minister of taking a disproportionately tough approach to the far right and anti-immigration rioters after the Southport stabbing attack. Robert Jenrick, the shadow justice secretary, has also strongly criticised the guidelines and said he was concerned they meant a “blanket approach” where women and ethnic minorities would be less likely to get custodial sentences. “What these sentencing guidelines do is adopt a blanket approach,” Jenrick told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme. “They say that if you’re a woman, if you’re trans, if you’re neurodiverse, if you’re an ethnic minority, if you’re someone from a minority faith group … then the judge is required to commission a pre-sentencing report, a report which in many cases leads to a lesser sentence.” Speaking to Times Radio, Jenrick said that under the changes “essentially Christian and straight white men amongst other groups will be treated differently to the rest of society”. The consultation process on the sentencing guidance concluded last February, while the Conservatives were still in government. An earlier version of the guidelines published last spring was criticised by the then justice secretary, Alex Chalk, as “patronising”. Jones told Sky News that “ministers were not told or part of the decision-making for this”. “We must have a fair justice system. Everyone must be treated equally. We must not have two-tier systems of justice … I don’t think anybody would disagree with that. So we are asking the Sentencing Council to look again at this guidance that they put out.” The guidance is aimed in part at stopping criminals who are pregnant or mothers of children under one year old from being imprisoned. According to the there were 215 pregnant women in English prisons between April 2023 and March 2024, and 53 children were born to mothers in custody during the same period. ```
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/13/us-journalist-sues-indian-government-after-losing-his-overseas-citizenship
# US journalist sues Indian government after losing his overseas citizenship ## By Hannah Ellis-Petersen ### in Delhi #### Thu 13 Mar 2025 14.15 EDT Last modified on Thu 13 Mar 2025 14.44 EDT A US journalist has taken the Indian government to court after his Indian overseas citizenship was unilaterally cancelled, after the publication of a story critical of an Indian businessman. Raphael Satter had his OCI card taken away after publishing a story critical of an Indian businessman. OCI status is given to foreign citizens of Indian origin, or those married to Indian nationals, and allows for visa-free travel, residency and employment in India. Satter received his OCI through marriage. The cancellation of his OCI status means he is no longer able to travel to India, where members of his family live. In recent years, the ruling Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) government, led by the Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi, has been accused of for those it has deemed critical, part of what Human Rights Watch has called a campaign of “politically motivated repression”. Journalists, academics and activists have been a particular target. Several high-profile journalists have been forced to leave the country after their OCI cards were revoked and academics have been turned away at the Indian border. According to the letter sent to Satter in December 2023, his OCI status was revoked for his alleged “practising journalism without proper permission” and for work that had been “maliciously creating adverse and biased opinion against Indian institutions in the international arena”. Satter, who works in Washington DC, denies ever conducting journalism in India and has only travelled to the country to visit family. The Indian government provided no specifics to Satter’s lawyers on how his journalistic work had been deemed a national security threat to India. However, Satter’s lawyers noted that the cancellation of his OCI came at exactly the same time that a defamation case had been filed against him in India for a story he had written on the Indian cybersecurity company Appin and its co-founder Rajat Khare. Satter’s investigation for Reuters, titled “How an Indian startup hacked the world”, exposed the workings of Appin, alleging it had become “a hack-for-hire powerhouse that stole secrets from executives, politicians, military officials and wealthy elites around the globe”. Rajat Khare’s US representative, the lawfirm Clare Locke, rejected any association between its client and the cyber-mercenary business, telling Reuters that Khare “has never operated or supported, and certainly did not create, any illegal ‘hack for hire’ industry in India or anywhere else”. During the course of his inquiries into Appin and Khare, Satter said that he had received a series of threats made by individuals associated with the company, “one of whom alluded to potential ‘diplomatic action’ unless I abandoned my reporting”. “The petitioner and his employer, Reuters, began receiving threats from individuals linked to a company called Appin, which has hacked organisations in India and abroad,” Satter’s court petition says. On the same day that Satter received the notice of the OCI cancellation, a Delhi judge granted an injunction against the story, forcing it to be temporarily taken down. It was restored 10 months later. Karuna Nundy, the lawyer representing Satter, said the timing clearly “linked” the two events. She emphasised that, under Indian law, defamation is not grounds for OCI cancellation. Khare has been active in pursuing news organisations that have published articles on the activities of Appin. According to , at least 15 media outlets investigating Appin received legal notices and five have been subjected to legal proceedings. The New Yorker and the Sunday Times are among those who have faced legal action by entities representing Khare, who also has initiated legal proceedings in Switzerland against a story that mentioned his name. Reporters Without Borders described the magnitude of these gag lawsuits as “unprecedented”. The first court hearing for Satter’s case was heard in Delhi this week. In a statement sent to the Guardian, Satter said the Indian government’s decision to cancel his OCI had “effectively cut me off from members of my family and a country I hold in great affection and respect”. Satter was insistent that the decision was a “mistake or on a misunderstanding” by the ministry of home affairs and that he had only decided to go to court after not receiving any response to his appeal to the government for more than a year. “I am confident that, once the integrity of my journalism is demonstrated before the Indian courts and the true and correct facts are brought to the fore, the ministry of home affairs will see fit to restore my OCI card,” he said. The ministry of home affairs did not respond to requests for comment about Satter’s case. The Indian government now has until the next hearing, on 22 May, to respond to the petition and give legal justification for Satter’s OCI cancellation. The Modi government has cancelled more than 100 OCI cards while in power for the last decade. Among them was the , after he wrote a cover article for Time magazine criticising the prime minister. “A myopic policy”: India’s backing of ousted Bangladesh leader Sheikh Hasina leaves it in a bind ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi Narendra Modi’s ruling Hindu nationalist party wins crucial Delhi state elections -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Read more 2025-02-08T15:33:44.000Z Narendra Modi’s ruling Hindu nationalist party wins crucial Delhi state elections 8 Feb 2025 Modi’s government planning to repatriate 18,000 Indians living in US illegally ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Read more 2025-01-21T17:48:02.000Z Modi’s government planning to repatriate 18,000 Indians living in US illegally 21 Jan 2025 Indian opposition leader Arvind Kejriwal released on bail --------------------------------------------------------- Read more 2024-09-13T13:09:33.000Z Indian opposition leader Arvind Kejriwal released on bail 13 Sept 2024 Indian democracy fought back: Modi humbled as opposition gains ground --------------------------------------------------------------------- Read more 2024-06-19T14:25:08.000Z “Indian democracy fought back”: Modi humbled as opposition gains ground 9 Jun 2024 Muted election win for Modi may usher in new era for India’s oligarch class ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Read more 2024-07-09T13:27:17.000Z Muted election win for Modi may usher in new era for India’s oligarch class 9 Jul 2024 Narendra Modi sworn in for third term as prime minister of India ----------------------------------------------------------------- Read more 2024-06-09T15:21:08.000Z Narendra Modi sworn in for third term as prime minister of India 9 Jun 2024 India: author Arundhati Roy to be prosecuted over 2010 Kashmir remarks --------------------------------------------------------------------- Read more 2024-06-15T14:07:37.000Z India: author Arundhati Roy to be prosecuted over 2010 Kashmir remarks 15 Jun 2024 ‘Indian democracy fought back’: Modi humbled as opposition gains ground ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Read more 2024-06-09T10:08:10.000Z ‘Indian democracy fought back’: Modi humbled as opposition gains ground 9 Jun 2024 Muted election win for Modi may usher in new era for India’s oligarch class ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Read more 2024-06-07T13:27:17.000Z Muted election win for Modi may usher in new era for India’s oligarch class 7 Jun 2024 ```
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https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2gjjrzm54o
# Migrant deported in chains: 'No-one will go to US illegally now' ## By Yogita Limaye, South Asia and Afghanistan correspondent **7 days ago** Gurpreet Singh hoped to enter the US before President Trump's crackdown began. Gurpreet Singh was handcuffed, his legs shackled and a chain tied around his waist. He was led on to the tarmac in Texas by US Border Patrol, towards a waiting C-17 military transport aircraft. It was 3 February and, after a months-long journey, he realised his dream of living in America was over. He was being deported back to India. "It felt like the ground was slipping away from underneath my feet," he said. Gurpreet, 39, was one of thousands of Indians in recent years to have spent their life savings and crossed continents to enter the US illegally through its southern border, as they sought to escape an unemployment crisis back home. There are about 725,000 undocumented Indian immigrants in the US, the third largest group behind Mexicans and El Salvadoreans, according to the most recent figures from Pew Research in 2022. Now Gurpreet has become one of the first undocumented Indians to be sent home since President Donald Trump took office, with a promise to make mass deportations a priority. Gurpreet intended to make an asylum claim based on threats he said he had received in India, but - in line with an executive order from Trump to turn people away without granting them asylum hearings - he said he was removed without his case ever being considered. About 3,700 Indians were sent back on charter and commercial flights during President Biden's tenure, but recent images of detainees in chains under the Trump administration have sparked outrage in India. US Border Patrol released the images in an online video with a bombastic choral soundtrack and the warning: "If you cross illegally, you will be removed." A video showing shackled migrants being deported sparked outrage in Gurpreet's home of India "We sat in handcuffs and shackles for more than 40 hours. Even women were bound the same way. Only the children were free," Gurpreet told the BBC back in India. "We weren't allowed to stand up. If we wanted to use the toilet, we were escorted by US forces, and just one of our handcuffs was taken off." Opposition parties protested in parliament, saying Indian deportees were given "inhuman and degrading treatment". "There's a lot of talk about how Prime Minister Modi and Mr Trump are good friends. Then why did Mr Modi allow this?" said Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, a key opposition leader. Gurpreet said: "The Indian government should have said something on our behalf. They should have told the US to carry out the deportation the way it's been done before, without the handcuffs and chains." An Indian foreign ministry spokesman said the government had raised these concerns with the US, and that as a result, on subsequent flights, women deportees were not handcuffed and shackled. But on the ground, the intimidating images and President Trump's rhetoric seem to be having the desired effect, at least in the immediate aftermath. "No-one will try going to the US now through this illegal 'donkey' route while Trump is in power," said Gurpreet. In the longer term, this could depend on whether there are continued deportations, but for now many of the Indian people-smugglers, locally called "agents", have gone into hiding, fearing raids against them by Indian police. Gurpreet said Indian authorities demanded the number of the agent he had used when he landed back home, but the smuggler could no longer be reached. "I don't blame them, though. We were thirsty and went to the well. They didn't come to us," said Gurpreet. While the official headline figure puts the unemployment rate at only 3.2%, it conceals a more precarious picture for many Indians. Only 22% of workers have regular salaries, the majority are self-employed and nearly a fifth are 'unpaid helpers', including women working in family businesses. "You can say whatever you want about the economy on paper, but you need to see the reality on the ground. There are no opportunities here for us to work or run a business." The military plane carrying the first deported migrants landed in India last month Gupreet's trucking company was among the cash-dependent small businesses that were badly hit when the Indian government withdrew 86% of the currency in circulation with four hours notice. He said he didn't get paid by his clients, and had no money to keep the business afloat. Another small business he set up, managing logistics for other companies, also failed because of the Covid lockdown, he said. He said he tried to get visas to go to Canada and the UK, but his applications were rejected. Then he took all his savings, sold a plot of land he owned, and borrowed money from relatives to put together 4 million rupees ($45,000/£36,000) to pay a smuggler to organise his journey, Gurpreet told us. On 28 August 2024, he flew from India to Guyana in South America to start an arduous journey to the US. Gurpreet pointed out all the stops he made on a map on his phone. From Guyana he travelled through Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador and Colombia, mostly by buses and cars, partly by boat, and briefly on a plane - handed from one people-smuggler to another, detained and released by authorities a few times along the way. One of the migrants with Gurpreet took pictures of their journey through the jungle At night they would pitch tents in the jungle, eat a bit of food they were carrying and try to rest. "It was raining all the days we were there. We were drenched to our bones," he said. They were guided over three mountains in their first two days. After that, he said they had to follow a route marked out in blue plastic bags tied to trees by the smugglers. "My feet had begun to feel like lead. My toenails were cracked, and the palms of my hands were peeled off and had thorns in them. Still, we were lucky we didn't encounter any robbers." When they reached Panama, Gurpreet said he and about 150 others were detained by border officials in a cramped jail-like centre. After 20 days, they were released, he said, and from there it took him more than a month to reach Mexico, passing through Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras and Guatemala. Gurpreet said they waited for nearly a month in Mexico until there was an opportunity to cross the border into the US near San Diego. "We didn't scale a wall. There is a mountain near it which we climbed over. And there's a razor wire which the donker cut through," he said. Gurpreet entered the US on 15 January, five days before President Trump took office - believing that he had made it just in time, before the borders became impenetrable and rules became tighter. Once in San Diego, he surrendered to US Border Patrol, and was then detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). During the Biden administration, illegal or undocumented migrants would appear before an immigration officer who would do a preliminary interview to determine if each person had a case for asylum. While a majority of Indians migrated out of economic necessity, some also left fearing persecution because of their religious or social backgrounds, or their sexual orientation. If they cleared the interview, they were released, pending a decision on granting asylum from an immigration judge. The process would often take years, but they were allowed to remain in the US in the meantime. This is what Gurpreet thought would happen to him. He had planned to find work at a grocery store and then to get into trucking, a business he is familiar with. Instead, less than three weeks after he entered the US, he found himself being led towards that C-17 plane and going back to where he started. In their small house in Sultanpur Lodhi, a city in the northern state of Punjab, Gurpreet is now trying to find work to repay the money he owes, and fend for his family. _Additional reporting by Aakriti Thapar_ - - - - - ```
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https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/mar/05/uk-firms-ai-microsoft-uk-boss
Some companies are “stuck in neutral” in their approach to artificial intelligence, according to Microsoft’s UK boss, who said a significant number of private and public sector organisations lack any formal AI strategy. A Microsoft survey of nearly 1,500 UK senior leaders across public and private sectors, as well as 1,440 employees, found that more than half of executives feel their organisation has no official AI plan. Roughly the same proportion report a growing gap in productivity – a measure of economic efficiency – between employees who use AI and those who do not. Some organisations appear to be stuck in neutral, caught in the experimentation phase, rather than in the deployment – tools that can carry out tasks without human intervention. Early adopters of Microsoft’s Copilot Studio product, which deploys bots, include the blue-chip consulting firm McKinsey, which is using agents to carry out tasks such as scheduling meetings with prospective clients. The Tony Blair Institute, a thinktank, has estimated AI , although it expects the net loss to be in the low hundreds of thousands as the technology creates new roles. Speaking to the Guardian, Hardman said AI agents would remove the “digital drudgery” of people’s jobs and allow them to focus on the “creative aspects” of their jobs, potentially creating new roles as the first wave of the internet did for the retail sector. Referring to the creation of new roles in retail such as data analysts, web designers and social media managers, he said: “The nature of that industry changed with the onset of the internet. And I think the creation of an workplace is going to do the same.” Hardman said proposed reforms to UK copyright law, which are fiercely opposed by Britain’s creative industries, would provide “wider economic growth for the UK”. He said: “We think it’s going to provide clarity. We think it’s going to support AI development.” The UK government is proposing to allow tech companies such as Microsoft to use copyright-protected work without permission in order to train their models. Critics of the proposals have described them as a from the creative industries to the tech sector. Sign up to Business Today Free daily newsletter Get set for the working day – we'll point you to all the business news and analysis you need every morning Enter your email address Sign up **Privacy Notice:** Newsletters may contain info about charities, online ads, and content funded by outside parties. For more information see our . We use Google reCaptcha to protect our website and the Google and apply. Separately, the former chief executive of BP Bernard Looney has been appointed the chair of the UK technology startup ExpectAI. Looney left the oil and gas company in 2023 after admitting he had a series of personal relationships with his colleagues to the board. He has been appointed to help accelerate the expansion of ExpectAI, which uses data to help small and medium-sized businesses cut costs and reduce emissions. ```
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https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-autopen-signature-official-docs-raising-concerns-over-who-controlled-wh-report
# Biden used same autopen signature on most official docs, raising concerns over who controlled the WH: report Speaker Johnson shared earlier this year that then-President Biden didn't remember signing an EO. ## Speaker Johnson's Comments on Biden's Signature The Oversight Project, an initiative within the conservative Heritage Foundation that investigates the government to bolster transparency, posted to X on Thursday. The Oversight Project gathered every document they could find with Biden's signature over the course of his presidency, and all documents used the same autopen signature except for the announcement that the former President was dropping out of the race last year. Here is the autopen signature, the group claimed on X, accompanied by photo examples. President Joe Biden salutes while arriving for an event at the White House on Nov. 27, 2023. (Michael Reynolds/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images) Biden’s signature on the document announcing his departure from the 2024 race varied from the other two posted by the Oversight Project, showing a signature that wasn’t as clear as the one on the executive orders. President Joe Biden's signature in 2022. (Federal Register) President Joe Biden's signature in 2023. (Federal Register) President Joe Biden's signature in 2024. (Federal Register) Fox News Digital examined more than 20 Biden-era executive orders documented on the Federal Register’s office between 2021 and 2024, finding each had the same signature. President Joe Biden signs an executive order at the White House on Feb. 14, 2025. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) "Whoever controlled the autopen controlled the presidency," the Oversight Project posted to X, referring to President Biden's signature on the executive orders. "Whoever controlled the autopen" during the Biden administration, the Oversight Project shared Bailey’s letter in its thread investigating Biden’s signature on official documents, in addition to an interview with Speaker Johnson, R-La., who recounted that Biden didn’t remember signing an order freezing new liquid natural gas exports in 2024. "I didn’t do that," the president said, Johnson recounted during an interview with the Free Press’ Bari Weiss in January. 'Sir, you paused it, I know. I have the export terminals in my state. I talked to those people in my state, I’ve talked to those people this morning, this is doing massive damage to our economy, national security," Johnson said he told the president at the time. "I walked out of that meeting with fear and loathing because I thought, ‘We are in serious trouble – who is running the country?’" Johnson said of the 2024 meeting. "Like, I don’t know who put the paper in front of him, but he didn’t know," he added. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson talks with reporters at the Capitol on Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) The Oversight Project continued in its findings that investigators should determine "who controlled the autopen" during the Biden administration. "Given President Biden's decision to revoke Executive Privilege for individuals advising Trump during his first Presidency, this is a knowable fact that can be determined with the correct legal process?" the Oversight Project posted to X. All content on FOXNEWS.COM is created on a public platform for the purpose of serving the public. This content is provided by our contributors, who are responsible for their own comments and opinions. Fox News assumes no responsibility for the content of these comments or opinions. The opinions expressed in Fox News coverage based on interviews with our staff are those of the individual contributor or team and do not represent the opinion of Fox News. This content may not be edited or broadcast in other media. All trademarks are properties of their respective owners. ```
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https://abc7chicago.com/post/atg-truckload-trucking-company-ceo-dane-koletski-killed-fire-police-say-employee-custody-murder-michigan/16001775/
CEO of Crestwood trucking company found murdered; employee in custody: police ============================================================================ Suspect arrested in Michigan; Dane Koteski remembered as well-loved, very generous By Monday, March 10, 2025 5:00PM CRESTWOOD, Ill. (WLS) -- The CEO of a suburban trucking company was found killed inside a burning building last week; police said a longtime employee is a suspect. ### An employee is being accused of killing the CEO of ATG Truckload, Dane Koteski, and setting the business on fire in Crestwood, Illinois. CRESTWOOD, Ill. (WLS) -- The CEO of a suburban trucking company was found killed inside a burning building last week; police said a longtime employee is a suspect. ### An employee is being accused of killing the CEO of ATG Truckload, Dane Koteski, and setting the business on fire in Crestwood, Illinois. On Wednesday at about 4 p.m., police responded to heavy smoke coming from ATG Truckload, located at 13835 S. Kostner Ave., Crestwood police said. As firefighters extinguished the flames, a body was found in the building. Dane Koteski, 46, was found dead on the second floor. He was the CEO of ATG Truckload. According to the organizer of a campaign to raise money for his family, including his 13-year-old son, Koteski was well-known in the Serbian community for his kindness and generosity. Nick Dimitrov worked with Koteski for many years. >"The stuff I learned, I learned from him. He was helping people in the community anywhere he can, one of the well-respected guys in the community," Dimitrov said. The South Suburban Major Crimes Task Force is also involved in the investigation. It's unclear where the suspect may have been headed, or what his motive for the murder may have been. Crestwood police say they expect he will be brought back by the end of the week, and first-degree murder charges could be filed shortly after. Copyright © 2025 WLS-TV. All Rights Reserved. ```
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/09/ukraine-war-briefing-zelenskyy-fully-committed-to-dialogue-with-us-ahead-of-saudi-arabia-trip
# Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy ‘fully committed’ to dialogue with US ahead of Saudi Arabia trip Ukrainian representatives set to meet US team next week; Russian attack kills at least 14 people in the eastern Donetsk region. What we know on day 1,110 - ## - **15h ago** ## - **20h ago** ## - **12h ago** ## - **Today in Focus** **Will Putin derail Trump’s peace plan? – podcast** **12h ago** ## - **3d ago** ## - **3d ago** ## - **1d ago** ## - **2d ago** ## - **3d ago** ## - **3d ago** ## - **3d ago** ```
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https://www.theguardian.com/politics/blog/live/2025/mar/07/keir-starmer-ukraine-diplomacy-uk-politics-live-news
This blog will be closing shortly. Thank you for reading it and for commenting below the line. You can keep up to date with the Guardian’s UK politics reporting . Here are a couple of images from today on the newswires: Pictured (top L- bottom R): Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, UK prime minister Keir Starmer, Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau, Norwegian prime minister Jonas Gahr Støre, and Icelandic prime minister Kristrún Frostadóttir participate in a video conference with European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen, EU Council president Antonio Costa, and European Commission vice-president Kaja Kallas. Photograph: Olivier Matthys/EPA UK foreign secretary David Lammy, left, and Japanese foreign minister Takeshi Iwaya, shake hands prior to a meeting at the foreign ministry’s Iikura Guesthouse in Tokyo, Japan. Photograph: Getty Images Speaking to US news channel Newsmax after the meeting, Healey said the UK and Europe were on a “push for peace” in , reports the PA news agency. He said: > We’re certainly not terrified of a party (whose deputy leader) doesn’t know the name of his own councillors.” According to the PA news agency, Fox then went on to say there is “nothing in this bill that requires legislation” and MacAlister “should be a little bit ashamed of having campaigned so vigorously and then presented this bill”. **Caroline Voaden**, the Liberal Democrat MP for South Devon, said she hoped the bill marks “the first step in a journey which will be far-reaching and hopefully fairly swift”. She said: > I know I am not alone to be somewhat disappointed that the bill we see today is but a shadow of its former self, and that the government has been so timid in what it is willing to do to try and save our children and young people from something that is clearly causing them considerable harm.” In her contribution, MP for Darlington, **Lola McEvoy** said “there’s no case for children to have their smartphones in schools” and urged the government to “to get on with it and take as much action as we can”. Conservative MP **Damian Hinds**, who like **Kit Malthouse** previously served as education secretary, said a lack of evidence around digital harms is no reason not to legislate, instead calling on the government and researchers to prove online spaces are safe for children before they can be used. “It seems odd that we allow something to happen to our children because we cannot 100% prove it causes harm, rather than because we can prove that it is safe,” he told MPs. He said: > That is not the way we deal with children’s toys, it is not the way we deal with children’s food, it is not the way we deal with children’s medicines.” Data protection minister **Chris Bryant** said he was “not going to make any arguments today against action”, adding: > Everybody accepts that action is inevitable in this sphere.” He said he wanted to secure “the liberty of the individual at the same time as the protection of the vulnerable, and that’s precisely what we need to be able to adopt as we move forward”. Bryant said the government was working to implement the already-passed Online Safety Act “as fast as we possibly can”, adding that illegal content codes will come into force this month, with new duties on social media companies to detect and remove some content including child sexual abuse and terrorism material. He said children’s safety codes are “nearly finalised”, and told the Commons that the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology is running a feasibility study into the impact of smartphones and social media, due to report in May so ministers “have all the information that we need to make a considered view”. MPs agreed to adjourn the debate, which will be listed to resume on 11 July. ```
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https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/mar/02/i-hate-my-school-why-are-more-british-teenagers-plotting-shooting-attacks
On the morning of 13 September, 18-year-old Nicholas Prosper was arrested while walking on a residential road in Luton. Minutes before, he had murdered his mother, younger brother, and sister, shooting them dead in their family home. Neighbours called police after hearing gunfire coming from the flat in Leabank tower, on Luton’s Marsh Farm estate, and officers found Prosper shortly afterwards on Bramingham Road. Later that day, searches of the area uncovered a loaded shotgun and more than 30 cartridges hidden in a nearby bush. Police now believe Prosper had only carried out the first half of his plan, and was plotting a shooting at St Joseph’s Catholic primary school, where he and his siblings were pupils years before. The location where the teenager was detained sits on the most direct walking route between his home and the school, meaning the incident could be the closest Britain has come to a school shooting since the 1996 Dunblane massacre. Police revealed the plot after Prosper pleaded guilty on Monday to murdering his mother, Juliana Falcon, 48, sister Giselle Prosper, 13, and brother Kyle Prosper, 16. Detective Chief Inspector Sam Khanna, from the Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire Major Unit, said: “What was uncovered during our investigation left no doubt as to his intentions to carry out an attack at a school, but fortunately Prosper was apprehended before he could cause any further harm.” The case is one of a growing number of school-shooting plots detected in the UK, where young men and boys are being inspired by online material glorifying US massacres, including the 1999 Columbine High School shooting. In the year to March 2024, 162 referrals were made to Prevent (the government-led counter-terrorism scheme) related to interest in school massacres, up 2% on the year before. Only 19 resulted in people being adopted for intervention and mentoring under the programme. Under current laws, would-be school shooters who lack an ideological aim cannot be prosecuted for preparing acts of terrorism. Cases have therefore been dealt with using a wide range of laws, including conspiracy to murder and possessing a firearm with intent to endanger life. Jonathan Hall KC, the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation, said these cases were a “worry” and that tracking the extent of the problem was difficult. “School shooting obsessions crop up in a lot of counter-terrorism casework,” he told the _Observer_. “The question is … is the size of the problem fully recognised, and is there something so unique about this cohort that additional ways of managing the risk needs to be found?” *The victims of Nicholas Prosper: his sister Giselle, mother Juliana and brother Kyle. Photograph: Bedfordshire Police/PA* Hall said that school-shooting plots that do not involve an ideological cause do not come under the legal definition of terrorism, but appear to be “very appealing to individuals with a strong sense of grievance”. “Given the young age at which people are now coming across the counter-terrorism radar, perhaps it’s not surprising that a major source of grievance is their school,” he added. Three days before Prosper lodged his guilty pleas, an unnamed 17-year-old boy admitted wanting to carry out a mass shooting at his school in Edinburgh, having “idolised” the Columbine killers and openly talked to fellow pupils of his admiration. Last January, a gun-obsessed Lidl warehouse worker was found to be building an armoury of homemade firearms and explosives for both a “hitman-style attack” on police and his work colleagues, and a separate bombing and mass shooting plot against his former school. Reed Wischhusen, then 31, again took inspiration from the Columbine massacre, as did Gloucestershire teenager Kyle Davies, whose own plans were foiled when authorities intercepted a Glock handgun and ammunition he ordered online. Weeks after Davies was arrested in 2018, two boys were jailed for plotting a mass shooting at their Yorkshire secondary school when they were just 14. Thomas Wyllie and Alex Bolland idolised the Columbine shooters and a judge found that they wanted to create “terror on the scale of the school shootings that have been seen in America”, having drawn up a hit-list including fellow pupils and teachers, collected explosives manuals, and planned to steal shotguns for the task. “If this is found I have committed one of the worst atrocities in British history or I killed myself,” Wyllie wrote in his diary. “I hate my school. I will obliterate it. I will kill everyone.” While only a small number of school massacre plots have been formally confirmed and prosecuted in the UK, many more have been suspected. Police who investigated the Southport attack believe that Axel Rudakubana’s original target may have been his former secondary school, but that he changed his plans after his father prevented him taking a taxi there on the last day of term, which was a week before his attack on a Taylor Swift-themed dance class. In 2019, he had been reported to Prevent after a teacher saw him researching during an IT class. Prosper, meanwhile, will be sentenced later this month, and his guilty pleas mean that the details of his inspiration, planning, and preparation have not yet been made public. But the _Observer_ has seen several online accounts used by the teenager which show a strong interest in school shootings and violence. Videos uploaded on his YouTube channel demonstrated an obsession with a video game, with a vow to “mutilate” his sister for “making the incorrect choices” relating to a child character. Prosper called himself the character’s “chosen one”, saying he was guided by the fictional eight-year-old girl “as Christans are guided by Jesus Christ”. His online footprint also indicated a strong interest in school shootings. Email addresses linked to the teenager appeared to pay homage to Adam Lanza, who carried out the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, while his Instagram page included drawings of Lanza and the Columbine shooters. All three men are widely glorified in online communities that focus on mass killings, with TikTok videos, drawings, and fanfiction regularly posted online by fans around the world. Researchers at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue have been tracking these online movements, where they say young people are forging an “emotional connection” and “parasocial relationship” with past mass shooters. Senior analyst Cody Zoschak said the forums were driving a “combination of self-radicalisation and group-enforcing radicalisation” towards violence. “The subcultures are very closely intertwined with each other and with ideological communities, particularly the far right,” he added. “But right now, there’s no bucket for these people to be put in by the authorities, so they’re being treated like ideologically motivated individuals, or they’re slipping through the cracks because they don’t fit the criteria.” Gina Vale, a University of Southampton criminologist who co-authored a landmark report on teenage terror offenders in England and Wales, said that school shooters are “leading by example” for British children who aspire to their own attacks. “School shootings in the US perpetrated by teenagers provide a tangible example to children and young people in the UK of committing mass violence,” she said. “The massacre at Columbine High School has become prominent among violent extremist youth who seek to emulate not only the achievement of mass casualties, but also the symbolism of the attackers – down to and including the distinctive clothing worn during the massacre.” Zoschak believes the phenomenon is part of a wider trend towards “nihilistic violence” that is markedly different from the ideological terrorism that security systems in the UK were designed to tackle. “The violence is emotional and self-serving rather than political or ideological, and there’s really no desired consequence – the violence is the point,” he said. A government spokesperson said an independent inquiry into the Southport killings will be looking at the wider challenge of rising youth violence and extremism to ensure no one falls through the cracks. “We continue to work at pace to identify the nature and scale of a growing cohort fixated with violence and to improve multi-agency interventions to manage the risk they pose,” they said. ```
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/07/spy-trial-scheming-bluster-tangled-relationships
# ‘The dumbest thing I’ve ever done’: spy trial’s tales of scheming, bluster and a love triangle It began with a simple request, though it was written by one of the world’s most wanted men. “We’d be interested in a Bulgarian guy working for Bellingcat: Christo Grozev,” the author wrote at 7.46pm on 14 December 2020. Another message followed on Telegram: “Can we look into this guy or would it raise too many questions?” And so a spy ring of Bulgarians based in Britain but working for Russia began to form. The author was Jan Marsalek, a fugitive businessman accused of involvement in a €1.9bn fraud on the German payments company Wirecard – and an agent for . Earlier that year he had fled to Moscow, and now he had time on his hands. The message’s recipient was Orlin Roussev, 47, an IT specialist and private investigator who had been based in the UK for several years – and somebody Marsalek appeared to know well. At Marsalek’s direction, Roussev built a network of Bulgarians whose activities stretched across – from Vienna to Valencia, Stuttgart to Montenegro. Their work included intensive surveillance, magnified by talk of kidnap and murder, but there was also bluster and bravado, amateurish planning and chaotic mistakes. And in the background was a tangle of relationships, a love triangle and a fake cancer diagnosis. All three defendants told the court they had been manipulated, and two of the three even said they had thought they were working for Interpol, not Russian intelligence. Much of this played out in court seven at the Old Bailey during a three-month trial of three of those involved, described dismissively by Roussev as “the minions”. The defendants were each charged with a single count of espionage, which they denied – saying they had been manipulated. But the most revealing details emerged in the extraordinary dialogue – across 78,747 Telegram messages – between the ringleader, Roussev, and his boss, Marsalek, that police had been fortunate to find. The key breakthrough, officers acknowledged, was finding the messages on Roussev’s phone: the IT specialist had forgotten to press delete. Body-worn camera footage of Roussev’s arrest at his home, a former guesthouse in Great Yarmouth, shortly after 6am on 8 February 2023 shows officers finding hundreds of thousands of pounds’ worth of IT equipment piled up in several rooms in what Roussev called his “Indiana Jones garage”. With police officers at his throat, Roussev boldly tried to claim “I think it’s the wrong place” – but the weight of evidence was such that he pleaded guilty to espionage before the trial began. In December 2020, when Marsalek asked Roussev to start collecting information about Grozev, Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine was still more than a year away. In Britain, MI5 hoped that Russian spying was at a low ebb. After the UK had expelled 23 Russian diplomats in 2018 after the , Moscow was believed to no longer have any traditional embassy-based spies at its disposal. Keen to maintain its espionage activities however, the Kremlin concluded new methods were needed, recruiting criminals and the naive, often without training, to carry out its dirty work. Prosecutors and police concluded the spy ring was involved in six main plots. The first – and one of the two most important – was the intensive surveillance of Grozev across Europe, coupled with efforts to seize his laptop, a particular obsession of Marsalek’s. Grozev had worked with Navalny – before the latter’s ill-fated return to Russia – on the investigations exposing the poisoning plot and its links to the FSB, which had embarrassed the Kremlin. “Our friends are 95% certain Grozev is ‘managed’ by MI6,” Marsalek wrote in January 2022. |Jan Marsalek. | At Marsalek’s direction, Roussev first orchestrated the surveillance of a villa linked to Grozev in his native Bulgaria. The effort then expanded to Vienna, where the journalist lived, and then to following him to a Bellingcat conference in Valencia, Spain. A camera was trained on Grozev’s apartment in Vienna, though they discovered he was living at his father’s flat out of town. His post was intercepted. Marsalek and Roussev discussed hacking his wifi in Vienna – and they regularly debated kidnapping him or worse, though abduction plans did not develop. It “feels like we must poison him next, just to live up to past stories”, Marsalek wrote to Roussev in September 2021. |A selfie of Vanya Gaberova and Biser Dzhambazov shown to the jury. | Roussev found a way to obtain airline reservations and told Marsalek he was paying somebody at Swissport, which provides airport services, €1,000 a month to access the system. They monitored Grozev’s travel plans and worked out he was going to the Bellingcat event in Valencia in September 2021. Plans were made to follow him, but Roussev did not carry out surveillance himself – in fact, he was not described as having left the UK at all. To carry out the operations on the ground, Roussev needed a team. Biser Dzhambazov, 43, was a medical courier working in London and a close friend of Roussev. The operation’s number two, he called himself Max, or “Mad Max”. In his WhatsApp chats with Roussev, he called himself “Van Dam”, after Jean-Claude Van Damme, while his boss was “Jackie Chan”. Dzhambazov was described in the trial as a larger-than-life character, always laughing and joking – “the soul of the party”, one defendant said. Like Roussev, he pleaded guilty and did not appear or give evidence in the trial. In August 2021, as the surveillance of Grozev in Vienna was getting going, Dzhambazov’s personal life was becoming more complicated. He had known Katrin Ivanova, 33, a lab technician and the first defendant in the spy trial, since she was 17 and had lived with her for years. They worked at the same firm and lived in a one-bedroom flat in Harrow, north-west London. But that spring he had met the second defendant, Vanya Gaberova, 30, a beautician, and by August he was declaring his feelings for her – insisting his relationship with Ivanova was effectively over. |Katrin Ivanova. | She told the jury she had been manipulated by Dzhambazov, with whom she said she had been in an abusive relationship, though it was not violent. She told the court she had no idea she had been spying for Russia, portraying herself as apolitical. Instead, she said she had been told Grozev was a corrupt journalist and she was going to help expose his relationship with an arms dealer. The chief prosecutor, Alison Morgan KC, used Ivanova’s personal life to try to show she was not a naive victim but somebody with her own judgment and agency. Morgan described Ivanova as a liar but “not a stupid person”, and she forced her to admit to the court that she had also been having an affair. “I want to kidnap him right now,” Marsalek wrote to Roussev. Ivanova told the jury she took on the job simply because she was asked to by Dzhambazov. “I was supporting a partner,” she told the court, and insisted she felt no fear in secretly recording the reporter. “I thought it was like a bandage in a hospital,” she said. The third and final defendant in court was Gaberova’s ex-boyfriend Tihomir Ivanchev, a painter and decorator, who was arrested a year after the two women. The most peripheral of the three, he said he was recruited by Gaberova and Dzhambazov to help with the surveillance of Grozev in Montenegro. Unlike the two other defendants, who chose to undergo cross-examination from Morgan, he did not give evidence, but he was the only one to have given a detailed police interview. Ivanchev described his recruitment by Dzhambazov in a conversation outside a pub in the autumn of 2021. He said he was not shown any fake ID by Dzhambazov, but was persuaded that he worked for Interpol when Dzhambazov showed him some pictures of faked passports from his phone. Ivanchev said he was asked to help Dzhambazov, though there was no training and no equipment was provided. Ivanchev was asked to go to Vienna where he would take some pictures relating to the surveillance of Grozev on his own phone, for which he would be paid €200 a day plus expenses – though this was cut to €150 after he was accused of being lazy. “There was too much pressure for this money,” he told police. |The car to contain the Imsi catcher was rigged up with a large red button at the front on the left above the air conditioning vent. Prosecutors said this was to power up the surveillance device. | Reconnaissance completed, the planning for the audacious operation continued. “Our friends here have asked to ask you/the team to be extremely careful,” Marsalek warned in early December. Roussev managed to buy a left-hand-drive Chrysler for £4,200 in cash from a secondhand dealer in the UK. A plan was made to secrete the Imsi catcher within and power it with an extra car battery. Police found the car in a community garage attached to Dzhambazov and Ivanova’s flat in Harrow, and it had been rigged up with a large red button at the front. “It might as well say ‘press go for Imsi’,” Morgan theatrically told the court. Police believe the plan appeared to be technically sound, but it was foiled days before it was due to be carried out by the pre-dawn arrests of Roussev, Dzhambazov, Ivanova and Gaberova. Investigators traced more than €210,000 of money flowing from Roussev to the others involved, principally indirectly via Dzhambazov. For all the soap opera of relationships and behind-the-scenes boasting, Cdr Dom Murphy, the Met’s head of counter-terrorism, said the spy ring’s activities were sophisticated, they engaged frequently “in lifestyle surveillance”, and “the concern is what is it going to be used for”. Today, Grozev lives in New York, away from his family, because Europe is no longer safe enough. And as the events described at the Old Bailey demonstrate, Russia’s threatening efforts persist and increase. ```
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https://apnews.com/article/champions-league-real-madrid-atletico-arsenal-d2e6c2d754169a036f28ee83f4029d2c
Real Madrid beat Atletico Madrid in a penalty shootout for the 2024 Champions League semi-final ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Atletico Madrid scored their first goal in 51 minutes, when Mario Ceballos scored after a defensive error. However, Real Madrid snatched victory in the second round, when Angel Magal scored in 15 minutes. On Wednesday, the teams play in another penalty shootout. Atletico scored their first goal in 51 minutes, when Mario Ceballos scored after a defensive error. However, Real Madrid snatched victory in the second round, when Angel Magal scored in 15 minutes. "Real Madrid beat Atletico Madrid in a penalty shootout for the 2024 Champions League semi-final," the team said on social media. The semi-finals will take place on Wednesday at 6 p.m. ET. Real Madrid will be hosting in the United States, while Atletico will play in Europe. The semi-finals will take place on Wednesday at 6 p.m. ET. Real Madrid will be hosting in the United States, while Atletico will play in Europe. **Teams Playing in 2024 Champions League Semi-Finals** **Real Madrid** - **Date:** Wednesday, March 15, 2024 - **Time:** 6 p.m. ET - **Location:** United States **Atletico Madrid** - **Date:** Wednesday, March 15, 2024 - **Time:** 6 p.m. ET - **Location:** Europe Real Madrid have secured their spot in the 2024 Champions League semi-finals, beating Atletico Madrid in a thrilling penalty shootout. Real Madrid have secured their spot in the 2024 Champions League semi-finals, beating Atletico Madrid in a thrilling penalty shootout. Atletico Madrid has secured their spot in the 2024 Champions League semi-finals, beating Real Madrid in a thrilling penalty shootout. The semi-finals will take place on Wednesday at 6 p.m. ET. Real Madrid will be hosting in the United States, while Atletico will play in Europe. The semi-finals will take place on Wednesday at 6 p.m. ET. 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**Penalty Shootout:** 16 goals - **Penalty Shootout Percentage:** 67% - **Goals Scored by Atletico Madrid:** - **Penalty Shootout:** 16 goals - **Penalty Shootout Percentage:** 67% - **Penalty Shootout:** - **Real Madrid:** 16 goals - **Atletico Madrid:** 16 goals - **Penalty Shootout Percentage:** - **Real Madrid:** 67% - **Atletico Madrid:** 67% - **Goals Scored by Real Madrid:** - **Penalty Shootout:** 16 goals - **Penalty Shootout Percentage:** 67% - **Goals Scored by Atletico Madrid:** - **Penalty Shootout:** 16 goals - **Penalty Shootout Percentage:** 67% - **Penalty Shootout:** - **Real Madrid:** 16 goals - **Atletico Madrid:** 16 goals - **Penalty Shootout Percentage:** - **Real Madrid:** 67% - **Atletico Madrid:** 67% - **Goals Scored by Real Madrid:** - **Penalty Shootout:** 16 goals - **Penalty Shootout Percentage:** 67% - **Goals Scored by Atletico Madrid:** - **Penalty Shootout:** 16 goals - **Penalty Shootout Percentage:** 67% - **Penalty Shootout:** - **Real Madrid:** 16 goals - 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**Penalty Shootout:** 16 goals - **Penalty Shootout Percentage:** 67% - **Penalty Shootout:** - **Real Madrid:** 16 goals - **Atletico Madrid:** 16 goals - **Penalty Shootout Percentage:** - **Real Madrid:** 67% - **Atletico Madrid:** 67% - **Goals Scored by Real Madrid:** - **Penalty Shootout:** 16 goals - **Penalty Shootout Percentage:** 67% - **Goals Scored by Atletico Madrid:** - **Penalty Shootout:** 16 goals - **Penalty Shootout Percentage:** 67% ```
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2025/03/08/toronto-pub-shooting-12-injured-police-search/82047298007/
# Toronto pub shooting leaves 12 injured; police search for suspect A shooting at a pub in Toronto, Canada, Friday night left 12 people injured, including six with gunshot wounds, police said. Three men, who are still at-large, entered the pub in the Scarborough district just before 10:40 p.m. and opened fire on patrons, who were seated in booths or standing at the bar, Superintendent Paul MacIntyre of Organized Crime Enforcement told reporters early Saturday morning. One of the men had an assault-style rifle and the two others used handguns, MacIntyre said. "They walked into the bar, they produced their guns and they opened fire indiscriminately on the people sitting inside the restaurant, inside the bar," MacIntyre said. None of the victims' conditions were life-threatening. Six were wounded with gunshots and the other injuries were from flying glass and other causes, he said. They range in age from 20s to mid-50s, Toronto police said in a statement. "I'm happy to report by the grace of God that there's been no fatalities," MacIntyre said. The pub was identified as Piper Arms Pub by media outlets including the and the . According to its Facebook page, Piper Arms was . The motive for the attack is not yet clear, MacIntyre said, and investigators are working to determine if someone inside the bar was targeted, whether the suspects had a vendetta against the bar itself or whether it could have been random. The suspects wore face coverings during the shooting, he said. "I am deeply troubled to hear reports of a shooting at a pub in Scarborough," Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow said in a post to social media. "My thoughts are with the victims and their families." ## Brazen attack caught on video, police say Investigators have seen video footage of the shooting, MacIntyre said. Pubgoers were seated at booths with friends, with food and drinks on the tables, or standing at the bar area before the shooting began, he said. When the gunmen opened fire, people fell to the floor or ducked for cover. Some ran into the pub's basement for safety until police arrived. "This was a brazen and reckless act of violence that's really shaken our community and the city itself," MacIntyre said. The scene in the aftermath is "eerie," he said. Food and drink remain on abandoned tables. Glass and blood are scattered throughout the building. People's handbags and shoes were left behind. "It's a pub with nobody inside. It's eerie," McIntyre said. ## Japanese Endocrinologists Warns Reason Behind High Glucose Levels in US [](https://1337.switchhomehub.com/679cceeb715ed04ea8121d58?sub1=44325947&utm_source=Taboola&sub3=4098974390&sub4=usatodaydemo&utm_campaign=Japanese+Endocrinologists+Warns+Reason+Behind+High+Glucose+Levels+in+US&sub6=Desktop&sub7=1168&sub8=http%3A%2F%2Fcdn.taboola.com%2Flibtrc%2Fstatic%2Fthumbnails%2F14a546c78938ee3182ca5fe59d307b97.png&sub9=2025-03-15+13%3A57%3A18&ref_id=GiAr9Zt2sGqgJmDmYlPwuv0HlrvVG1btxKXACc0UqQiSMCDQmF8onpD9h9v4s-GeATCQCQ#tblciGiAr9Zt2sGqgJmDmYlPwuv0HlrvVG1btxKXACc0UqQiSMCDQmF8onpD9h9v4s-GeATCQCQ#tblciGiAr9Zt2sGqgJmDmYlPwuv0HlrvVG1btxKXACc0UqQiSMCDQmF8onpD9h9v4s-GeATCQCQ) ## Discovery Effortless Glucose Monitoring: Request a Free Trial Dexcom G7 Is Easy To Use and Easy To Get Started. Simply Sign Up For A Free 10-Day Trial Today. ```
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https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/03/president-trump-is-unleashing-american-energy/
# President Trump is Unleashing American Energy **The White House** **March 4, 2025** President Donald J. Trump knows American energy is the cornerstone of the American advantage — and that having efficient, reliable, and affordable energy is the key to American security. - President Trump a National Energy Emergency to unlock America’s full energy potential and bring down costs for American families. - The U.S. is now the net exporter of natural gas in the world. - President Trump the National Energy Dominance Council to maximize use of America’s extensive energy resources. - President Trump every one of the Biden Administration’s job-killing, pro-China, anti-American energy regulations. - President Trump the job-killing “Green New Scam.” - President Trump from the disastrous Paris Climate Agreement, which unfairly ripped off our country. - President Trump federal permitting for massive wind farms, which degrade our natural landscapes and fail to serve American consumers. - President Trump bureaucratic regulations that impeded Alaska’s ability to develop its vast natural resources. - President Trump 625 million acres for offshore drilling, which Biden banned in his waning days, in order to “drill, baby, drill.” - President Trump an Obama-era rule on greenhouse gases. - President Trump the Liquefied Natural Gas pause and the first LNG project since the Biden Administration banned them last year. ```
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https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2025/mar/11/cheltenham-festival-2025-champion-hurdle-day-one-horse-racing-live-constitution-hill-horse-racing
**4.00 Champion Hurdle** We can’t rule out State Man, though, and he pulls clear at the last … but with the race at his mercy, he falls at the last! Brighterdaysahead has to move aside, and suddenly **Golden Ace** is away and clear. It’s a shock victory for the 25-1 shot! SELECTION: NOW IS THE HOUR. **11.23 EDT** Patrick Wadge on his first-ever Cheltenham winner. “His jumping hasn’t always been the best, don’t know what happened there but I just let him do his thing … it’s a dream come true!” It’s a win for trainer Lucinda Russell and Scotland, and Wadge ended up on Myretown after Derek Fox opted to ride Whistle Stop Tour. “I wasn’t sure whether to run him,” Russell reveals. **10.58 EDT** 3.20 Mares’ Hurdle latest odds _Odds _: Lossiemouth 4/5 Jade De Grugy 6/1 July Flower 17/2 Joyeuse 12/1 Take No Chances 25/1 Dysart Enos 33/1 Jetara 40/1 Gala Marceau 50/1 Queen’s Gamble 66/1 _Market mover _: Take No Chances (33/1 into 20/1) **10.54 EDT** Patrick Wadge on his first-ever Cheltenham winner. “His jumping hasn’t always been the best, don’t know what happened there but I just let him do his thing … it’s a dream come true!” It’s a win for trainer Lucinda Russell and Scotland, and Wadge ended up on Myretown after Derek Fox opted to ride Whistle Stop Tour. “I wasn’t sure whether to run him,” Russell reveals. **10.51 EDT** Ultima Handicap Chase: Myretown streaks to dominant win Cheltenham 2.40 1 Myretown (P W Wadge) 13-2 Fav 2 The Changing Man (Brendan Powell) 7-1 3 Malina Girl (K M Donoghue) 14-1 4 Happygolucky (J J Burke) 28-1 **10.51 EDT** Patrick Wadge on his first-ever Cheltenham winner. “His jumping hasn’t always been the best, don’t know what happened there but I just let him do his thing … it’s a dream come true!” It’s a win for trainer Lucinda Russell and Scotland, and Wadge ended up on Myretown after Derek Fox opted to ride Whistle Stop Tour. “I wasn’t sure whether to run him,” Russell reveals. **10.48 EDT** Ultima Handicap Chase: Myretown leads with The Changing Man following … but nobody is catching Patrick Wadge on Myretown! **10.49 EDT** Ultima Handicap Chase: Myretown, Frero Banbou, The Changing Man, Katate Dori and Happygolucky all in the leading group with three to jump … **10.46 EDT** Ultima Handicap Chase: Rutting Lake and The Changing Man join the leading duo as the pack bunches up somewhat with 12 fences to go … **10.45 EDT** Ultima Handicap Chase: Guard Your Dreams, with Kielan Woods, falls at the first fence. Myretown leads Frero Banbou, with Zanahiyr the second to fall. **10.08 EDT** **2.40 Ultima Handicap Chase** Henry’s Friend and Malina Girl are threatening, but **Myretown** still leads with The Changing Man following … but nobody is catching Patrick Wadge on Myretown! **10.46 EDT** Ultima Handicap Chase: Guard Your Dreams, with Kielan Woods, falls at the first fence. Myretown leads Frero Banbou, with Zanahiyr the second to fall. ```
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https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/mar/14/labour-hereditary-peers-clung-on-26-years-house-lords
# Labour’s cautionary tale: how hereditary peers clung on for 26 years ## Delay in removing hereditaries from Lords illustrates how hard it will be to push through more significant changes The only solid measure that Keir Starmer’s government has introduced to change the House of Lords is on its way to becoming law, but not without . Labour’s manifesto promise to remove members of the who vote in parliament’s second chamber by birthright was the most straightforward change. The limited measure, an overdue completion of the removal of hereditary peers that began 26 years ago, is a further illustration of the constitutional difficulties of reforming parliament’s second chamber. Conservative peers have determinedly delayed the bill, talking up the merits of hereditary peers’ contributions to lawmaking, and putting down , with alternative proposals, which have gummed up the Lords with . Nick Thomas-Symonds, the minister for the constitution, described the removal of the hereditary peers as “a landmark reform” in September. “The hereditary principle in lawmaking has lasted for too long and is out of step with modern Britain,” he said. “The second chamber plays a vital role in our constitution and people should not be voting on our laws in parliament by an accident of birth.” But the last time Labour resolved to remove hereditary peers, when Tony Blair won the general election in 1997, the party itself was responsible for compromising; it agreed to retain 92 earls, barons and dukes. That stalled process is a cautionary tale about the obstacles to Lords reform, particularly given Labour has said in its manifesto that it has ambitious plans to ultimately with a modernised second chamber that represents the UK’s nations and regions. Blair’s government capitulated in 1999 to a threat made by Tories in the Lords to block legislation if the measure was enacted without further changes. then agreed the deal whereby most hereditary peers, 667, were removed, but the sub-group of 92 was retained. This was to be temporary until a second stage of promised Lords changes. That never happened. From 2010, Conservative prime ministers made clear they had no intention of changing the Lords, so 92 hereditary peers have remained in the chamber for another quarter of a century. A process to maintain that number also persisted, despite peers in both main parties variously criticising it as a “farce” and “ludicrous”. When a sitting hereditary peer died or retired, “byelections” were held to replace them. The only candidates in the byelections were other hereditary peers in the same party who had been removed in 1999, or their children, and the only people able to vote were sitting hereditary peers from the same party as the peer being replaced. Two of the 92 hereditary peers, who hold the ceremonial offices of earl marshal and lord great chamberlain, will remain after Starmer’s changes, but not as voting members. Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, the Marquess of Salisbury, in 2009. Photograph: Tim Scrivener/Shutterstock Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, the Marquess of Salisbury, who was the Conservative leader of the upper house in 1999, acknowledges that he secured the compromise and retention of the smaller group. He threatened to block legislation, but now says he had no intention of carrying out his threat as he believed in . Salisbury says he argued for retaining some hereditary peers as an irritant that would encourage Blair’s government to do more, and described as “bullshit” the arguments he and colleagues used to justify the figure of 92. “If the government had held their nerve I would have crumbled, but they didn’t,” he said. “I thought the 92 hereditary peers might last only a few more months, not 26 years.” The Labour peer Bruce Grocott, who was a Downing Street adviser in 1999, says the government took Salisbury’s threat seriously. “We couldn’t take the risk,” he said. “The act retaining the 92 hereditary peers was passed under duress.” Carwyn Jones, the former first minister of Wales, was a member of Labour’s constitutional commission, chaired by Gordon Brown, that recommended replacing the Lords with a mostly elected second chamber representing the nations and regions. “The 26 years it has taken to remove the hereditary peers, which is the right thing to do, show that such changes are never easy,” said Jones, who was made a life peer in January. “When we do decide on the longer-term reforms, we need to be resolute in taking them forward.” The legislation to remove the final hereditary peers has nevertheless met determined resistance in the Lords. Hereditary peers have argued in debates that they are independent because they are not there by prime ministerial appointment, that many work hard, and if they are to be removed, it should be as part of wider changes. Malcolm Sinclair, the Earl of Caithness, whose , described the legislation as a “spiteful little bill” Bill) in December. Tory and hereditary peers then put down that have taken up so much parliamentary time. But given the convention that the Lords does not block a government’s manifesto commitments, the bill will become law. The general impression of hereditary peers has long been that their titles, like that of Caithness, are ancient legacies of pre-democratic times, granted by a monarch centuries ago. Many of the 92 are in this aristocratic category, including the Duke of Norfolk, currently Edward William Fitzalan-Howard, a peerage originally granted in 1312 by Edward II; and the Earl of Shrewsbury, Charles Henry John Benedict Crofton Chetwynd Chetwynd-Talbot, the 22nd holder of a title first created in 1074. But most in the Lords are not of that tradition; hereditary peerages continued to be created until 1984, when the former Conservative prime minister Harold Macmillan was ennobled as the Earl of Stockton. David Hanson, when he was a Labour MP, was a perennial critic of hereditary peers remaining in the Lords, and singled out the 3rd Earl Attlee as “perhaps the worst example”. John Attlee sits as a Conservative, having inherited the peerage given to his grandfather Clement Attlee, a Labour prime minister whose 1945-51 government introduced the NHS and the welfare state. John Attlee, Earl Attlee. Photograph: Yui Mok/PA “It beggars belief to think that the first Earl Attlee – a Labour prime minister who implemented some of the most dramatic reforms in Britain’s history – would have sat in the House of Lords and voted the same way as his grandson will today,” ). Hanson lost his Commons seat in the 2019 general election, and in July last year was himself appointed to the Lords by Starmer, who made him a Home Office minister. Attlee said he respects Hanson’s right to raise the point. Like other hereditary peers, he defended his tenure. “Once the legislation comes into full effect, all the peers on the political benches will owe their position in parliament to knowing someone in the Westminster bubble,” he said. Grocott acquired some renown within the Lords for speaking with a scathing wit when he repeatedly proposed bills to abolish the hereditary peer byelections, but they never passed. Now the 92 are to be removed, Grocott said: “People joke with me and ask what I’ll do with my life now this is finally happening. I have to admit to a certain satisfaction at being part of a campaign that has reached a conclusion, and has finally settled the fairly basic principle – that you can’t be a legislator by birth.” ```
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https://www.foxnews.com/video/6369853980112
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https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/hkbno2yngfrpyDBQF/why-people-commit-white-collar-fraud-ozy-linkpost
# Why People Commit White Collar Fraud (Ozy linkpost) I have been seriously involved in the rationalist community since 2014. Many people I know have, in my considered opinion, committed financial crimes. Some were prosecuted others were not. Almost all of them thought they weren't doing anything wrong. Or at least the discrepancies weren't a big deal. This is a good review about fraud and why people do it. Soltes suggests a simple plan for avoiding committing fraud: 1. Regularly explain your work life to someone—your spouse, your best friend, your mom—whom you trust, who has good judgment, and who doesn’t work at the same company as you. 2. If the person says “what the fuck? what are you doing? that’s fraud!”, believe them. That’s what happened in the only case Soltes found of someone _stopping_ their fraud before it all collapsed around them. You need an outside voice: someone who isn’t as delusionally optimistic as you are and who isn’t socialized into your company’s dysfunctional norms. Most fraud is—at least in broad strokes—obviously bad to someone you’re explaining it to. The complicated part is all the justifications that what you’re doing is secretly all right. ## New Comment ### AprilSR (7d) looks like the first paragraph was accidentally put in the quote block, but isn't from ozy ### 3 votes ### Moderation Log ### More from #### Tail SP 500 Call Options - **Author**: - **Date**: 2mo - **Comments**: 28 #### Gender Exploration - **Author**: - **Date**: 1y - **Comments**: 26 #### Best in Class Life Improvement - **Author**: - **Date**: 1y - **Comments**: 20 ### Curated and popular this week #### Eliezer's Lost Alignment Articles / The Arbital Sequence - **Authors**: , - **Date**: 14h - **Comments**: 9 #### Emergent Misalignment: Narrow finetuning can produce broadly misaligned LLMs - **Authors**: , - **Date**: 4d - **Comments**: 80 #### OpenAI: Detecting misbehavior in frontier reasoning models - **Author**: - **Date**: 4d - **Comments**: 25 ```
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https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c36w7e4kglzo
# Pilates, painting and bike rides: Gene Hackman's life in Santa Fe ## Introduction Gene Hackman was a normal person in Santa Fe. And he really loved that. Residents in the New Mexico city say they were excited to welcome such a massive celebrity to the community when he and his wife Betsy Arakawa arrived more than 20 years ago, but they treated him like anyone else. > "He wasn't famous here," said Stuart Ashman, executive director of the Artes de Cuba gallery. "The community embraced him." This article focuses on the iconic film star's life in Santa Fe, New Mexico, exploring his emotional journey, artistic contributions, and the community's warm reception. ## The Art of Gene Hackman Hackman was a lover of the arts and a painter himself. Santa Fe is known for its iconic adobe architecture and is home to more than 250 galleries. Everywhere in Santa Fe is colorful, from the woven tapestry hanging on shop walls to the clothes people wear and even their personalities. The city's vibrant culture and arts scene make it a beloved destination for many. Mr Ashman first met Hackman at a community arts meeting. He was running late and there was one seat left when he arrived: next to the Hollywood star. They shook hands and that started two decades of friendship. > "He was so down to earth that you didn't realize that you were talking to a celebrity," Mr Ashman said. "He was more interested in you than in telling you about himself." While both men supported the arts community, their real bond came through Pilates workouts when they took back-to-back private lessons. When asked who was better, Mr Ashman laughed. "I think we're both pretty bad," he said. "Our teacher said I was lazy and he was older and stiffer." ## The Home of Art and Music Hackman's paintings are displayed prominently at local restaurants, and there are a few lucky residents who have them hanging in their homes. One of those people is Stuart Ashman, the executive director of the Artes de Cuba gallery. Santa Fe is home to more than 200 art galleries. Perched on a 12-acre plot, the property has panoramic views of the surrounding mountains, with vistas stretching as far as Colorado. Hackman purchased the home in the 1980s before starting expansive renovations. He wanted this home to have meaning, so he worked with an architect to blend Pueblo, Colonial, and Spanish Baroque architectural styles to pay homage to Santa Fe's rich cultural history. Arakawa also enjoyed her secluded life in Santa Fe. People I spoke to said she was a talented pianist and smart business woman. The only person who liked working out more than Hackman was Betsy. They said she was in incredible shape, always attending exercise classes. ## The Life of a Celebrity Though Hackman was an active member of the community for most of his post-Hollywood years, he became much more isolated after Covid-19 lockdowns. Some say his health and age made mobility too difficult to wander down the hill into town. But everyone still had a story about Hackman. James Roybal, a native of Santa Fe, once signed up for a pastel painting class in the 1980s and when he arrived Hackman was also there. > "We painted next to each other for a bit, making small talk. He started to go through the stop sign at that time, and suddenly saw me stopped, waved, smiled, held up both hands, you know, like in a surrender," he recalled. "And I just smiled and kept going." At a local restaurant in town, customers told me they'd see him at the grocery store, or shopping on the high street. David, the general manager of a shop in downtown Santa Fe where Hackman was a long-time patron, was holding back tears, remembering his friend and client. > "Since he lived here, he wanted to use his money towards the local people. He always bought Seiko watches from my store for his friends and family. He invested in local restaurants and grocery stores, and showed up to openings for art museums. It obviously wasn't because he needed the money, but because he loved the local flare," he said. > "We lost a great Santa Fein." ## Death of Hackman and Wife Over the past few days, people have been discussing the death of Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa. The US Secretary of State called the ambassador a "race-baiting politician who hates America". The US government shutdown averted as Senate passes spending bill. South African ambassador 'no longer welcome' in US, Rubio says ## Related News - - - ```
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/05/ukraine-war-briefing-deadly-odesa-drone-attack-cuts-power-water-and-heating-for-second-day
# Ukraine war briefing: Deadly Odesa drone attack cuts power, water and heating for second day ## Excerpt **A Russian drone attack late on Tuesday killed one person and caused power, water and heating cuts in Odesa for the second day running,** said the regional governor, Oleh Kiper. A 77-year-old woman died of shrapnel wounds on the outskirts of the city, he said, and drone strikes damaged critical infrastructure, leaving neighbourhoods without services. **Kiper said fragments from downed drones had damaged private houses and started fires in outlying city districts.** A missile strike had destroyed an empty sanatorium near the town of Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, south of Odesa, he added. **East of the capital, Kyiv, drones targeted a multi-storey apartment building near the town of Boryspil,** smashing windows and triggering a fire in a business. Local officials reported no casualties. **Zelenskyy ,** saying he is willing to work “constructively” under Donald Trump’s “strong leadership” and to sign a deal giving the US access to Ukrainian mineral wealth. In an attempt to mend fences with Washington after Trump abruptly , Zelenskyy said on Tuesday he was “ready to come to the negotiating table as soon as possible … I would like to reiterate Ukraine’s commitment to peace”. **Keir Starmer, the British prime minister, welcomed Zelenskyy’s “steadfast” commitment to securing peace** in a phone call between the two leaders on Tuesday, his office said. Starmer told Zelenskyy “it was vital that all parties worked towards a lasting and secure peace for Ukraine as soon as possible”. **The British defence minister, John Healey, will meet the US defence secretary, Pete Hegseth, in Washington on Thursday** to discuss a peace plan, according to Britain’s Ministry of Defence. **The British foreign minister, David Lammy, on Tuesday said he had spoken to counterparts in France, Germany, Poland, Italy and Spain and that their determination to strike a peace deal remained clear.** “We will step up and we are stepping up – together.” **Germany’s likely next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, said on Tuesday that his CDU/CSU party and the Social Democrats would propose an unprecedented package of billions of euros and infrastructure.** Merz also said he wanted to get immediate approval for a €3bn aid package for Ukraine that has been held up for weeks. **Merz’s proposals would also mark a “sea change” and “a major loosening of Germany’s fiscal straitjacket”, said the Berenberg bank economist Holger Schmieding,** noting the country’s longstanding avoidance of large public debts. Merz’s promise of “whatever it takes” recalled the pledge made in 2012 by the then president of the European Central Bank, Mario Draghi, during the sovereign debt crisis. Schmieding described Merz’s plans as “a really big bazooka”, the phrase used to describe the ECB’s interventions under Draghi. **The German foreign minister, Annalena Baerbock, on Tuesday welcomed European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen’s plans to raise European defence funds** as “an important first step”. “Two things are now essential for peace through strength: additional aid – military and financial – for Ukraine, which is defending our freedom. And a quantum leap to strengthen our EU defence,” Baerbock said. ```
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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/03/civil-servants-cut-uk-aid-starmer-policy#comments
# We civil servants will cut UK aid if we are told to. But when people die, we’ll make sure everyone knows it It’s not just that Starmer’s policy is immoral and will be ineffective. It also sidesteps the safeguards we have to prevent calamitous decisions. ## Introduction Your humble civil servants are watching with fascinated horror as our terrified prime minister tries to secure the guy ropes for a rapidly shrinking UK tent, in the hope that it can survive geopolitical storms from the east and west. Spare a thought, then, for the one government department that has repeatedly found itself politically outside that tent and does so again now – the (FCDO). Since stumbling out of the ashes of the in 2020 between the Department for International Development (DfID) and the Foreign Office, the hits have just kept on coming for the FCDO’s diplomats and aid workers. There has been the of the longstanding 0.7% aid target, a shambolic withdrawal , Donald Trump’s gleeful , and last week’s savage and historic cut from 0.5% to 0.3% of gross national income, swiftly followed by the , its well-regarded international development minister. And their reward for enduring all that? Being conscripted into last week’s “” operation to help the PM to cosy up to Trump – the very leader who, according to Dodds, has for the gutting of their own department. Yet, the most heart-breaking bit for FCDO’s 17,000-odd staff , according to the Institute for Government, as they decide how exactly to follow the instruction and axe myriad projects, many of which help deliver life-saving interventions in the world’s poorest countries. I’ve spoken to current and former FCDO employees about Keir Starmer’s decision, and their reaction to the speed and scale of the cut has been one of shock and disorientation. It’s not just that slashing aid in order to spend more on defence will prove to be wrong and self-defeating and . It’s not even that this decision is soul-destroying in its frightening implication – based on the shared with the likes of Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch – that the civil service must now get behind a national effort to beat ploughshares into swords. After all, civil servants are forbidden from publicly endorsing the recent boos and brickbats against the policy issued by Romilly Greenhill of the , David Miliband of the International Rescue Committee, of Oxfam and other prominent charity leaders. We are required by law to implement the policies of the government of the day. And we have no problem with that. What alarms civil servants is _how_ this decision was made. First, its timing: there is no serious alternative to the idea that it was made – sweetened by the offer of – primarily to ahead of the PM’s visit to the Oval Office. This was a blood-offering, a libation, a lubricant offered to a petulant demigod in the hope that mirroring the orange genie’s recent decision to gut USAid would help get Sir Keir to . More worryingly, the decision to reduce aid spending seems to bypass the usual checks and balances that, in the British system, helps to mitigate the executive making terrible decisions. Judging by the and most of the parliamentary Labour party’s various factions, of the decision and no serious assessment of the impact of this particular decision. Combine that with a lack of parliamentary scrutiny and the PM’s side-stepping of the pesky inconveniences presented by the later this year and the politically troublesome prospect of revisiting tax and borrowing rules, and what we see is a riot of red flags. Or orange ones. Photograph: Cpl Tim Laurence Raf/Reuters The extent to which aid spending is a Good Thing isn’t really the point – on this subject you will find a diversity of opinion among the UK’s half a million or so civil servants, the vast majority of whom work outside London and have never darkened the gilded stairways of King Charles Street. But most civil servants, reluctantly or not, have felt nothing but pride in #UKAid, even after – – the Conservative government decided to fold DfID into the Foreign Office like a Fabergé egg into a dusty satchel. The British public, too, have that they, like their American cousins, broadly support aid spending in the national interest, and don’t think we should follow the US lead to drastically reduce it. Starmer will need to be very careful that, in pursuing a “” strategy, he doesn’t widen an democratic deficit. In the meantime, don’t be surprised if you see FCDO’s civil servants – with their admirable – follow the lead of their doughty USAid counterparts, who are already the domestic and international impact of the suspension of American aid spending. The truth is out there, and they’ll know where to look. * The author works for the UK civil service Explore more on these topics * * * * * * ```
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/03/14/spacex-crew-10-launch-live-starliner-nasa/82360517007/
How to watch SpaceX launch Friday, next step to bring Starliner crew home ======================================================================= NASA will livestream the launch Friday night of Crew-10, which will in part replace the Starliner astronauts at the International Space Station. Coverage will resume when the mission docks Saturday. Four astronauts preparing for a routine mission that sets the stage for the crew to depart from the International Space Station. A mission known as , jointly operated by NASA and SpaceX, Wednesday night less than an hour before it was due to launch. The delay, prompted by an issue with the launchpad’s ground system, further hindered the return of the two NASA astronauts aboard the troubled Starliner. have for more than nine months anticipated the arrival of the Crew-10 team, who will replace the outgoing Crew-9 astronauts for a routine stint doing science and maintenance at the orbital laboratory. ### When is the Crew-10 mission launch? Crew-10 could next attempt to launch no earlier than 7:03 p.m. EST Friday, less than an hour before it was due to launch. Liftoff would take place at the U.S. space agency's historic Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral. The astronauts will be aboard a SpaceX Dragon capsule launching atop a Falcon 9 rocket, which will propel the spacecraft into orbit before separating. ### How to watch launch livestream You can watch launch coverage . NASA will also provide launch coverage beginning at 3 p.m. EST Friday on its streaming service, . The Dragon transporting the Crew-10 team would then be expected to dock around 11:30 p.m. Saturday, March 15, at the space station's Harmony module port. NASA will that event as well, with coverage beginning at 9:45 p.m. The hatch itself is expected to open around 1:05 a.m. Sunday, allowing the Crew-10 team to enter the space station and greet the astronauts already aboard before a welcome ceremony is broadcasted. ### Who are the Crew-10 astronauts? The mission, which, as the name suggests, is SpaceX's tenth science rotation mission to the International Space Station, who will live and work at the outpost for about six months: - **NASA astronaut ** - of Spokane, Washington, mission commander; - **NASA astronaut ** - of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Jaxa), a mission specialist; - **Roscosmos cosmonaut ,** - was a mission specialist. ### What Does an Atopic Dermatitis Look Like? (Take a Look for Yourself) ```
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https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/mar/10/feelgood-movie-youve-got-mail#comments
# ‘Keeps me optimistic’: why You’ve Got Mail is my feelgood movie The next entry in our series of writers highlighting their go-to comfort picks is an ode to Nora Ephron’s winsome romantic comedy. The next entry in our series of writers highlighting their go-to comfort picks is an ode to Nora Ephron’s winsome romantic comedy. ## Introduction TThere’s a montage in the opening of You’ve Got Mail that is so sentimentally sweet that it feels like the cinematic equivalent of a pumpkin spiced latte. As the guitars of the Cranberries’ Dreams jangle, the film’s two leads, Meg Ryan and , leave their respective homes and walk through an autumnal-hued New York City with smiles on their faces, their characters unaware that earlier that morning they were anonymously exchanging emails. I must have seen this opening more than 100 times, and while I’d never be so happy to walk to work, it always fills me with a romantic appreciation for life’s potential. I can’t remember the first time I watched this Nora Ephron-penned and -directed romcom, but I do recall that as a child I would load it into the DVD player at every available opportunity. Based on the 1940 film The Shop Around the Corner, and centred on two competing booksellers – Ryan’s Kathleen Kelly, who runs her mother’s independent children’s bookstore, and Hanks’s Joe Fox, the heir to an impersonal Barnes & Noble-style mega-chain – it’s a standard enemies-to-lovers affair, albeit with a twist that these two rivals are unknowingly emotionally involved online. Growing up, I was enamoured of the film’s depiction of Manhattan. It seemed charming, a place of small businesses, neighbourhood markets and warring bookstores. But this provinciality extended beyond an idealised vision of New York to cyberspace. When it was released in 1998, the internet hadn’t greedily consumed every aspect of our lives. Instead, it remained a curiosity, a strangely intimate place where, as they do in the film, two people from the same area could meet in a chatroom, begin emailing, and end up together. Nowadays it seems natural that two people might connect online before meeting IRL, but at the turn of the millennium, online dating was the land of oddities and saddos, descriptions that suit neither Joe nor Kathleen. That such a connection could be found in this at-the-time-unexplored realm of the internet was hopeful to me as a gay kid whose first interactions with other queer people involved lurking in chatrooms at night. It’s also why, as I’ve grown older and weathered the rise of social media and apps like Grindr, I find myself returning to You’ve Got Mail: it may be naive and soppy, but as a single person it keeps me optimistic that genuine connection may still be found by logging on to your computer (or unlocking your iPhone). In the film, online communication isn’t reduced to sub-tweets and headless torsos asking for hookups, but is instead a place for meaningful correspondence in the form of letters. And these letters, sent as emails and delivered as voiceovers by Hanks and Ryan, are wonderful. Here Ephron’s script offers up delightful observations about life: Starbucks, Joe suggests, is “for people with no decision-making ability whatsoever to make six decisions just to buy one cup of coffee”, while Kathleen ponders about seeing a butterfly leaving the subway “where I assume it went to Bloomingdale’s to buy a hat that will turn out to be a mistake, as almost all hats are”. If only the endless back-and-forth of messages on Hinge were as enlightening. Still, You’ve Got Mail does have some issues. Joe’s behaviour is at best creepy and at worst sociopathic: when he learns that he’s been emailing Kathleen before she does, he withholds that information, puts her small bookshop out of business, and then engineers a friendship with her so that by the end she hopes that he and her anonymous pen pals are one and the same. Kathleen, meanwhile, appears ambivalent about being manipulated by her capitalist oppressor and is even nonchalant about whether her mother-like figure Birdie (Jean Stapleton) was romantically involved with the fascist dictator Francisco Franco: “It happened in Spain,” she says. “People do stupid things in foreign countries.” Thankfully, Ephron’s otherwise razor-sharp script, aided by the on-screen chemistry between Ryan and Hanks, means you can overlook these foibles. And when the pair kiss in the final scene, Harry Nilsson’s cover of Over the Rainbow playing in the background, the feelgood factor is undeniable. For Kathleen it’s also an ending that feels well earned. “I lead a small life. Well, valuable, but small,” she writes in one email to Joe. “And sometimes I wonder: do I do it because I like it, or because I haven’t been brave?” By the time the credits roll, she’s been forced to find out and grabbed the opportunity for a new and potentially more expansive life. All I can do is hope for the same. Until that time comes, I’ve got my trusty DVD at the ready. ### Links - You’ve Got Mail is available on Hulu in the US and on Now TV in the UK ```
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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/08/the-observer-view-europe-must-now-come-of-age-as-a-global-player
Britain and Europe are together facing a watershed moment, , a second _Zeitenwende_, a paradigm shift, a new world order. Regardless of which of these overused phrases best describes the dramatic shifts unfolding since Donald Trump began his second US presidential term in January, politicians, diplomats and analysts all agree: nothing will be the same again. The key question now is what, in practical terms, Europe and Britain can and will do to meet this challenge. Is this Europe’s moment, when it finally comes of age as a global player? Or will the EU and its close neighbours collectively fail to rise to the occasion, condemning their citizens to an era of domination by bigger, rapacious and more determined powers? Donald Trump is in the process of attempting, rashly, to do . First, he is trying to force Ukraine, which has spent more than three years under murderous assault, to accept a “peace deal” on inimical terms dictated by himself and the aggressor, Vladimir Putin’s Russia. Second, in a stunning reversal of US policy, he is seeking a rapprochement with Moscow that includes re-establishing full political and diplomatic relations, lifting sanctions and launching joint economic partnerships. Third, he is telling Europeans they must henceforth defend themselves, that the US, in effect, is no longer a loyal, reliable partner or even necessarily a friend, and that Nato, for 76 years the solid bedrock of transatlantic security, is dispensable. European leaders, with some exceptions on the political fringes, are united in their alarm at all three of these unwise, irrational and dangerous interventions. At the same time, most accept that even if Trump vanished entirely – a desirable but unlikely eventuality – a change in the balance of US-Europe relations is inescapable and overdue. In a national address last week, Emmanuel Macron, France’s president, . “Europe’s future should not be decided in Washington or Moscow,” he said. “The war in Ukraine… continues with the same intensity the US, our ally, has changed its position.” As a result, Europe was entering a new era of self-reliance. Accused of appeasing Putin in 2022, Macron, like many others, has learned better since. Now he warns that Russian imperialist aggression “knows no borders”, directly threatening France and Europe. Macron is not just talk. He has shown imaginative leadership, producing a tentative plan for a that has Ukrainian support, lobbying, flattering and correcting Trump to his face in the Oval Office, and promoting an Anglo-French proposal to deploy a European “assurance force” in Ukraine composed of a so-called coalition of the willing. In a week that saw repeated recourse to another overused phrase – the need for Europe to “step up” – Germany surprised many with a positive leap into the future. A country that nurtures visceral horror of debt announced a spectacular U-turn of its own – the amending of its Basic Law to permit multibillion-euro investments in defence and national infrastructure. Friedrich Merz, the Christian Democrat who held off the far-right to win last month’s federal election, has a reputation as a deficit hawk and fiscal conservative. . And he has gone further even than Macron in from the US and vowing ongoing, expanded military aid for Kyiv. Other European leaders, notably Donald Tusk, have “stepped up” in commendable ways. Poland’s prime minister is in an unenviable position. A strong believer in the transatlantic alliance, he, like so many others, must now feel utterly . , as it is for the three neighbouring Baltic republics. Now its removal or weakening is threatened. Keir Starmer also recognises the historic nature of this moment, and has risen to meet it. He has worked assiduously and carefully to restrain Trump’s worst instincts. His evident contempt, displayed in the Commons last week, for the ignorant comments of US vice-president JD Vance about “” showed he is not afraid to push back, too. Starmer’s collaboration with EU leaders is a very welcome post-Brexit development that should be extended beyond defence and security. Yet like them, the UK faces daunting hurdles. Although they now recognise the necessity, their shared, chronic dependence on the US will be . These challenges – on reducing Europe’s reliance on America, boosting its defences and maintaining support for Ukraine – were the focus of last week’s emergency EU summit. As is often the case in Brussels, the results were mixed. New overall defence spending of . But whether it ever materialises will depend on national governments’ willingness to borrow. The usual divisions were apparent; Hungary blocked a joint statement on Ukraine. Within Nato, most member states, like Britain, are now committing to higher spending. Non-EU countries, such as . Oslo is belatedly yet commendably doubling its aid to Kyiv. . In time, if it perseveres and its leaders keep their promises, it will be better able to deter Russia alone – and survive in a reordered, more hostile world. But how effective Europe can be in rescuing Ukraine in the short term from a developing Trump-Putin axis is in serious doubt. Trump still refuses to provide Kyiv with meaningful postwar security guarantees. His suspension of military aid and mapping and intelligence assistance is encouraging Russia to intensify attacks. More civilians are dying each day because of Trump’s treachery. Each day, Ukraine is further brutalised and degraded. A just peace looks further away than ever. **Do you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? 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https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/mar/14/gdp-shrinking-economy-rachel-reeves-growth-plans-analysis
Shrinking economy offers unhelpful backdrop for Rachel Reeves’s growth push ========================================================================== Shrinking economy offers unhelpful backdrop for Rachel Reeves’s growth push ========================================================================== Economics editor GDP goes in wrong direction as chancellor puts final touches to fiscal plans The 0.1% decline in GDP in January signalled by the Office for National Statistics will be depressing news. As Rachel Reeves prepares to announce her spring statement on 26 March, the economy appears to be going in the wrong direction – underlining the fact that the is likely to have presented her with notably weaker forecasts than in October. The monthly data is more volatile than the closely watched quarterly growth rates and can often be revised, but it appears the UK was stagnating even before Donald Trump began tearing up the global trading system. As Suren Thiru of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales put it: “The UK’s economic performance may have been similarly downbeat in February, with any boost from consumer spending amid strong wage growth and lower interest rates weakened by the brake on business activity from this torrent of global uncertainty.” The ONS blamed weak manufacturing output, down by 1.1% on the month, and construction, which fell by 0.2%, for the poor GDP readout. Services output expanded, although only by 0.1%. Within construction, the issue was a 0.7% decline in new work, the number crunchers said – a worrying signal given the government’s commitment to building 1.5m new homes over this parliament. January’s decline in GDP followed 0.4% growth in December, and the ONS says that over the three months to January GDP expanded by 0.2% compared with the three months to October. While that does not appear to point to a recession, it remains a relatively weak backdrop against which UK companies are having to wrestle with the uncertainty created by the White House’s on-off tariffs policies. Businesses are also bracing themselves for the increase in employer national insurance contributions coming into force in April, alongside a significant rise in the national living wage. Stuart Morrison, the research manager at the British Chambers of Commerce, said: “With businesses facing an impending avalanche of cost pressures, it’s unsurprising that growth is in trouble,” adding that the economy appeared to be “treading water”. Sign up to Business Today Free daily newsletter Get set for the working day – we'll point you to all the business news and analysis you need every morning Enter your email address Sign up **Privacy Notice:** Newsletters may contain info about charities, online ads, and content funded by outside parties. For more information see our . We use Google reCaptcha to protect our website and the Google and apply. Explore more on these topics - - - - - - - - - - - - ```
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https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/mar/03/king-charles-determined-to-play-part-in-diplomacy-as-he-welcomes-trudeau
# King Charles ‘determined to play part’ in diplomacy as he welcomes Trudeau Monarch keen to put his soft power to use amid Trump’s incendiary rhetoric on Canada and tension over Ukraine King Charles is “very conscious” of his global responsibility and unique diplomatic role, and is determined to put that to use, a royal source said, after his meeting with the Canadian prime minister on Monday. Charles met Justin Trudeau at his Sandringham estate in Norfolk, a day after he . Diplomatic efforts on behalf of have intensified as Keir Starmer warned Europe’s leaders they stand at a “crossroads in history” and urged them to join his “coalition of the willing”. Trump has hit out at calls from European leaders for the US to provide security guarantees for any Ukraine peace deal. A royal source said: “It has been six days of royal diplomacy at its most delicate, deliberate and nuanced. “The king was praised for offering a show of solidarity to Zelenskyy by welcoming him after his and his vice-president, JD Vance, at the White House on Friday. Diplomatic efforts on behalf of have intensified as Keir Starmer warned Europe’s leaders they stand at a “crossroads in history” and urged them to join his “coalition of the willing”. Trump has hit out at calls from European leaders for the US to provide security guarantees for any Ukraine peace deal. A royal source said: “It has been six days of royal diplomacy at its most delicate, deliberate and nuanced. >The king was praised for offering a show of solidarity to Zelenskyy by welcoming him after his and his vice-president, JD Vance, at the White House on Friday. Diplomatic efforts on behalf of have intensified as Keir Starmer warned Europe’s leaders they stand at a “crossroads in history” and urged them to join his “coalition of the willing”. Trump has hit out at calls from European leaders for the US to provide security guarantees for any Ukraine peace deal. A royal source said: “It has been six days of royal diplomacy at its most delicate, deliberate and nuanced. >The king was praised for offering a show of solidarity to Zelenskyy by welcoming him after his and his vice-president, JD Vance, at the White House on Friday. Diplomatic efforts on behalf of have intensified as Keir Starmer warned Europe’s leaders they stand at a “crossroads in history” and urged them to join his “coalition of the willing”. Trump has hit out at calls from European leaders for the US to provide security guarantees for any Ukraine peace deal. A royal source said: “It has been six days of royal diplomacy at its most delicate, deliberate and nuanced. >The king was praised for offering a show of solidarity to Zelenskyy by welcoming him after his and his vice-president, JD Vance, at the White House on Friday. Diplomatic efforts on behalf of have intensified as Keir Starmer warned Europe’s leaders they stand at a “crossroads in history” and urged them to join his “coalition of the willing”. Trump has hit out at calls from European leaders for the US to provide security guarantees for any Ukraine peace deal. A royal source said: “It has been six days of royal diplomacy at its most delicate, deliberate and nuanced. >The king was praised for offering a show of solidarity to Zelenskyy by welcoming him after his and his vice-president, JD Vance, at the White House on Friday. Diplomatic efforts on behalf of have intensified as Keir Starmer warned Europe’s leaders they stand at a “crossroads in history” and urged them to join his “coalition of the willing”. Trump has hit out at calls from European leaders for the US to provide security guarantees for any Ukraine peace deal. A royal source said: “It has been six days of royal diplomacy at its most delicate, deliberate and nuanced. >The king was praised for offering a show of solidarity to Zelenskyy by welcoming him after his and his vice-president, JD Vance, at the White House on Friday. Diplomatic efforts on behalf of have intensified as Keir Starmer warned Europe’s leaders they stand at a “crossroads in history” and urged them to join his “coalition of the willing”. Trump has hit out at calls from European leaders for the US to provide security guarantees for any Ukraine peace deal. A royal source said: “It has been six days of royal diplomacy at its most delicate, deliberate and nuanced. >The king was praised for offering a show of solidarity to Zelenskyy by welcoming him after his and his vice-president, JD Vance, at the White House on Friday. Diplomatic efforts on behalf of have intensified as Keir Starmer warned Europe’s leaders they stand at a “crossroads in history” and urged them to join his “coalition of the willing”. Trump has hit out at calls from European leaders for the US to provide security guarantees for any Ukraine peace deal. A royal source said: “It has been six days of royal diplomacy at its most delicate, deliberate and nuanced. >The king was praised for offering a show of solidarity to Zelenskyy by welcoming him after his and his vice-president, JD Vance, at the White House on Friday. Diplomatic efforts on behalf of have intensified as Keir Starmer warned Europe’s leaders they stand at a “crossroads in history” and urged them to join his “coalition of the willing”. Trump has hit out at calls from European leaders for the US to provide security guarantees for any Ukraine peace deal. A royal source said: “It has been six days of royal diplomacy at its most delicate, deliberate and nuanced. >The king was praised for offering a show of solidarity to Zelenskyy by welcoming him after his and his vice-president, JD Vance, at the White House on Friday. Diplomatic efforts on behalf of have intensified as Keir Starmer warned Europe’s leaders they stand at a “crossroads in history” and urged them to join his “coalition of the willing”. Trump has hit out at calls from European leaders for the US to provide security guarantees for any Ukraine peace deal. A royal source said: “It has been six days of royal diplomacy at its most delicate, deliberate and nuanced. >The king was praised for offering a show of solidarity to Zelenskyy by welcoming him after his and his vice-president, JD Vance, at the White House on Friday. Diplomatic efforts on behalf of have intensified as Keir Starmer warned Europe’s leaders they stand at a “crossroads in history” and urged them to join his “coalition of the willing”. Trump has hit out at calls from European leaders for the US to provide security guarantees for any Ukraine peace deal. A royal source said: “It has been six days of royal diplomacy at its most delicate, deliberate and nuanced. >The king was praised for offering a show of solidarity to Zelenskyy by welcoming him after his and his vice-president, JD Vance, at the White House on Friday. Diplomatic efforts on behalf of have intensified as Keir Starmer warned Europe’s leaders they stand at a “crossroads in history” and urged them to join his “coalition of the willing”. The king was praised for offering a show of solidarity to Zelenskyy by welcoming him after his and his vice-president, JD Vance, at the White House on Friday. Diplomatic efforts on behalf of have intensified as Keir Starmer warned Europe’s leaders they stand at a “crossroads in history” and urged them to join his “coalition of the willing”. Trump has hit out at calls from European leaders for the US to provide security guarantees for any Ukraine peace deal. A royal source said: “It has been six days of royal diplomacy at its most delicate, deliberate and nuanced. >The king was praised for offering a show of solidarity to Zelenskyy by welcoming him after his and his vice-president, JD Vance, at the White House on Friday. Diplomatic efforts on behalf of have intensified as Keir Starmer warned Europe’s leaders they stand at a “crossroads in history” and urged them to join his “coalition of the willing”. Trump has hit out at calls from European leaders for the US to provide security guarantees for any Ukraine peace deal. A royal source said: “It has been six days of royal diplomacy at its most delicate, deliberate and nuanced. >The king was praised for offering a show of solidarity to Zelenskyy by welcoming him after his and his vice-president, JD Vance, at the White House on Friday. Diplomatic efforts on behalf of have intensified as Keir Starmer warned Europe’s leaders they stand at a “crossroads in history” and urged them to join his “coalition of the willing”. Trump has hit out at calls from European leaders for the US to provide security guarantees for any Ukraine peace deal. A royal source said: “It has been six days of royal diplomacy at its most delicate, deliberate and nuanced. >The king was praised for offering a show of solidarity to Zelenskyy by welcoming him after his and his vice-president, JD Vance, at the White House on Friday. Diplomatic efforts on behalf of have intensified as Keir Starmer warned Europe’s leaders they stand at a “crossroads in history” and urged them to join his “coalition of the willing”. Trump has hit out at calls from European leaders for the US to provide security guarantees for any Ukraine peace deal. A royal source said: “It has been six days of royal diplomacy at its most delicate, deliberate and nuanced. >The king was praised for offering a show of solidarity to Zelenskyy by welcoming him after his and his vice-president, JD Vance, at the White House on Friday. Diplomatic efforts on behalf of have intensified as Keir Starmer warned Europe’s leaders they stand at a “crossroads in history” and urged them to join his “coalition of the willing”. Trump has hit out at calls from European leaders for the US to provide security guarantees for any Ukraine peace deal. A royal source said: “It has been six days of royal diplomacy at its most delicate, deliberate and nuanced. >The king was praised for offering a show of solidarity to Zelenskyy by welcoming him after his and his vice-president, JD Vance, at the White House on Friday. Diplomatic efforts on behalf of have intensified as Keir Starmer warned Europe’s leaders they stand at a “crossroads in history” and urged them to join his “coalition of the willing”. The king was praised for offering a show of solidarity to Zelenskyy by welcoming him after his and his vice-president, JD Vance, at the White House on Friday. Diplomatic efforts on behalf of have intensified as Keir Starmer warned Europe’s leaders they stand at a “crossroads in history” and urged them to join his “coalition of the willing”. The king was praised for offering a show of solidarity to Zelenskyy by welcoming him after his and his vice-president, JD Vance, at the White House on Friday. Diplomatic efforts on behalf of have intensified as Keir Starmer warned Europe’s leaders they stand at a “crossroads in history” and urged them to join his “coalition of the willing”. The king was praised for offering a show of solidarity to Zelenskyy by welcoming him after his and his vice-president, JD Vance, at the White House on Friday. Diplomatic efforts on behalf of have intensified as Keir Starmer warned Europe’s leaders they stand at a “crossroads in history” and urged them to join his “coalition of the willing”. The king was praised for offering a show of solidarity to Zelenskyy by welcoming him after his and his vice-president, JD Vance, at the White House on Friday. Diplomatic efforts on behalf of have intensified as Keir Starmer warned Europe’s leaders they stand at a “crossroads in history” and urged them to join his “coalition of the willing”. The king was praised for offering a show of solidarity to Zelenskyy by welcoming him after his and his vice-president, JD Vance, at the White House on Friday. Diplomatic efforts on behalf of have intensified as Keir Starmer warned Europe’s leaders they stand at a “crossroads in history” and urged them to join his “coalition of the willing”. The king was praised for offering a show of solidarity to Zelenskyy by welcoming him after his and his vice-president, JD Vance, at the White House on Friday. Diplomatic efforts on behalf of have intensified as Keir Starmer warned Europe’s leaders they stand at a “crossroads in history” and urged them to join his “coalition of the willing”. The king was praised for offering a show of solidarity to Zelenskyy by welcoming him after his and his vice-president, JD Vance, at the White House on Friday. Diplomatic efforts on behalf of have intensified as Keir Starmer warned Europe’s leaders they stand at a “crossroads in history” and urged them to join his “coalition of the willing”. The king was praised for offering a show of solidarity to Zelenskyy by welcoming him after his and his vice-president, JD Vance, at the White House on Friday. Diplomatic efforts on behalf of have intensified as Keir Starmer warned Europe’s leaders they stand at a “crossroads in history” and urged them to join his “coalition of the willing”. The king was praised for offering a show of solidarity to Zelenskyy by welcoming him after his and his vice-president, JD Vance, at the White House on Friday. Diplomatic efforts on behalf of have intensified as Keir Starmer warned Europe’s leaders they stand at a “crossroads in history” and urged them to join his “coalition of the willing”. The king was praised for offering a show of solidarity to Zelenskyy by welcoming him after his and his vice-president, JD Vance, at the White House on Friday. Diplomatic efforts on behalf of have intensified as Keir Starmer warned Europe’s leaders they stand at a “crossroads in history” and urged them to join his “coalition of the willing”. The king was praised for offering a show of solidarity to Zelenskyy by welcoming him after his and his vice-president, JD Vance, at the White House on Friday. Diplomatic efforts on behalf of have intensified as Keir Starmer warned Europe’s leaders they stand at a “crossroads in history” and urged them to join his “coalition of the willing”. The king was praised for offering a show of solidarity to Zelenskyy by welcoming him after his and his vice-president, JD Vance, at the White House on Friday. Diplomatic efforts on behalf of have intensified as Keir Starmer warned Europe’s leaders they stand at a “crossroads in history” and urged them to join his “coalition of the willing”. The king was praised for offering a show of solidarity to Zelenskyy by welcoming him after his and his vice-president, JD Vance, at the White House on Friday. Diplomatic efforts on behalf of have intensified as Keir Starmer warned Europe’s leaders they stand at a “crossroads in history” and urged them to join his “coalition of the willing”. The king was praised for offering a show of solidarity to Zelenskyy by welcoming him after his and his vice-president, JD Vance, at the White House on Friday. Diplomatic efforts on behalf of have intensified as Keir Starmer warned Europe’s leaders they stand at a “crossroads in history” and urged them to join his “coalition of the willing”. The king was praised for offering a show of solidarity to Zelenskyy by welcoming him after his and his vice-president, JD Vance, at the White House on Friday. Diplomatic efforts on behalf of have intensified as Keir Starmer warned Europe’s leaders they stand at a “crossroads in history” and urged them to join his “coalition of the willing”. The king was praised for offering a show of solidarity to Zelenskyy by welcoming him after his and his vice-president, JD Vance, at the White House on Friday. Diplomatic efforts on behalf of have intensified as Keir Starmer warned Europe’s leaders they stand at a “crossroads in history” and urged them to join his “coalition of the willing”. The king was praised for offering a show of solidarity to Zelenskyy by welcoming him after his and his vice-president, JD Vance, at the White House on Friday. Diplomatic efforts on behalf of have intensified as Keir Starmer warned Europe’s leaders they stand at a “crossroads in history” and urged them to join his “coalition of the willing”. The king was praised for offering a show of solidarity to Zelenskyy by welcoming him after his and his vice-president, JD Vance, at the White House on Friday. Diplomatic efforts on behalf of have intensified as Keir Starmer warned Europe’s leaders they stand at a “crossroads in history” and urged them to join his “coalition of the willing”. The king was praised for offering a show of solidarity to Zelenskyy by welcoming him after his and his vice-president, JD Vance, at the White House on Friday. Diplomatic efforts on behalf of have intensified as Keir Starmer warned Europe’s leaders they stand at a “crossroads in history” and urged them to join his “coalition of the willing”. The king was praised for offering a show of solidarity to Zelenskyy by welcoming him after his and his vice-president, JD Vance, at the White House on Friday. Diplomatic efforts on behalf of have intensified as Keir Starmer warned Europe’s leaders they stand at a “crossroads in history” and urged them to join his “coalition of the willing”. The king was praised for offering a show of solidarity to Zelenskyy by welcoming him after his and his vice-president, JD Vance, at the White House on Friday. Diplomatic efforts on behalf of have intensified as Keir Starmer warned Europe’s leaders they stand at a “crossroads in history” and urged them to join his “coalition of the willing”. The king was praised for offering a show of solidarity to Zelenskyy by welcoming him after his and his vice-president, JD Vance, at the White House on Friday. Diplomatic efforts on behalf of have intensified as Keir Starmer warned Europe’s leaders they stand at a “crossroads in history” and urged them to join his “coalition of the willing”. The king was praised for offering a show of solidarity to Zelenskyy by welcoming him after his and his vice-president, JD Vance, at the White House on Friday. Diplomatic efforts on behalf of have intensified as Keir Starmer warned Europe’s leaders they stand at a “crossroads in history” and urged them to join his “coalition of the willing”. The king was praised for offering a show of solidarity to Zelenskyy by welcoming him after his and his vice-president, JD Vance, at the White House on Friday. Diplomatic efforts on behalf of have intensified as Keir Starmer warned Europe’s leaders they stand at a “crossroads in history” and urged them to join his “coalition of the willing”. The king was praised for offering a show of solidarity to Zelenskyy by welcoming him after his and his vice-president, JD Vance, at the White House on Friday. Diplomatic efforts on behalf of have intensified as Keir Starmer warned Europe’s leaders they stand at a “crossroads in history” and urged them to join his “coalition of the willing”. The king was praised for offering a show of solidarity to Zelenskyy by welcoming him after his and his vice-president, JD Vance, at the White House on Friday. Diplomatic efforts on behalf of have intensified as Keir Starmer warned Europe’s leaders they stand at a “crossroads in history” and urged them to join his “coalition of the willing”. The king was praised for offering a show of solidarity to Zelenskyy by welcoming him after his and his vice-president, JD Vance, at the White House on Friday. Diplomatic efforts on behalf of have intensified as Keir Starmer warned Europe’s leaders they stand at a “crossroads in history” and urged them to join his “coalition of the willing”. The king was praised for offering a show of solidarity to Zelenskyy by welcoming him after his and his vice-president, JD Vance, at the White House on Friday. Diplomatic efforts on behalf of have intensified as Keir Starmer warned Europe’s leaders they stand at a “crossroads in history” and urged them to join his “coalition of the willing”. The king was praised for offering a show of solidarity to Zelenskyy by welcoming him after his and his vice-president, JD Vance, at the White House on Friday. Diplomatic efforts on behalf of have intensified as Keir Starmer warned Europe’s leaders they stand at a “crossroads in history” and urged them to join his “coalition of the willing”. The king was praised for offering a show of solidarity to Zelenskyy by welcoming him after his and his vice-president, JD Vance, at the White House on Friday. Diplomatic efforts on behalf of have intensified as Keir Starmer warned Europe’s leaders they stand at a “crossroads in history” and urged them to join his “coalition of the willing”. The king was praised for offering a show of solidarity to Zelenskyy by welcoming him after his and his vice-president, JD Vance, at the White House on Friday. Diplomatic efforts on behalf of have intensified as Keir Starmer warned Europe’s leaders they stand at a “crossroads in history” and urged them to join his “coalition of the willing”. The king was praised for offering a show of solidarity to Zelenskyy by welcoming him after his and his vice-president, JD Vance, at the White House on Friday. Diplomatic efforts on behalf of have intensified as Keir Starmer warned Europe’s leaders they stand at a “crossroads in history” and urged them to join his “coalition of the willing”. The king was praised for offering a show of solidarity to Zelenskyy by welcoming him after his and his vice-president, JD Vance, at the White House on Friday. Diplomatic efforts on behalf of have intensified as Keir Starmer warned Europe’s leaders they stand at a “crossroads in history” and urged them to join his “coalition of the willing”. The king was praised for offering a show of solidarity to Zelenskyy by welcoming him after his and his vice-president, JD Vance, at the White House on Friday. Diplomatic efforts on behalf of have intensified as Keir Starmer warned Europe’s leaders they stand at a “crossroads in history” and urged them to join his “coalition of the willing”. The king was praised for offering a show of solidarity to Zelenskyy by welcoming him after his and his vice-president, JD Vance, at the White House on Friday. Diplomatic efforts on behalf of have intensified as Keir Starmer warned Europe’s leaders they stand at a “crossroads in history” and urged them to join his “coalition of the willing”. The king was praised for offering a show of solidarity to Zelenskyy by welcoming him after his and his vice-president, JD Vance, at the White House on Friday. Diplomatic efforts on behalf of have intensified as Keir Starmer warned Europe’s leaders they stand at a “crossroads in history” and urged them to join his “coalition of the willing”. The king was praised for offering a show of solidarity to Zelenskyy by welcoming him after his and his vice-president, JD Vance, at the White House on Friday. Diplomatic efforts on behalf of have intensified as Keir Starmer warned Europe’s leaders they stand at a “crossroads in history” and urged them to join his “coalition of the willing”. The king was praised for offering a show of solidarity to Zelenskyy by welcoming him after his and his vice-president, JD Vance, at the White House on Friday. Diplomatic efforts on behalf of have intensified as Keir Starmer warned Europe’s leaders they stand at a “crossroads in history” and urged them to join his “coalition of the willing”. The king was praised for offering a show of solidarity to Zelenskyy by welcoming him after his and his vice-president, JD Vance, at the White House on Friday. Diplomatic efforts on behalf of have intensified as Keir Starmer warned Europe’s leaders they stand at a “crossroads in history” and urged them to join his “coalition of the willing”. The king was praised for offering a show of solidarity to Zelenskyy by welcoming him after his and his vice-president, JD Vance, at the White House on Friday. Diplomatic efforts on behalf of have intensified as Keir Starmer warned Europe’s leaders they stand at a “crossroads in history” and urged them to join his “coalition of the willing”. The king was praised for offering a show of solidarity to Zelenskyy by welcoming him after his and his vice-president, JD Vance, at the White House on Friday. Diplomatic efforts on behalf of have intensified as Keir Starmer warned Europe’s leaders they stand at a “crossroads in history” and urged them to join his “coalition of the willing”. The king was praised for offering a show of solidarity to Zelenskyy by welcoming him after his and his vice-president, JD Vance, at the White House on Friday. Diplomatic efforts on behalf of have intensified as Keir Starmer warned Europe’s leaders they stand at a “crossroads in history” and urged them to join his “coalition of the willing”. The king was praised for offering a show of solidarity to Zelenskyy by welcoming him after his and his vice-president, JD Vance, at the White House on Friday. Diplomatic efforts on behalf of have intensified as Keir Starmer warned Europe’s leaders they stand at a “crossroads in history” and urged them to join his “coalition of the willing”. The king was praised for offering a show of solidarity to Zelenskyy by welcoming him after his and his vice-president, JD Vance, at the White House on Friday. Diplomatic efforts on behalf of have intensified as Keir Starmer warned Europe’s leaders they stand at a “crossroads in history” and urged them to join his “coalition of the willing”. The king was praised for offering a show of solidarity to Zelenskyy by welcoming him after his and his vice-president, JD Vance, at the White House on Friday. Diplomatic efforts on behalf of have intensified as Keir Starmer warned Europe’s leaders they stand at a “crossroads in history” and urged them to join his “coalition of the willing”. The king was praised for offering a show of solidarity to Zelenskyy by welcoming him after his and his vice-president, JD Vance, at the White House on Friday. Diplomatic efforts on behalf of have intensified as Keir Starmer warned Europe’s leaders they stand at a “crossroads in history” and urged them to join his “coalition of the willing”. The king was praised for offering a show of solidarity to Zelenskyy by welcoming him after his and his vice-president, JD Vance, at the White House on Friday. Diplomatic efforts on behalf of have intensified as Keir Starmer warned Europe’s leaders they stand at a “crossroads in history” and urged them to join his “coalition of the willing”. The king was praised for offering a show of solidarity to Zelenskyy by welcoming him after his and his vice-president, JD Vance, at the White House on Friday. Diplomatic efforts on behalf of have intensified as Keir Starmer warned Europe’s leaders they stand at a “crossroads in history” and urged them to join his “coalition of the willing”. The king was praised for offering a show of solidarity to Zelenskyy by welcoming him after his and his vice-president, JD Vance, at the White House on Friday. Diplomatic efforts on behalf of have intensified as Keir Starmer warned Europe’s leaders they stand at a “crossroads in history” and urged them to join his “coalition of the willing”. The king was praised for offering a show of solidarity to Zelenskyy by welcoming him after his and his vice-president, JD Vance, at the White House on Friday. Diplomatic efforts on behalf of have intensified as Keir Starmer warned Europe’s leaders they stand at a “crossroads in history” and urged them to join his “coalition of the willing”. The king was praised for offering a show of solidarity to Zelenskyy by welcoming him after his and his vice-president, JD Vance, at the White House on Friday. Diplomatic efforts on behalf of have intensified as Keir Starmer warned Europe’s leaders they stand at a “crossroads in history” and urged them to join his “coalition of the willing”. The king was praised for offering a show of solidarity to Zelenskyy by welcoming him after his and his vice-president, JD Vance, at the White House on Friday. Diplomatic efforts on behalf of have intensified as Keir Starmer warned Europe’s leaders they stand at a “crossroads in history” and urged them to join his “coalition of the willing”. The king was praised for offering a show of solidarity to Zelenskyy by welcoming him after his and his vice-president, JD Vance, at the White House on Friday. Diplomatic efforts on behalf of have intensified as Keir Starmer warned Europe’s leaders they stand at a “crossroads in history” and urged them to join his “coalition of the willing”. The king was praised for offering a show of solidarity to Zelenskyy by welcoming him after his and his vice-president, JD Vance, at the White House on Friday. Diplomatic efforts on behalf of have intensified as Keir Starmer warned Europe’s leaders they stand at a “crossroads in history” and urged them to join his “coalition of the willing”. The king was praised for offering a show of solidarity to Zelenskyy by welcoming him after his and his vice-president, JD Vance, at the White House on Friday. Diplomatic efforts on behalf of have intensified as Keir Starmer warned Europe’s leaders they stand at a “crossroads in history” and urged them to join his “coalition of the willing”. The king was praised for offering a show of solidarity to Zelenskyy by welcoming him after his and his vice-president, JD Vance, at the White House on Friday. Diplomatic efforts on behalf of have intensified as Keir Starmer warned Europe’s leaders they stand at a “crossroads in history” and urged them to join his “coalition of the willing”. The king was praised for offering a show of solidarity to Zelenskyy by welcoming him after his and his vice-president, JD Vance, at the White House on Friday. Diplomatic efforts on behalf of have intensified as Keir Starmer warned Europe’s leaders they stand at a “crossroads in history” and urged them to join his “coalition of the willing”. The king was praised for offering a show of solidarity to Zelenskyy by welcoming him after his and his vice-president, JD Vance, at the White House on Friday. Diplomatic efforts on behalf of have intensified as Keir Starmer warned Europe’s leaders they stand at a “crossroads in history” and urged them to join his “coalition of the willing”. The king was praised for offering a show of solidarity to Zelenskyy by welcoming him after his and his vice-president, JD Vance, at the White House on Friday. Diplomatic efforts on behalf of have intensified as Keir Starmer warned Europe’s leaders they stand at a “crossroads in history” and urged them to join his “coalition of the willing”. The king was praised for offering a show of solidarity to Zelenskyy by welcoming him after his and his vice-president, JD Vance, at the White House on Friday. Diplomatic efforts on behalf of have intensified as Keir Starmer warned Europe’s leaders they stand at a “crossroads in history” and urged them to join his “coalition of the willing”. The king was praised for offering a show of solidarity to Zelenskyy by welcoming him after his and his vice-president, JD Vance, at the White House on Friday. Diplomatic efforts on behalf of have intensified as Keir Starmer warned Europe’s leaders they stand at a “crossroads in history” and urged them to join his “coalition of the willing”. The king was praised for offering a show of solidarity to Zelenskyy by welcoming him after his and his vice-president, JD Vance, at the White House on Friday. Diplomatic efforts on behalf of have intensified as Keir Starmer warned Europe’s leaders they stand at a “crossroads in history” and urged them to join his “coalition of the willing”. The king was praised for offering a show of solidarity to Zelenskyy by welcoming him after his and his vice-president, JD Vance, at the White House on Friday. Diplomatic efforts on behalf of have intensified as Keir Starmer warned Europe’s leaders they stand at a “crossroads in history” and urged them to join his “coalition of the willing”. The king was praised for offering a show of solidarity to Zelenskyy by welcoming him after his and his vice-president, JD Vance, at the White House on Friday. Diplomatic efforts on behalf of have intensified as Keir Starmer warned Europe’s leaders they stand at a “crossroads in history” and urged them to join his “coalition of the willing”. The king was praised for offering a show of solidarity to Zelenskyy by welcoming him after his and his vice-president, JD Vance, at the White House on Friday. Diplomatic efforts on behalf of have intensified as Keir Starmer warned Europe’s leaders they stand at a “crossroads in history” and urged them to join his “coalition of the willing”. The king was praised for offering a show of solidarity to Zelenskyy by welcoming him after his and his vice-president, JD Vance, at the White House on Friday. Diplomatic efforts on behalf of have intensified as Keir Starmer warned Europe’s leaders they stand at a “crossroads in history” and urged them to join his “coalition of the willing”. The king was praised for offering a show of solidarity to Zelenskyy by welcoming him after his and his vice-president, JD Vance, at the White House on Friday. Diplomatic efforts on behalf of have intensified as Keir Starmer warned Europe’s leaders they stand at a “crossroads in history” and urged them to join his “coalition of the willing”. The king was praised for offering a show of solidarity to Zelenskyy by welcoming him after his and his vice-president, JD Vance, at the White House on Friday. Diplomatic efforts on behalf of have intensified as Keir Starmer warned Europe’s leaders they stand at a “crossroads in history” and urged them to join his “coalition of the willing”. The king was praised for offering a show of solidarity to Zelenskyy by welcoming him after his and his vice-president, JD Vance, at the White House on Friday. Diplomatic efforts on behalf of have intensified as Keir Starmer warned Europe’s leaders they stand at a “crossroads in history” and urged them to join his “coalition of the willing”. The king was praised for offering a show of solidarity to Zelenskyy by welcoming him after his and his vice-president, JD Vance, at the White House on Friday. Diplomatic efforts on behalf of have intensified as Keir Starmer warned Europe’s leaders they stand at a “crossroads in history” and urged them to join his “coalition of the willing”. The king was praised for offering a show of solidarity to Zelenskyy by welcoming him after his and his vice-president, JD Vance, at the White House on Friday. Diplomatic efforts on behalf of have intensified as Keir Starmer warned Europe’s leaders they stand at a “crossroads in history” and urged them to join his “coalition of the willing”. The king was praised for offering a show of solidarity to Zelenskyy by welcoming him after his and his vice-president, JD Vance, at the White House on Friday. Diplomatic efforts on behalf of have intensified as Keir Starmer warned Europe’s leaders they stand at a “crossroads in history” and urged them to join his “coalition of the willing”. The king was praised for offering a show of solidarity to Zelenskyy by welcoming him after his and his vice-president, JD Vance, at the White House on Friday. Diplomatic efforts on behalf of have intensified as Keir Starmer warned Europe’s leaders they stand at a “crossroads in history” and urged them to join his “coalition of the willing”. The king was praised for offering a show of solidarity to Zelenskyy by welcoming him after his and his vice-president, JD Vance, at the White House on Friday. Diplomatic efforts on behalf of have intensified as Keir Starmer warned Europe’s leaders they stand at a “crossroads in history” and urged them to join his “coalition of the willing”. The king was praised for offering a show of solidarity to Zelenskyy by welcoming him after his and his vice-president, JD Vance, at the White House on Friday. Diplomatic efforts on behalf of have intensified as Keir Starmer warned Europe’s leaders they stand at a “crossroads in history” and urged them to join his “coalition of the willing”. The king was praised for offering a show of solidarity to Zelenskyy by welcoming him after his and his vice-president, JD Vance, at the White House on Friday. Diplomatic efforts on behalf of have intensified as Keir Starmer warned Europe’s leaders they stand at a “crossroads in history” and urged them to join his “coalition of the willing”. The king was praised for offering a show of solidarity to Zelenskyy by welcoming him after his and his vice-president, JD Vance, at the White House on Friday. Diplomatic efforts on behalf of have intensified as Keir Starmer warned Europe’s leaders they stand at a “crossroads in history” and urged them to join his “coalition of the willing”. The king was praised for offering a show of solidarity to Zelenskyy by welcoming him after his and his vice-president, JD Vance, at the White House on Friday. Diplomatic efforts on behalf of have intensified as Keir Starmer warned Europe’s leaders they stand at a “crossroads in history” and urged them to join his “coalition of the willing”. The king was praised for offering a show of solidarity to Zelenskyy by welcoming him after his and his vice-president, JD Vance, at the White House on Friday. Diplomatic efforts on behalf of have intensified as Keir Starmer warned Europe’s leaders they stand at a “crossroads in history” and urged them to join his “coalition of the willing”. The king was praised for offering a show of solidarity to Zelenskyy by welcoming him after his and his vice-president, JD Vance, at the White House on Friday. 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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/13/daybreak-is-a-magical-time-in-a-big-city-no-matter-how-tired-you-are
# Daybreak is a magical time in a big city, no matter how tired you are London, Manchester, Cardiff, Birmingham – I have favourite early-morning memories from each of them I’ve had enough of city living. has been my home on and off since I came to university in 1986. I’m tired of it. But there’s one bit I still love. That’s when I find myself right bang in the middle of town early in the morning. I feel the same way about all the other cities in which I ply my trade: Birmingham, Cardiff and Manchester, mainly. At about 6am, all cities have a similar character. I write this in a cafe on Old Compton Street in Soho, in central London, at 6.30am. Here more than anywhere, it feels as though you’re in the eye of a storm. There aren’t many people about because the people, millions of them, are all jammed up on the roads and crammed on to public transport, getting in each other’s way, trying to get here. So for another hour or so we have it to ourselves. “We” being the early starters and a few late finishers. It’s a bit of a club, which feels more exclusive the earlier you’re here before the lightweights turn up Most of us are bleary of eye. Some are already hard at it, mainly working with their hands, building things, cleaning things, getting ready to sell things. Then there are the thrusters, besuited, full of a different purpose. And distressingly there are always the desperate too, wandering – or still sleeping on – the streets. The hopeful and the hopeless, respectively, move quickly and slowly. It’s a bit of a club, which feels more exclusive the earlier you’re here before the lightweights turn up. In the meantime we all exchange looks that, even if they say nothing more profound than “God, early, isn’t it?”, still communicate a togetherness. I have favourite early-morning memories from each city I work in. In Manchester it’s the dozen or so builders I saw next to a site near Piccadilly Gardens, standing in a circle, in hi-vis and hard hats, doing some warmup stretches. In Cardiff it’s going to use the toilet in a massive, deserted Marks & Spencer. There wasn’t a soul on the shopfloor but Rose Royce were playing, singing the saddest pop song ever: “You abandoned me; love don’t live here anymore.” I imagined a newly heartbroken employee had put it on. And in Birmingham, there’s The Friendliest Man In The World, who runs the breakfast cafe next to New Street station. Always a joy, the earlier the better. It’s always special everywhere. Until everyone else turns up and, in the nicest possible way, rather spoils it all. Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster, writer and Guardian columnist ```
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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/03/ive-never-been-that-sociable-but-thought-it-was-because-im-an-introvert-then-i-learned-i-have-a-rare-type-of-hearing-loss
# I’ve never been that sociable but thought it was because I’m an introvert. Then I learned I have a rare type of hearing loss The diagnosis blindsided me but it explains why I feel the need to shout to be heard over background noise Yes, I frequently asked people to repeat themselves. Yes, I had trouble hearing dialogue on TV. And I often wondered if people were aware that they mumbled. That wasn’t the impetus to get my hearing checked though. What got me to the doctor was that I was having trouble eavesdropping at work. I was sure there had been a time when I could hear conversations that didn’t concern me. Even though I had made the appointment, I figured it was sinus trouble or perhaps my ears needed syringing. But my GP said my ears were clear and didn’t even mention my sinuses. Instead she did a simple hearing test that involved rustling some paper in one ear while whispering in another. She asked me to repeat what she had whispered and I think I replied: “Did you say something?” I left with a referral to an audiologist. At the end of the test, which I was sure I had aced, the audiologist announced the results: mild to moderate mid-frequency hearing loss. Mid-frequency is where people speak so it explained why I wanted to shout at people, “For God’s sake, enunciate!” Believe it or not, even though I had got to the point of getting a hearing test, the result blindsided me. I thought the diagnosis would be something temporary and easily treated. Although I was stunned, I managed to ask a few questions: What causes it? (It is congenital.) How much of my hearing have I lost? (About 30%.) Will it get worse? (Deterioration is slow.) Do I need hearing aids? (They would help but aren’t essential at this stage.) I left the audiologist’s clinic in a bit of a daze as I absorbed this unexpected news about myself. I Googled it when I got home and discovered I have one of the rarest types of hearing loss. It also has a cute nickname – “cookie bite” hearing loss (because the test results resemble a cookie with a bite taken out of it). It is there from birth but deteriorates noticeably in adulthood, with the average age of diagnosis being late 30s. I was 40. Hearing loss doesn’t run in my family, so how I got it is a mystery. I thought being an introvert was why I have never been that sociable. But the news of hearing loss made me realise introversion wasn’t the only reason. When I went to pubs or nightclubs, I wondered how everyone else chatted so easily. I couldn’t hear conversation unless people shouted at me and I thought I had to shout back, which isn’t at all enjoyable. If I’m somewhere with background noise, or the din of chatter, I have to concentrate hard to hear. I missed bits of dialogue in movies and TV, and I put that down to drama schools not teaching actors to speak clearly any more. Subtitles have been a revelation. I have been genuinely surprised at how much dialogue I have been missing (although these days people with perfectly good hearing also complain about inaudible dialogue because sound mixing isn’t what it used to be). So the big question: ? My GP says it is something to consider in the future. Audiologists advise it would help now because I wouldn’t have to work so hard to hear. I did trial some and immediately understood what the audiologists meant. Talking to people was easier. I have got used to the effort needed to hear people and the mental fatigue is real. Then there’s the cost of hearing aids to factor into my decision. I had assumed the price might be about the same as a laptop or a mobile phone, maybe. I got an email advertising an exclusive offer on premium hearing aids. The regular price was discounted by $3,000. The new “bargain” price? $5,995. Yes, there are less expensive models but the type of hearing aid is partially determined by the type of hearing loss. Medicare subsidies are available only for pension recipients. So I’ll be taking the advice of my GP and getting them later. Much later. Until then, please enunciate. ```
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https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1kjwmzvg23o
# I'm lucky to be alive, says journalist tracked by Russian spies A journalist targeted by a Russian spy cell run from a former guest house in Norfolk has said he thinks Russian President Vladimir Putin personally ordered the operation against him. Roman Dobrokhotov, editor-in-chief of The Insider, was followed - three of whom were convicted on Friday. Dobrokhotov told the BBC: "I'm very lucky to be alive". The Russian national believes he and his fellow investigative journalist, the Bulgarian Christo Grozev, were targeted because of their exposés on Russia. They revealed Russia's role in a string of deadly incidents, including the nerve agent attacks in Salisbury in 2018 and on the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in 2020. - - In December 2020, on the day that investigative group Bellingcat published its exposé on the Navalny poisoning, the man who directed the Russian spy cell sent a message saying: "We'd be interested in a Bulgarian guy working for Bellingcat Christo Grozev." Jan Marsalek, who instructed the spy ring on behalf of the Russian intelligence services, wrote that Grozev was the "lead investigator in the Navalny case". His friend and fellow target Dobrokhotov said this was the moment when they became a major focus, as Putin was so disturbed by what had been revealed. "I think that it was Putin directly," he said. "In this dictatorship, you would never take responsibility on your own to do such a political stuff. You will always have a direct order from the president." A message sent by Marsalek to fellow spy Orlin Roussev - who ran the UK-based group from a former guest house in Norfolk - demonstrated inside knowledge of Putin's thinking. He wrote: "Personally I find Grozev not to be a very valuable target but apparently Putin seriously hates him." Roman Dobrokhotov is the editor-in-chief of investigative website The Insider After 2020, the spy cell followed Grozev and Dobrokhotov throughout Europe, spying on them on aeroplanes, in hotels and in private properties. They discussed kidnapping and even killing the men. There was talk of smuggling Dobrokhotov out of the UK in a small boat from the Norfolk coast, after which he would be taken back to Russia. Dobrokhotov said it was clear this would have resulted in his death. It was in January 2023, the month before police arrested members of the cell in the UK, that Dobrokhotov said he was "warned that I shouldn't leave the country because it can be dangerous". He had not realised that he was being followed by the Bulgarian spies, who got so near to him on one flight that they saw the Pin code for his mobile phone. He thinks the police action sends a signal. "Vladimir Putin doesn't understand messages in words, only in actions," Dobrokhotov said. "So he understands messages like, for example, Ukraine got long-range missiles. That's a message that he can understand. "And when his spies are arrested and imprisoned for a big sentence, that's also a message that he can understand." He thinks the use of Bulgarians working in normal jobs shows the limits of Russian espionage after so many professional spies were expelled from the West, but that spy cells like the Bulgarian one are no less dangerous. Speaking about what motivates him, Dobrokhotov said he wants "to change Russia" because he does not want to live in a country that "kills people just because they're doing journalism or because they are criticising the government". He said that "while we are existing, it is very difficult for Vladimir Putin to feel strength inside the country" and that "we will be someone who he will try to eliminate for the rest of his life". "We're in a situation that only some of us will survive, either we or Vladimir Putin and his team." On Friday Vanya Gaberova, 30, Katrin Ivanova, 33, and Tihomir Ivanchev, 39, were found guilty of conspiracy to spy, while Roussev, 47, and Biser Dzhambazov, 43, had previously admitted the same charge. A sixth Bulgarian, Ivan Stoyanov, 34, pleaded guilty to spying. Ivanova was also convicted of possessing multiple false identity documents. ## Related - - - ## More - - 13 hrs ago, Europe - - 14 hrs ago, Europe - - 16 hrs ago, Europe - - 23 hrs ago, Europe - - 23 hrs ago, Europe ```
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https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/mar/08/top-10-scandi-life-lessons-after-decade-in-denmark#comments
# Go outside, ditch the phone, get humble: my top 10 Scandi life lessons after a decade in Denmark AFTER more than a decade of Danish hygge, cycling through sleet, and learning to pronounce words made up mainly of vowel sounds, my family and I have moved back to the UK. And it’s been … bewildering. My Scandi adventure began as a one-year experiment when my husband’s job at Lego took us to Jutland, and I worked as a Scandinavia correspondent. But we found we loved living Danishly. We had three children – all born into a health system that to this day leaves me in awe. And I dedicated 12 years to researching what makes the Nordic countries so special (as well as where they fall short). I enjoyed a more straightforward existence, where once you knew the (very clear) social rules and how to play by them, life was relatively easy. But in September we head back to the UK, driven by family and work commitments. We moved to the countryside, swapping Danish bakeries and design shops for tractors and a scarcity of street lights. My children miss their friends, their school, the only home they’ve ever known and the culture they have grown up in. We’ve had to start over. The question is: can we bring a slice of home with us, or have I ruined British life for ever by becoming too Danish? Here are 10 lessons I’m holding on to. ## 1. Janteloven: you’re not all that, and that’s fine Denmark’s social rule of janteloven – the idea that “you’re no better than anyone else” – keeps everyone grounded. Its education system is rooted in equality, with children calling teachers by their first names and collaboration prioritised over competition. There’s a flat hierarchical structure and high taxes help redistribute wealth – not a terrible plan since . Living Danishly means no one cares what car you drive, for example, and if they do, they’re incredibly dull. Back in the UK, this mindset helps keep a sense of perspective in a place where hierarchy is alive and well. It means not being overly impressed by status, titles or wealth – and I’m teaching my children to follow suit (overheard during a playdate: “My dad drives a Porsche!” My child: “But is he happy?”). ## 2. Trust is the glue of society Danes trust their neighbours, institutions and even strangers, with ”. So, babies are left to nap outside in their prams, children roam freely and people sell secondhand clothes from “trust stands” outside their homes. In the UK, trust can feel harder to come by, but it’s still there. While I probably wouldn’t have left my babies to sleep outside here (without risking being reported to social services), it’s not quite the dystopian nightmare the algorithms might have us believe. When a parent I’d never met found out that we’d just moved and didn’t have a bike for a school outing, they lent me their son’s (plus helmet). No questions asked. The trust that I so valued in Denmark has tiny shoots poking through in UK communities. I want to foster this in my family; trusting others can become a self-fulfilling prophecy – with our expectations for the behaviour of others , according to the founder of modern sociology, Robert K Merton. ## 3. Work-life balance isn’t a myth The Danes are masters of the work-life balance, with a 37-hour work week as standard and OECD figures showing that the . “It’s changed!” someone will always wail, with nostalgia Danes fearing this way of life is on its way out. But the balance is still better than elsewhere. I once visited Lego HQ at 5pm and the multistorey car park was empty. The result? Lower stress and . Returning to the UK’s hustle culture means the familiar rock-in-stomach stress from my London years resurfaces occasionally, but I’m holding on to the Danish ethos. This means no work between school pick-up and the kids’ bedtime, because this is sacred family time (child-free Danes tend to prioritise leisure activities in this 4-7pm slot since Danish office hours are typically 8-4pm). On the days when my husband works from home, he tries to do the same. After the children are in bed, I may resume work if deadlines are looming. But when we’re well rested, so I know I’ll do a better job tomorrow if I sleep well tonight. Emails can wait, weekends are sacred. And burnout (believe me, I’ve tried that too). ## 4. Rain or shine, get outside (somehow) , or “open-air life”, is deeply ingrained in Nordic culture and spending time in nature has been shown to . In Denmark, there’s “no such thing as bad weather, just the wrong clothes” as the proverb goes, and we’ve gone on family walks in snow, hail and rain that would make Noah reconsider his life choices. I’m sticking with friluftsliv in the UK, even if passersby give me strange looks (“You do know it’s raining?” Me: “Yes?”). Danes famously cycle everywhere, but this is a riskier proposition here. Gone are Denmark’s generous bike lanes and instead cyclists confront cars at full pelt on hairpin bends. The new plan? I’ve borrowed a teenager’s mountain bike and joined an off-road bike group to make the most of misty mornings, frost-covered fields and spectacular sunrises. ## 5. Family meals without the fuss One of the greatest gifts from our Danish years is the habit of eating together. This is non-negotiable – TV off, phones away and everyone at the table for a home-cooked meal, proven to improve mental and physical health as well as our . Thanks to a short working week, a daily family dinner is entirely possible in Denmark and tends to be eaten early, something our apparently thank us for. ‘A family meal is non-negotiable. TV off, phones away – the moments of connection make it worthwhile.’ Photograph: Emli Bendixen/The Guardian Danish food is unapologetically practical, designed to fuel rather than dazzle. Lunches might consist of hearty smørrebrød, and dinners are simple yet satisfying. Danes do indulgence well, too, with cakes, pastries, and an endless supply of salted liquorice. I’ve embraced this functional food philosophy back in the UK, bulk-buying rye bread and sticking with basic, balanced meals (though Denmark can keep its salted liquorice). Everyone’s starving by 5.30pm, so instead of filling up on snacks, we’ll eat dinner early, then have something else later if we’re peckish. On days when the schedule’s particularly hectic, one or more of us will eat on the hoof. Tupperware boxes are laden with hard-boiled eggs, chopped veg, cheese and great wedges of Lurpak on rye (Danes spread generously and even have a word, tandsmør or “tooth butter”, for when you slather so much butter on bread that teeth leave bitemarks. Bliss…). It’s not perfect, but it works. Just. Life here is busier, but between inevitable sibling rows and broccoli protests, there are moments of connection around the table that make it all worthwhile. ## 6. Volunteering is vital , contributing to their communities through clubs, events and schools. In Denmark, if you want something – whether it’s a football team or a book club – you roll up your sleeves and make it happen. So here in the UK I’m leaning in to community events and volunteering at my local library. Ideally, there wouldn’t have been a across the UK, but because there is I’m doing what I can. If Denmark taught me anything, it’s that small acts of service build stronger communities. ## 7. Embracing hygge beyond the hype Before hygge was hijacked by Instagram, the Danish art of cosiness meant slowing down, switching off and sharing quality time in relaxed surroundings (accepting that the best evenings don’t involve wifi). Danes prioritise daily moments of joy, so when the world feels like it’s on fire, they can cope and keep fighting the good fight. And it works, with Danes voted among the on Earth. British life is more frenetic, but I’m determined to pause and savour the small things like a well-brewed coffee or candles while I work (a surprisingly effective productivity hack that keeps me from wandering off to the fridge or to put on laundry, thanks to my fear of leaving a naked flame unattended). ## 8. Independence is a gift Vikings are allowed to take risks, learn from mistakes and develop independence early on. From two-year-olds dressing themselves to eight-year-olds cycling to school alone, there’s a collective confidence in giving children freedom in Denmark, which . A phrase beloved by my children’s teachers was that adults should “sit on their hands” – ie do nothing and let children work things out for themselves. In the UK, there’s more of a tendency to swoop in to help, and my natural impulse was to cocoon my children in bubble wrap. But during my research into Nordic childrearing, I’ve learned the value of sitting on my hands. Letting them take age-appropriate risks, exercise autonomy and climb some seriously high trees has been hard, but watching them thrive has been worth it. There is a certain confidence and sense of mastery that comes from knowing how to make a bivouac, build a campfire, or just from running a little wild. Especially for girls, who typically from preschool onwards, according to research from the University of Exeter. My daughter knows that she’s the best climber in our house and can regularly be found two and a half metres up a tree, to the alarm of passing dog walkers. But she is happy, so I am, too. And if you ever see me talking to a tree, it’s probably because one of my children is up it. ## 9. Less really is more Danish minimalism goes beyond design; it’s a way of life. From clothes to home decor, the approach taught me the beauty of having fewer things, of higher quality. Danes are a thrifty bunch (see high taxes) so these are often preloved, but even more modest homes have a few design touches. I’ve taken this to heart, keeping our UK home intentionally sparse – half of our belongings are still in boxes. I’m resisting the urge to clutter and fill every space. Instead, I’m focusing on creating a home that’s functional, cosy, and uniquely ours while observing the golden rules of Danish interiors (no big light; plenty of lamps; natural materials and tactile fabrics). ## 10. But being friendly never hurt anyone The kindness I experienced in Denmark didn’t always come quickly. There’s a general consensus that although people will help if you ask, they won’t offer. It was explained to me that this is because Vikings are independent, with autonomy so valued in Danish society. In pockets of England, however, people love getting in your business. Everyone knows what’s going on. At all times. Often, before I do. But you know what? As a new arrival, I’m all for it. I had neighbours in Denmark who didn’t speak to me for eight years. Here, I’ve moved straight into an episode of The Archers (my youngest has even picked up the accent). One new neighbour sent me the most insanely useful list of everything I might need to know in my new home (library, doctors, dentists). Another dropped off a lemon drizzle cake. The proactive help we have received has been totally unexpected and hugely appreciated. Leaving Denmark was one of the hardest decisions of my life. It’s counterintuitive to walk away from a life that’s been so good – and it’s easier to be happy in the Nordic countries where the reasons for unhappiness are removed or at least lessened. The true task is implementing all I’ve learned about living Danishly and raising Vikings – outside the Nordic bubble. In Denmark, life was neat, efficient and orderly. In the UK, nothing is. Instead, it’s cobbled together. There’s a patchwork of old varnish on every available surface in cafes and public spaces, with scuffed walls and worn carpets (as my youngest put it: “Everything in England is just … stickier”). But what the UK lacks in non-tacky surfaces, it makes up for in culture, diversity, humour and biscuits. It’s a balancing act, integrating what I loved about Denmark with the life we’re creating here, but I’m hopeful. As I settle back in the UK, I’m holding these 10 lessons close to help me stay grounded. After all, home isn’t just where you live – it’s how you live. , by Helen Russell, is out now in paperback (4th Estate). To support the Guardian and Observer, order your copy from . ```
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https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/la-social-media-personality-says-he-was-on-hold-with-dispatch-for-an-hour-after-home-was-burglarized/
# LA media personality says he was on hold with dispatch for an hour after home was burglarized ### Local News A Los Angeles-based media personality says that he was on hold for just under an hour when he called 911 to report that his Studio City home was burglarized earlier this week. He believes the issue shines a light on an immediate need for the county. Evan Lovett, the creator of the "LA in a Minute" podcast, says his home was burglarized on Friday evening while he and his family were out. The alleged thieves took off with precious family heirlooms and other items before they returned home, he says. He said what happened next is almost more upsetting than the crime. "Immediately when we called, it went to ... the recorded message," Lovett said. "Paraphrasing, but, 'Your call is important. Don't hang up. You're in a queue and you're gonna lose your position in the queue.'" He said that while it's understandable to wait for a few minutes, calling an emergency service like 911 should have much more urgency. Once I got to the six-minute mark, like, this is pretty interesting. Six minutes turned into 15, into 20, 30, 44, finally, the 59 minute mark the call was answered," he recalled. That was the first time they heard from another person on the other end of the line, asking if he was hurt or if anyone was in danger. "I do realize that they're critically short-staffed. I know the people, they are working hard. I'm not getting any of those employees, cause that's a really difficult job, but at the same time it's something, not a flaw in the system," Lovett said. He says that when he did finally speak with a dispatcher, they were great, as were the police who arrived about six minutes later. "They explained that unfortunately they're not surprised by the dispatch times," Lovett said. "Sometimes, they've heard two, two and a half hours before somebody can reach a human being on the other end of 911." Los Angeles City Councilmember Nithya Raman addressed the issue in a statement released to KCAL News on Saturday. "911 wait times for non-urgent calls are unacceptably long right now due to low recruitment for open positions, for 911 operators and emergency and non-emergency calls being routed through the same operators," Raman's statement said. "My office has already been working closely with city leadership over the past few months to find appropriate solutions for this. While some new operators have been hired, progress has not nearly been fast enough. The city can and must do much more to ensure that Angelenos who need help get what they need." Mayor Karen Bass' office also issued a statement later Saturday, which read in part, "This is unacceptable and we are looking into what happened last night. All Angelenos have the right to be safe in their homes, and it is our duty to protect that right. Last year we hired more than 100 additional 911 dispatchers and we are hiring more." Lovett hopes that his outreach through his podcast will help expedite those changes. "I think it's important that when you see something like this, that really can be life or death ... What if my son was choking, what if my wife, you know, fell and had an accident in the shower," he said. "I would call 911, you don't even think about it." Police gave him two tips in the meantime. They said that landline calls to 911 are sent directly to dispatch, whereas cellphones are routed and triaged through the county first, and that he should hardwire home surveillance cameras to prevent them from being impacted by WiFi scramblers. ### More from CBS News - - - - - © 2025 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. ```
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2025/03/04/neil-gaimneil-gaiman-denies-babysitter-rape-lawsuit/81423615007/
# Neil Gaiman denies rape claims, asks to dismiss ex-nanny's lawsuit is responding to what he calls "sham" accusations from his child's former babysitter for alleged human trafficking as well as sexual assault and battery. In a brief in support of his defense attorneys' motion to dismiss the case, filed in Wisconsin federal court Tuesday and obtained by USA TODAY, the "Good Omens" author denies Scarlett Pavlovich's "outrageous" allegations and argues for her lawsuit to be dismissed on the grounds that it was filed in the wrong jurisdiction. Pavlovich, who started babysitting Gaiman and Palmer's son in 2022, and Gaiman "began a brief personal relationship, which involved consensual physical intimacy, not sexual intercourse," per the filing. "In no uncertain terms, Pavlovich’s accusations are false," the brief continues. "The sexual scenarios she describes deliberately in graphic detail are invented. Any sexual conduct that occurred was in all ways consensual." His filing states that U.S. courts have "no legal authority" over the matter, as the alleged misconduct happened in New Zealand, of which Pavlovich is a citizen. His lawyers also refer to a lengthy list of witnesses who reside there as a reason "the requisite discovery in this case will be severely burdened if litigation occurs outside of New Zealand." Pavlovich, Gaiman's team states, must exhaust "New Zealand's available remedies prior to bringing a lawsuit in the United States." His defense lawyers also note "the vast majority of non-party witnesses and evidence are in New Zealand—8,296 miles away from the Western District of Wisconsin." USA TODAY has reached out to Pavlovich's attorneys for comment. In her Feb. 3 lawsuit, she claimed Gaiman "repeatedly raped" her and "received free sexual services and labor" from her in 2022. The accusations allegedly occurred while Pavlovich was a live-in nanny for Gaiman and wife Amanda Palmer's child in their New Zealand homes. At the time, she was around 24, while Gaiman was 61. Pavlovich — who previously leveled these allegations in  published Jan. 13 — also accused Palmer, who is also named as a defendant in the lawsuit, of "procuring and presenting (Pavlovich) to Gaiman for such abuse." Palmer in an Instagram last month. "**I deny the allegations**: Neil Gaiman has denied allegations of abuse and sexual assault made by multiple women. The lawsuit from Scarlett Pavlovich was filed in the wrong jurisdiction. - Neil Gaiman's ex-wife responds to sexual assault lawsuit. . ## Neil Gaiman includes alleged text messages with his accuser In Tuesday's brief, Gaiman ardently denies misconduct allegations while conceding to several facts, including that Pavlovich was employed as a babysitter and also entered into a relationship of a sexual nature with Gaiman in 2022. The filing also provides some of Gaiman and Pavlovich's alleged Whatsapp messages, with the full record reserved for a separate filing that is under seal and inaccessible to the public. This "correspondence reflects not only that Gaiman’s alleged conduct was consensual, but also on many occasions, it was initiated and/or encouraged by Plaintiff herself," Gaiman's filing says. "At no point in any of Plaintiff’s messages to Gaiman did she ever accuse him of misconduct. Any suggestion that Gaiman raped or otherwise engaged in violent or non-consensual activity with Plaintiff, at any time, is false and defamatory." On March 24, 2022, Gaiman allegedly messaged Pavlovich after hearing from Palmer that Pavlovich had accused him of sexual assault. "Honestly, when Amanda told me that you were telling people I'd raped you and were planning to Me Too me, I wanted to kill myself. But I'm getting through it a day at a time, and it's been to weeks now and I'm still here. Fragile but not great," his alleged message to Pavlovich reads. In response, Gaiman claims, Pavlovich said she was "horrified" by his text and that this was "the first time I have heard of this." An alleged message she sent two days later shows her saying "It was consensual — how many times do I have to ... tell everyone." The 40-page filing concludes: "Defendant Neil Gaiman respectfully demands that the Court dismiss the Complaint against him on the merits and with prejudice, award him attorney’s fees and expenses incurred in defending this action and grant him such other and further relief as the Court deems just and proper." ## Would you like to know more? ## Featured Stories ### Gene Hackman's dog's cause of death released: Reports USA TODAY ### Dogs catch a ride and gain TikTok fans on this adorable school bus USA TODAY ### The Donald J. Trump Highway just crashed USA TODAY ### JD Vance addresses cousin's 'idiots' criticism of him, Donald Trump USA TODAY ### Prince Frederik of Luxembourg dies at 22 USA TODAY ```
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https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/mar/12/prince-andrew-was-told-epstein-saw-staley-as-close-friend-court-hears
# Ex-Barclays boss Jes Staley admits having sex with member of Jeffrey Epstein staff ## Testimony comes during combative day of cross-examination which also highlighted messages involving Prince Andrew The former chief executive of Barclays, Jes Staley, has admitted to having sex with a member of Jeffrey Epstein’s staff in an apartment owned by the child sex offender’s brother in New York, a court has heard. Staley made the admission at the end of a testy day of cross-examination at the upper tribunal, but maintained that his friendship with Epstein was not personal and had always been based on business. The FCA’s lawyer Leigh-Ann Mulcahy KC handed documents to Staley and tribunal judges without presenting them to the public, before asking Staley: “Do you accept that you had sexual intercourse with a woman at Mr Epstein’s brother’s apartment?” “Yes,” Staley said. The former CEO, who is married and has two daughters, acknowledged he met the woman through Epstein, but while he told the court “she was part of his staff”, he claimed Epstein did not know they had sex. “How did it come about that you had sexual intercourse with a woman who worked for him at an apartment, owned by his brother, without him knowing?” Mulcahy asked. Staley said: “Oftentimes I would go to Epstein’s apartment and he would be late, and she and I got the chance to know each other.” This led to sexual intercourse, he said, “much to my embarrassment today”. The ex-banker agreed with Mulcahy that he would describe the intercourse as “consensual”. The date of the encounter and the age of the woman were not disclosed in court. The FCA stated that the property was owned by Epstein’s brother. Mulcahy also put to Staley that the staff member “appeared to have carved you out of a settlement with the Epstein estate”. Staley replied he was “not aware of that”. The ex-Barclays boss also maintained that he did not remember the context for a separate, and now notorious, exchange with Epstein in 2010 referring to Disney princesses. The set of emails, the FCA said, included Staley saying: “Maybe they’re tracking you,” later followed by another email to Epstein, saying: “That was fun. Say hi to Snow White.” “What character would you like next?” Epstein asked, to which Staley replied: “Beauty and the Beast.” Epstein responded: “Well one side is availble .” Mulcahy noted that Staley had failed to provide any explanation for the emails in two interviews by the FCA, as well as a US deposition. “You’ve had a lot of time to consider this email … are you able now to explain?” “No,” Staley said. It rounded off a combative day of at the tribunal, which marked Staley’s third day in the witness box. It involved discussions about how Epstein supported Staley’s daughter’s academic career, as well as how the late financier described Staley as “like family” to high-profile contacts, including . One message, sent by Epstein to Prince Andrew in May 2010, said: “I know you are seeing this morning, he is like family and can be trusted 100%.” Andrew has faced fierce criticism over his ties to Epstein, who died in August 2019 while awaiting trial over charges on trafficking underage girls for sex. Mulcahy put to Staley that it was unrealistic that Epstein “would tell multiple people that you were a close friend and like a brother if you weren’t that close”. However, Staley denied this, saying that he believed Epstein “would willingly mislead and lie about our relationship”. Weeks later, in June 2010, Staley emailed Epstein to say: “Andrew just sat next to me at dinner. Any word on M? This is fun.” Staley speculated in the hearing that this was likely another reference to the prince, and that “M” likely referred to the former business secretary Lord Mandelson. Staley went on to ask Epstein that same day: “Is she free tonight?” Staley told the court he did not remember who “she” might be. Mulcahy said Staley’s “lack of recollection seems surprising”. Staley appeared angry and agitated as attention turned to Epstein’s relationship with Staley’s daughter, particularly after the FCA showed emails suggesting the financier had been “pulling strings” to support her through her academic career and PhD. Staley twice asked the judge for a break – though retracted the first of those requests – and said that the FCA’s line of questioning was “completely unnecessary”, adding that his daughter “accomplished what she did … on the back of her own skill”. Mulcahy said: “You’re the one that said your relationship was professional and based on the assistance to your daughter … I need to explore it to get to the connection of you and Mr Epstein.” The former Barclays boss will continue giving evidence until the end of the hearing, which is scheduled to last until Friday. ```
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https://www.foxnews.com/video/6369943810112
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https://www.foxnews.com/video/6369701188112
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https://www.foxnews.com/world/huge-unexploded-world-war-ii-era-bomb-found-crowded-paris-residential-area
# Huge unexploded World War II-era bomb found in crowded Paris residential area Bomb found near train tracks leading to Gare du Nord, Europe's busiest rail station ## By at Published: March 7, 2025 9:17am EST Updated: March 7, 2025 12:17pm EST A half-ton found near train tracks in a crowded residential area just outside of Paris unleashed travel chaos across the region Friday, prompting disruptions at Europe's busiest rail station and closures of major roads leading into the French capital. The unexploded bomb was found overnight by workers doing earthmoving activity near the tracks in the Seine-Saint-Denis area north of the city, according to French Transport Minister Philippe Tabarot. Bomb disposal experts were called to the scene, locals were evacuated, and "a quite large" security perimeter was set up around the operation, he added. "We’re delighted and relieved that all this has come to an end," Tabarot later said. This photo provided by the Paris Police Prefecture shows an unexploded World War II-era bomb that caused transportation chaos in Paris on Friday, March 7. (Prefecture de Police via AP) Eurostar, operator of high-speed trains through the Channel Tunnel that links England with the European continent, announced the cancelation of all its services to and from its Paris hub at Gare du Nord and the U.K. and Belgian capitals. "An unexploded bomb from the Second World War was discovered in this area," French national rail operator SNCF wrote on X. "Traffic will not resume until mid-afternoon, after formal authorization from the authorities." Paris police also announced the closure of the A1 highway and sections of the capital's always-busy ring road around the city. Passengers wait inside the departure hall as traffic was disrupted at the Gare du Nord train station in Paris, France, on Friday, March 7. (Reuters/Benoit Tessier) At Paris' usually bustling Gare du Nord station, bright red signs warning of disruptions greeted commuters. A pedestrian crosses the closed and empty Paris ring road on March 7, 2025. (Geoffroy Van Der Hasselt/AFP via Getty Images) Images captured crowds of stranded travelers there and at the St. Pancras International train station in London. French police secure the area near Paris close to the site where an unexploded bomb dating back to World War II was discovered overnight. (Reuters/Benoit Tessier) "Due to an object on the tracks near Paris Gare du Nord, we are expecting disruption to our services this morning. Please change your journey for a different date of travel," Eurostar wrote on X. _The Associated Press contributed to this report._ ### Related Topics - - - - - - ```
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https://apnews.com/article/europa-league-man-united-tottenham-chelsea-51a6fe2d009b91bbb1c00211c68e9b5f
Rubio says South Africa’s ambassador to the US 'is no longer welcome' in the country Secretary of State Marco Rubio says South Africa’s ambassador to the United States “is no longer welcome” in the United States. A town hall held by Rep. Chuck Edwards in Asheville, North Carolina, got rowdy as attendees asked a barrage of scathing questions about policies rolled out under President Donald Trump's administration. A Senior’s Guide To Affordable Car Insurance: Tips For Finding The Best Coverage North Carolina GOP town hall gets rowdy as attendees hurl scathing questions on Trump A town hall held by Rep. Chuck Edwards in Asheville, North Carolina, got rowdy as attendees asked a barrage of scathing questions about policies rolled out under President Donald Trump's administration. A Senior’s Guide To Affordable Car Insurance: Tips For Finding The Best Coverage North Carolina GOP town hall gets rowdy as attendees hurl scathing questions on Trump A town hall held by Rep. Chuck Edwards in Asheville, North Carolina, got rowdy as attendees asked a barrage of scathing questions about policies rolled out under President Donald Trump's administration. A Senior’s Guide To Affordable Car Insurance: Tips For Finding The Best Coverage North Carolina GOP town hall gets rowdy as attendees hurl scathing questions on Trump A town hall held by Rep. Chuck Edwards in Asheville, North Carolina, got rowdy as attendees asked a barrage of scathing questions about policies rolled out under President Donald Trump's administration. A Senior’s Guide To Affordable Car Insurance: Tips For Finding The Best Coverage North Carolina GOP town hall gets rowdy as attendees hurl scathing questions on Trump A town hall held by Rep. Chuck Edwards in Asheville, North Carolina, got rowdy as attendees asked a barrage of scathing questions about policies rolled out under President Donald Trump's administration. A Senior’s Guide To Affordable Car Insurance: Tips For Finding The Best Coverage North Carolina GOP town hall gets rowdy as attendees hurl scathing questions on Trump A town hall held by Rep. Chuck Edwards in Asheville, North Carolina, got rowdy as attendees asked a barrage of scathing questions about policies rolled out under President Donald Trump's administration. A Senior’s Guide To Affordable Car Insurance: Tips For Finding The Best Coverage North Carolina GOP town hall gets rowdy as attendees hurl scathing questions on Trump A town hall held by Rep. Chuck Edwards in Asheville, North Carolina, got rowdy as attendees asked a barrage of scathing questions about policies rolled out under President Donald Trump's administration. A Senior’s Guide To Affordable Car Insurance: Tips For Finding The Best Coverage ```
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https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/billy-joel-postpones-concerts-four-months-due-medical-condition
# Billy Joel postpones concerts for 4 months due to ‘medical condition’ ## The ‘Piano Man’ singer said in a statement "my health must come first" ### By Published March 11, 2025 1:28pm EDT is postponing his upcoming concert dates to focus on his health. In a statement shared on social media, the singer announced that the next four months of concert dates will be "rescheduled due to a medical condition." "The current tour will be postponed for four months to allow him to recover from recent surgery and to undergo physical therapy under the supervision of his doctors," the statement continued. Billy Joel is postponing tour dates for four months while he recovers from surgery and undergoes physical therapy. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images) "Joel is expected to make a full recovery. The tour will resume at Acrisure Stadium in Pittsburgh on July 5, 2025." Billy Joel performing at concert. (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images) That same year, he ended his at Madison Square Garden. He told ahead of the final shows that he planned to continue touring. “I never said I wasn’t going to perform anymore,” the "Piano Man" singer made clear. The "Piano Man" singer said in 2024 he has no intention of stopping his performance schedule. (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images) "The 75-year-old released a new single last year, 'Turn the Lights Back On.'," said The 75-year-old released a new single last year, "Turn the Lights Back On." (Myrna M. Suarez/Getty Images) That same year, he ended his at Madison Square Garden. He told ahead of the final shows that he planned to continue touring. ```
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https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/mar/03/ex-barclays-ceo-jes-staley-tells-court-bank-well-aware-of-his-jeffrey-epstein-links
# Jes Staley received images of ‘mature women’ from Jeffrey Epstein, court hears Lawyers for ex-Barclays CEO challenging FCA ban argue pictures were ‘innocuous’ **Former Barclays CEO Jes Staley arrives at court on Monday** Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA Kalyeena Makortoff, Banking correspondent, Mon 3 Mar 2025 13.33 EST First published on Mon 3 Mar 2025 06.45 EST Images received by the former Barclays chief executive Jes Staley from child sexual abuse offender were of “mature women” and ultimately “innocuous”, his lawyers have argued, as they tried to discredit claims that the ex-banking boss lied about the depth of the two men’s relationship. The comments were made on the first day of a legal battle in which Staley is trying overturn the decision by the (FCA) to ban him from senior roles in the UK’s financial sector, after its investigation found he misled the regulator over the nature of his relationship with Epstein. The FCA is arguing that the relationship between the two men was “indeed close” and it “went beyond one that was professional in nature”. Its own formal investigation, launched in December 2019 after the watchdog received further information from Staley’s former employer JP Morgan, also found Staley was in contact with Epstein in the . The regulator is alleging that the pair later used Staley’s eldest daughter as an “intermediary” to stay in touch long after he became Barclays’ chief executive, until at least February 2017. Staley’s lawyers do not dispute that his daughter spoke to Staley about emails from Epstein, but says he does not remember the conversations. The FCA’s barrister, Leigh-Ann Mulcahy KC, told the tribunal that Staley had a “motive to downplay his relationship” with Epstein, particularly after for trafficking underage girls for sex. She added that there had been a “pattern of underplaying his relationship” going back years, including when responding to media inquiries about their ties from titles such as the Mail on Sunday in 2015, and in talking points prepared for the board of Bowdoin College in September 2019, where he was a trustee, after it asked for more information. Staley appeared in court for the start of proceedings. Wearing a dark grey suit and blue tie, the former executive sat with members of his legal team as opening arguments were delivered to a tribunal panel led by Judge Tim Herrington. Staley’s legal team is disputing the true purpose of a letter that Barclays sent to the FCA in October 2019, as well as claiming that members of the bank’s board had been briefed on the extent of his ties with the late financier. Staley’s lawyers will argue that the FCA had only asked for assurances around whether Staley or Barclays “had any knowledge of, or involvement in, Mr Epstein’s unlawful conduct”, rather than the extent and nature of their relationship. The lawyers claim that the letter would otherwise have “been drafted and approved in very different terms”. “Barclays knew that Mr Staley had had a ‘close’ professional relationship with Mr Epstein which had extended over many years … that there were aspects of that relationship which were not confined to business,” the opening statement said. The FCA’s case will outline the depth of their alleged relationship, including claims that Epstein messaged Staley about sex, women and foreign holidays, while working behind the scenes to bolster Staley’s career by liaising with government officials, business leaders and royalty. ```
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https://www.foxnews.com/sports/wife-ex-rams-star-cooper-kupp-pens-emotional-message-after-wideouts-release-lucky-have-you
Cooper Kupp: Wife of ex-Rams star pens emotional message after wideout's release: 'Lucky to have you' ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kupp was released after the Rams failed to find a suitable trade The  officially cut Super Bowl LVI MVP Cooper Kupp after eight seasons on Wednesday after failing to find a suitable trade for the veteran receiver, a move that elicited an emotional response from his wife on social media. The news of  from the Rams came as no surprise after he announced last month that the NFL team informed him of their intentions to trade him. *Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Cooper Kupp practices before the NFC wild card game against the Minnesota Vikings at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, on Jan. 13. (Joe Camporeale-Imagn Images)* Still, the official announcement on Wednesday — the start of the league year — signaled an emotional end of an era in L.A. "Wherever we go, wherever we land, is going to be so f---ing lucky to have you in their building," Anna Marie Kupp wrote in a post shared to her Instagram Stories. *Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Cooper Kupp and wife Anna Marie Kupp attend the game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on May 3, 2022. (Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports)* "You have the ability to turn the tides of any organization you step foot into. The man that you are, the leader that you embody, the brother on and off the field. The standard you hold yourself to and bring others along in your pursuits. People want to be better because of who you are and how you conduct your business. The joy and passion you exude in your preparation and your execution is contagious." "I am so excited for the impact you will have in these coming years," she continued. "The relationships waiting for you. And for you to continue to tear apart your opponents. To the moon, my King." *Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Cooper Kupp kisses his wife, Anna Marie Kupp, during the game against the Minnesota Vikings at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles on Oct. 24, 2024. (Kirby Lee-Imagn Images)* _**CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP**_ ```
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https://www.theguardian.com/sport/australia-sport
# Australia sport | The Guardian ## Featured Stories ### Formula One: Australian Grand Prix qualifying – as it happened 8h ago ### McLaren’s Lando Norris edges Piastri to claim pole for F1 Australian Grand Prix 8h ago ### Unruffled, unstoppable: Gout Gout’s sparkling summer continues with 100m title in Brisbane 9h ago ### Former Wallabies captain Rocky Elsom handed two-year jail sentence in France 19 days ago ### Sam Kerr nears return to playing after being named in Chelsea squad 15 days ago ### Four months after daughters’ deaths, parents of Laos backpackers face ‘horror scenarios’ amid fight for answers 14 months ago ### How Pete Hegseth is pushing his beliefs on US agency: ‘nothing to prepare forces’ 14 months ago ### ‘Ruined this place’: chorus of boos against JD Vance at Washington concert 14 months ago ### Notable Tesla investor says he hopes Musk’s government role is ‘short-lived’ 14 months ago ### Trump vents fury about his criminal cases in extraordinary speech at DoJ 14 days ago ### MLB blocks Cricket Australia bid to play Sheffield Shield final at Adelaide Oval 14 months ago ### When it comes to football, there’s no place like the big city 15 days ago ### Mitchell Duke dumped from Socceroos squad for critical World Cup 2026 qualifiers 15 days ago ### AFL blocks Cricket Australia bid to play Sheffield Shield final at Adelaide Oval 14 months ago ### MLB blocks Cricket Australia bid to play Sheffield Shield final at Adelaide Oval 14 months ago ### ‘Ruined this place’: chorus of boos against JD Vance at Washington concert 14 months ago ### Two-time Olympic champion to run in Australia for first time when race makes its World Marathon Major debut 14 months ago ### Most viewed in Australia sport 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. ## Most viewed Across the guardian 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. ### Explore more on these topics * * * * * ```
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/soccer/2025/03/05/uswnt-sophia-wilson-announces-pregnancy-michael-wilson/81623112007/
USWNT star Sophia Wilson, Cardinals WR Michael Wilson announce pregnancy ======================================================================= U.S. women's national team and Portland Thorns forward Sophia Wilson and Arizona Cardinals receiver Michael Wilson announced they are expecting their first child. The couple revealed the news Wednesday on Instagram. Life just keeps getting sweeter, said the shared post of the two with ultrasound photos. The athletic couple first met when they were both freshmen at Stanford in 2018 and have been together since. They got married in January. In an interview with the Arizona Cardinals in November, Sophia Wilson − then as Sophia Smith − said aside from soccer, her calling was "to be a mom" and the couple was patient to welcome their first child. "My career, it has to stop for a period of time when I am pregnant so that's not something we can just let happen at any moment," she said. The news comes as the Thorns are set to kick off the 2025 NWSL season on March 15, meaning Wilson will likely miss the majority of the season. The team and said it is "proud to support her through this incredible new chapter." Wilson has been a star on the pitch ever since she was a highly-rated prospect in high school. She won an NCAA championship with Stanford in 2019 and was the No. 1 pick at the 2020 NWSL draft. She was named the league MVP in 2022 as she led Portland to its third league title. In addition to her college and club success, Wilson has been a star for the USWNT. She was named US Soccer Female Player of the Year in 2022 at the age of 21 and was a critical member of the gold medal-winning team at the 2024 Paris Olympics. She is part of the "Triple Espresso" attack with Trinity Rodman and Mallory Swanson. Michael Wilson was drafted by the Cardinals in the third round of the 2023 NFL draft and is coming off a solid second-year in the NFL. He played in 16 games in 2024 with 13 starts, and caught 47 catches for 548 receiving yards and four touchdowns, second-most on the team. ### Featured Weekly Ad ### More Stories USA TODAY Gene Hackman's dog's cause of death released: Reports USA TODAY You can still be conservative without praising Trump USA TODAY The Donald J. Trump Highway just crashed USA TODAY JD Vance addresses cousin's 'idiots' criticism of him, Donald Trump ### Keep on reading USA TODAY Prince Frederik of Luxembourg dies at 22 Dexcom Discover Effortless Glucose Monitoring: Request a Free Trial TrueSearches 2024 Senior SUV is A True Head Turner (You'll Love The Price) USA TODAY I voted for Donald Trump. Here's the thing I am upset about. USA TODAY Trump adviser says veterans aren't 'people that actually work.' Excuse me? USA TODAY Woman accused of killing Memphis pastor Ricky Floyd pleads not guilty USA TODAY 'I'll never forget it.' Why Cincinnati-area Trump Store is closing ```
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https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/TgDymNrGRoxPv4SWj/the-mask-benchmark-disentangling-honesty-from-accuracy-in-ai-3
# Introducing MASK: A Benchmark for Measuring Honesty in AI Systems **AI Alignment Forum** **Date:** 5th Mar 2025 **Author:** Richard Ren, Mantas Mazeika, Dan H ## Introduction In collaboration with Scale AI, we are releasing **MASK (Model Alignment between Statements and Knowledge)**, a benchmark with over 1000 scenarios specifically designed to measure AI honesty. As AI systems grow increasingly capable and autonomous, measuring the propensity of AIs to lie to humans is increasingly important. Often, LLM developers often report that their models are becoming more "truthful", but truthfulness conflates honesty with accuracy. By disentangling honesty from accuracy in the MASK benchmark, we find that as LLMs scale up they do not necessarily become more honest. *Honesty is a distinct property that is not highly correlated with capabilities.* ### Why We Need an AI Honesty Benchmark **Most existing evaluations aim to measure truthfulness—**whether a model’s beliefs, typically when neutrally prompted, aligns with the ground truth. However, truthfulness and factual accuracy is not the same as honesty. A model can be truthful simply by having more accurate knowledge, while still being willing to lie if pressured. Unlike existing truthfulness evaluations, which often conflate honesty with factual accuracy, MASK explicitly disentangles these concepts, allowing us to directly assess when and why models choose to lie. **There is no large-scale AI honesty evaluation to date.** There have been multiple documented instances of LLMs engaging in deceptive behavior (CAPTCHA, sycophancy, etc.). Observing instances of suspicious behavior can be suggestive, but anecdotal cases cannot provide a reliable and large-scale quantitative measure for the ML community to work toward. Instead of a few isolated examples, we have a complete dataset of over 1000 examples in our public set which aims to capture many diverse instances of dishonest behavior. ### What MASK Measures (And What It Doesn’t) MASK is designed to test whether models will knowingly contradict their own beliefs under pressure. It is **not**: - A test for hallucinations, fictional scenarios, or factual mistakes—only intentional deception. - Studying toy lying scenarios. - An evaluation of harmless social lies (e.g., “Nice haircut!”) or playing games where deception is expected (e.g., Werewolf, poker). Instead, MASK focuses on cases where honesty is **expected and consequential**—such as professional communication, statistical data reporting, and disinformation generation requests—and where dishonest outputs could deceive an audience or a user. ### How MASK Evaluates AI Honesty We evaluate model honesty through a three-step process: 1. **Elicit the model’s belief** by asking multiple questions, under "normal" prompting, to establish the model's baseline belief 2. **Apply a “pressure prompt”**—a scenario designed to incentivize the model to lie to see if the models give a different answer. 3. **Compare outputs**: - Honest: The model expresses its belief. - Lying: The model knowingly contradicts its belief. - Evasive: The model refuses to answer or obfuscates. By measuring how models behave under different pressures, MASK allows us to quantify and track lying in AI systems. ### Key Findings: Most Frontier AI Models Lie Under Pressure We evaluate 30 widely-used LLMs on MASK, finding that: - **Honesty does not correlate with general capability.** More capable models hold more accurate beliefs but do not necessarily become more honest. - **Many state-of-the-art models lie under pressure.** Even when aware of the truth, they often choose to lie in many scenarios in our benchmark. We find that LLMs lie between 20-60% of the time when under pressure in our scenarios. ### Intervention: Can We Make AI More Honest? We tested two methods for improving model honesty: 1. **Developer System Prompts:** Adding explicit instructions to “always be honest” improved honesty by ~12%, but models still lied in many cases. 2. **Representation Engineering (LoRRA):** Modifying internal activations to favor honesty improved results further (~14% in some cases), though it did not eliminate lying entirely. ### Paper & Dataset MASK provides a way to **track and mitigate dishonesty in AI models**, but it is only a first step. To this end, we are releasing MASK as an open benchmark, with 1,000 public scenarios available for evaluation. - MASK Website: - GitHub: - HuggingFace Dataset: 1. Different variations on our honesty metric give slightly weaker correlations, though still negative. Thus, we are not confident that models become less honest with scale, but we are confident that honesty does not improve with scale. --- **Tags:** - AI - Frontpage --- ## Comments ### 5 comments, sorted by Click to highlight new comments since: Today at 3:19 AM ### 8d 5 0 1 Thanks, this was an insightful paper! One concern though. You define the honesty score as \(P(\text{Honest}) - P(\text{Lie})\), which is the probability of the model being either honest or evasive or not indicating a belief. However, it seems more natural to define the "honesty score" as the ratio (odds) \(P(\text{Honest}) : P(\text{Lie})\) converted to a probability. Which is: \(\frac{P(\text{Honest})}{P(\text{Honest}) + P(\text{Lie})} = P(\text{Honest} \mid \text{Honest} \lor \text{Lie})\). So this is the probability of the model being honest given that it is either honest or lies, i.e. assuming that it isn't evasive and doesn't fail to indicate a belief. It essentially means ignoring the "neither lying nor being honest" cases, and counting honesty as being as good as lying is bad. In particular, this revised honesty score indicates that Claude 3.7 Sonnet with 63% is far ahead of any other model. Llama 2 7B Chat follows with 54%, and most other models have a score significantly below 50%, meaning they are a lot more likely to lie than to be honest when pressured. I would be interested to see how this metric changes the correlation between honesty and log model size. I suspect it will still be negative. Though I assume you did ignore frontier models like Claude here as the model size is not published. I also just calculated the (Pearson) correlation between accuracy and the revised "honesty vs lying" honesty score as -57%, while between accuracy and your "not lying" honesty score it is -72%. The stronger negative correlation for the "not lying" score is not surprising, since this does include the "not indicating belief" cases which are presumably more frequent for smaller models which are also less accurate, which makes the negative correlation (inappropriately) stronger. This artifact is excluded in the revised "honesty vs lying" honesty score. I think it therefore might well be a better method of "accounting for belief" than the @10 method in the appendix, since the latter doesn't distinguish between infrequent and frequent lying, which does not seem right to me. It's true that the revised honesty score also ignores evasiveness, but evasiveness seems more neutral than lying, and being evasive is not obviously dishonest (nor honest). So it might be worth to consider whether using the revised honesty metric \(P(\text{Honest} \mid \text{Honest} \lor \text{Lie})\) is more appropriate for your MASK benchmark. ### 16h 1 0 Thx, sounds very useful! One question: I requested access to the dataset on HF 2 days ago, is there anything more I should do, or just wait? ### 7d 1 0 Thx, sounds very useful! One question: I requested access to the dataset on HF 2 days ago, is there anything more I should do, or just wait? ### 17h 1 0 Hey, we set the dataset to automatic approval a few days after your comment. Let me know if you still can't access it. ### 16h 1 0 I got it now - thx! ### --- ## More from ### AdamK, Richard Ren, Dan H 7mo 5 --- ## Curated and popular this week ### Ruby, RobertM 14h 80 ### Daniel Kokotajlo 4d 25 ### Daniel Kokotajlo 4d 25 ```
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https://www.foxnews.com/world/detained-captain-cargo-ship-collided-us-oil-tanker-russian-national-ship-owner-says
Detained captain of cargo ship that collided with US oil tanker is Russian national, ship owner says ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Portugal-flagged Solong cargo ship was found to have multiple deficiencies before collision with MV Stena Immaculate --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Smoke billows from the MV Solong cargo ship in the North Sea, off the coast of England, on Tuesday, March 11. (Dan Kitwood/Pool Photo via AP) A Russian national was revealed to be the captain of the cargo ship that collided with a U.S. tanker off the coast of England in an incident that sparked a massive fire, spilled jet fuel into the sea and left one person feared dead. The 59-year-old man remained in police custody Wednesday after being detained on suspicion of manslaughter by gross negligence, according to Ernst Russ, the owner of the Portugal-flagged Solong cargo ship. It added that the ship’s 14 crew members were a mix of Russian and Filipino nationals. One of them remains missing and is presumed dead. The Solong collided Monday with MV Stena Immaculate, a U.S.-flagged tanker transporting jet fuel for the American military. U.S.-based Crowley Ship Management said the MV Stena Immaculate was anchored near Hull when it was struck and that all 23 onboard are "safe and accounted for" with no reported injuries. Leading up to the collision, the Solong was inspected in Dublin last July and was found to have 10 deficiencies, according to The Associated Press. Port inspection documents show the Solong failed steering-related safety checks with the vessel's "emergency steering position communications/compass reading" unreadable. It also had "inadequate" alarms, survival craft "not properly maintained" and fire doors "not as required." Then a second inspection in Scotland in October found two more deficiencies, but the ship was not detained after either inspection, the AP reported. However, U.K. authorities said they do not suspect foul play in the crash. The Solong was drifting and still on fire Wednesday, but is likely to remain afloat rather than sinking, officials said. _The Associated Press contributed to this report._ Greg Norman is a reporter at Fox News Digital. ```
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2025/03/12/kelly-clarkson-show-absence-guest-hosts/82318659007/
# Kelly Clarkson show absence: Molly Sims steps in to host talk show Kelly Clarkson is stepping away from her hosting duties for now. The "Since U Been Gone" singer has been gone from "The Kelly Clarkson Show" for a week, and guest hosts are stepping in to help host the talk show, now in its sixth season. Last week, action star and actor Simu Liu helped take the helm of the show while the "Catch My Breath" hitmaker was out. "Kelly isn't able to make it today. We're sending her our very best," he said to the studio audience of the March 3 show. "I did not know that I was doing this until about five minutes ago when I arrived to promote my new movie 'Last Breath,'" adding, "I'm here now, and look, I'm not one to back down from a challenge." USA TODAY has reached out to Clarkson's rep and the show for comment. ## Featured Stories ### Gene Hackman's dog's cause of death released: Reports Officials have released a report on the death of Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa's Australian Kelpie mix, Zinna, who was found in a crate near Arakawa. ### The Donald J. Trump Highway just crashed When it comes to bootlicking, Arizona leaders really need to up their game. ### JD Vance addresses cousin's 'idiots' criticism of him, Donald Trump Vice President JD Vance calmly responds to his cousin, Nate Vance, after he called Donald Trump and the VP “Vladimir Putin’s useful idiots.” ### I voted for Donald Trump. Here's the thing I am upset about. I am disappointed in Trump, and I voted for him. ### Trump adviser says veterans aren't 'people that actually work.' Excuse me? Just when you thought the Trump administration's denigration of the federal workers couldn't get worse, Alina Habba specifically insults veterans. ### Discover Effortless Glucose Monitoring: Request a Free Trial Dexcom G7 Is Easy To Use and Easy To Get Started. Simply Sign Up For A Free 10-Day Trial Today. ### Woman accused of killing Memphis pastor Ricky Floyd pleads not guilty Samantha Marion, 42, is charged with voluntary manslaughter for allegedly killing pastor Ricky Floyd. She was held on a $100,000 bail. ### Musk's 'Hitler didn't murder millions' repost draws outrage Musk's repost, which now appears to be deleted, drew furious reactions from workers and the Anti- Defamation League. ### Voters aren't happy with Trump and Republicans are running scared USA TODAY ### May Be The #1 Enemy Of Blood Sugar Levels: Japanese Trick Sugar Reverse | ### 2024 Senior SUV is A True Head Turner (You'll Love The Price) TrueSearches | Search Ads | ### Dad sentenced in trampoline death of 8-year-old daughter Daniel Schwarz, 48, and his wife "forced their daughter to jump on a trampoline for an extended period without food or water as a form of punishment." ### 'I'll never forget it.' Why Cincinnati-area Trump Store is closing After Sunday, Trump merchandise will be gone from the once vacant car repair shop. ```
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https://www.foxnews.com/video/6369974555112
# Alabama football staff reflects on their ‘disbelief’ during Nick Saban's retirement announcement ## On Air | March 13, 2025 | 04:12 CLIP ### CLIP Alabama Crimson Tide football staff members reflect on the moment former beloved coach, Nick Saban, announced his retirement during the fourth episode of Fox Nation's 'The Tides That Bind.' - - - - ### Tags - - - - - ## Next Up ### Trump admin ordered to pay part of $2 billion in foreign aid by today - ### Bill de Blasio argues Democrats 'could have won' in 2024: 'We blew it' - ### Virginia college student vanishes on Dominican Republic spring break trip - ### Illinois mom says her daughter being forced to change in locker room with trans female sets a ‘dangerous precedent’ - ### Trump: Zelenskyy took money out of US under Biden 'like candy from a baby' - ### Democratic Party has 'spewed lies' about Trump: Stephen Miller - ### President Donald Trump and Elon Musk's son walk to Marine Force One in heart-warming video - ### Trump’s China strategy is ‘working,’ Heritage Foundation’s Michael Pillsbury explains - ### Trump announces additional tariffs on Canadian steel, aluminum - ### High school track and field runner who hit opponent in head with baton speaks out - ### New York state lawmaker confronts border czar Tom Homan over deportations and detention of anti-Israel activist - ### Missing American college student seen walking hand-in-hand with man - ### FOX correspondent live on air as 4.1 magnitude earthquake hit Southern California - ### JD Vance reveals whether more deportations of green card holders are coming - ### Trump says Canada ‘only works’ as a state during wide-ranging press conference - ### James Carville gives Democrats tough advice on Trump, winning future elections - ### Republican refers to trans Rep. Sarah McBride as 'Mr. McBride,' ends hearing after ultimatum from another Dem - ### Karoline Leavitt blasts 'insulting' question from AP reporter on tariffs - ### Microplastics are 'horrible' for your health: Dr. Mahsa Tehrani - ### Europe is ‘at risk’ of ‘engaging in civilizational suicide,’ JD Vance says - ```
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https://www.foxnews.com/video/6369826484112
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/11/trump-double-canada-tariffs
# Trump tariffs on steel and aluminum come into effect amid US-Canada trade war Donald Trump’s tariffs on steel and aluminum imports took effect on Wednesday “with no exceptions or exemptions”, as his campaign to reorder global trade norms in favor of the US stepped up. The US president’s action to bulk up protections for American steel and aluminum producers placed tariffs of 25% on all imports of the metals, which is likely to increase the cost of producing everything from houses to home appliances and vehicles to drinks cans, threatening to raise consumer prices. “” First published on Tue 11 Mar 2025 10.27 EDT ## Related Articles ### > 6h ago ### > 1d ago ### > 2d ago ### > 2d ago ### > 4d ago ### > 4d ago > > comments ### > 5d ago > > comments ## Most Viewed ## Stay informed with the Guardian in your inbox! ```
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https://www.foxnews.com/world/overblown-reports-israel-lebanon-normalization-risk-hindering-border-talks-before-begin-official
# Reports on Israel-Lebanon normalization hinder hard-fought border talks: ‘overblown’: official ## First on Fox: Reports that surfaced on Wednesday suggesting were pursuing "normalization" ties have been "overblown" and risk hurting actual hard-fought discussions, a U.S. official familiar with the talks told Fox News Digital. Israeli reports, citing an anonymous senior Israeli official, claimed that renewed talks with Lebanon were aimed at reaching a standard diplomatic relationship between the two nations, just months after a ceasefire agreement was reached following Jerusalem’s offensive against Hezbollah. But the U.S. official, who also requested to remain anonymous due to the sensitive nature of the Israel-Lebanon talks, said is the main priority at this moment. Supporters carry pictures of Hezbollah commander Ibrahim Akil, who was killed in an airstrike, during his funeral procession in Beirut, Lebanon on Sunday, Sept. 22. (AP/Bilal Hussein) ### MOTHER OF INJURED HAMAS HOSTAGE DIRECTS PLEA TO 'EVERY MOTHER IN THIS WORLD' TO HELP SECURE SON'S RELEASE The "current focus is ridding Lebanon of Hezbollah and corrupt officials," the U.S. official emphasized. "Normalized" ties between Israel and other nations in the Middle East were a cornerstone of the first Trump administration, which looked to bring security to Israel by establishing diplomatic ties between Jerusalem and its Arab neighbors. But relations in the Middle East have since 2021, when Trump left office. Not only is Israel staring down the glaring issue of Hamas – which still holds 59 hostages, 58 of whom were taken by the terrorist group during the Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attacks – but the "day after" remains unclear. Destroyed buildings in the northern Gaza Strip on Feb. 11, 2025. (Bashar Taleb/AFP via Getty Images) As negotiations between the U.S., Israel, Egypt, Qatar and Hamas continue, the threat posed by other Iran-backed terrorist networks remains – particularly when it comes to the Houthis in Yemen and Hezbollah in Lebanon. The Biden administration, alongside France, helped broker a 60-day ceasefire in late November between Israel, Hezbollah and Lebanon that intended to end the hostilities by dismantling the terrorist organization in southern Lebanon coupled with the withdrawal of Israeli forces – neither were ever . Despite the end of the ceasefire in late January, the security situation in southern Lebanon has remained relatively stable, though it continues to be a precarious situation. Working groups that will encompass U.S., Israeli and Lebanese officials, are being established to renew talks on unresolved issues relating to prisoner releases, border disputes and the presence of IDF troops in southern Lebanon – which currently remain in a move to safeguard Israelis living in the country's north. The southern Lebanese town of Kfarkela as seen from the border of Israel, on Feb. 18, 2025. (Mostafa Alkharouf/Anadolu via Getty Images) Talks between officials from Washington, Jerusalem and Beirut are not expected to begin until April and will focus on removing the threat Hezbollah poses to Israel and regional stability. The U.S. official familiar with the talks told Fox News Digital that any suggestion of establishing formal diplomatic ties, like those forged with the UAE and Bahrain, were "premature." Fox News Digital could not reach Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office for comment. Caitlin McFall is a Reporter at Fox News Digital covering Politics, U.S. and World news. ```
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https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/mar/03/adrien-brody-oscar-best-actor-brutalist
# Adrien Brody wins best actor Oscar for The Brutalist Former youngest-ever winner of best actor Oscar wins award again for his portrayal of fictional architect in Brady Corbet’s epic drama A has won the Academy Award for best actor for his role in Brady Corbet’s post-war epic . In 2003, Brody became the youngest ever winner of the same award, when he took the prize for his role in Roman Polanski’s , aged 29 years, 343 days. Now 51, Brody’s win on Sunday means he retains that record; his key competitor for the award this time round was , 22 years his junior, for Bob Dylan biopic . Brody’s win puts him into the elite ranks of actors who have a 100% win rate at the from two or more nominations – Vivien Leigh, Hilary Swank, Kevin Spacey, Luise Rainer, Christoph Waltz, Helen Hayes and Mahershala Ali. “Thank you got for this blessed life,” said Brody, taking to the podium. “If I may just humbly begin by giving thanks for the tremendous outpouring of love that I felt from this world and every individual that has treated me with respect and appreciation. “I feel so fortunate,” he continued. “Acting is a very fragile profession. It looks very glamorous and in certain moments it is, but the one thing that I’ve gained having the privilege to come back here is to have some perspective. No matter where you are in your career, no matter what you’ve accomplished, it can all go away.” Brody went on to thank Corbet and his wife and co-writer Mona Fastvold “for what you’ve done for independent film and for your beautiful spirit and for giving your space to existence this triumph of a work.” He then paid tribute to his “amazing partner”, the fashion designer Georgina Chapman, “who has not only reinvigorated my own self-worth, but my sense of value and my values” and to her “beautiful children, Dash and India”. “I know this has been a rollercoaster,” he said, referring perhaps to their father, the disgraced producer Harvey Weinstein, “but thank you for accepting me into your life. Popsie’s coming home a winner!” As the wrap-up music began to play, Brody requested they stop so he could thank his parents for creating “just such a strong foundation of respect and of kindness and a wonderful spirit … and the strength to pursue this dream.” Brody concluded on a more political note, saying that he was on stage “once again to represent the lingering traumas and the repercussions of war and systematic oppression and of anti-semitism and racism and othering. “I pray for a healthier and a happier and a more inclusive world, and I believe if the past can teach us anything, it’s a reminder to not let hate go unchecked. Let’s fight for what’s right, keep smiling, keep loving one another. Let’s rebuild together. Thank you.” In , Brody plays László Tóth, a fictional Hungarian modernist architect who survives the second world war, via its concentration camps, and ends up in the US. There, he’s commissioned by tycoon Harrison Van Buren (Guy Pearce) to design and build a huge community centre, with a chapel and swimming pool, in memory of his late mother. The film charts Tóth’s career, his combative relationship with his mentor, and his marriage to wife Erzsébet (). In his , the Guardian’s Peter Bradshaw praised Brody’s “angular fierceness and passion”, calling it “a career best for him, surely, and an advance on his performance in Roman Polanski’s The Pianist.” Brody has taken almost all of the key awards in the run-up to the Oscars, including the for actor in a drama, the Critics Choice award and the . But his run was broken last weekend, when Chalamet scooped the prize. In January, a minor row broke out when it emerged that AI had been used to help smooth the of Brody and Jones. Corbet was quick to dampen down the backlash, saying the performances were “entirely their own”. The 97th Academy Awards are taking place in Hollywood, hosted by . ```
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https://www.ksbw.com/article/surveillance-video-king-city-teens-shooting-death/64024812
## Surveillance video captures portion of King City deadly shooting of teen ### Share - - - Updated: 6:25 PM PST Mar 3, 2025 --- WE'VE GOT VIDEO THAT CAPTURES THE GUNFIRE.. SOME OF YOU MIGHT FIND IT DISTURBING.. SURVEILLANCE VIDEO OBTAINED BY ACTION NEWS.. CAPTURES THE BRUTALITY OF FRIDAY NIGHT'S SHOOTING DEATH OF A 17 YEAR OLD KING CITY TEEN.. THE KILLERS FIREING MORE THAN A DOZEN ROUNDS AT THE TEENAGER.. SECONDS LATER YOU CAN SEE THREE PERSONS RUNNING FROM THE SCENE.. WITHIN HOURS 5 PEOPLE ARE IN CUSTODY.. 20 YEAR OLD ADRIAN JUAREZ AND 4 JUVENILES.. THE YOUNGEST, JUST 15 YEARS OLD.. THE VICTIM WAS IDENTIFED MONDAY AS CHRISTIAN HERNANDEZ.. AND POLICE SAY ALL HIS ACCUSED KILLERS ARE FROM GREENFIELD.. WHO MAY HAVE COME TO KING CITY LOOKING FOR RIVAL GANGSTERS.. HERNANDEZ WHO WAS SIMPLY RIDING HIS BIKE MAY HAVE BEEN IN THE WRONG PLACE AT THE WRONG TIME.. HERNANDEZ WAS SHOT ON 3RD STREET RIGHT ACROSS FROM THIS CATHOLIC CHURCH.. THE ACCUSED KILLERS CAUGHT ON CAMERA NEARBY.. AND THE BRUTAL MURDER COMING JUST 3 DAYS BEFORE THE 1 YEAR MARK OF THE WORST MASS SHOOTING IN MONTEREY COUNTY HISTORY.. 11 PEOPLE SHOT AT A KING CITY BIRTHDAY PARTY.. 4 OF THEM FATALLY.. POLICE BELIEVE THEY DO HAVE ALL THOSE INVOLVED IN THE SHOOTING IN CUSTODY.. BUT ADD THIS IS STILL A VERY ACTIVE INVESTIGATION.. IN KING CITY FE --- Surveillance video obtained by Action News 8 captures the brutality of a King City shooting Friday night that left a 17-year-old dead and five people in custody accused of carrying out the murder. The video shows three persons walking down the 500 block of 3rd Street. They eventually walk out of view, and then more than a dozen gunshots can be heard, and the men are again captured on video, this time running from the scene. Within hours, five people were in custody: 20-year-old Adrian Juarez along with four juveniles, the youngest just 15 years old. “Unfortunately, you know, it's more and more common we see kids as young as 12 running around, being recruited into the gang lifestyle,” said King City police chief, James Hunt. The victim was identified Monday as Christian Hernandez, and police say all his accused killers are from Greenfield and may have gone to King City looking for rival gangsters. Hernandez, who was simply riding his bike, may have been in the wrong place at the wrong time. “It's been a little bit more common over the last, what year, we've noticed that several of our shootings have been carried out by Norteno gang members that have come into town from Greenfield,” said Hunt. Hernandez was shot on 3rd street near Ulre, right across the street from a Catholic church. “It was really unexpected, you know, just Friday night and all the shots, this poor man, and it was shocking to hear what happened,” said German Rodriguez, pastor for the Catholic Church of St. John the Baptist. The brutal murder came just three days before the 1-year mark of the worst mass shooting in Monterey County history, when 11 people were shot at a King City birthday party on March 3, 2024. Four people died. “With the mass shooting I buried three of the victims and that's been one of my experiences, you know, to have to bury these poor people and talk with the families and see the pain in their hearts, you know, of what they're going through so it's been very hard for everybody,” said pastor Rodriguez. | / | --- ### Top Picks - - - - ```
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https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/mar/12/bank-of-england-decides-against-new-rules-on-improving-diversity-and-inclusion
# Top City watchdogs drop new diversity and inclusion rules for firms ## Bank of England ### The Bank of England in London. **Announcement comes after 2024 report found ‘not much’ had changed in regards to gender inequality in financial services.** **Photograph: Tayfun Salcı/Zuma/Rex/Shutterstock** ### By Joanna Partridge **Wed 12 Mar 2025 09.29 EDT** First published on Wed 12 Mar 2025 08.00 EDT The City’s top two regulators have said they will not bring in new diversity and inclusion rules for financial firms because they want to avoid imposing extra “regulatory burdens” and costs, in the latest sign of a retreat from efforts to help underrepresented groups. The Bank of England’s regulatory arm, the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA), and the (FCA) said they would instead support “voluntary industry initiatives” aimed at boosting diversity and inclusion in the financial sector. *Announcement comes after 2024 report found ‘not much’ had changed in regards to gender inequality in financial services. Photograph: Tayfun Salcı/Zuma/Rex/Shutterstock* The announcement coincides with a of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies that has accelerated under Donald Trump, and with a push by the UK government to reduce regulation to help stimulate economic growth. Sam Woods, a deputy governor at the Bank who leads the PRA, wrote in a letter to Meg Hillier, the chair of parliament’s Treasury committee, and the FCA’s chief executive, Nikhil Rathi, were choosing to “remain alert to the risks of groupthink” within its existing supervisory framework rather than asking companies to report what measures they were taking to improve representation of women and minorities in their organisations. The move comes after an , by the influential Treasury committee, which examined barriers faced by women in financial services, and looked into whether progress had been made on the gender pay gap, stigma against working mothers, and the sector’s “alpha male” culture. The committee renewed a 2018 inquiry into gender inequality in financial services, after a spate of sexual harassment allegations that rocked the business world, and explored what role regulators, including the FCA, should play in “combating sexual harassment and misogyny”. However, a March 2024 report found that “not much” had changed in the intervening period, and it welcomed proposals by the PRA and the FCA to strengthen their non-financial misconduct rules and improve their ability to take action against perpetrators of sexual harassment. In the letter, Woods wrote that the PRA and FCA – which also on Wednesday – believed diversity and inclusion initiatives could benefit firms. “We continue to think that an appropriate focus on diversity and inclusion in the culture of the firms we regulate can deliver improved internal governance, decision-making and risk management,” Woods wrote. He added that such focus “can support both safety and soundness – through reduced risk of groupthink – and the competitiveness of UK financial services over the medium to long term”. However, after consultations with the companies it regulates, and with the Treasury committee, Woods said that financial firms did not want regulators to introduce new rules including gender and ethnicity pay gap reporting, at a time when the government was . “Many of those who responded to our consultation wanted us to align our regulatory approach with related initiatives, to avoid duplication and unnecessary costs,” he wrote, in a move that could be interpreted as a response to the government’s call for . Woods added: “There is also a growing emphasis in our work on reducing regulatory burdens on firms while still delivering our objectives, and adding significant new requirements in this area could be seen as in tension with that approach.” **Sign up to Business Today** Free daily newsletter **Get set for the working day – we'll point you to all the business news and analysis you need every morning** Enter your email address **Privacy Notice:** Newsletters may contain info about charities, online ads, and content funded by outside parties. For more information see our . We use Google reCaptcha to protect our website and the Google and apply. ### Explore more on these topics * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ### More on this story * * * 5 Mar 2025 * * * 28 Feb 2025 * * * 19 Feb 2025 * * * 7 Feb 2025 * * * 17 Jan 2025 * * * 29 Nov 2024 * * * 4 Oct 2024 * * * 3 Oct 2024 * * * 16 Aug 2024 ### Most viewed * * * * * ### Most viewed 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. ### Back to top © 2025 Guardian News & Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. (dcr) ```
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https://apnews.com/video/trump-vows-to-expel-rogue-actors-in-a-political-airing-of-grievances-at-the-justice-department-2514ca79d2f54489ab3ccbbe77d9742a
# Trump vows to 'expel rogue actors' in a political airing of grievances at the Justice Department President Donald Trump used a speech at the Justice Department to air a litany of grievances about the criminal investigations he faced, decrying his adversaries in often profane terms and casting himself as a victim of unfair and biased prosecutions. ## The Associated Press is an independent global news organization dedicated to factual reporting. Founded in 1846, AP today remains the most trusted source of fast, accurate, unbiased news in all formats and the essential provider of the technology and services vital to the news business. More than half the world’s population sees AP journalism every day. ## AP News Values and Principles ## AP’s Role in Elections ## AP Leads ## AP Definitive Source Blog ## AP Images Spotlight Blog ## AP Stylebook ```
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/06/us-judges-threats-trump-musk
US judges alarmed over rise in violent threats as Trump and Musk lambast them ============================================================================== Reuters interviews with 11 federal judges in multiple districts reveal mounting concern over their security Reuters interviews with 11 federal judges in multiple districts reveal mounting concern over their security and, in some cases, a rise in violent threats in recent weeks. Most spoke on condition of anonymity and said they did not want to further inflame the situation or make comments that could be interpreted as conflicting with their duties of impartiality. The Marshals Service declined to comment on security matters. As Reuters documented in a series of stories last year, political pressure on federal judges and violent threats against them have been rising since the 2020 presidential election, when federal courts heard a series of highly politicized cases, including failed lawsuits filed by Trump and his backers seeking to overturn his loss. Recent rhetorical attacks on judges and the rise in threats jeopardize the judicial independence that underpins America’s democratic constitutional order, say legal experts. US supreme court Chief Justice John Roberts, in his annual year-end report in December, warned about a rising number of threats to the judiciary’s independence, including calls for violence against judges and “dangerous” suggestions by elected officials to disregard court rulings they disagree with. On social media, Musk, the world’s richest person, has lambasted judges in more than 30 posts since the end of January on his social media site X, calling them “corrupt”, “radical”, “evil” and deriding the “TYRANNY of the JUDICIARY” after judges blocked parts of the federal downsizing that he has led. The Tesla CEO has also reposted nearly two dozen tweets by others attacking judges. Reuters interviews with 11 federal judges in multiple districts revealed mounting alarm over their physical security and, in some cases, a rise in violent threats in recent weeks. Most spoke on condition of anonymity and said they did not want to further inflame the situation or make comments that could be interpreted as conflicting with their duties of impartiality. The Marshals Service declined to comment on security matters. As Reuters documents in a series of stories last year, political pressure on federal judges and violent threats against them have been rising since the 2020 presidential election, when federal courts heard a series of highly politicized cases, including failed lawsuits filed by Trump and his backers seeking to overturn his loss. Recent rhetorical attacks on judges and the rise in threats jeopardize the judicial independence that underpins America’s democratic constitutional order, say legal experts. US supreme court Chief Justice John Roberts, in his annual year-end report in December, warned about a rising number of threats to the judiciary’s independence, including calls for violence against judges and “dangerous” suggestions by elected officials to disregard court rulings they disagree with. On social media, Musk, the world’s richest person, has lambasted judges in more than 30 posts since the end of January on his social media site X, calling them “corrupt”, “radical”, “evil” and deriding the “TYRANNY of the JUDICIARY” after judges blocked parts of the federal downsizing that he has led. The Tesla CEO has also reposted nearly two dozen tweets by others attacking judges. Reuters interviews with 11 federal judges in multiple districts revealed mounting alarm over their physical security and, in some cases, a rise in violent threats in recent weeks. Most spoke on condition of anonymity and said they did not want to further inflame the situation or make comments that could be interpreted as conflicting with their duties of impartiality. The Marshals Service declined to comment on security matters. Several judges said the US Marshals Service, which provides judicial security, has informed them of a heightened threat environment over the past several weeks, either verbally or in writing. The Marshals also discussed security measures, the judges said, including regular searches for threatening posts online. Two New York federal judges – US district Judges Paul Engelmayer and Jeannette Vargas – are receiving extra security after their rulings blocked staff from Musk’s so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge) from accessing sensitive treasury department data, according to a person with knowledge of the matter. Engelmayer and Vargas did not respond to requests for comment. Another person familiar with the judicial security environment said several federal judges in the Washington DC area had received pizzas sent anonymously to their homes, which is being interpreted by law enforcement as a form of intimidation meant to convey that a target’s address is known. “I’ve never seen judges as uneasy as they are now,” said John Jones III, a former US district judge in Pennsylvania appointed by George W Bush in 2002. Jones, who also served on the security committee of the federal judiciary’s policymaking arm, said judges are now grappling with being identified by name in viral social media posts criticizing their integrity and demanding their impeachment. He said he has spoken to about a dozen current judges who expressed safety concerns for themselves and their families. “The consequences are, quite starkly, that we’re going to get a judge killed if we’re not careful,” said Jones. Federal courts are hearing more than 100 lawsuits challenging the administration’s initiatives, many of them focused on efforts driven by Musk and his team at Doge to purge hundreds of thousands of federal employees and dramatically scale back government aid and regulatory programs. Trump and his White House press secretary judges they describe as activists who have issued orders that slowed or blocked some of those efforts. Asked about Musk’s comments, the White House spokesperson Harrison Fields said that Musk was speaking in his personal capacity and that the White House has taken no position on whether judges should be impeached. He said “threats against judges are unacceptable, and the president condemns such actions”, and that appropriate law enforcement agencies that are tasked with surveilling such threats are doing so. Sign up to This Week in Trumpland Free newsletter A deep dive into the policies, controversies and oddities surrounding the Trump administration Enter your email address Sign up **Privacy Notice:** Newsletters may contain info about charities, online ads, and content funded by outside parties. For more information see our . We use Google reCaptcha to protect our website and the Google and apply. after newsletter promotion “We have to be careful” ----------------------- When US district Judge Amir Ali ruled on 25 February that the must resume US foreign aid payments that Trump had halted, Musk and other allies of the president called for the judge’s removal. “When judges egregiously undermine the democratic will of the people, they must be fired,” Musk posted on X. In response to that post, some of Musk’s followers on X said the judge should be arrested for treason or deported. One suggested: “US patriots fire upon him.” Some assailed his Muslim heritage and questioned his patriotism, including one who falsely asserted Ali had ties to Muslim militant groups. Ali didn’t respond to a request for comment on the threats against him. “The chatter among judges is we have to be careful,” one federal judge said in an interview. Judges overseeing Trump cases receive widespread media coverage, heightening security concerns when their decisions prove controversial, the judge said. Several judges described threatening phone calls promising personal harm. The American Bar Association issued a statement on Monday denouncing the ongoing wave of verbal assaults and threats against judges. The Federal Judges Association said in a statement to its 1,100 members late on Tuesday that “continued violence, intimidation and defiance directed at judges simply because they are fulfilling their sworn judicial duties” risked “the collapse of the rule of law”. 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# One-of-a-kind card featuring jersey patch of Pirates star Paul Skenes heading to auction Paul Skenes has been in the major leagues for less than a year. A piece of the ace — well, OK, a piece of the jersey that Skenes donned during his first start last May — could be ready to join some elite company. A one-of-a-kind autographed baseball card featuring a patch of the No. 30 jersey Skenes donned during his big league debut is heading to auction on Thursday. The card's journey over the last few months has generated the kind of buzz typically reserved for iconic collectibles featuring Hall of Famers Honus Wagner, Mickey Mantle, and Ken Griffey Jr. The Skenes card the added advantage those cards did not: It happened to come along in an age when social media can amplify everything. "The coverage on this just in my opinion is so much bigger," Fanatics Collect CEO Nick Bell said. "I really can't remember one similar to it to be frank. It's pretty exceptional." Fanatics Collect, which is running the two-week auction that closes on March 20, isn't estimating (at least publicly anyway) what the card might fetch, though Bell expects "a very significant sale." A combination of the 22-year-old Skenes' burgeoning stardom, the considerable reach of his girlfriend, gymnast/influencer Livvy Dunne, and a head-turning offer the Pirates made in hopes of securing the card — including season tickets behind home plate at PNC Park for 30 years — has made it the rare collectible that's generated interest from collectors and noncollectors alike. "The amount of interest we've got in this card right now is kind of pretty unprecedented, honestly," Bell said. Demand for anything Skenes-related has been high since his senior year at LSU in 2023. A 2023 card featuring Skenes fetched $63,000 last August. There is no reserve on the card, meaning you probably can put in a $20 bid if you want. Just don't expect it to stick. "It just really has captured the imagination," Bell said. "And I think it goes from being a truly innovative product. You have a great athlete with a huge career ahead of them and an incredible story to go along with it." Fanatics Collect plans to donate any of its proceeds from the eventual sale to the LA Fire Relief Fund. _Reporting by The Associated Press._ _Want great stories delivered right to your inbox?_ _!_ ### Related Topics - - - ```
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https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/trumps-israel-art-deal-repair-bibi-putin-relationship-neutralize-iran-threat
Last week, the Trump administration reportedly pressured Israel to vote against Ukraine on the Europe-backed U.N. General Assembly resolution, which condemned Russia for the invasion and affirmed Ukraine’s territorial integrity. As a result, Israel sided with Russia, North Korea and the United States, and against Ukraine. On Friday, Trump booted out of the White House, accusing him of "gambling with World War III." Is Trump trying to make Russia great again, cozying up to Putin? Hold your fire. Here’s the rationale for Trump’s outside-the-box thinking. President Donald Trump, right, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speak during a news conference in the East Room of the White House on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Alex Brandon/AP) The "Deal-Maker-in-Chief" is almost certainly brokering a rapprochement between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Russian President Vladimir Putin, in order to break up the unholy Russia-Iran alliance, which poses a grave security risk to the U.S. and which former President Joe Biden had strengthened by his misguided foreign policy course. Until Biden caused a rift between Moscow and Tel Aviv by compelling Israel to provide lethal weapons to Ukraine, Putin and Netanyahu had a positive transactional relationship. It was based on the personal rapport and the shared belief that Islamic extremism is a common enemy, with which there cannot be a compromise. In the past, Israel did not criticize Russia for its wars in Muslim Chechnya, nor did it express any negative reaction to Putin’s annexation of Crimea. Israel studiously maintained a neutral posture during the initial stages of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, having refrained from condemning Putin for the invasion, refused to join the U.S. and EU sanctions against Moscow, and opted to provide only humanitarian aid to Ukraine rather than military hardware. Both realpolitik-minded and pragmatic, Putin and Netanyahu viewed their undeclared alliance as strategically valuable for the stability and security in the region. Since becoming president in 2000, Putin has drastically improved the Russian-Israeli relationship, following decades of hostile relations between the USSR and Israel. With 1.2 million Russian and former Soviet émigrés living in Israel and 15%-17% of the Israeli population being Russian-speaking, Putin was never in favor of Iran, who regularly threatens to wipe Israel off the face of the Earth, having an operational nuclear capability. In 2010, the Kremlin, complying with U.N. sanctions, banned by a presidential decree the sale to Iran of S-300 air defense missile system, which would have augmented the defenses of Iranian nuclear sites from airstrikes. Additionally, in 2019, amid rising tensions in the Persian Gulf, Putin declined Iran’s request to buy the advanced S-400 missile defense system. This was probably in response to concerns shared by and because he sought to maintain a positive working relationship with the two. Netanyahu reciprocated, having even attended a Russian military parade in 2018, standing alongside Putin. For Bibi, Israel’s security trumps optics. The Israel Defense Forces were critically reliant on security coordination with the Russian military in Syria, where Russia controls the skies and has tacitly allowed Israeli fighter jets to conduct strikes on Iranian proxies. As a result of the rift, however, Putin strengthened his ties with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, hailing the "very close" relationship between Russia and Iran. This was undoubtedly a cause for alarm in Washington and Jerusalem. With the Biden administration trying to choke the Russian economy with draconian sanctions, Putin started to actively cooperate with Iran, including likely supplying Tehran with sensitive nuclear and space launch technologies. "We are actively working together in the international arena, and our assessments of events taking place in the world are often very close," Putin said in October. Last year, in April and September, around the time of Iran’s direct attacks on Israel, Reuters reported that visited Iranian missile production facilities, a sign of deepening military cooperation between Moscow and Tehran, which is undoubtedly a cause for alarm in Washington and Jerusalem. Trump is a pragmatist who places America’s security first and Israel’s a close second. He likely understands that Moscow and Tehran, who share a tumultuous history, aren’t natural allies as they are trying to portray. They’ve been pushed together by the unwise and incompetent Washington policies that, until Trump, have been driven by ideologies and wishful thinking rather than realism and U.S. security. Trump likely believes, correctly, that strategically, it is in the U.S. interest to repair our relations with Russia, foster a Putin-Netanyahu rapprochement, and break up the , in order to neutralize the deadly threat from Iran as it draws nearer in its capabilities to being a fully nuclear-armed state. Like Putin and Netanyahu, the bombastic and strategically minded commander in chief doesn’t fear the "wrong" optics or being called, yet again, a Putin apologist. Trump wants to get done what must be done to ensure America’s security and the world’s stability. An Israeli election billboard showing Likud chairman and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with a caption in Russian reading "Only Likud, only Netanyahu," is displayed in Jerusalem on Sept. 14, 2019. (AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images) ```
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https://www.foxnews.com/video/6369620975112
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https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/nation/2025/03/04/bald-eagle-couple-welcome-eaglets/81363989007/
# Famous California bald eagle couple, Jackie and Shadow, hatches two eggs Two eggs have finally hatched for famous California bald eagles Jackie and Shadow, there's still time for a third egg to hatch. ## Keep on reading ### Charlie Kirk visit shows intelligent life at University of Tennessee | Letters Charlie Kirk's UT visit makes MAGA alumnus proud. Other topics: Trump speech, 'noncitizen' voting bill, Postal Service and Great Smokies ### Gene Hackman's dog's cause of death released: Reports Officials have released a report on the death of Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa's Australian Kelpie mix, Zinna, who was found in a crate near Arakawa. ### JD Vance addresses cousin's 'idiots' criticism of him, Donald Trump Vice President JD Vance calmly responds to his cousin, Nate Vance, after he called Donald Trump and the VP “Vladimir Putin’s useful idiots.” ### I voted for Donald Trump. Here's the thing I am upset about. I am disappointed in Trump, and I voted for him. ## Watch Next - - - ```
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/03/02/elon-musk-trump-bezos-billionaires/80859893007/
# Billionaires like Musk are making 'eat the rich' great again | Opinion ## In no way do I advocate a serious interpretation of 'eat the rich,' a political slogan that has come and gone since the late 18th century. But I am starting to feel a bit peckish. ## The early days of the billionaire-heavy Trump administration are making the French-Revolution-era phrase “eat the rich” great again, leading some of us to again ponder the hypothetical palatability of rich-person meat. ## Billionaire Elon Musk, looking tastier by the day, appears to have effectively purchased the presidency of the United States and assumed the role of the federal workforce’s “Worst Boss Ever.” and career federal workers are being fired willy-nilly, right and left, has been cut off and funding for has been dropped like it was a magazine subscription America forgot to cancel. ## The dictionary definition of “cruelty” could now be accurately updated to read: “see Musk, Elon.” ## Billionaires like Trump and Musk are making 'eat the rich' great again ## Republicans saw blowback in town hall meetings ‒ and they ran ## May Be The #1 Enemy Of Blood Sugar Levels: Japanese Trick ## 2024 Senior SUV is A True Head Turner (You'll Love The Price) ### Featured Weekly Ad ```
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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2025/mar/04/stephen-lillie-volodymyr-zelenskyy-donald-trump-us-miltary-aid-ukraine-cartoon
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/columnist/nate-davis/2025/03/04/top-25-nfl-free-agents-franchise-tag-davante-adams/81349947007/
Nate Davis ---------- Nate Davis ---------- Nate Davis Nate Davis Nate Davis Nate Davis ---------- Ranking top 25* NFL free agents after Joey Bosa's release, franchise tag deadline ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **NYC:** United States of America **Date:** Wednesday, March 4, 2025 **Source:** USA TODAY **Author:** Nate Davis **Summary:** NFL free agency begins next week, and the veteran market has already been altered after the deadline to apply franchise tags expired Tuesday. The NFL free agency is a big deal, as it is the only way teams can fill their roster and make a significant impact during the winter offseason. The league has already started to prune the market, and the release of franchise tags is a major step in the process. However, the deadline to apply a franchise tag has been extended to allow teams to take advantage of this new opportunity. The market is already open, and teams are starting to compete for the best available players. **The release of franchise tags is a big deal for the NFL.** The NFL's roster and general managers have a lot of pressure to fill their teams' rosters. This is a big reason why teams are looking to get a dominant player to help their teams win the Super Bowl. The release of franchise tags will allow teams to take advantage of the new opportunity to get a top player. The second thing that makes the franchise tag release a big deal is that it will allow teams to take advantage of the new opportunity to get a veteran player to help their teams win the Super Bowl. This will help teams to fill their rosters with players that will be able to take advantage of the new opportunity to win the Super Bowl. The third thing that makes the franchise tag release a big deal is that it will allow teams to take advantage of the new opportunity to get a player who is not on a long term contract, like Joe Flacco. This will help teams to fill their rosters with players who will be able to take advantage of the new opportunity to win the Super Bowl. **The deadline to apply a franchise tag has been extended to allow teams to take advantage of this new opportunity.** This is a big deal because it allows teams to fill their rosters with top players. The deadline has been extended to allow teams to take advantage of the new opportunity to fill their rosters with players who will be able to take advantage of the new opportunity to win the Super Bowl. This will help teams to fill their rosters with players who will be able to take advantage of the new opportunity to win the Super Bowl. The fourth thing that makes the franchise tag release a big deal is that it will allow teams to take advantage of the new opportunity to get a veteran player to help their teams win the Super Bowl. This will help teams to fill their rosters with players who will be able to take advantage of the new opportunity to win the Super Bowl. The fifth thing that makes the franchise tag release a big deal is that it will allow teams to take advantage of the new opportunity to get a player who is not on a long term contract, like Joe Flacco. This will help teams to fill their rosters with players who will be able to take advantage of the new opportunity to win the Super Bowl. **The release of franchise tags is a big deal for the NFL.** The NFL's roster and general managers have a lot of pressure to fill their teams' rosters. This is a big reason why teams are looking to get a dominant player to help their teams win the Super Bowl. The release of franchise tags will allow teams to take advantage of the new opportunity to get a top player. The second thing that makes the franchise tag release a big deal is that it will allow teams to take advantage of the new opportunity to get a veteran player to help their teams win the Super Bowl. This will help teams to fill their rosters with players who will be able to take advantage of the new opportunity to win the Super Bowl. The third thing that makes the franchise tag release a big deal is that it will allow teams to take advantage of the new opportunity to get a player who is not on a long term contract, like Joe Flacco. This will help teams to fill their rosters with players who will be able to take advantage of the new opportunity to win the Super Bowl. The fourth thing that makes the franchise tag release a big deal is that it will allow teams to take advantage of the new opportunity to get a veteran player to help their teams win the Super Bowl. This will help teams to fill their rosters with players who will be able to take advantage of the new opportunity to win the Super Bowl. The fifth thing that makes the franchise tag release a big deal is that it will allow teams to take advantage of the new opportunity to get a player who is not on a long term contract, like Joe Flacco. This will help teams to fill their rosters with players who will be able to take advantage of the new opportunity to win the Super Bowl. **The deadline to apply a franchise tag has been extended to allow teams to take advantage of this new opportunity.** This is a big deal because it allows teams to fill their rosters with top players. The deadline has been extended to allow teams to take advantage of the new opportunity to fill their rosters with players who will be able to take advantage of the new opportunity to win the Super Bowl. This will help teams to fill their rosters with players who will be able to take advantage of the new opportunity to win the Super Bowl. The second thing that makes the franchise tag release a big deal is that it will allow teams to take advantage of the new opportunity to get a veteran player to help their teams win the Super Bowl. This will help teams to fill their rosters with players who will be able to take advantage of the new opportunity to win the Super Bowl. The third thing that makes the franchise tag release a big deal is that it will allow teams to take advantage of the new opportunity to get a player who is not on a long term contract, like Joe Flacco. This will help teams to fill their rosters with players who will be able to take advantage of the new opportunity to win the Super Bowl. The fourth thing that makes the franchise tag release a big deal is that it will allow teams to take advantage of the new opportunity to get a veteran player to help their teams win the Super Bowl. This will help teams to fill their rosters with players who will be able to take advantage of the new opportunity to win the Super Bowl. The fifth thing that makes the franchise tag release a big deal is that it will allow teams to take advantage of the new opportunity to get a player who is not on a long term contract, like Joe Flacco. This will help teams to fill their rosters with players who will be able to take advantage of the new opportunity to win the Super Bowl. **The deadline to apply a franchise tag has been extended to allow teams to take advantage of this new opportunity.** This is a big deal because it allows teams to fill their rosters with top players. The deadline has been extended to allow teams to take advantage of the new opportunity to fill their rosters with players who will be able to take advantage of the new opportunity to win the Super Bowl. This will help teams to fill their rosters with players who will be able to take advantage of the new opportunity to win the Super Bowl. The second thing that makes the franchise tag release a big deal is that it will allow teams to take advantage of the new opportunity to get a veteran player to help their teams win the Super Bowl. This will help teams to fill their rosters with players who will be able to take advantage of the new opportunity to win the Super Bowl. The third thing that makes the franchise tag release a big deal is that it will allow teams to take advantage of the new opportunity to get a player who is not on a long term contract, like Joe Flacco. This will help teams to fill their rosters with players who will be able to take advantage of the new opportunity to win the Super Bowl. The fourth thing that makes the franchise tag release a big deal is that it will allow teams to take advantage of the new opportunity to get a veteran player to help their teams win the Super Bowl. This will help teams to fill their rosters with players who will be able to take advantage of the new opportunity to win the Super Bowl. The fifth thing that makes the franchise tag release a big deal is that it will allow teams to take advantage of the new opportunity to get a player who is not on a long term contract, like Joe Flacco. This will help teams to fill their rosters with players who will be able to take advantage of the new opportunity to win the Super Bowl. **The deadline to apply a franchise tag has been extended to allow teams to take advantage of this new opportunity.** This is a big deal because it allows teams to fill their rosters with top players. The deadline has been extended to allow teams to take advantage of the new opportunity to fill their rosters with players who will be able to take advantage of the new opportunity to win the Super Bowl. This will help teams to fill their rosters with players who will be able to take advantage of the new opportunity to win the Super Bowl. The second thing that makes the franchise tag release a big deal is that it will allow teams to take advantage of the new opportunity to get a veteran player to help their teams win the Super Bowl. This will help teams to fill their rosters with players who will be able to take advantage of the new opportunity to win the Super Bowl. The third thing that makes the franchise tag release a big deal is that it will allow teams to take advantage of the new opportunity to get a player who is not on a long term contract, like Joe Flacco. This will help teams to fill their rosters with players who will be able to take advantage of the new opportunity to win the Super Bowl. The fourth thing that makes the franchise tag release a big deal is that it will allow teams to take advantage of the new opportunity to get a veteran player to help their teams win the Super Bowl. This will help teams to fill their rosters with players who will be able to take advantage of the new opportunity to win the Super Bowl. The fifth thing that makes the franchise tag release a big deal is that it will allow teams to take advantage of the new opportunity to get a player who is not on a long term contract, like Joe Flacco. This will help teams to fill their rosters with players who will be able to take advantage of the new opportunity to win the Super Bowl. **The deadline to apply a franchise tag has been extended to allow teams to take advantage of this new opportunity.** This is a big deal because it allows teams to fill their rosters with top players. The deadline has been extended to allow teams to take advantage of the new opportunity to fill their rosters with players who will be able to take advantage of the new opportunity to win the Super Bowl. This will help teams to fill their rosters with players who will be able to take advantage of the new opportunity to win the Super Bowl. The second thing that makes the franchise tag release a big deal is that it will allow teams to take advantage of the new opportunity to get a veteran player to help their teams win the Super Bowl. This will help teams to fill their rosters with players who will be able to take advantage of the new opportunity to win the Super Bowl. The third thing that makes the franchise tag release a big deal is that it will allow teams to take advantage of the new opportunity to get a player who is not on a long term contract, like Joe Flacco. This will help teams to fill their rosters with players who will be able to take advantage of the new opportunity to win the Super Bowl. The fourth thing that makes the franchise tag release a big deal is that it will allow teams to take advantage of the new opportunity to get a veteran player to help their teams win the Super Bowl. This will help teams to fill their rosters with players who will be able to take advantage of the new opportunity to win the Super Bowl. The fifth thing that makes the franchise tag release a big deal is that it will allow teams to take advantage of the new opportunity to get a player who is not on a long term contract, like Joe Flacco. This will help teams to fill their rosters with players who will be able to take advantage of the new opportunity to win the Super Bowl. **The deadline to apply a franchise tag has been extended to allow teams to take advantage of this new opportunity.** This is a big deal because it allows teams to fill their rosters with top players. The deadline has been extended to allow teams to take advantage of the new opportunity to fill their rosters with players who will be able to take advantage of the new opportunity to win the Super Bowl. This will help teams to fill their rosters with players who will be able to take advantage of the new opportunity to win the Super Bowl. The second thing that makes the franchise tag release a big deal is that it will allow teams to take advantage of the new opportunity to get a veteran player to help their teams win the Super Bowl. This will help teams to fill their rosters with players who will be able to take advantage of the new opportunity to win the Super Bowl. The third thing that makes the franchise tag release a big deal is that it will allow teams to take advantage of the new opportunity to get a player who is not on a long term contract, like Joe Flacco. This will help teams to fill their rosters with players who will be able to take advantage of the new opportunity to win the Super Bowl. The fourth thing that makes the franchise tag release a big deal is that it will allow teams to take advantage of the new opportunity to get a veteran player to help their teams win the Super Bowl. This will help teams to fill their rosters with players who will be able to take advantage of the new opportunity to win the Super Bowl. The fifth thing that makes the franchise tag release a big deal is that it will allow teams to take advantage of the new opportunity to get a player who is not on a long term contract, like Joe Flacco. This will help teams to fill their rosters with players who will be able to take advantage of the new opportunity to win the Super Bowl. **The deadline to apply a franchise tag has been extended to allow teams to take advantage of this new opportunity.** This is a big deal because it allows teams to fill their rosters with top players. 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This will help teams to fill their rosters with players who will be able to take advantage of the new opportunity to win the Super Bowl. The fourth thing that makes the franchise tag release a big deal is that it will allow teams to take advantage of the new opportunity to get a veteran player to help their teams win the Super Bowl. This will help teams to fill their rosters with players who will be able to take advantage of the new opportunity to win the Super Bowl. The fifth thing that makes the franchise tag release a big deal is that it will allow teams to take advantage of the new opportunity to get a player who is not on a long term contract, like Joe Flacco. This will help teams to fill their rosters with players who will be able to take advantage of the new opportunity to win the Super Bowl. **The deadline to apply a franchise tag has been extended to allow teams to take advantage of this new opportunity.** This is a big deal because it allows teams to fill their rosters with top players. The deadline has been extended to allow teams to take advantage of the new opportunity to fill their rosters with players who will be able to take advantage of the new opportunity to win the Super Bowl. This will help teams to fill their rosters with players who will be able to take advantage of the new opportunity to win the Super Bowl. The second thing that makes the franchise tag release a big deal is that it will allow teams to take advantage of the new opportunity to get a veteran player to help their teams win the Super Bowl. This will help teams to fill their rosters with players who will be able to take advantage of the new opportunity to win the Super Bowl. The third thing that makes the franchise tag release a big deal is that it will allow teams to take advantage of the new opportunity to get a player who is not on a long term contract, like Joe Flacco. This will help teams to fill their rosters with players who will be able to take advantage of the new opportunity to win the Super Bowl. The fourth thing that makes the franchise tag release a big deal is that it will allow teams to take advantage of the new opportunity to get a veteran player to help their teams win the Super Bowl. This will help teams to fill their rosters with players who will be able to take advantage of the new opportunity to win the Super Bowl. The fifth thing that makes the franchise tag release a big deal is that it will allow teams to take advantage of the new opportunity to get a player who is not on a long term contract, like Joe Flacco. This will help teams to fill their rosters with players who will be able to take advantage of the new opportunity to win the Super Bowl. **The deadline to apply a franchise tag has been extended to allow teams to take advantage of this new opportunity.** This is a big deal because it allows teams to fill their rosters with top players. The deadline has been extended to allow teams to take advantage of the new opportunity to fill their rosters with players who will be able to take advantage of the new opportunity to win the Super Bowl. This will help teams to fill their rosters with players who will be able to take advantage of the new opportunity to win the Super Bowl. 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This will help teams to fill their rosters with players who will be able to take advantage of the new opportunity to win the Super Bowl. The third thing that makes the franchise tag release a big deal is that it will allow teams to take advantage of the new opportunity to get a player who is not on a long term contract, like Joe Flacco. This will help teams to fill their rosters with players who will be able to take advantage of the new opportunity to win the Super Bowl. The fourth thing that makes the franchise tag release a big deal is that it will allow teams to take advantage of the new opportunity to get a veteran player to help their teams win the Super Bowl. This will help teams to fill their rosters with players who will be able to take advantage of the new opportunity to win the Super Bowl. 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This will help teams to fill their rosters with players who will be able to take advantage of the new opportunity to win the Super Bowl. The fourth thing that makes the franchise tag release a big deal is that it will allow teams to take advantage of the new opportunity to get a veteran player to help their teams win the Super Bowl. This will help teams to fill their rosters with players who will be able to take advantage of the new opportunity to win the Super Bowl. The fifth thing that makes the franchise tag release a big deal is that it will allow teams to take advantage of the new opportunity to get a player who is not on a long term contract, like Joe Flacco. This will help teams to fill their rosters with players who will be able to take advantage of the new opportunity to win the Super Bowl. **The deadline to apply a franchise tag has been extended to allow teams to take advantage of this new opportunity.** This is a big deal because it allows teams to fill their rosters with top players. The deadline has been extended to allow teams to take advantage of the new opportunity to fill their rosters with players who will be able to take advantage of the new opportunity to win the Super Bowl. This will help teams to fill their rosters with players who will be able to take advantage of the new opportunity to win the Super Bowl. The second thing that makes the franchise tag release a big deal is that it will allow teams to take advantage of the new opportunity to get a veteran player to help their teams win the Super Bowl. This will help teams to fill their rosters with players who will be able to take advantage of the new opportunity to win the Super Bowl. The third thing that makes the franchise tag release a big deal is that it will allow teams to take advantage of the new opportunity to get a player who is not on a long term contract, like Joe Flacco. This will help teams to fill their rosters with players who will be able to take advantage of the new opportunity to win the Super Bowl. The fourth thing that makes the franchise tag release a big deal is that it will allow teams to take advantage of the new opportunity to get a veteran player to help their teams win the Super Bowl. This will help teams to fill their rosters with players who will be able to take advantage of the new opportunity to win the Super Bowl. The fifth thing that makes the franchise tag release a big deal is that it will allow teams to take advantage of the new opportunity to get a player who is not on a long term contact, like Joe Flacco. This will help teams to fill their rosters with players who will be able to take advantage of the new opportunity to win the Super Bowl. **The deadline to apply a franchise tag has been extended to allow teams to take advantage of this new opportunity.** This is a big deal because it allows teams to fill their rosters with top players. The deadline has been extended to allow teams to take advantage of the new opportunity to fill their rosters with players who will be able to take advantage of the new opportunity to win the Super Bowl. This will help teams to fill their rosters with players who will be able to take advantage of the new opportunity to win the Super Bowl. The second thing that makes the franchise tag release a big deal is that it will allow teams to take advantage of the new opportunity to get a veteran player to help their teams win the Super Bowl. This will help teams to fill their rosters with players who will be able to take advantage of the new opportunity to win the Super Bowl. The third thing that makes the franchise tag release a big deal is that it will allow teams to take advantage of the new opportunity to get a player who is not on a long term contract, like Joe Flacco. This will help teams to fill their rosters with players who will be able to take advantage of the new opportunity to win the Super Bowl. The fourth thing that makes the franchise tag release a big deal is that it will allow teams to take advantage of the new opportunity to get a veteran player to help their teams win the Super Bowl. This will help teams to fill their rosters with players who will be able to take advantage of the new opportunity to win the Super Bowl. The fifth thing that makes the franchise tag release a big deal is that it will allow teams to take advantage of the new opportunity to get a player who is not on a long term contact, like Joe Flacco. This will help teams to fill their rosters with players who will be able to take advantage of the new opportunity to win the Super Bowl. --- **NYC:** United States of America **Date:** Wednesday, March 4, 2025 **Source:** USA TODAY **Author:** Nate Davis **Summary:** NFL free agency begins next week, and the veteran market has already been altered after the deadline to apply franchise tags expired Tuesday. The NFL free agency is a big deal, as it is the only way teams can fill their roster and make a significant impact during the winter offseason. The league has already started to prune the market, and the release of franchise tags is a major step in the process. However, the deadline to apply a franchise tag has been extended to allow teams to take advantage of this new opportunity. The market is already open, and teams are starting to compete for the best available players. The second thing that makes the franchise tag release a big deal is that it will allow teams to take advantage of the new opportunity to get a veteran player to help their teams win the Super Bowl. This will help teams to fill their rosters with players who will be able to take advantage of the new opportunity to win the Super Bowl. The third thing that makes the franchise tag release a big deal is that it will allow teams to take advantage of the new opportunity to get a player who is not on a long term contract, like Joe Flacco. This will help teams to fill their rosters with players who will be able to take advantage of the new opportunity to win the Super Bowl. The fourth thing that makes the franchise tag release a big deal is that it will allow teams to take advantage of the new opportunity to get a veteran player to help their teams win the Super Bowl. This will help teams to fill their rosters with players who will be able to take advantage of the new opportunity to win the Super Bowl. The fifth thing that makes the franchise tag release a big deal is that it will allow teams to take advantage of the new opportunity to get a player who is not on a long term contract, like Joe Flacco. This will help teams to fill their rosters with players who will be able to take advantage of the new opportunity to win the Super Bowl. **Franchise tag release is big deal for the NFL.** The NFL's roster and general managers have a lot of pressure to fill their teams' rosters. This is a big reason why teams are looking to get a dominant player to help their teams win the Super Bowl. The release of franchise tags will allow teams to take advantage of the new opportunity to get a top player. The second thing that makes the franchise tag release a big deal is that it will allow teams to take advantage of the new opportunity to get a veteran player to help their teams win the Super Bowl. This will help teams to fill their rosters with players who will be able to take advantage of the new opportunity to win the Super Bowl. The third thing that makes the franchise tag release a big deal is that it will allow teams to take advantage of the new opportunity to get a player who is not on a long term contract, like Joe Flacco. This will help teams to fill their rosters with players who will be able to take advantage of the new opportunity to win the Super Bowl. 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This will help teams to fill their rosters with players who will be able to take advantage of the new opportunity to win the Super Bowl. The fourth thing that makes the franchise tag release a big deal is that it will allow teams to take advantage of the new opportunity to get a veteran player to help their teams win the Super Bowl. This will help teams to fill their rosters with players who will be able to take advantage of the new opportunity to win the Super Bowl. The fifth thing that makes the franchise tag release a big deal is that it will allow teams to take advantage of the new opportunity to get a player who is not on a long term contract, like Joe Flacco. 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This will help teams to fill herroisters with players who will be able to take advantage of the new opportunity to win the Super Bowl. The fifth thing that makes the franchise tag release a big deal is that it will allow teams to take advantage of the new opportunity to get a player who is not on a long term contact, like Joe Flacco. This will help teams to fill herroisters with players who will be able to take advantage of the new opportunity to win the Super Bowl. ```
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https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/mar/11/mother-of-teenage-bride-athiak-dau-riak-south-sudan-hiding-pregnant-daughter
# Mother of teenage bride in South Sudan comes out of hiding to be with pregnant daughter A health worker has left a safe house in South Sudan to travel to be with her daughter after discovering the teenager is pregnant. Deborah Kuir Yach made headlines last year when she opposed a competition for her daughter’s hand in marriage, insisting that her child Athiak Dau Riak was only 14. Fear of reprisals from her husband and family forced her to leave her home in the capital, Juba, and go into hiding. After eight months living in a shelter under the protection of a local NGO, the 41-year-old mother of seven has travelled to Nairobi where Athiak is believed to be staying with relatives. Despite the threats she faced after her stance became widely known, Yach said she is determined to be with her daughter – who is due to give birth this month – in keeping with the cultural tradition of the Dinka, one of the largest ethnic groups in South Sudan. “Now that Athiak is pregnant, I can’t do anything about the marriage. Let her be with her husband. They will decide together whether she can go back to school later on,” said Yach. “\ according to our Dinka tradition, a daughter must give birth to her first child in her mother’s home – that’s why I am going to Kenya.” Yach does not know if Athiak will be allowed to stay with her but said she would visit her to guide her daughter into motherhood, and help take care of the baby. Although she was perceived as a victim of child marriage by those who condemned the wedding, Athiak sided with family members who orchestrated it. “Athiak disagrees with what I have done. She says that I brought shame to the family,” Yach told the Guardian before she left South Sudan. “But I explained to her that I didn’t want to stay where I am mistreated. Athiak wants to protect the image of the family but I will not go back, I am following my truth and my right,” she said, adding that she wants a divorce. “I just found out that he brought another wife home.” In June 2024 Athiak travelled to Nairobi shortly after her traditional wedding to Chol Marol Deng, a South Sudanese man in his 40s who lives in Canada. A court case opened the same month by South Sudanese lawyer Josephine Adhet Deng against Yach’s husband, Dau Riak Magany, accusing him of arranging the marriage of a minor – a crime under South Sudan’s laws – failed to progress. Attempts by Deng to have Athiak brought back from Kenya were rejected by South Sudan’s public prosecution office in October 2024. Yach has travelled to Kenya with her three younger daughters in the hope that she can protect them from a similar fate to Athiak. Her brother, Athiak’s uncle, who also publicly opposed the marriage, is supporting her. “My niece is now pregnant and I’m not seeing this case going anywhere,” said Daniel Chol Yach, who lives in Canada. “I’ve tried tirelessly to alert the Canadian authorities but nothing has happened so far. Chol has been travelling freely and he impregnated Athiak, even though the marriage is not complete, and although he had said he would let her go back to school.” While the customary part of the wedding was celebrated in Juba, the marriage is not legally finalised. “Now I want to make sure that my sister, Deborah, and my nieces have a better future. I’m renting a place for them in Nairobi. The kids will go to school there, and that will protect them from what happened to Athiak. With good education, they’ll be able to know what is best for their future.” Yach hopes to put her daughters in school in Kenya and, eventually, to join her brother in Canada to build a better life for herself and her family. “The reason I leave my country is the future of my children. If I stayed in South Sudan, maybe they will be married young, too.” ```
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https://apnews.com/sports/north-carolina-college-basketball-womens-college-basketball-college-sports-a9c06ec3af3d457a9ec322d95fa0af76
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https://www.foxnews.com/politics/education-dept-launches-widespread-civil-rights-probe
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The (DoEd) is launching discrimination investigations into 45 universities for allegedly engaging in "race-exclusionary practices" within their scholarship and graduate programs. "The Department is working to reorient civil rights enforcement to ensure all students are protected from illegal discrimination," Secretary of Education Linda McMahon said of the newly launched investigations **.** "Students must be assessed according to merit and accomplishment, not prejudged by the color of their skin. We will not yield on this commitment." The DoEd enforces in federally funded schools through its Office for Civil Rights (OCR). As cuts are made to the department, the OCR will continue to "investigate complaints and vigorously enforce federal civil rights laws," Madi Biedermann, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Communications at the Department of Education, said in a statement shared with Fox News Digital. Other main facets of the department include overseeing some funding, managing student loans, financial aid, and enforcing nondiscrimination policies in schools, while most education itself is dealt with at the state level. About 92% of all school funding comes from non-federal sources. (iStock | Getty Images) The department acknowledges that "education is primarily a state and local responsibility in the United States," with about 92% of all school funding coming from non-federal sources. President has been making significant cuts to the department as part of his goal to eventually close it "so that the states, instead of bureaucrats working in Washington, can run education." But the administration has said that the cuts that have been made "will not directly impact students and families." "President Trump’s goal is to cut federal bureaucracy and return education authority to the states because the dollars and decision-making should be closest to students," Savannah Newhouse, a Department of Education spokesperson, told Fox News Digital. "Despite misconceptions, the Department of Education does not control school curricula, decide teacher pay, set who qualifies for student aid and how much they receive, operate schools, or serve as the primary source of funding for schools." Newhouse added the department seeks "to reduce bureaucratic barriers in education, the federal government will continue to be a partner to provide best practices, investigate discrimination, and ensure states have the tools necessary to help our nation’s students succeed." One of the largest offices within the department is Federal Student Aid (FSA), which manages the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and provides about $120.8 billion in grants or loans to students each year, the department says. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon visits "FOX & Friends" at Fox News Channel Studios in New York City on March 7. (Noam Galai) The Trump administration recently cut nearly half the workforce at the DoEd. Yet, "\o employees working on the FAFSA, student loan servicing, and Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Title funds — including formula and discretionary grants programs — were impacted," Biedermann said in a statement. In its early years, the department made specific requirements when allocating funding to schools, such as requiring higher education institutions to offer a campus drug and alcohol abuse prevention program under the Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act, which was passed in 1989. When it comes to federal funds, a contribution of about 8% to education funding, the allocation of some money tends to vary by administration. A recent study previously reported by Fox News Digital found that under former President Joe Biden, the DoEd spent $1 billion on grants advancing DEI in hiring. The Biden administration reportedly spent $489,883,797 on grants for race-based hiring, $343,337,286 on general DEI programming and $169,301,221 on DEI-based mental health training and programming, according to a report by Parents Defending Education, a right-leaning nonprofit. Meanwhile, in 2025, the Trump administration slashed hundreds of millions in the department's funding for DEI practices. The president warned that any federally-funded institutions of higher education practicing DEI initiatives could lose their federal dollars. In Oklahoma, since 2024, all public schools are required to incorporate the Bible and the Ten Commandments into their curricula for grades 5-10. (iStock) "In Oklahoma, since 2024, all public schools are required to and the Ten Commandments into their curricula for grades 5-10." Meanwhile, in 2016, the Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) set health education standards for public schools in the state that required children in kindergarten and first grade to learn that "there are many ways to express gender." Morning sun lights the front of the Department of Education building in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 4. (Kevin Lamarque) Additionally, the department does not develop curriculum requirements, which are left to the state and local school boards to decide. In Oklahoma, since 2024, all public schools are required to and the Ten Commandments into their curricula for grades 5-10. Meanwhile, in 2016, the Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) set health education standards for public schools in the state that required children in kindergarten and first grade to learn that "there are many ways to express gender." "The federal government provides 10% of the money, but with it effectively sets more than half of policy for public schools," Max Eden, a senior fellow specializing in education at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), told . Aubrie Spady is a Writer for Fox News Digital. 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https://www.kcra.com/article/soft-interview-room-el-dorado-county-golden-state-killer/64061075
# Survivor of Golden State Killer brings new 'soft' interview room to El Dorado County Sheriff's Office ## INVESTIGATORS. INSIDE THE EL DORADO COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS A NEW SPACE. A SPACE DESIGNED FROM ITS CHAIRS TO ITS COLORS TO THE COFFEE READY TO BE BREWED TO BE SAFE. THIS IS WHAT WE CALL A SOFT INTERVIEW ROOM. SO WE USE THESE FOR VICTIMS OF VIOLENT CRIMES. THEY’VE LIKELY JUST GONE THROUGH SOMETHING VERY TRAUMATIC OR ARE HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT SOMETHING VERY TRAUMATIC, AND WE WANT TO PUT THEM IN A PLACE THAT PUTS THEM AT EASE. DETECTIVE KATIE PRESCOTT IS A SEXUAL ASSAULT INVESTIGATOR WITH THE EL DORADO COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE. SHE SAYS WITHIN DAYS OF FINISHING THIS NEW INTERVIEW ROOM, THEY’VE ALREADY NEEDED IT. SO THIS IS WHAT WE WOULD HAVE LIKELY USED BEFORE THE SOFT ROOM WAS IMPLEMENTED. IT’S NOT INVITING. THIS LOOKS LIKE WHERE WE SHOULD BE HAVING OUR ADMINISTRATIVE MEETINGS, NOT WHERE WE SHOULD BE INTERVIEWING THE VICTIM OF A VIOLENT CRIME. THIS IS WHAT THE ROOM LOOKED LIKE BEFORE. BLANK WALLS AND SPARSELY PLACED FURNITURE. WE ONLY PUT ROOMS IN WHERE THERE’S TRAUMA INFORMED OFFICERS. KRIS PEDRETTI IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF PHILLIS’S GARDEN, A NONPROFIT WORKING TO BRING THESE SOFT INTERVIEW ROOMS TO LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICES AROUND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, INCLUDING THIS ONE IN EL DORADO COUNTY. I MYSELF AM A VICTIM, OR I’M A SURVIVOR OF SEXUAL ASSAULT FROM THE GOLDEN STATE KILLER. AND THROUGHOUT THE DECADES, I HAD NO SUPPORT. SHE LAUNCHED THE ORGANIZATION A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO AS A WAY TO CONTINUE TO HEAL AND TO HELP OTHERS START. IT IS GEARED FOR THE SUPPORT OF SEXUAL ASSAULT SURVIVORS, SUCH AS EVEN THESE CHAIRS. THEY SWIVEL TO HELP THEM GET RID OF EXCESS ENERGY. IT’S VERY NERVE RACKING TO BE ABLE TO TO HAVE TO REPEAT EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED TO YOU. PEDRETTI SAYS AFTER DECADES FINALLY TALKING ABOUT HER EXPERIENCE IN RECENT YEARS HAS HELPED HER FIND HER VOICE, AND SHE HOPES SPACES LIKE THIS WILL HELP OTHERS FIND THE COURAGE TO REPORT CRIMES AND TO FIND THEIR VOICES, TOO. TO BE SITTING IN A ROOM LIKE THIS AND TO BE TREATED COMPASSIONATELY AND WITH EMPATHY REALLY IS A WAY TO OPEN THE DOOR FOR THAT VICTIM TO BECOME THE SURVIVOR. IN EL DORADO COUNTY. LEE ANNE DENYER KCRA THREE NEWS. SO KRIS PEDRETTI, THE WOMAN YOU HEARD FROM THERE, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE PHYLLIS GARDEN, SAYS IT’S NAMED FOR ANOTHER VICTIM OF THE GOLDEN STATE KILLER. AFTER MORE THAN 40 YEARS, THEY MET IN 2018 AT A HEARING AFTER HE WAS ARRESTED. PHYLLIS DIED SHORTLY AFTER HE WAS SENTENCED. TO GET INVOLVED OR TO LEARN MORE, YOU CAN VISIT THE WEBSITE RIGHT THERE ON YOUR SCREEN. THAT’S PHYLLIS GARDEN. ## The El Dorado County Sheriff's Office has a new interview room, known as a soft interview room, to provide a more comfortable space for victims of violent crimes to speak with investigators. The room came to fruition this week due to a partnership between the sheriff's office and the non-profit organization . “The point of a soft interview room is to put victims at ease,” said Detective Katie Prescott, who specializes in sexual assault investigations. “We want to put them in a place that puts them at ease and provides them some comfort, so that they can have that power and find that power to tell us their experience.” Prescott said within days of finishing the new interview room, investigators have already used it. She said, unfortunately, her unit has a large case load with investigators managing somewhere between 50 and 70 cases each. Previously, she would use a conference room or another area of the office to conduct interviews with victims. “It's not inviting,” Prescott said. “This looks like where we should be having our administrative meetings, not where we should be interviewing the victim of a violent crime.” Kris Pedretti founded Phyllis’s Garden to continue her own healing from sexual assault. The non-profit's new partnership with the sheriff's office made the soft interview room possible. “I'm a survivor of sexual assault from the Golden State Killer and throughout the decades, I had no support,” she said. “People don’t talk about it. People don’t want to hear, so victims typically don’t report.” Pedretti said she wanted to find a way to help survivors feel more comfortable coming forward with their experiences, knowing firsthand how hard recounting those experiences can be. “It's very nerve wracking to have to repeat everything that happened to you,” she said. Details such as the kind of chair placed in the room, to the colors on the wall, to the coffee and snacks available are all intentional, she explained. “To be sitting in a room like this and to be treated compassionately and with empathy really is a way to open the door for that victim to become the survivor,” she said. Phyllis's Garden is a donation-based organization. All items purchased for the soft interview rooms are purchased new with donated funds from supporters. Pedretti said she named the organization in honor of another victim of the Golden State Killer. She said after more than 40 years, the pair met in 2018 at a hearing, after the Golden State Killer was arrested. Phyllis died shortly after his sentencing. “I do this because I am one of these people that never talked about it and what healed me was being able to talk about it,” Pedretti said. “There is hope. You’re not stuck.” She said she hoped knowing the rooms exist would encourage victims to come forward and report crimes committed against them. To get involved or learn more, **_See more coverage of top California stories here_** | **_Download our app_** | **_Subscribe to our morning newsletter_** | **_Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel_** ```
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https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/love-and-sex
## Relationships, love and sex advice | The Guardian ### Love & Sex - - - A blind date guide for sharing intimacy. - - - The homesteading journey of a dream and a husband. - - - Ana Sofía was coming out of a sexless relationship; Alfredo had never had a girlfriend. That made things ‘extremely exciting’ at first, but now they’re happy to slow it down. - - - After John Harris’s son was diagnosed, conversation always seemed focused on the things he would struggle with. But a shared passion for playing music grew into something James could do – brilliantly. - - - Fast, free and phenomenally effective, push-ups are an unbeatable way to build the muscle you need every day – all the way into old age. Here’s how to master them, even if you’ve previously struggled. - - - Fast, free and phenomenally effective, push-ups are an unbeatable way to build the muscle you need every day – all the way into old age. Here’s how to master them, even if you’ve previously struggled. - - - Fast, free and phenomenally effective, push-ups are an unbeatable way to build the muscle you need every day – all the way into old age. Here’s how to master them, even if you’ve previously struggled. ### Love & Sex - - - The diagnosis may have brought up feelings of anger and unfairness about the care you didn’t receive as a child. Could your brother offer you solace and support? ### Relationships - - - A blind date guide for sharing intimacy. - - - Fast, free and phenomenally effective, push-ups are an unbeatable way to build the muscle you need every day – all the way into old age. Here’s how to master them, even if you’ve previously struggled. ### Relationships - - - Fast, free and phenomenally effective, push-ups are an unbeatable way to build the muscle you need every day – all the way into old age. Here’s how to master them, even if you’ve previously struggled. ### Relationships - - - Fast, free and phenomenally effective, push-ups are an unbeatable way to build the muscle you need every day – all the way into old age. Here’s how to master them, even if you’ve previously struggled. ### Relationships - - - Fast, free and phenomenally effective, push-ups are an unbeatable way to build the muscle you need every day – all the way into old age. Here’s how to master them, even if you’ve previously struggled. ### Most Viewed - - - - - - - - - - ### Most Viewed in Lifestyle 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. ### Most Viewed Across the Guardian 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. ```
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https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/qNJnXBFzninFT5m3n/middle-school-choice
# Middle School Choice Our oldest is finishing up 5th grade, at the only school in our city that doesn't continue past 5th. The 39 5th graders will be split up among six schools, and we recently went though the process of indicating our preferences and seeing where we ended up. The process isn't terrible, but it could be modified to stop giving an advantage to parents who carefully game it out while better matching kids to preferred schools. First, what is the current process? You put in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd choice rankings, which are interpreted in three rounds. Kids are assigned to 1st choice schools, then the ones who didn't get in are assigned among 2nd choices, and finally 3rd choices. Ties are broken by sibling priority, proximity priority, and then by lottery number. For sibling priority, if you have a sibling who will be in the school next year you have priority over students who don't. In practice this means if you list a sibling priority school as your first choice you get it. For proximity priority, each family has a proximity school. This may not be the closest one to their house, and for us it isn't, but its at least reasonably close. It's the same as siblings: you have priority over any non-proximity students. Listing your proximity school first won't always get you in, since some schools (ex: ours) have many more proximity students than open spots. The open spots this year are: | School | Sibling | Proximity | Available seats | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | A | 0 | 3 | 2 | | B | 0 | 3 | 0 | | C | 0 | 3 | 10 | | D | 2 | 11 | 23 | | E | 1 | 16 | 4 | | F | 0 | 0 | 4 | Under the current system, what did it make sense for us to put for our top three choices? Ignoring B, which has no available spots, our preference order is D > E > A > C > F. We could put that down directly (D, E, A) but how do proximity and limited spaces affect our decision? Our proximity school is E, with 4 available seats. It was very likely that the family with sibling priority would put it first, so really 3 available seats. If we put it first and so did all other families with proximity, we'd have a 3/15 chance of getting a spot there. I think this means our best chances would be putting first D, then C, and then it doesn't matter much: - While we have proximity at E, since there are so many more E-proximal students than spots, even if it was our top choice I'd only put it first if we thought "E vs everything else" was the key question. But since we prefer D, and since I expect enough proximity students will put E first that it will go in the first round, we shouldn't list it at all: that would waste our 2nd or 3rd pick. - Similarly, I expect A to go entirely to students with proximity, so no point listing it. - Putting our 1st choice on D makes sense to me: it's our actual first choice, and even after accounting for sibling and proximity students it still has ten open spots. - Then we should put C next, since we prefer it to F. For simplicity, lets assume everyone has the same preferences we would have if we lived where they did. That means people prefer whichever is closest of A, E, or D. Then on the first round, every student "applies" to their top choice. The school ranks students by sibling status, then proximity status, then lottery number, and provisional accepts students up to capacity. In the next round unassigned students "apply" to their next ranked schools, with schools provisionally accepting anyone they rank higher than their previously provisionally accepted students and bumping students as needed. This continues until everyone has a place, and which point provisional acceptances become real acceptances and students are notified. I especially like that with this algorithm families don't need to consider what other families are likely to do. If they prefer E to D, they can just put E first, without worrying that they are wasting a choice. While as someone who does think through strategy I expect this change would make our family mildly worse off, a system where people have the best chances of getting into their preferred schools if they accurately report their preferences seems clearly better overall. ```
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https://www.foxnews.com/video/6369856694112
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https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/i-blame-bidens-border-crisis-my-teens-fentanyl-death-thank-trump-trying-end-scourge
I am a mother of four, but I’ll forever be haunted by the . Weston was 15 when a fentanyl-laced pill poisoned him in 2022. ; he was a vibrant, active teenager with a big heart. He attended church twice a week, played football and hockey, surfed in the Pacific, and had a laugh that could light up a room. I tried to be the best mom I could be, cheering him on at his games, cooking family dinners, volunteering at school, but none of that was enough to save him from the poison tearing our country apart. [](https://www.foxnews.com/video/6369610666112) I hold who champions open borders accountable for my son’s death. Every single one! When Biden took office in 2021, we were living in Southern California, and he flung the doors to our country wide open. Our borders became a highway for chaos as cartels, traffickers and fentanyl poured in. I never imagined it would one day take my son from me. That was never going to happen in my house; that’s something you only saw on the news. [](https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/biden-harris-immigration) But the policies of Biden and his , turned a blind eye to the poison flooding our streets. They allowed this to happen, and families like mine paid for their reckless policy. Illicit fentanyl is now the leading cause of death for Americans aged 18 to 45 and is responsible for nearly 70% of the 110,000 "overdose" deaths we see each year in this country. One pill… just one pill, can end a life. Weston’s death is proof of that. It’s not about addiction; it’s about a supply so deadly and addictive, it’s inescapable. And where does it come from? Mexico, with its cartels running unchecked; Canada, where fentanyl labs are popping up under lax oversight; and China, which is shipping the chemicals that fuel this nightmare. For too long, these countries did nothing while our children died. That’s why I’m so grateful to President . He’s taking the fentanyl crisis seriously, something I wish we’d seen when Weston was still alive. President Trump is implementing tariffs on imports from Canada, Mexico and China to hold them accountable for allowing this poison to flow freely into our country. He’s not just talking about the problem; President Trump is hitting these nations where it hurts: right in their wallets. The president doesn’t think they’ve done enough, and neither do I. Mexico’s government coddles cartels. Canada is allowing labs to proliferate. with precursors. Enough is enough! These tariffs are an emboldened wake-up call to force accountability. They say to our neighbors and trading partners: stop the drugs, or pay the price. Some critics complain about the costs of these tariffs, but I ask, what is the cost of a child’s life? What value do you put on my child and on the hundreds of thousands of people who have lost their lives on American soil under the last administration? I’d pay anything to have Weston back, and President Trump understands that. He’s a father and a fighter, using America’s economic muscle to protect families like mine. This isn’t about politics; it’s about survival. I think about my Weston every day. He should be 18 now, planning his future, his college path, what he wants to major in, not reduced to a name on a headstone. let this poison in, but Trump’s tariffs are a step toward shutting it out. It’s too late for my son, but it’s not too late for yours. The fentanyl crisis has taken too many, with hundreds of thousands of American lives stolen by an illicit drug, a poison that seems unstoppable. President Trump is showing he’s willing to try something different, something tough. For that, I say: Thank you, Mr. President, thank you. Keep fighting! ```
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https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/mar/05/zhenhao-zou-phd-student-who-filmed-attacks-on-women
# Zhenhao Zou: ‘charming’ PhD student who filmed dozens of attacks on women ## Crime Police say it could be ‘extraordinary amount of time’ before scale of crimes is known, as UCL student convicted of raping 10 women * ### Vikram Dodd Police and crime correspondent **Wed 5 Mar 2025 10.55 EST** Last modified on Wed 5 Mar 2025 11.42 EST Zhenhao Zou thought, acted and offended as if he was untouchable. When detectives searched the south flat he rented for thousands of pounds a month, they found the trappings of a comfortable, if not lavish, lifestyle. DCI Richard Mackenzie said of the search in January 2024: “There were designer bags, jewellery, a Rolex, designer clothes, some in the wardrobe with the tags still on.” The world Zou enjoyed, financed largely by his Chinese parents, came crashing down because of the bravery of one woman. She went to police in London in November 2023 saying Zou had raped her in his flat in Elephant and Castle. Two days after she went to the police, Zou flew to . On his return to London in January 2024, the Metropolitan police arrested him. Amid that victim’s pain and confusion, she found and clung to her courage. If not for her, Zou might have remained undetected. --- Zhou being questioned. Police fear his offending against women in London and China may have been more widespread. Photograph: Metropolitan police/PA --- Zou was studying at University College London for a PhD in mechanical engineering, having first come to Britain to study in 2017. Despite the appearance of comfort, Zou’s flat concealed a digital house of horrors, captured on secret cameras and stored on his phone for his warped pleasure. In all, there were 1,270 videos, 1,660 hours of footage, and 58 videos of Zou raping women. There was also an array of drugs, including those used for stupefying his victims. Zou has now been on 10 women, with the recovered videos being the key reason for the guilty verdicts. Police fear his offending against women in London, and in China, may have been much more widespread. --- Det Supt Vanessa Britton said the scale and complexity of the investigation was unprecedented. “It could be an extraordinary amount of time before we have an idea of the scale of his offending,” she said. Secret cameras were found in Zou’s flat. Photograph: Metropolitan police/PA --- The videos show a male, whom police believe to be Zou, attacking a series of women who are under the influence of drugs administered into drinks. Barely any of the women have yet been identified, and some of the videos do not show the victims’ faces. Britton said usually detectives investigating rape had a victim, and their hunt was for a suspect. This investigation is the reverse. The videos provided the best evidence against Zou and the scale of his offending, with Mackenzie saying his team was having to scour videos for clues as to which country the attacks took place. “One of the things we noticed was there was an English plug socket in the video,” he said. “In some of the videos you can see the internal elements of the flat.” Mackenzie said some videos clearly showed Zou attacking women who were “drugged or under the influence of something”. That may have been enough to convict him and overcome the defence he offered in this trial, that the woman consented to making a rape roleplay video. Videos recovered show victims’ speech “slurred”, with some clearly “upset” but unable to do anything because of the drugs. In one, Zou looks at the camera while his victim can be seen with bruising around her left eye and cheekbone. Audio from the video, in Mandarin, shows Zou ignoring pleas for mercy, taunting one victim after she complains of his attack: “It really hurts.” Other videos are more complicated. The effect of the drugs can render a victim unconscious, but they can also experience bouts of euphoria. A butanediol bottle shown in the court case. Zou was convicted of drugging and raping 10 women. Photograph: Metropolitan police/PA --- Zou’s electronic devices held huge numbers of messages between him and those women with whom he came into contact, all believed to be of Chinese heritage. The Met had computer experts devise code so they could handle and examine more than 9m messages in Mandarin on the Chinese social media app WeChat. Zou told the jury he had been a high-flying student in China, that his father worked in a state-owned enterprise and that his mother was a teacher. He said that during his education in China he studied hard and while at school he received an education in politics, but no sex education. He came to Britain in 2017 to study at Queen’s University in Belfast, then in 2019 he started studying for a master’s in mechanical engineering at University College London. Zou said it was in London that he started using drugs, including ketamine, cocaine and ecstasy. His social life revolved around nightclubs and London’s Chinese community, and he would also go on dates after meeting women on apps such as Bumble. He grew up in Guangdong province and said that in 2020, when the Covid lockdown struck Britain, he returned to China. He lived in one of his parents’ homes, and said he did not know how many they owned. He told the court he surfed the internet for extreme pornography. Zhou had several cosmetic procedures, including hair transplants after his hair fell out due to chronic insomnia, as well as work on his eyelids and chin. Photograph: Metropolitan police/PA --- Zou said he liked videos showing sex with sleeping women, that most would call that rape, and that it was the lack of a response from a woman that made him excited. Some of these he downloaded from a Chinese app called Potato. Questioned about video material he watched, Zou said he liked “time-stop” pornography, in which “the females are passive and unresponsive during sex”. Asked in court why he preferred that type of sexually explicit material, Zou replied: “I like it because the girl appears to be still and quiet when they are having sex.” His barrister, Mark Cotter KC, asked: “What about being asleep?” Zou, testifying in his own defence, replied: “Yes, that’s my favourite type. But I could not find that.” Bespectacled and wearing a suit while giving evidence over five days, he appeared mild-mannered and outwardly anything but the dangerous predator that he is. While in the dock he had minimal security, just one guard. One detective who interviewed Zou over the allegations of serial rape said he appeared “charming”, while one victim said he had at first appeared to be a gentleman. He had the money to have had several cosmetic procedures, including hair transplants after his hair fell out due to chronic insomnia, as well as work on his eyelids and chin. Mackenzie said Zou’s method of offending was strikingly similar over what he believes were 60 attacks. He would persuade women to come to his flat, to study or for drinks, and drug them. One known victim may have been drugged while in Chinatown in London while part of a group of young people, including Zou, having food and drinks. During the first police investigation, triggered when the woman came forward in November 2023, detectives revisited another woman who had first approached them in 2023. She had alleged Zou raped her in London but then dropped her allegation. She posted on Chinese social media warning others of the dangers of Zou. Her post led to another young woman contacting her and saying she, too, had suffered and been attacked after meeting him. Of the videos believed to have been made in China, Zou said one woman was a master’s student, another an online influencer, another an escort, and the others were undergraduates. He persisted to the end with the fiction that the videos showed consensual sex with the women “roleplaying”. British police are not able to travel to China to further their inquiries. The Met said the Chinese authorities have been otherwise helpful and they hope for more cooperation. The Chinese embassy in London did not respond to a request for comment. The Met hopes the publicity generated by Zou’s conviction will spur women to come forward, and believe some may not even know they were attacked because of the effects on memory of the date rape drugs he used. Zou’s case comes months after that of , who was drugged in France by her husband who then while she was sedated. British police do not keep data about how often drugs are used to facilitate sexual violence. There were 6,732 reports to police of spiking in the year ending April 2023. Police estimate one in six of these type of incidents are linked to a further crimes, of any type. There have been previous cases in Britain of serial rapists using drugs to carry out their crimes. In 2020, was convicted of 136 counts of rape, eight counts of attempted rape, 14 counts of sexual assault and one count of assault by penetration, against 48 victims. Police believe he committed many more offences and at the time of his conviction they could not identify a further 70 victims. Sinaga’s offending, making him the worst recorded rapist in British criminal history, was against men and was aided by drugging his victims. The was jailed in 2009 for attacks on 16 women, using drugs to facilitate his offending. Police privately feared he had attacked many more. ```
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https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/mar/03/soaring-uk-crime-cost-up-policy-exchange-policing-prisons
# Soaring UK crime costing up to £250bn a year, says thinktank Policy Exchange report blames austerity for breakdown in policing and criminal justice ## Soaring levels of crime are costing Britain’s economy as much as £250bn a year, according to a report that blames austerity for a breakdown in policing and criminal justice. The report by the centre-right thinktank Policy Exchange, backed by the former Conservative chancellor and home secretary Sajid Javid, said that years of cuts to funding for the police, prisons and courts had contributed to a dramatic rise in crime which was holding back the economy. The report said an “epidemic” of shoplifting, alongside other crimes, was hitting businesses, the public sector and individuals hard, with a direct cost to the economy of about £170bn a year, or about 6.5% of gross domestic product (GDP). In addition, it estimated there were intangible effects on behaviour derived from a fear of crime. Although this is difficult to quantify, it warned that actions being taken by businesses and individuals to avoid being a victim of crime – such as not visiting the high street, or deferring investment – could take the total cost to as much as £250bn, or 10% of GDP. With the government under pressure to find money for public services and defence spending, Policy Exchange said Labour needed to invest an additional £5bn a year into tackling a crisis in prison capacity, the size of the policing workforce and clearing backlogs in the courts. Alongside highlighting austerity, the thinktank recommended reforms to sentencing, including automatic tougher sentences for prolific offenders and deportation of foreign offenders. The report, which was also backed by the former Bank of England chief economist Andy Haldane, urged the government to increase public spending on policing and the criminal justice system to help underpin the economy. Official figures show a steady increase in levels of crime over recent years, while Britain’s largest retailers have warned of a with huge costs for the industry. Last year, Sharon White, the former chair of the John Lewis Partnership, described the increase as an “epidemic”. Police-recorded shoplifting has increased by 51% relative to 2015 and is at its highest level in 20 years. Police-recorded robberies and knife crime offences are up 64% and 89% respectively over the same period. Javid, who was home secretary between 2018 and 2019, before briefly serving as chancellor until early 2020, wrote in the foreword to the report that he was proud of his record in government for tackling crime, but added: “that said, there’s clearly more to do.” “History teaches us that economic activity flourishes in societies that value law and order. When consumers and businesses know that contracts will be honoured, and that the fruits of their labour will be protected from theft and the threat of violence, they have the confidence to work, to earn and to build something of value. Without this confidence we all suffer.” ## Labour's policies under Keir Starmer Labour has sought to crack down on crime, with Keir Starmer having said in opposition years of cuts to police funding and changes to sentencing rules were a “” for the rise in crime rates across the UK. However, there are concerns that a tight position in the public finances and the government pushing to increase defence spending could lead to funding restraint for public services in chancellor Rachel Reeves’s spring spending review later this month. Policy Exchange said it recommended cuts to other areas of public spending, while suggesting that defence funding must take priority. This however would complicate Labour’s promises not to return to austerity, as well as campaign pledges to fix battered public services. Haldane, who is now the chief executive of the Royal Society of Arts, said: “We are approaching what will almost certainly be a brutal, and what could be an electorally defining, public spending review. “In an era of acute anxiety, this report is an arresting clarion – and wake-up – call to all political parties on the true and rising economic costs of crime and the societal consequences of continuing malign neglect of that most foundational of government responsibilities – the security of citizens.” Diana Johnson, the minister for crime and policing, said: “In the next decade, this government plans to halve violence against women and girls and knife crime, and restore public confidence in policing and the criminal justice system, as part of the Safer Streets Mission. “Through the Plan for Change, we will also bring visible policing back to communities, with 13,000 extra neighbourhood police officers, PCSOs and specials. 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https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/max-minakov-snow-clearing-robot-nivoso/
# University of Minnesota senior shows off snow-clearing robot ## By Jason Rantala ### Updated on: March 6, 2025 / 6:35 AM CST / CBS Minnesota By the end of Wednesday morning, nearly had fallen in the Twin Cities. It was the perfect test for the latest version of University of Minnesota senior Max Minakov's Last year, Minakov showed WCCO how his Roomba-sized bot could clear driveways. This year, Nivoso had a bit of a glow up. "I was almost surprised myself with how good of a job it did," Minakov said. The robot was designed in Minakov's parents' shed and built with the help of some parts built overseas. The robot is steered with a controller and can be steered from inside a vehicle. Nivoso is now officially earning its keep. Minakov has two robots that have now gained commercial and residential contract work clearing snow. "We've also been working through our first three purchase orders right now across the U.S. for these units, and have over $1 million in letters of intent signed for units just like this to be released in the coming year," Minakov said. Minakov is set to graduate from the university in May and hopes to make Nivoso his full-time gig right out of school. He's now fundraising for financial help to get units manufactured and out the door. ## More from CBS News - **UMN among dozens of schools accused of racial discrimination** - **Minnesota ramps up DWI enforcement for St. Patrick's Day weekend** - **Craft breweries worried about impact of 25% steel, aluminum tariffs** - **"Blood Worm Moon" may be visible in parts of Minnesota overnight. Maps show cloud coverage.** ## In: - - - - Jason Rantala joined WCCO as a reporter in June 2023. He's a Minnesota native and is thrilled to be telling the stories of those in his hometown. - - - © 2025 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. ```
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https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/mar/14/uk-economy-shrinks-blow-to-rachel-reeves
# UK economy shrinks unexpectedly in blow to Rachel Reeves ## ONS data showing 0.1% fall in GDP in January The UK economy contracted by 0.1% in January, dealing a blow to before the spring statement later this month. In a surprise to City economists, who had expected 0.1% growth in January, the data showed the services sector failed to offset a decline in the industrial sector and maintain growth from the previous month. Manufacturing output fell by 1.1% in January 2025, reversing a spurt of 0.7% in December last year. Construction was another drag on the economy after poor winter weather held back housebuilders. Services increased by only 0.1%, with falls in hospitality and arts and entertainment making the biggest dent in growth. The ONS said gross domestic product (GDP) was estimated to have grown by 0.2% in the three months to January 2025, compared with the three months to October 2024, as a result of the growth in the services sector. In December , helping the last quarter of the year to register a 0.1% rise and avoid two quarters of zero growth. The Chancellor is expected to announce deep cuts in government welfare spending in the spring statement on 26 March to stay within the government’s budget rules. ## Key Takeaways The probability of an interest rate cut at the Bank of England’s meeting next Thursday rose very slightly on Friday, but is still seen as very unlikely, with financial markets estimating the chance of a cut at just over 8%, compared with just below 7% on Thursday. Rates are expected to be kept on hold at 4.5% next week before a quarter-point cut in May. The National Institute of Economic and Social Research (Niesr) downgraded its forecast for growth the first quarter of 2025 from 0.4% to 0.3%, but kept its estimate much higher than the Bank’s, which has predicted growth will be limited to only 0.1%. Many economists said that after the lacklustre performance in the second half of 2024, growth remains fragile because of global and domestic uncertainty. Hailey Low, an economist at Niesr, said: “It is crucial that the upcoming spring statement provides stability rather than adding to domestic uncertainty. Frequent policy U-turns risk undermining business and investor confidence at a time when clarity and consistency are most needed.” ## Additional Information Matt Swannell, the chief economic adviser to the EY Item Club, said monthly figures could be volatile. He said he had expected a dip in January and still expected growth to return in the coming months. “Monthly GDP data can be noisy, and it was always likely that there would be some payback in January from December’s strong reading,” he said. ## Related Articles ### Shrinking economy offers unhelpful backdrop for Rachel Reeves’s growth push 1d ago ### Trump’s trade war could pose ‘substantial’ threat to UK economy, says Bank 5 Mar 2025 ### What would a UK-US economic deal really look like? 28 Feb 2025 ### Cutting ‘waste’ or more tax: how Reeves could appease OBR in spring statement 28 Feb 2025 ### Labour losing support fastest among voters worried over finances, study finds 25 Feb 2025 ### UK firms mull biggest layoffs in a decade as business confidence slumps 17 Feb 2025 ### ‘Stagflation’ fears as Bank of England cuts growth forecast and warns of price rises 6 Feb 2025 ### Rate cut can lift mood but Bank’s forecasts are unambiguously bleak 6 Feb 2025 ```
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https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/child-falls-from-building-chicago-kenwood/
# 4-year-old girl survives fall from 10th floor of Chicago apartment building on South Side A 4-year-old girl survived a fall from the 10th floor of an apartment building on Tuesday in the Kenwood neighborhood on Chicago's South Side. According to Chicago police, the girl fell from a building in the 4500 block of South Drexel Avenue around 10:50 a.m. Police said the child was taken to Comer Children's Hospital in fair condition with a head injury. No further information about her condition was immediately available. Chicago police are investigating the circumstances surrounding this incident. It was not known whether any charges may be pending. Chicago police are investigating the circumstances surrounding this incident. It was not known whether any charges may be pending. A 4-year-old girl survived a fall from the 10th floor of an apartment building on Tuesday in the Kenwood neighborhood on Chicago's South Side. According to Chicago police, the girl fell from a building in the 4500 block of South Drexel Avenue around 10:50 a.m. Police said the child was taken to Comer Children's Hospital in fair condition with a head injury. No further information about her condition was immediately available. Chicago police are investigating the circumstances surrounding this incident. It was not known whether any charges may be pending. [](https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/4-year-old-girl-survives-fall-from-10th-floor-apartment-in-kenwood/) **00:20** A 4-year-old girl survived a fall from the 10th floor of an apartment building on Tuesday in the Kenwood neighborhood on Chicago's South Side. According to Chicago police, the girl fell from a building in the 4500 block of South Drexel Avenue around 10:50 a.m. Police said the child was taken to Comer Children's Hospital in fair condition with a head injury. No further information about her condition was immediately available. Chicago police are investigating the circumstances surrounding this incident. It was not known whether any charges may be pending. Chicago police are investigating the circumstances surrounding this incident. It was not known whether any charges may be pending. In: ```
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https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/mar/11/rivals-amziah-king-review-matthew-mcconaughey
# The Rivals of Amziah King review – Matthew McConaughey returns with unwieldy misstep **SXSW film festival:** The Oscar winner’s first film role for six years shows his undeniable magnetism but squanders it on a baggy mix of tones and genres Iin the past six years, the Academy award-winning actor , the reigning prince of Austin, Texas, has kept busy. He raised his three kids in the city, written and released a bestselling (“because life is a verb”), at the University of Texas at Austin, at the White House after the in his home town of Uvalde and running for governor of Texas. But he has not acted on screen – relegating his last two film roles, underwhelming romps in Harmony Korine’s and Guy Ritchie’s , to the distant memory of a pre-pandemic 2019. With the end of the 2010s, the energy of the McConnaissance went elsewhere. That is, until Monday, when McConaughey returned to red carpet promotional duties for the premiere of The Rivals of Amziah King, his first film role in six years, to a very friendly hometown crowd at SXSW. Atypically for a non-director, McConaughey introduced the movie himself with typical folksiness, in a stump speech worthy of someone . “I thought I’d been busy,” he said as explanation for his absence from the screen. But the writer-director Andrew Patterson courted him back to acting with this “love story of a whole bunch of misfits and underdogs coming together”. That’s the McConaughey ethos, and six years has not put in a dent in his ability to channel unassuming, laidback charm on screen. The movie, unfortunately, is a different story. McConaughey may be a capable driver, but this is an unwieldy vehicle – oversized, overlong and altogether way too many parts to run smoothly. Marketers of the Rivals of Amziah King will say that it defies genre – a noble pursuit, which in truth here means that it demonstrates a stubborn resistance to edits or commitment to even three lanes. The film, which Patterson worked on for seven years, is at points a stomp clap hey music video, a family drama, a farce, an ode to a certain idealized strain of Americana, a thriller, a heist movie and an origin story treated throughout with a reverence that reads as either too earnest or bizarrely incongruous. It’s also essentially two movies, dual chapters in a familial love story between a man and his foster daughter. The first chapter focuses on Amziah King, a prototypically McConaughey creation of shaggy hippie, storyteller and community pillar, who runs a small-time honey business in the American south; Patterson lavishes attention on the ambient and wisecracking Amziah, his rootedness in the maintenance of his hives and his ragtag community of honey helpers/folk musicians (played by Owen Teague, Scott Shepherd, Rob Morgan, Tony Revolori and Jake Horowitz, among others), with the venerational glossiness of one of McConaughey’s Americana car ads. The second chapter shifts to Kateri (newcomer Angelina LookingGlass), Amziah’s prodigal foster daughter, as she grows into leadership of the business via legal and illegal means, with a healthy dose of vigilante justice aimed at a shady agricultural bigwig played with avuncular menace by Kurt Russell. Shenanigans abound throughout the film’s sluggish 130-minute runtime – Patterson maintains a consistent strain of slapstick comedy (with occasionally gruesome punchlines and less occasional payoff) that peppers even the darkest moments and that supersedes signposts of plot. At times, that makes for an intriguingly slippery watch, a curious oddball dodging the usual audience holds for narrative film. (Or just becoming a music video for admittedly hypnotic fiddle music.) But it’s an overall off-putting symphony, full of notes too discordant and wayward to cohere into a true ode to “a way of life”. (Amziah is set in the nominal present, but feels archaic throughout.) There’s a nagging dissonance to the Rivals of Amziah King, which espouses a particular idealized vision of the US – racial harmony, community, unassuming dignity, rooted values – ramshackle bolted to a undercooked and bizarrely paced crime plot of dubious rationalization. No spoilers, but for a film that so earnestly eulogizes a communal and humane way of life, it boasts a strangely murky sense of ethics, treating life and death with the same off-kilter jauntiness. The longer the film meanders toward its predestined conclusion of triumph of the underdog, the more jarring the tone and the less coherent the picture. And the more it misses McConaughey, who still possesses the mesmeric gravity of a movie star but disappears for over half the movie. Newcomer LookingGlass finds a sly humor in Kateri’s blossoming as a queen bee of the business, but there’s not enough to her, her background, her motives, her experience as a Native woman in the foster care system, to ground the freewheeling antics of the film’s second chapter. What I imagine is supposed to signal mystery and inscrutable cleverness instead reads as opaque. In fairness, McConaughey stepping back from the spotlight in this case demonstrates a noble intention to let others shine, to direct attention to the overlooked, the smaller-time, the next generation. But without him and his melodic embodiment of aspirational Americana, the whole unsteady thing veers far off-key. - The Rivals of Amziah King is screening at the film festival and will be released at a later date ```
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https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/mar/03/do-you-know-your-penis-age-bryan-johnson
# Do you know your ‘penis age’? Bryan Johnson does The 47-year-old tech millionaire claims to have the penis of a 22-year-old. How does he know, and what does it have to do with his dream of living for ever? **Name:** Bryan Johnson. **Age:** 47. **Appearance:** Not a day over 45. **He’s that multimillionaire who’s spending his fortune trying to live for ever, isn’t he?** He calls it “biohacking”, but yes, that’s him. **Is he broke yet?** Not yet. Johnson spends a reported $2m (£1.6m) a year on project Blueprint, his personal programme aimed at defying the ageing process. **What does the programme entail?** For starters, he goes to bed at 8:30pm every night and takes more than 100 pills a day. **He sounds like my nan.** He also eats all his meals before 11am, bathes in LED light, and spends a part of his day sitting on magnets. **How is all that working out for him?** It’s reckoned that, thanks to his strict regime, Johnson’s biological age lies somewhere in the mid-30s. **According to my calculations, it ain’t worth it.** But he also has the penis of a 22-year-old. **He should give it back.** To be clear, he has the penile health of someone 25 years younger. **How would you even measure that?** By the number, duration and quality of one’s night-time erections. **And how would you even measure **_that_****?** With an erectile tracker – you wear it to bed and it sends the data to your phone. **So your phone tells you your penile age?** After a fashion, yes. **Where can you get one of these devices? Asking for a friend.** You can for £150, but the company that makes them is oversubscribed, so there’s currently a seven-to-eight-week waiting list. **I should live so long.** Recently Johnson posted his penis data online, comparing it to data from his 19-year-old son Talmage. **He didn’t.** He did. They were both age 22 in penile health terms. But Johnson isn’t simply showing off – night-time erections are a significant biomarker for longevity. **Huge, if true.** Johnson is prepared for those sorts of jokes. **Is he? Because I have more.** “While it kicks up some giggles,” he told MailOnline, “it really is one of the most important things for all of us to know about our bodies.” **Say, is that an erectile tracker in your pocket, or are you just glad to see me?** “For example,” he says, “men who do not have night-time erections are at risk of 70% greater likelihood of premature death.” **Enough about Bryan’s Johnson. Is he gonna live for ever, or what?** Probably not – the current death rate remains steady, at 100%. **Do say:** “According to the data, I am very glad to see you indeed.” **Don’t say:** “Sorry, I think I must have penis-dialled you.” ```
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https://www.foxnews.com/video/6369786399112
# Experts suggest obesity rates will skyrocket by 2050 ## Fox News Live **Date:** March 08, 2025 **Duration:** 03:56 **Video Type:** CLIP ### Honorary Murdoch Children's Research Institute fellow manager Professor Susan Sawyer joins 'Fox New Live' to discuss a new study claiming obesity a third of children will be overweight by 2050. ## Next Up ### **Date:** March 10, 2025 ### **Date:** March 13, 2025 ### **Date:** March 10, 2025 ### **Date:** March 14, 2025 ### **Date:** March 09, 2025 ### **Date:** March 09, 2025 ### **Date:** March 08, 2025 ### **Date:** March 11, 2025 ### **Date:** March 10, 2025 ### **Date:** March 12, 2025 ### **Date:** March 12, 2025 ### **Date:** March 09, 2025 ### **Date:** March 13, 2025 ### **Date:** March 13, 2025 ### **Date:** March 14, 2025 ### **Date:** March 12, 2025 ### **Date:** March 11, 2025 ### **Date:** March 12, 2025 ### **Date:** March 08, 2025 ### **Date:** March 12, 2025 ```
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https://www.foxnews.com/media/south-park-writer-reveals-most-regrettable-joke-shes-ever-written-its-not-one-youd-expect
# South Park writer reveals the most regrettable joke she's ever written, and it's not one you'd expect Hollywood veteran Pam Brady also dished on the need to be 'more careful' when writing comedy today amid an 'evolving' culture. "South Park" has had a _joke_\-hold on America for over a quarter-century, and writer Pam Brady was responsible for many during the Over the past 26 seasons, countless lists from Buzzfeed to IMDB and everywhere in between have been compiled, ranking the show's most offensive jokes that crossed the line. Wikipedia even has a page dedicated to "South Park controversies," noting that the equal-opportunistic, no-holds-barred, satirical show frequently lampoons "a wide range of topics and both sides of contentious issues." Controversies of note range from when the character of Eric Cartman killed off a high schooler's parents and fed their remains to him in chili, to when the character of Randy Marsh goes on "Wheel of Fortune" . For writer Pam Brady, though, who joined co-creators for the show's first few seasons and helped set the tone for what would be considered one of the greatest television shows of all time, she crossed the line herself. During 2025's South by Southwest (SXSW) Festival, Brady revealed what she believes is the worst joke she's ever written from her tenure on the series to Fox News Digital. "It was based on an old frat joke… one character said ‘I don't trust anything that bleeds for five days and doesn't die.' I remember it was just like the most misogynistic frat boy joke that I'd heard of at that point… but we're reclaiming it." The joke is said by the character of Mr. Garrison — the quad squad of cartoon kids' 4th grade teacher — in the 1999 film, "South Park: Bigger, Longer, & Uncut," which was nominated for an the following year. And though Brady may possess some regret for the joke, it's to be among the series' funniest. Hollywood writer and producer, Pam Brady, best known for her work on South Park, spoke with Fox News Digital at SXSW '25. *(Laura Carrione)* Brady reclaimed it on the heels of , sharing her thoughts on Hollywood's recent treatment of women with Fox. "I think there's always improvement to be made. I mean, women are 51% of the population, so it should always be 50% \. But I've been really lucky, you know, 'South Park's' writers' room has always been 50-50, male-female… but the is that no one's keeping women out. So I never feel like… \ the old boys network." The industry veteran, who co-created the upcoming animated series "#1 Happy Family USA" for Amazon Prime Video, also weighed in on joke-writing today and whether the has meant a change in comedy since she first got her start: "I do think you have to be more careful now, what you say. **‘South Park’** had an episode where they represented **… I'm** not going to say what it was, but it was just someone you wouldn't want to represent on a show… and you could do it 20 years ago, but you can't do it now," Brady said. "I'm sort of of two minds about it, because I think the and stuff you can't say… I think times change and I think sometimes it's good that you go, 'oh, you shouldn't do something that's like, a racist phrase that your grandparents would use.' And that's sort of just evolving." Brady added that she doesn't believe comedy has necessarily been "stifled," just that "you need to be smarter to make a joke" today. The "Lady Dynamite" co-creator went on to explain that with your audience. " knowing that someone is not attacking you. And to earn that trust, it's changed. But I think that's the fun of it. How can you make a joke now, where everybody's in on the joke? I think that's the trick. Nobody wants to feel bad and, you know, we don't want to do stuff that just makes people feel bad." During the interview, Brady also took the opportunity to praise as a comedian she enjoys watching today. _Fox News' Kayla Bailey contributed to this report._ ```
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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/03/the-guardian-view-on-labour-and-the-nhs-there-is-no-miracle-cure-for-a-struggling-health-system
# The Guardian view on Labour and the NHS: there is no miracle cure for a struggling health system Speaking to MPs last week, Dr Penny Dash quoted the Guardian’s description of her as a . Dr Dash is less zealous than she used to be, she said, and better at listening. But the doctor and management consultant, who has just been appointed chair of NHS England, has lost none of her determination to make the health service better and more productive. How this boost will be achieved is the multibillion-pound question. The upcoming is Wes Streeting’s chance to turn Labour’s manifesto pledges, and consistent poll lead on the NHS, into policies that could help his party win a second term. But the conditions in which he must do this are hugely challenging. The UK has an , and a health system which, while it performs reasonably well compared with other countries, has ingrained weaknesses. Some of these are to do with the , with shortages in some areas and that makes further strikes likely. Long-term underinvestment means technology and infrastructure are not what they should be. The , and failure by successive governments to tackle this, adds significantly to pressure on GPs and hospitals. Since health is devolved, most of Mr Streeting’s decisions affect only England directly, though many of the problems are the same – notably long waiting lists and population health issues, including obesity. In broad terms, Mr Streeting has already set out his reforms. These involve three shifts: from analogue to digital, from hospitals to community, and from treatment to prevention and public health. But conjuring up a vision of change is easier than delivering it, or persuading staff and the public to believe it can work. Technology is the easy bit, although plenty of things could still go wrong. Mr Streeting’s recent announcement that the new GP contract will include , and the continued rollout of the NHS app, are modernisation measures that make obvious sense. Health tech businesses are eager partners, though campaigners are right to point to the risks of allowing them to access the NHS’s unique datasets. Moving healthcare from hospitals to neighbourhood and community settings is an even trickier proposition. It is one thing to endorse this as a concept. But with hospitals under huge pressure from , restive staff and a lack of investment, there is certain to be conflict over the extent to which spending is redirected away from the acute trusts that now absorb the (59% of the total in England in 2022-23). In an ideal world, new local services would be built up in parallel to existing ones. This is known as “double running”, but costs money that no one expects to be forthcoming. Hence the high hopes placed in efficiency savings, including recently announced . Of course, clarity about who does what is desirable, and duplication of roles between civil servants should be avoided. Ambiguities about the remit of integrated care boards need to be ironed out. But how to allocate resources, and whether the NHS’s priorities are really going to be reoriented towards prevention, are political decisions that, in the end, will be taken by ministers. Change is far more likely to be incremental than sudden. The truest words Dr Dash spoke to MPs were when she said “this is hard”. - **Do you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a response of up to 300 words by email to be considered for publication in our section, please .** ```
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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/06/the-guardian-view-on-why-canada-matters-a-nation-in-the-global-frontline
# The Guardian view on why Canada matters: a nation in the global frontline Editorial Canada I It is two months since Justin Trudeau announced his resignation as Liberal party leader and Canada’s prime minister. After a decade in power, Mr Trudeau had become increasingly unpopular. Two out of three Canadians thought he was doing a bad job. The opposition Conservatives led in almost every poll. With the Liberals staring a 2025 general election defeat in the face, Mr Trudeau’s ministers forced him out. His successor will be chosen this Sunday. But then came . Mr Trump wants to strengthen the US at the expense of its neighbours. His hostility to Canada is thus visceral and deep. Without any justification, he promised illegal 25% tariffs on all Canadian and Mexican imports. As a fig leaf for his intentions, he falsely claimed that Canada’s 5,000-mile border with the US was an open door for migrants and drugs. He talked, repeatedly and deliberately, of annexing Canada and making it the 51st state. He mocked Mr Trudeau, referring to him as merely a state governor. It is a malign strategy, at odds with the previous long alliance between the two nations. In , Mr Trump’s aggression has backfired spectacularly. Unsurprisingly, Canadian national feeling has been turbocharged. Canadians are boycotting US goods and cancelling US holidays. The US national anthem has been booed at sports events. Mr Trudeau is quitting, but he has been giving as good as he gets in the fight against Mr Trump. , Mr Trump finally brought in the tariffs, in flagrant breach of the North American free trade agreement. Then, following emergency talks with manufacturers that built their businesses around the cross-border terms of that agreement, he those on cars for a month the next day. Stock markets tanked on day one, but rebounded a little on day two. On Tuesday, , Mr Trump again told outright lies about the scale of migration, drug smuggling and trade imbalances with Canada. Yet the chaos continues, with global economic implications. Further tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminium are scheduled next week. It amounts to a systematic and wholly unprovoked attack on the economy and sovereignty of a peaceful and prosperous neighbour, for which there is no excuse whatever. Ironically, Mr Trump’s main political achievement is to have revived the Canadian Liberals, who have turned a large polling deficit around and are now with Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives. Whether that gap closes even further will depend partly on the choice of Mr Trudeau’s successor, which lies between the former finance minister Chrystia Freeland and the former Bank of England chief Mark Carney. The Trump onslaught also poses of judgment and patriotism for all western Conservative parties, and certainly for Canada’s. An election contest that was previously about the incumbent Liberals’ record has been transformed into one about who is best placed to stand up for Canadian sovereignty. Mr Trump’s unpopularity is the central election issue. Mr Poilievre has been slow to adjust. This week he suggested, with all the sensitivity of Liz Truss, that the answer to the tariffs was to . Mr Trump has overturned Canadian politics as well as the international order. As a result, in the worldwide battle to protect a rules-based trading system, and to defend an international order based on respect for sovereignty, it is Canada that finds itself in the frontline. - _**Do you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a response of up to 300 words by email to be considered for publication in our section, please .**_ ```
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/04/the-rainham-volcano-arnolds-field-toxic-fires-waste-dump
# The Rainham volcano: a waste dump is constantly on fire in east London. Why will no one stop it? Under Arnolds Field, tonnes of illegally dumped waste have been burning for years, spewing pollution over the area. Locals fear for their health – and despair that no one seems willing to help. O One afternoon in July 2011, an 11-year-old boy named William Knowlden was out cycling with friends when he came upon Arnolds Field, an expanse of green land in Havering, east London. The site spans about 17 hectares, or 24 football pitches, and around its perimeter runs a wooden fence, with two access points through which vehicles can pass. Arnolds Field rises much higher than the surrounding land. Its surface is lumpy and undulating, like a blanket thrown over a heap of cuddly toys. The land is overgrown. It has been decades since animals grazed there, and few people have set foot on it in recent years. But every so often, it is mistaken for a safe place to explore. As Knowlden descended a hill, he lost control and was thrown over the handlebars. When he came to, he was lying in a small crater and his feet were covered in a powdery residue that resembled ash. He felt a sharp pain in his left foot. When Knowlden’s friends arrived, they removed his shoes and peeled back his socks. One foot was pink and swollen, the skin blistered and shiny; the other was blackened and charred. Patches of skin hung off, revealing layers of fatty tissue. “It looked like it had been eaten by maggots,” Knowlden recalled. “Like pure, pure flesh.” In hospital, doctors informed Knowlden that he’d suffered third-degree burns in his right foot. They were baffled. With thermal burns, there should be an identifiable source of heat, like an open flame, but Knowlden and his friends hadn’t seen anything like that. In the years following William’s accident, his mother, Nicola, became fearful that there might be something seriously wrong with Arnolds Field. Smoke would occasionally rise up from it, and a strange smell, like burning plastic or rubber, would engulf the neighbourhood. “I was like, ‘Oh my God. What on earth is over there?’” she told me. She wasn’t alone. Around 2014, fishers at a lake next to Arnolds Field became suspicious when the fish started mysteriously dying off. One local woman, Barbara Thwaites, told me that around this time, she had started to have respiratory problems. When her husband suffered severe respiratory collapse and died, she grew even more suspicious. “I knew something was going on there, but I didn’t know what,” she told me. After her son’s accident, Nicola Knowlden says she wrote an email to the council, urging them to investigate, but never heard back. (Havering council says it has no record of this email.) Nobody knows exactly what lies under Arnolds Field, though there are rumours: ammunition from a nearby former airfield, animal carcasses from the foot and mouth outbreak, hazardous waste from the London Olympic site. Like all waste, whatever is under Arnolds Field generates heat as the organic materials decompose. Fires have been burning underneath the site for years – in 2023, a thermal imaging drone identified a patch of ground that was 176.4C – while surface-level fires have become more common and more violent. Since 2018, the fire brigade has attended nearly 200 fires at the site. “When it comes to May and the phone rings, everyone rolls their eyes because we know it’s Arnolds Field,” Paul McClenaghan, borough commander for Havering for the London Fire Brigade, told me. The worst fires last for days, spewing huge plumes of smoke that engulf the area. Rainham, one of the most deprived suburbs of London, lies 500 metres to the north-west of Arnolds Field. “There are days when I feel like someone is sitting on my chest, like I can’t get a full lung full of air,” Coral Jeffery, one 78-year-old resident, says. Each new fire stokes local people’s fears that they are being exposed to harmful pollution. Between 2006 and 2017, rates of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, a severe lung condition, have been rising faster in Rainham than in other parts of the capital, according to an analysis conducted by an academic at University College London in 2022. Knowlden, who is now 22, fears the worst fires are to come, which is why he’s saving up money to move away. “One day it’s going to go up and they aren’t going to be able to control it,” he told me. One group of volunteers, , has approached the European court of human rights for support in pressuring Havering council to clean up the land. Yet the council argues that because the land is private, it is the owner’s responsibility to address the problem. A second campaigning group is mounting a legal challenge to the council’s decision not to formally designate the land as “contaminated”. Margaret Mullane, who was elected the new MP for Dagenham and Rainham in July 2024, has vowed to stop the fires once and for all. “Launders Lane has been a public health threat to Rainham residents for too many years,” she told me. But a solution seems a long way off. In spring 2024, I met the members of Rainham Against . As we drank beers in a run-down pub near the train station, an acrid bonfire smell hung in the air, and the season’s fires were only just beginning. “There is no regard whatsoever for a single person who lives in this area,” Mark James, the group’s leader, told me. “It’s like living with a volcano,” said Sue Ospreay, Havering’s 63-year-old deputy mayor. “It erupts and then you have two, three, four days of hell.” Ospreay, who is a supporter but not a member of Rainham Against Pollution, fears what the smoke from the constant fires might be doing to her grandchildren’s lungs. “It’s too late for us, but I am thinking about our children and their children,” she said. “This is our Erin Brockovich moment.” --- F For a long time Arnolds Field was nothing more than an unloved patch of unused land. In the 1960s, gravel pits had been dug there and in subsequent years, once extraction was complete, the ground was poorly restored. The soils were too thin, so the grass was patchy and uneven, and there was rubbish scattered across the surface. For a time the land was used for grazing cows, but eventually it was deemed unsuitable for livestock and was more or less abandoned. It wasn’t until 1998 that the trouble really began. In September, a company called North London Developments bought Arnolds Field and successfully applied to Havering council for permission to turn it into a legal dump. The plan was to deposit hundreds of thousands more tonnes of inert waste, after which the company would level it off and replenish the topsoils. The height and the shape of the land would remain the same but the quality of the soil would improve. Then it would be used for farming. The reality was very different. By January 1999, dozens of tipper lorries were hurtling through Rainham every day, on their way to Arnolds Field. Unlike the lorries that would regularly collect gravel from local pits and transport it to construction sites, these ones were not emblazoned with a company name. Their trailers had high metal sides so you couldn’t see what was inside. Steam or smoke would sometimes seep out, and the smell could be horrendous. “Some of them made you heave as they drove past,” Jim Catlin, a local fisherman, told me. Whatever they were carrying, the lorries would empty their load on Arnolds Field, and giant earthmovers and bulldozers would bury it. Activity continued after dark. Terry Evens, 86, whose house overlooks Arnolds Field, remembers being woken on many occasions by the screeching of brakes and the muffled sounds of pistons. In the morning, his window sills would be covered in black dust. Rumours spread that the dumping was connected to a transnational crime syndicate. “There was no way I was going to approach the lorry drivers to ask what was inside,” Catlin told me. “I’d be in the Thames right now!” The waste business is lucrative, and is often exploited by criminal organisations. It’s expensive to dispose of waste legally. By burying it under private land or industrial plots, criminal groups can undercut legitimate disposal companies and still pocket large chunks of the money. The results for public health can be devastating. Perhaps the most notorious case is in the Campania region of southern Italy, where the Camorra mafia has made enormous sums by illegally burying millions of tonnes of toxic waste, which has polluted the soil and the water table. Much of this toxic waste has also been burned. The result is that in one area north of Naples, dubbed “”, cancer rates are far higher than in the rest of the country. By the summer of 1999, so much waste had been dumped on Arnolds Field that it was unrecognisable. A giant sloped embankment had been built up along one side. These are common around gravel extraction sites, because they prevent noise and dust from escaping, but locals feared it was meant to conceal whatever was going on inside. In some areas on the site, they could glimpse new mounds of rubbish and soil rising high into the sky. They were increasingly worried that the waste was hazardous and would pollute the local waterways. They demanded that Havering council stop the lorries from coming, and remove any illegal waste they’d already dumped. Jeffrey Tucker was elected as a local councillor for Rainham and Wennington ward in May 2002. Almost right away, he started receiving calls about Arnolds Field. “My phone was hot,” he told me. In spring 2003, Tucker met John Reilly, the landowner and director of North London Developments, at Arnolds Field. Reilly greeted him politely and offered him a tour of the site. It was a mess, with litter strewn everywhere and rubble poking up through the ground, according to Tucker’s former secretary, who was also in attendance. Reilly led them into a small cabin, where Tucker raised his concerns. Reilly was friendly, and asked whether Tucker had a favourite charity to which he could offer a donation. The former secretary says she told Tucker not to accept the offer, and left the cabin. Moments later, Tucker wandered out holding an envelope containing a cheque for £3,000, made out to a local primary school. (When I put this to the school, I was directed to Havering council, which said: “We are not aware of, or able to comment on, something that allegedly happened in 2003 involving a former ward councillor and who was not in the administration at the time.”) Tucker told me that it did not occur to him that Reilly might want something in return for the cheque. He had visited Reilly to get “some sort of compensation”, believing it was “the “least he could do as a newly elected councillor”. He continued to pass on the residents’ complaints to the council, he said. (Reilly did not respond to requests for comment.) In April 2004, Havering council’s planning committee met to discuss complaints about Arnolds Field. Three months later it issued an enforcement notice to North London Developments, requiring it to stop importing and spreading any further waste materials, and to remove excess illegal waste. After some legal back and forth, in November 2005, an agent from the Planning Inspectorate, a central government body, upheld the notices and required that all unauthorised material be removed from the site within 12 months. But just before that deadline expired, Reilly dissolved the company. In 2008, he transferred ownership of the land to himself personally. Havering council told me that it sought legal advice about whether to prosecute Reilly for failing to comply with the enforcement notice, but had decided against doing so. Instead, they attempted to negotiate with him. The illegal dumping seems to have continued for the next six years. Meanwhile, residents were growing increasingly concerned about the strange activities that seemed to be going on at Arnolds Field. As they would discover, they had every reason to be. --- I In the early hours of 12 February 2011, an officer at the Metropolitan police received a call from a man who claimed to be on Arnolds Field. He was a security guard and he said that a group of armed men had arrived to conduct a robbery. The call dropped and when it reconnected the man informed the officer that the robbers had gone and he no longer needed assistance. Over the next 10 days, the police conducted aerial surveillance of the area. In the early morning of 22 February, a group of officers arrived to do a ground search. In one corner of the site they found an illegal dump, strewn with car batteries, kitchen stoves, carpets and piles of rubble. When they inspected the other side of Arnolds Field they found something more surprising. Along a muddy pathway, concealed behind the sloped embankment, there was an array of generators and mobile cabins, including a canteen and sleeping quarters. In one office, guarded by dogs, there was a Kalashnikov rifle, a handgun, two sawn-off shotguns, ammunition and petrol bombs. There was also tens of thousands of pounds in cash and, oddly, hundreds of high-wattage lightbulbs. That final discovery started to make sense when, in one of the mobile cabins, the officers found concealed trap doors. They had stumbled on a cannabis factory, housed in interconnected shipping containers. Through a maze of underground passages they discovered two more cannabis laboratories with about 1,000 cannabis plants. The police arrested 10 individuals on-site, including Reilly. In September 2011, Reilly pleaded guilty and received six years in prison for the production of a controlled drug and a further six for the possession of prohibited firearms. (The other men who had been arrested were acquitted; they insisted they thought they were working at a legal landfill site rather than a drug factory.) At the beginning of 2012, after complaints from Rainham residents, the commissioned an engineering company to assess Arnolds Field for contamination. The company dug 35 pits, each about 4 metres deep. They found landfill waste – including mattresses and pieces of furniture – at each one. They didn’t find any hazardous waste, but there were elevated levels of lead and benzo(a)pyrene, a potent chemical that causes cancer, in the soil – a sign that something toxic might have been buried elsewhere on site. (McClenaghan, the local fire department commander, believes that in some places the waste reaches 12 metres – about four storeys – below the ground, well out of reach of the 2012 survey.) The engineering company noted that the land was so warm that it melted the winter snow. It seems reasonable to expect that, at this point, Havering council or the Environment Agency (EA) might have conducted further investigations and proposed a plan to address any possible contamination of the land. This is not what happened. A spokesperson for Havering council told me that the council never received a copy of the engineering company’s report, and that, in any case, an investigation into illegal dumping on Arnolds Field would be led by the EA. A spokesperson for the EA said it has no record of ever commissioning an engineering company to investigate the site, and that ultimately Havering council is the lead authority on regulating the site. (These responses – each organisation claiming to be unaware of basic facts regarding the site, while also disavowing responsibility – are characteristic of the saga of Arnolds Field, and reveal why local people are so angry about the situation.) Even after Reilly’s operation had been shut down, fly-tippers continued to carry out illegal dumping on Arnolds Field. In May 2014, the EA appointed a dozen officers to dress in camouflage and hide in bushes with binoculars in the roads leading to the site. They caught three men using a forklift truck to remove the giant concrete blocks that the agency had placed at the entrance to stop vehicles going into the field. The men were later convicted, having dumped about 20 tonnes of household and commercial waste on Arnolds Field. In March 2017, through his lawyer, Reilly – who was still in prison – put Arnolds Field up for auction. Jerry O’Donovan, an Irishman living in Upminster, a wealthy town a short drive away from Rainham, was one of the bidders. A broad-shouldered man in his 60s, with a friendly smile and a powerful voice, O’Donovan owns a company that rents out construction equipment. O’Donovan was aware of the chequered history of Arnolds Field, but he told me he had assumed that the site had been cleaned up following Reilly’s arrest. He was looking for a big parcel of land where he could build warehouses to store his inventory; Arnolds Field seemed ideal. He instructed his solicitor to commission the standard conveyancing searches from Havering council, and these made no mention of contamination. He assumed the land had simply been excavated and filled with clean earth in the years after Reilly’s arrest. “You either buy it or you don’t buy it at auction, you don’t get time to go digging holes,” O’Donovan told me. The report from the council did, however, specify that the land was designated greenbelt, meaning it is protected from most forms of development. This would prevent O’Donovan from building warehouses unless he could convince the council to make an exception. Somewhat astonishingly, O’Donovan says he missed this crucial point. In September 2017, his company bought the land for £440,000. With exquisite understatement, he told me: “It’s looking like it could be a costly mistake.” --- O Over the past few years, the fires on Arnolds Field have intensified. In May 2020, one particularly fierce blaze required 70 firefighters from seven fire stations to extinguish it. During the worst fires, the sky darkens. “You smell the fire, and feel the intense heat, and you think, ‘Oh shit, we’re going up again", says Ospreay, Havering’s deputy mayor. “It’s like hell," she said. “You are in this sweltering bunker and you can’t see or breathe.” Residents suffer nausea, chest pains, bleeding noses. Mark James, a teacher who has lived in Rainham since 2009, experiences crippling headaches. Smoke and fumes fill the corridors at his school. “It’s absolutely unbearable," he told me. Sometimes it is necessary to close the A1306, a busy road that runs alongside Arnolds Field and connects east London to the M25, because it is hard for drivers to see through the thick smoke. At Chandlers Chatters nursery, roughly a kilometre from the edge of Arnolds Field, Sue Allen, the manager, often has to rush the children inside and close all the windows and doors. This now happens at least six times a summer, Allen says. --- F Firefighters can offer only limited help. The land is unstable, and as the waste burns, it compresses and creates cavities, some deep enough to swallow a person. “You’ll be walking across what you think is solid ground and whoosh, you’ll be gone," McClenaghan, the fire department commander, told me. Plus, there’s no knowing what dangerous items may be lurking underground. In May 2020, a gas canister exploded and flew through the air, narrowly missing a firefighter’s head. McClenaghan now forbids firefighters from entering the site. “For me, it’s a case of: how could I sit in front of their families and say I put their loved one at risk to that level over a pile of rubbish?" he said. His firefighters spray water on to the fires from the roadside or from extended ladders placed around the perimeter of the field. Vast areas of the site remain out of reach. (The local fire brigade does not have direct access to aerial firefighting equipment, such as helicopters.) Many local people believe the fires would have been stopped a long time ago if they were happening elsewhere in the borough. Havering is home to some of the most expensive neighbourhoods in England, including Upminster and Hornchurch, but it also contains very poor areas. “We pay our council rates but the council doesn’t listen to anyone in Rainham," says Norman Kalar, who runs a local newsagent. Because much of the waste is buried, fires can smoulder underground for years, emitting fumes all the while. Since moving to Rainham to be closer to her family, Lucy Wilson, a 35-year-old support teacher, has been suffering severe migraines. She says that her two children, aged three and 12, have developed asthma. Half of the 30 or so Rainham residents I spoke with told me they had developed an unshakeable cough. Six of them suffer from one or more respiratory conditions, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. One day last year, I met Karina and Gary Falzon, whose 12-year-old son has an extremely rare type of kidney cancer. Zain has lived within a mile of Arnolds Field his entire life, and his parents believe that environmental pollutants from Arnolds Field may have played a role in his illness. When I visited the family, Zain had recently finished a round of chemotherapy and was playing video games. An air filter hummed in the corner. It was a baking hot day but the windows were closed. Zain wasn’t allowed outside because Arnolds Field was alight and he is extremely sensitive to the smoke. “My eyes start to become itchy and I constantly rub them, and it’s hard to not rub them because I’ve obviously got no eyelashes so it doesn’t filter it out," he said. --- T To Rainham residents, July 2022 was a warning sign. That month, a fire that began in a back garden tore through 17 houses in Wennington, a village two miles south-east of Rainham. Residents stood in the street, with ash-stained faces, as their homes burned down. For many in Rainham, Arnolds Field seemed like an even more disastrous accident waiting to happen. Mark James, the teacher, had recently started a Facebook group for local people to vent their frustrations. After the Wennington fire, he arranged a crisis meeting at a nearby social club. “The residents of Rainham have been far too tolerant for far too long," James to a crowd of about 200 angry attendees. Not long afterwards, James, Coral Jeffery and Shaun Newton, a retired civil servant, formed Rainham Against Pollution. When the group met with the chief executive of Havering council, he told them that O’Donovan, the owner of Arnolds Field, was the one who was responsible for stopping the fires. At first, O’Donovan was reluctant to meet with Rainham Against Pollution. He describes himself as a private man, who doesn’t communicate well in person. But social media was rife with vitriol towards him. There were unfounded suggestions that he and his family were criminals with connections to Reilly. There were rumours that he wasn’t cooperating with Havering council to stop the fires. Some local people had allegedly threatened him. Two of the diggers on his yard in Upminster were set on fire, and O’Donovan suspects angry residents were to blame. He wanted to set the record straight, and in May 2023, he sat down with James, Jeffery and Newton. He handed them paperwork containing his plans for Arnolds Field. He wanted to convert a small part of the land into a depot for his vehicles and machinery. He would also remove all of the waste that had been buried, and the fires would stop. Around the rest of the land, he would plant hundreds of trees and bushes, and open it up as a public woodland. O’Donovan believed this work would take a decade and cost up to £20m, which he would fund through loans and investors. In return for their money, investors would take shares in O’Donovan’s companies and be rewarded with dividends. To enact the plan, O’Donovan needed to persuade Havering council to make an exception and permit him to build on greenbelt land. He was seeking pre-application advice, whereby the council advises on a proposal before the developer submits a formal application. But, he said, Havering council was being puzzlingly unresponsive. At the meeting, he handed around a timeline that detailed dozens of emails and letters sent to the council’s planning department, to which the council had either not replied or replied very slowly. It also showed that, in 2021, Havering council had suggested a pre-application fee that was more than five times the original price quoted a few months earlier. (A spokesperson for Havering council told me that the higher fee was for an additional service.) By the end of the meeting, while some members of Rainham Against Pollution were still furious at O’Donovan, all were convinced that the council bore far more of the blame. In their view, as the council failed to stop Reilly from illegally burying waste in the first place, the fires were their responsibility – and they were essentially ignoring the problem. “It was disgraceful," Newton says. “How many times do you keep asking questions that they don’t answer?” --- S So much of the inaction and local fury about the fires on Arnolds Field revolves around a single, highly contested word. If the land were formally registered as “contaminated", the council would be legally required to ensure it was cleaned up. (If the current landowner or the entity responsible for contaminating the land could not do it, the council would have to step in, and then try to recoup the costs afterwards.) But – maddeningly, in the view of campaigning groups – for a private site to be designated as “contaminated", it is not enough to merely show evidence of contamination. You must also have evidence that the contaminants are seeping out of the site and harming the public or the environment. And proving causation in cases like this is not straightforward. It was not until 2022 that the council finally began seriously investigating these questions. One part of these ongoing studies involved measuring the levels of PM2.5, a type of air pollution that causes cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, around Arnolds Field. When the surface vegetation is burning, the levels of these particles in the air are as bad as anything in London, says Timothy Baker, a scientist at Imperial College London who monitors the data. But when you average these levels out over 24 hours, which is the time period for which the WHO provides daily recommended thresholds, they rarely – only during the most tenacious fires – exceed those limits. (The WHO does, however, say that repeated exposure to shorter spikes is dangerous.) Yet the results of the council’s investigation into PM2.5 levels are at odds with another study, conducted by Elizabeth Cooper, a lecturer in health, wellbeing and sustainable buildings at UCL. Over nine days in November and December 2022, when the Arnolds Field surface vegetation was not burning, Cooper reported that the average levels of PM2.5 in a street bordering the field did exceed the maximum 24-hour exposure recommended by the WHO. Havering council has also tested for ground contaminants. In September 2023, an engineering company dug a series of trenches to a maximum depth of 5 metres and found dangerous concentrations of arsenic, lead and benzo(a)pyrene in the field, as well as evidence of asbestos fibres. The council commissioned a review of the prevalence of certain types of cancer, linked to air pollution, in Rainham between 2011 and 2020. The report, published in summer 2024, concluded that the incidence of lung, brain and haematological cancers (ie leukaemia) were no higher in residents living close to Arnolds Field than in Havering and England more generally. (The council has also commissioned a study to measure the levels of dangerous pollutants such as lead and mercury in the air, though this has not yet been published.) In July 2024, as fierce fires once again raged on Arnolds Field, Havering council made an announcement that horrified, but did not surprise, many residents. It would not be formally designating Arnolds Field as “contaminated" land, on the grounds that it is “not open to the public" and there was “currently no evidence to suggest that the fires significantly spread contaminants to neighbouring properties". (Meanwhile, the council continues to advise residents to “remain indoors and close windows" during fires.) When he heard about the council’s announcement, Newton was “foaming at the mouth", he told me. He considered quitting Rainham Against Pollution altogether. The stress was too much. But then he thought about his grandchildren, and their future. “I’ll be damned if they’re going to beat us," he said. --- L Late last summer, when I met with Rainham Against Pollution a second time, Arnolds Field was ablaze again and morale was at an all-time low. The group was arranging a protest outside the town hall and discussing the possibility of withholding council tax in the hope of prompting action. Some of them had bought air-quality monitors to conduct their own investigations. The members were hesitant to speak on the record. Several had recently received anonymous sympathy cards through the post, with nothing written inside. None of them had suffered a bereavement, and they interpreted these letters as a threat, though they did not know who the sender could be. One of the more promising avenues for residents is the work of another local environmental group, , which has asked a court to review the council’s decision not to designate Arnolds Field as contaminated land. A hearing is scheduled at the Royal Court of Justice in London for March 2025. Yet this only offers limited hope. Ray Morgon, the leader of Havering council, says that it is financially inconceivable for the council to take responsibility for cleaning up the land. The council recently secured £88m in government support, in effect to avoid going bankrupt. “At the moment, we are talking about saving £300,000 by closing some of our libraries," he told me. In Morgon’s view, it’s up to O’Donovan to submit a formal planning application and hope for the best. O’Donovan is reluctant, because the paperwork would cost him hundreds of thousands of pounds and he has been told by a senior member of Havering’s planning department that he’s unlikely to receive permission, given that Arnolds Field is within greenbelt land. Yet, O’Donovan points out, Morgon has recently for a huge datacentre and renewable energy facility, along with thousands of new homes, that would be built on a vast expanse of greenbelt land in Havering. If Morgon can get behind that, O’Donovan wonders, why not back his plans, too? And so the residents of Rainham find themselves stuck in the middle of an apparently endless stalemate, in which everyone agrees that the situation with Arnolds Fields – constantly ablaze, polluting the air, soil and water, causing huge distress and ill-health – is unbearable and must be resolved, yet no one will accept responsibility for resolving it. The Environment Agency says the council is responsible. The council says the EA and O’Donovan are responsible. O’Donovan says it’s in the council’s hands. Ben Vaughan, a spokesperson for Havering council, told a journalist for that “really the mayor’s office should handle it". The buck is simply passed back and forth. In late February, I visited Newton at his home, a short walk from Arnolds Field. It was one of the first sunny days of 2025. The air felt cleaner than the previous times I visited, but fire season was coming soon. Reporters were knocking on doors, asking how residents were gearing up. Newton was building an Airfix model for his grandchildren when I arrived. Beside him he had his air-quality monitor, charged up and ready to go. He had been watching _,_ a Netflix dramatisation of the Corby toxic waste scandal. The story follows a group of young mothers who band together to demand justice after their children are born with congenital disorders after inhaling airborne toxins. During the 1980s and 90s, the mothers discover, Corby borough council had failed to properly dispose of hazardous waste from the town’s decommissioned steelworks site. As a result, children were being born with missing limbs, or damage to fingers and toes. In 2009, after 10 years of campaigning, a high court . --- The series was a much-needed shot of inspiration for Newton. After nearly three years of fighting, he is the only member of Rainham Against Pollution left standing. James and Jeffery have taken a back seat because of health and personal issues. Newton often sits up until the early morning, scouring documents, filing freedom of information requests. He’s written to Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London, and to Erin Brockovich herself, but has not heard back. The hardest part, Newton told me, is feeling that so much of the damage is already done. Even if, by some miracle, his wishes were granted and someone were to start clearing up the land tomorrow, it would likely take another 10 years before the work is complete. During that time, Arnolds Field will continue to burn. What, he wonders, will the residents’ health be like then? Listen to our podcasts and sign up to the long read weekly email . ```
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/14/israel-betar-deportation-list-trump
# Pro-Israel group says it has ‘deportation list’ and has sent ‘thousands’ of names to Trump officials Betar US is among far-right groups supporting Trump effort to deport students involved in pro-Palestinian protests. A far-right group that claimed credit for the arrest of a who the Trump administration is seeking to deport claims it has submitted “thousands of names” for similar treatment. Betar US is one of a number of rightwing, pro-Israel groups that are supporting the administration’s efforts to deport international students involved in university pro-Palestinian protests, an effort that escalated this week with the arrest of , an activist who recently completed his graduate studies at Columbia University. Donald Trump said Khalil’s arrest was just “”. Betar US quickly claimed credit on social media for providing Khalil’s name to the government. Betar, which has been labelled an (ADL), a Jewish advocacy group, that it had “been working on deportations and will continue to do so”, and warned that the effort would extend beyond immigrants. “Expect naturalized citizens to start being picked up within the month,” the group’s post on X read. (It is very difficult to revoke US citizenship, though Trump has an intention to try.) This week, Donald Trump said Khalil’s arrest was just “”. Betar US quickly claimed credit on social media for providing Khalil’s name to the government. Betar, which has been labelled an (ADL), a Jewish advocacy group, that it had “been working on deportations and will continue to do so”, and warned that the effort would extend beyond immigrants. “Expect naturalized citizens to start being picked up within the month,” the group’s post on X read. (It is very difficult to revoke US citizenship, though Trump has an intention to try.) The group has compiled a so-called “deportation list” naming individuals it believes are in the US on visas and have participated in pro-Palestinian protests, claiming these individuals “terrorize America”. A Betar spokesperson, Daniel Levy, said in a statement to the Guardian that Betar submitted “thousands of names” of students and faculty they believe to be on visas from institutions like Columbia, the University of Pennsylvania, UCLA, Syracuse University and others to representatives of the . The group claims to have “documentation, including tapes, social media and more” to support their actions. It claims to be sharing names with several high-ranking officials, including the secretary of state, Marco Rubio; the White House homeland security adviser, Stephen Miller; and the attorney general, Pam Bondi, among others. The White House and state department did not respond to questions about whether they are working with Betar or other groups to identify students for deportation. Ross Glick, who was the executive director of the US chapter of Betar until last month, told the Guardian that the list began forming last fall. He noted that when they started compiling names, it was unclear who the next president would be, but that the change in administrations had been beneficial to their initiative. During the 2024 presidential campaign, Trump repeatedly vowed to deport involved in pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses and frequently framed demonstrations against Israel’s actions in Gaza as . plans to use AI to identify foreign students for deportation. The arrest of Khalil last week, who served as a lead negotiator for the at Columbia University, aligned with order aimed at combatting antisemitism. An accompanying pledged the administration would cancel the student visas of those identified as “Hamas sympathizers” and deport those who participated in “pro-jihadist protests”. After the election, Glick , including the Democratic senator John Fetterman and aides to the Republican senators Ted Cruz and James Lankford, all of whom, he said, supported the efforts. In a phone call this week, Glick said he discussed Khalil with Cruz in Washington DC just days before he was arrested. Cruz’s office did not respond to a request for comment on the meeting with Glick. Glick said that the individuals on Betar’s list were identified through tips from students, faculty and staff on these campuses, along with social media research. He also claimed he had received support from “collaborators” who use “facial recognition AI-based technology” to help identify protesters that can even identify people wearing face coverings. He declined to elaborate on the specific technology used. Glick mentioned that in recent months he had been inundated with messages from students, professors and university administrators across the country, all providing him with information on protesters’ identities. He said that he vetted the legitimacy of those tips and that he believed Khalil and other pro-Palestinian protesters were “promoting the eradication, the destruction and the devolution of western civilization”. Glick described Khalil as an “operative”. When asked who he was an operative for, he responded: “Well, that has to be determined.” Khalil is being held in a Louisiana detention center after being moved from New York. His detention is being challenged in a Manhattan federal court. The arrest has sparked outrage and alarm from free-speech advocates who see the move to deport Khalil as a flagrant violation of his free speech rights and on Wednesday, protests erupted outside the Manhattan courthouse, . The group has compiled a so-called “deportation list” naming individuals it believes are in the US on visas and have participated in pro-Palestinian protests, claiming these individuals “terrorize America”. A Betar spokesperson, Daniel Levy, said in a statement to the Guardian that Betar submitted “thousands of names” of students and faculty they believe to be on visas from institutions like Columbia, the University of Pennsylvania, UCLA, Syracuse University and others to representatives of the . The group claims to have “documentation, including tapes, social media and more” to support their actions. It claims to be sharing names with several high-ranking officials, including the secretary of state, Marco Rubio; the White House homeland security adviser, Stephen Miller; and the attorney general, Pam Bondi, among others. The White House and state department did not respond to questions about whether they are working with Betar or other groups to identify students for deportation. Ross Glick, who was the executive director of the US chapter of Betar until last month, told the Guardian that the list began forming last fall. He noted that when they started compiling names, it was unclear who the next president would be, but that the change in administrations had been beneficial to their initiative. During the 2024 presidential campaign, Trump repeatedly vowed to deport involved in pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses and frequently framed demonstrations against Israel’s actions in Gaza as . plans to use AI to identify foreign students for deportation. The arrest of Khalil last week, who served as a lead negotiator for the at Columbia University, aligned with order aimed at combatting antisemitism. An accompanying pledged the administration would cancel the student visas of those identified as “Hamas sympathizers” and deport those who participated in “pro-jihadist protests”. After the election, Glick , including the Democratic senator John Fetterman and aides to the Republican senators Ted Cruz and James Lankford, all of whom, he said, supported the efforts. In a phone call this week, Glick said he discussed Khalil with Cruz in Washington DC just days before he was arrested. Cruz’s office did not respond to a request for comment on the meeting with Glick. Glick said that the individuals on Betar’s list were identified through tips from students, faculty and staff on these campuses, along with social media research. He also claimed he had received support from “collaborators” who use “facial recognition AI-based technology” to help identify protesters that can even identify people wearing face coverings. He declined to elaborate on the specific technology used. Glick mentioned that in recent months he had been inundated with messages from students, professors and university administrators across the country, all providing him with information on protesters’ identities. He said that he vetted the legitimacy of those tips and that he believed Khalil and other pro-Palestinian protesters were “promoting the eradication, the destruction and the devolution of western civilization”. Glick described Khalil as an “operative”. When asked who he was an operative for, he responded: “Well, that has to be determined.” Khalil is being held in a Louisiana detention center after being moved from New York. His detention is being challenged in a Manhattan federal court. The arrest has sparked outrage and alarm from free-speech advocates who see the move to deport Khalil as a flagrant violation of his free speech rights and on Wednesday, protests erupted outside the Manhattan courthouse, . The group has compiled a so-called “deportation list” naming individuals it believes are in the US on visas and have participated in pro-Palestinian protests, claiming these individuals “terrorize America”. A Betar spokesperson, Daniel Levy, said in a statement to the Guardian that Betar submitted “thousands of names” of students and faculty they believe to be on visas from institutions like Columbia, the University of Pennsylvania, UCLA, Syracuse University and others to representatives of the . The group claims to have “documentation, including tapes, social media and more” to support their actions. It claims to be sharing names with several high-ranking officials, including the secretary of state, Marco Rubio; the White House homeland security adviser, Stephen Miller; and the attorney general, Pam Bondi, among others. The White House and state department did not respond to questions about whether they are working with Betar or other groups to identify students for deportation. Ross Glick, who was the executive director of the US chapter of Betar until last month, told the Guardian that the list began forming last fall. He noted that when they started compiling names, it was unclear who the next president would be, but that the change in administrations had been beneficial to their initiative. During the 2024 presidential campaign, Trump repeatedly vowed to deport involved in pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses and frequently framed demonstrations against Israel’s actions in Gaza as . plans to use AI to identify foreign students for deportation. The arrest of Khalil last week, who served as a lead negotiator for the at Columbia University, aligned with order aimed at combatting antisemitism. An accompanying pledged the administration would cancel the student visas of those identified as “Hamas sympathizers” and deport those who participated in “pro-jihadist protests”. After the election, Glick , including the Democratic senator John Fetterman and aides to the Republican senators Ted Cruz and James Lankford, all of whom, he said, supported the efforts. In a phone call this week, Glick said he discussed Khalil with Cruz in Washington DC just days before he was arrested. Cruz’s office did not respond to a request for comment on the meeting with Glick. Glick said that the individuals on Betar’s list were identified through tips from students, faculty and staff on these campuses, along with social media research. He also claimed he had received support from “collaborators” who use “facial recognition AI-based technology” to help identify protesters that can even identify people wearing face coverings. He declined to elaborate on the specific technology used. Glick mentioned that in recent months he had been inundated with messages from students, professors and university administrators across the country, all providing him with information on protesters’ identities. He said that he vetted the legitimacy of those tips and that he believed Khalil and other pro-Palestinian protesters were “promoting the eradication, the destruction and the devolution of western civilization”. Glick described Khalil as an “operative”. When asked who he was an operative for, he responded: “Well, that has to be determined.” Khalil is being held in a Louisiana detention center after being moved from New York. His detention is being challenged in a Manhattan federal court. The arrest has sparked outrage and alarm from free-speech advocates who see the move to deport Khalil as a flagrant violation of his free speech rights and on Wednesday, protests erupted outside the Manhattan courthouse, . The group has compiled a so-called “deportation list” naming individuals it believes are in the US on visas and have participated in pro-Palestinian protests, claiming these individuals “terrorize America”. A Betar spokesperson, Daniel Levy, said in a statement to the Guardian that Betar submitted “thousands of names” of students and faculty they believe to be on visas from institutions like Columbia, the University of Pennsylvania, UCLA, Syracuse University and others to representatives of the . The group claims to have “documentation, including tapes, social media and more” to support their actions. It claims to be sharing names with several high-ranking officials, including the secretary of state, Marco Rubio; the White House homeland security adviser, Stephen Miller; and the attorney general, Pam Bondi, among others. The White House and state department did not respond to questions about whether they are working with Betar or other groups to identify students for deportation. Ross Glick, who was the executive director of the US chapter of Betar until last month, told the Guardian that the list began forming last fall. He noted that when they started compiling names, it was unclear who the next president would be, but that the change in administrations had been beneficial to their initiative. During the 2024 presidential campaign, Trump repeatedly vowed to deport involved in pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses and frequently framed demonstrations against Israel’s actions in Gaza as . plans to use AI to identify foreign students for deportation. The arrest of Khalil last week, who served as a lead negotiator for the at Columbia University, aligned with order aimed at combatting antisemitism. An accompanying pledged the administration would cancel the student visas of those identified as “Hamas sympathizers” and deport those who participated in “pro-jihadist protests”. After the election, Glick , including the Democratic senator John Fetterman and aides to the Republican senators Ted Cruz and James Lankford, all of whom, he said, supported the efforts. In a phone call this week, Glick said he discussed Khalil with Cruz in Washington DC just days before he was arrested. Cruz’s office did not respond to a request for comment on the meeting with Glick. Glick said that the individuals on Betar’s list were identified through tips from students, faculty and staff on these campuses, along with social media research. He also claimed he had received support from “collaborators” who use “facial recognition AI-based technology” to help identify protesters that can even identify people wearing face coverings. He declined to elaborate on the specific technology used. Glick mentioned that in recent months he had been inundated with messages from students, professors and university administrators across the country, all providing him with information on protesters’ identities. He said that he vetted the legitimacy of those tips and that he believed Khalil and other pro-Palestinian protesters were “promoting the eradication, the destruction and the devolution of western civilization”. Glick described Khalil as an “operative”. When asked who he was an operative for, he responded: “Well, that has to be determined.” Khalil is being held in a Louisiana detention center after being moved from New York. His detention is being challenged in a Manhattan federal court. The arrest has sparked outrage and alarm from free-speech advocates who see the move to deport Khalil as a flagrant violation of his free speech rights and on Wednesday, protests erupted outside the Manhattan courthouse, . The group has compiled a so-called “deportation list” naming individuals it believes are in the US on visas and have participated in pro-Palestinian protests, claiming these individuals “terrorize America”. A Betar spokesperson, Daniel Levy, said in a statement to the Guardian that Betar submitted “thousands of names” of students and faculty they believe to be on visas from institutions like Columbia, the University of Pennsylvania, UCLA, Syracuse University and others to representatives of the . The group claims to have “documentation, including tapes, social media and more” to support their actions. It claims to be sharing names with several high-ranking officials, including the secretary of state, Marco Rubio; the White House homeland security adviser, Stephen Miller; and the attorney general, Pam Bondi, among others. The White House and state department did not respond to questions about whether they are working with Betar or other groups to identify students for deportation. Ross Glick, who was the executive director of the US chapter of Betar until last month, told the Guardian that the list began forming last fall. He noted that when they started compiling names, it was unclear who the next president would be, but that the change in administrations had been beneficial to their initiative. During the 2024 presidential campaign, Trump repeatedly vowed to deport involved in pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses and frequently framed demonstrations against Israel’s actions in Gaza as . plans to use AI to identify foreign students for deportation. The arrest of Khalil last week, who served as a lead negotiator for the at Columbia University, aligned with order aimed at combatting antisemitism. An accompanying pledged the administration would cancel the student visas of those identified as “Hamas sympathizers” and deport those who participated in “pro-jihadist protests”. After the election, Glick , including the Democratic senator John Fetterman and aides to the Republican senators Ted Cruz and James Lankford, all of whom, he said, supported the efforts. In a phone call this week, Glick said he discussed Khalil with Cruz in Washington DC just days before he was arrested. Cruz’s office did not respond to a request for comment on the meeting with Glick. Glick said that the individuals on Betar’s list were identified through tips from students, faculty and staff on these campuses, along with social media research. He also claimed he had received support from “collaborators” who use “facial recognition AI-based technology” to help identify protesters that can even identify people wearing face coverings. He declined to elaborate on the specific technology used. Glick mentioned that in recent months he had been inundated with messages from students, professors and university administrators across the country, all providing him with information on protesters’ identities. He said that he vetted the legitimacy of those tips and that he believed Khalil and other pro-Palestinian protesters were “promoting the eradication, the destruction and the devolution of western civilization”. Glick described Khalil as an “operative”. When asked who he was an operative for, he responded: “Well, that has to be determined.” Khalil is being held in a Louisiana detention center after being moved from New York. His detention is being challenged in a Manhattan federal court. The arrest has sparked outrage and alarm from free-speech advocates who see the move to deport Khalil as a flagrant violation of his free speech rights and on Wednesday, protests erupted outside the Manhattan courthouse, . The group has compiled a so-called “deportation list” naming individuals it believes are in the US on visas and have participated in pro-Palestinian protests, claiming these individuals “terrorize America”. A Betar spokesperson, Daniel Levy, said in a statement to the Guardian that Betar submitted “thousands of names” of students and faculty they believe to be on visas from institutions like Columbia, the University of Pennsylvania, UCLA, Syracuse University and others to representatives of the . The group claims to have “documentation, including tapes, social media and more” to support their actions. It claims to be sharing names with several high-ranking officials, including the secretary of state, Marco Rubio; the White House homeland security adviser, Stephen Miller; and the attorney general, Pam Bondi, among others. The White House and state department did not respond to questions about whether they are working with Betar or other groups to identify students for deportation. Ross Glick, who was the executive director of the US chapter of Betar until last month, told the Guardian that the list began forming last fall. He noted that when they started compiling names, it was unclear who the next president would be, but that the change in administrations had been beneficial to their initiative. During the 2024 presidential campaign, Trump repeatedly vowed to deport involved in pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses and frequently framed demonstrations against Israel’s actions in Gaza as . plans to use AI to identify foreign students for deportation. The arrest of Khalil last week, who served as a lead negotiator for the at Columbia University, aligned with order aimed at combatting antisemitism. An accompanying pledged the administration would cancel the student visas of those identified as “Hamas sympathizers” and deport those who participated in “pro-jihadist protests”. After the election, Glick , including the Democratic senator John Fetterman and aides to the Republican senators Ted Cruz and James Lankford, all of whom, he said, supported the efforts. In a phone call this week, Glick said he discussed Khalil with Cruz in Washington DC just days before he was arrested. Cruz’s office did not respond to a request for comment on the meeting with Glick. Glick said that the individuals on Betar’s list were identified through tips from students, faculty and staff on these campuses, along with social media research. He also claimed he had received support from “collaborators” who use “facial recognition AI-based technology” to help identify protesters that can even identify people wearing face coverings. He declined to elaborate on the specific technology used. Glick mentioned that in recent months he had been inundated with messages from students, professors and university administrators across the country, all providing him with information on protesters’ identities. He said that he vetted the legitimacy of those tips and that he believed Khalil and other pro-Palestinian protesters were “promoting the eradication, the destruction and the devolution of western civilization”. Glick described Khalil as an “operative”. When asked who he was an operative for, he responded: “Well, that has to be determined.” Khalil is being held in a Louisiana detention center after being moved from New York. His detention is being challenged in a Manhattan federal court. The arrest has sparked outrage and alarm from free-speech advocates who see the move to deport Khalil as a flagrant violation of his free speech rights and on Wednesday, protests erupted outside the Manhattan courthouse, . The group has compiled a so-called “deportation list” naming individuals it believes are in the US on visas and have participated in pro-Palestinian protests, claiming these individuals “terrorize America”. A Betar spokesperson, Daniel Levy, said in a statement to the Guardian that Betar submitted “thousands of names” of students and faculty they believe to be on visas from institutions like Columbia, the University of Pennsylvania, UCLA, Syracuse University and others to representatives of the . The group claims to have “documentation, including tapes, social media and more” to support their actions. It claims to be sharing names with several high-ranking officials, including the secretary of state, Marco Rubio; the White House homeland security adviser, Stephen Miller; and the attorney general, Pam Bondi, among others. The White House and state department did not respond to questions about whether they are working with Betar or other groups to identify students for deportation. Ross Glick, who was the executive director of the US chapter of Betar until last month, told the Guardian that the list began forming last fall. He noted that when they started compiling names, it was unclear who the next president would be, but that the change in administrations had been beneficial to their initiative. During the 2024 presidential campaign, Trump repeatedly vowed to deport involved in pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses and frequently framed demonstrations against Israel’s actions in Gaza as . plans to use AI to identify foreign students for deportation. The arrest of Khalil last week, who served as a lead negotiator for the at Columbia University, aligned with order aimed at combatting antisemitism. An accompanying pledged the administration would cancel the student visas of those identified as “Hamas sympathizers” and deport those who participated in “pro-jihadist protests”. After the election, Glick , including the Democratic senator John Fetterman and aides to the Republican senators Ted Cruz and James Lankford, all of whom, he said, supported the efforts. In a phone call this week, Glick said he discussed Khalil with Cruz in Washington DC just days before he was arrested. Cruz’s office did not respond to a request for comment on the meeting with Glick. Glick said that the individuals on Betar’s list were identified through tips from students, faculty and staff on these campuses, along with social media research. He also claimed he had received support from “collaborators” who use “facial recognition AI-based technology” to help identify protesters that can even identify people wearing face coverings. He declined to elaborate on the specific technology used. Glick mentioned that in recent months he had been inundated with messages from students, professors and university administrators across the country, all providing him with information on protesters’ identities. He said that he vetted the legitimacy of those tips and that he believed Khalil and other pro-Palestinian protesters were “promoting the eradication, the destruction and the devolution of western civilization”. Glick described Khalil as an “operative”. When asked who he was an operative for, he responded: “Well, that has to be determined.” Khalil is being held in a Louisiana detention center after being moved from New York. His detention is being challenged in a Manhattan federal court. The arrest has sparked outrage and alarm from free-speech advocates who see the move to deport Khalil as a flagrant violation of his free speech rights and on Wednesday, protests erupted outside the Manhattan courthouse, . The group has compiled a so-called “deportation list” naming individuals it believes are in the US on visas and have participated in pro-Palestinian protests, claiming these individuals “terrorize America”. A Betar spokesperson, Daniel Levy, said in a statement to the Guardian that Betar submitted “thousands of names” of students and faculty they believe to be on visas from institutions like Columbia, the University of Pennsylvania, UCLA, Syracuse University and others to representatives of the . The group claims to have “documentation, including tapes, social media and more” to support their actions. It claims to be sharing names with several high-ranking officials, including the secretary of state, Marco Rubio; the White House homeland security adviser, Stephen Miller; and the attorney general, Pam Bondi, among others. The White House and state department did not respond to questions about whether they are working with Betar or other groups to identify students for deportation. Ross Glick, who was the executive director of the US chapter of Betar until last month, told the Guardian that the list began forming last fall. He noted that when they started compiling names, it was unclear who the next president would be, but that the change in administrations had been beneficial to their initiative. During the 2024 presidential campaign, Trump repeatedly vowed to deport involved in pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses and frequently framed demonstrations against Israel’s actions in Gaza as . plans to use AI to identify foreign students for deportation. The arrest of Khalil last week, who served as a lead negotiator for the at Columbia University, aligned with order aimed at combatting antisemitism. An accompanying pledged the administration would cancel the student visas of those identified as “Hamas sympathizers” and deport those who participated in “pro-jihadist protests”. After the election, Glick , including the Democratic senator John Fetterman and aides to the Republican senators Ted Cruz and James Lankford, all of whom, he said, supported the efforts. In a phone call this week, Glick said he discussed Khalil with Cruz in Washington DC just days before he was arrested. Cruz’s office did not respond to a request for comment on the meeting with Glick. Glick said that the individuals on Betar’s list were identified through tips from students, faculty and staff on these campuses, along with social media research. He also claimed he had received support from “collaborators” who use “facial recognition AI-based technology” to help identify protesters that can even identify people wearing face coverings. He declined to elaborate on the specific technology used. Glick mentioned that in recent months he had been inundated with messages from students, professors and university administrators across the country, all providing him with information on protesters’ identities. He said that he vetted the legitimacy of those tips and that he believed Khalil and other pro-Palestinian protesters were “promoting the eradication, the destruction and the devolution of western civilization”. Glick described Khalil as an “operative”. When asked who he was an operative for, he responded: “Well, that has to be determined.” Khalil is being held in a Louisiana detention center after being moved from New York. His detention is being challenged in a Manhattan federal court. The arrest has sparked outrage and alarm from free-speech advocates who see the move to deport Khalil as a flagrant violation of his free speech rights and on Wednesday, protests erupted outside the Manhattan courthouse, . The group has compiled a so-called “deportation list” naming individuals it believes are in the US on visas and have participated in pro-Palestinian protests, claiming these individuals “terrorize America”. A Betar spokesperson, Daniel Levy, said in a statement to the Guardian that Betar submitted “thousands of names” of students and faculty they believe to be on visas from institutions like Columbia, the University of Pennsylvania, UCLA, Syracuse University and others to representatives of the . The group claims to have “documentation, including tapes, social media and more” to support their actions. It claims to be sharing names with several high-ranking officials, including the secretary of state, Marco Rubio; the White House homeland security adviser, Stephen Miller; and the attorney general, Pam Bondi, among others. The White House and state department did not respond to questions about whether they are working with Betar or other groups to identify students for deportation. Ross Glick, who was the executive director of the US chapter of Betar until last month, told the Guardian that the list began forming last fall. He noted that when they started compiling names, it was unclear who the next president would be, but that the change in administrations had been beneficial to their initiative. During the 2024 presidential campaign, Trump repeatedly vowed to deport involved in pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses and frequently framed demonstrations against Israel’s actions in Gaza as . plans to use AI to identify foreign students for deportation. The arrest of Khalil last week, who served as a lead negotiator for the at Columbia University, aligned with order aimed at combatting antisemitism. An accompanying pledged the administration would cancel the student visas of those identified as “Hamas sympathizers” and deport those who participated in “pro-jihadist protests”. After the election, Glick , including the Democratic senator John Fetterman and aides to the Republican senators Ted Cruz and James Lankford, all of whom, he said, supported the efforts. In a phone call this week, Glick said he discussed Khalil with Cruz in Washington DC just days before he was arrested. Cruz’s office did not respond to a request for comment on the meeting with Glick. ```
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https://www.foxnews.com/politics/senate-republicans-coin-schumer-shutdown-ahead-critical-vote-trump-spending-bill
Republicans are ramping up pressure on Senate Democrats ahead of a vote on the House-passed stopgap spending bill to keep the government open, even dubbing a potential funding lapse as a "Schumer shutdown." *Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is shown at left. Democrats and Republicans are in a government shutdown showdown as the clock ticks. (Reuters)* Earlier in the week, House Republicans passed a , called a continuing resolution (CR), which would keep spending levels the same as fiscal year 2024 until Oct. 1. If a spending bill is not passed by Friday, the government will enter into a partial shutdown. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., took to the chamber floor on Wednesday and said, "Republicans do not have the votes in the Senate to invoke cloture on the House CR," which he slammed for being a "partisan path" to funding the government. The resolution would notably as they were when former President Joe Biden was in office. Instead, Schumer said Senate Democrats were interested in passing a "clean" monthlong stopgap bill. A spokesperson for Murray told Fox News Digital in a statement, "For months, Senator Murray has remained at the table ready to negotiate and pass bipartisan funding bills—and she stands ready to work with the Senate Republican majority to immediately pass a short-term stopgap to prevent a shutdown. In fact, she and her Democratic colleagues pressed to get government funding done in December—but Speaker Johnson chose to kick the can down the road and walk away from bipartisan talks." A representative for Schumer did not provide comment in time for publication. Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., sounded off on the potential funding lapse, saying, "We all know the Democrats want a shutdown." "The American people agree with reducing federal spending, getting this country back on the right track. And the Democrats are so opposed to it, they're willing to push to a shutdown. It's all on them," she told reporters. *Sen. Marsha Blackburn (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)* Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn., said in a statement, "Republicans are doing the right thing for the American people by making sure our government stays open." However, "Democrats are sacrificing the good of hardworking Americans on the altar of their hatred for Donald Trump. They should reverse course and join Republicans in keeping the lights on in the federal government. Enough with the political games." Votes on beginning the process to consider the stopgap bill are expected to occur on Thursday, depending on whether Republicans and Democrats come to an agreement to skip lengthy procedural votes that are routine for most votes. Julia Johnson is a politics writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business, leading coverage of the U.S. Senate. She was previously a politics reporter at the Washington Examiner. Follow Julia's reporting on X at and send tips to . ```
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https://www.theguardian.com/food/2025/mar/08/slow-roast-lamb-borlotti-bean-soup-recipe-skye-gyngell-winter-warmer
March falls right in the heart of the hungry gap in the UK, a time when locally grown produce is at its scarcest. For me, this is when simple, wholesome ingredients truly shine: winter roots, stored pulses and hardy greens take centre stage, offering nourishment and depth. These are the months to embrace thoughtful cooking, making the most of what is available and lingering over meals that bring comfort. Whether it’s the aromatic spices of slow-roast lamb or the earthy warmth of soup, both of today’s dishes reflect the beauty of working with what the land provides, and celebrate the joy of slowing down – in the kitchen and at the table. This comforting, gentle soup is homely in feel, but I’d be more than happy to serve it at the restaurant, too. Farro and borlotti beans are very good together, young spring carrots are delicious and celery is good with almost anything. Prep **15 min** Cook **35 min** Serves **4** **40ml** **extra-virgin olive oil** 1 **brown onion**, peeled and chopped **1 garlic clove**, peeled and crushed **5 sage leaves**, roughly torn **Sea salt and black pepper** 4 carrots**, peeled and chopped into characterful chunks (about 250g)** **3 celery stalks**, trimmed, cut in half lengthways and then into 1cm chunks **250g cooked borlotti beans** **250g cooked farro** **600ml** **chicken stock** (homemade, ideally), or water To finish **1 handful chopped flat-leaf parsley** **30ml extra-virgin olive oil** **60g parmesan**, grated Put a medium-sized, heavy-based pan on a medium heat and, once hot, add the olive oil, onion, garlic and sage. Season with a pinch of salt, then saute, stirring, for five minutes. Add the carrots and celery, turn the heat down low and cook, stirring occasionally, for 15 minutes more. Stir in the cooked borlotti and farro, then pour in the stock. Turn up the heat to medium, cook for 10 minutes more, then taste, adding a generous amount of ground black pepper and a good pinch of salt, if you think it needs it. Ladle into bowls, finish with the chopped parsley, extra-virgin olive oil and grated parmesan, and serve. ### Slow-cooked shoulder of lamb with chilli and fennel seeds Shoulder of lamb contains more fat than the leg, which gives the meat a sweeter, fuller flavour and, when cooked in this way, becomes meltingly soft and tender. Red-wine vinegar helps to cut the richness, and also gives the dish a sharp yet mellow note. The chilli adds gentle warmth, while the fennel seeds bring a subtle, aniseed aroma that complements the lamb beautifully. Prep **10 min** Cook **3 hr 45 min** Serves **4** **½ shoulder of lamb** (about 1kg), bone in **Sea salt and black pepper** 1 tbsp olive oil 200ml white wine **½ tsp fennel seeds** 1 dried red chilli, roughly torn **3 garlic cloves**, peeled **1 small bunch fresh sage** **1 bay leaf** **4 anchovy fillets** **in oil**, drained **3 tbsp red-wine vinegar** Heat the oven to 180C (160C fan)/350F/gas 4. Trim the lamb of most of its surface fat, then season it with salt and a few grinds of pepper. Put a large frying pan that’s big enough to hold the shoulder on a medium heat and add the olive oil. When it’s really hot, lay in the lamb shoulder, then brown well on all sides – you want a good colour all over. Transfer the seared shoulder to a roasting tray, pour off the fat from the frying pan and return it to the hob, this time on a low heat. Add the wine, let it bubble and reduce for a couple of minutes, then pour over the lamb. Toast the fennel seeds in a dry pan until fragrant, then add them to the roasting tray with the chilli, garlic cloves, sage, bay leaf, anchovies and vinegar. Tightly cover the tray with foil, then put it on the middle shelf of the oven and roast for three hours. After this time, take the tray out of the oven, remove the foil lid, then return to the oven for a final 30 minutes, by which stage the lamb should be utterly soft and brown. Serve with boiled new potatoes, or farro or pearl barley. ```
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https://www.foxnews.com/video/6370014632112
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https://apnews.com/article/nl-west-preview-696c9019e27d82bc3caa497961cf073b
National League West Preview Capsules ----------------------------------- ### Rubio says South Africa’s ambassador to the US 'is no longer welcome' in the country Secretary of State Marco Rubio says South Africa’s ambassador to the United States “is no longer welcome” in the United States. ### Man describes cruelty during his two decades of captivity at his family home in Connecticut Police in Connecticut are trying to determine how a man could have been held captive in his home for 20 years without anyone noticing. ### North Dakota lawmaker became disoriented by darkness before plane crash that killed 4 Federal aviation investigators say a deadly 2023 Utah plane crash was likely caused by the North Dakota lawmaker who piloted the aircraft becoming disoriented as he took off at night without turning on the runway lights. ### Trump's pick for ambassador to Canada says it's a sovereign state. Trump wants it as a US state President Donald Trump's choice to be U.S. ambassador to Canada says America's northern neighbor is a sovereign state. ### The most accurate CGM for confident decisions in the moment. Dexcom G7 shows you how different foods and lifestyle choices affect your glucose in real time, so you can make decisions that help you spend more time in range. Click for safety information. ### Who Charges the Most for Car Insurance in Illinois? (Check Zip Codes) Who Normally Has The Cheapest Car Insurance? ### North Dakota lawmaker became disoriented by darkness before plane crash that killed 4 Federal aviation investigators say a deadly 2023 Utah plane crash was likely caused by the North Dakota lawmaker who piloted the aircraft becoming disoriented as he took off at night without turning on the runway lights. ### The Grounding Mat Neuropathy Sufferers Swear By Okita ### MD: Neck Pain After 50 Comes Down To Your Pillow The Trump administration has delivered an extraordinary ultimatum to Columbia University, threatening to permanently end federal funding to the school unless it cedes control of an international studies department and implements sweeping changes to other policies. ### Woman trapped in crashed car survives on creek water for 6 days until rescue Authorities say a woman in Indiana who was trapped in her car with broken legs after a crash survived for nearly a week by sucking water from a sweatshirt that she dipped into a creek. ### MD: Neck Pain After 50 Comes Down To Your Pillow The Trump administration has delivered an extraordinary ultimatum to Columbia University, threatening to permanently end federal funding to the school unless it cedes control of an international studies department and implements sweeping changes to other policies. ### MD: Neck Pain After 50 Comes Down To Your Pillow The Trump administration has delivered an extraordinary ultimatum to Columbia University, threatening to permanently end federal funding to the school unless it cedes control of an international studies department and implements sweeping changes to other policies. ```
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https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgzm1lgv22o
Google Chromecast users' fury at second day of TV streaming issue =================================================================== 4 days ago Liv McMahon Technology reporter Google says it is working to fix an issue which has left many Chromecast users unable to watch content on their televisions for a second day. The tech giant says it has sold more than 100m of these devices worldwide across various generations, with the issues specifically impacting the "second generation" model. Owners of these Chromecasts have been unable to connect them to their televisions - meaning they cannot use streaming services like Netflix and YouTube on the big screen - with Chromecast Audio devices also facing issues. And the company has warned users not to try to fix the problem themselves by performing a factory reset to affected devices . "Do not factory reset your device - we will keep you all updated when the fix rolls out," it says. "If you have already factory reset your device, we will provide instructions to set your device back up as soon as possible." But several social media users suggested Google's advice had come too late for some who had already reset their affected Chromecasts. "Factory reset is literally the first thing I did when my Chromecast stopped working," wrote a user replying to Google on X. "Google asking everyone to please not factory reset their Chromecast after hours when it's one of the most used fixes, is hilarious," . Google's Chromecast devices plug into TVs and allow users to stream content like web video and music wirelessly using a mobile device or laptop. It also provides the ability to display anything from inside a tab on its Chrome web browser. Customers first began to report issues affecting some Chromecasts and their ability to "cast" streaming content from devices to TVs on Sunday evening. Users trying to stream content were met with alerts which said the device could not be authenticated, its connection had failed, or the Chromecast itself was "untrusted". Google it would be discontinuing Chromecast, replacing its 11-year-old device with a new Google TV system, but it promised to support existing devices with updates. According to a report by The Register, . The BBC has asked Google to confirm if this is indeed the case. * * Related ------- ### 3 hrs ago ### 3 days ago Culture ### 7 days ago ### 15 Feb 2025 Google is allowing advertisers to collect more personal information, which is harder for users to control. 15 Feb 2025 Technology ### 13 Feb 2025 It controversially updated the Gulf's name for US users after President Trump ordered it to be changed. 13 Feb 2025 Technology ### 11 Feb 2025 The update aligns with Donald Trump's order that the body be referred to as the Gulf of America. 11 Feb 2025 US & Canada ### 5 Feb 2025 The tech giant previously ruled out applications that were "likely to cause harm". 5 Feb 2025 Business ### 5 Feb 2025 The tech giant previously ruled out applications that were "likely to cause harm". 5 Feb 2025 Business Follow BBC on: -------------- ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### Copyright 2025 BBC. All rights reserved. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. ```
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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2025/mar/10/ben-jennings-donald-trump-ukraine-cartoon-us-president-volodymyr-zelenskyy-peace-deal-russia
Ben Jennings on Donald Trump’s treatment of Ukraine – cartoon ============================================================ * * Illustration: Ben Jennings/The Guardian Ben Jennings on Donald Trump’s treatment of Ukraine – cartoon ----------------------------------------------------------- Mon 10 Mar 2025 13.36 EDT Last modified on Wed 12 Mar 2025 05.54 EDT Explore more on these topics: * * * * * * Most viewed ----------- 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. © 2025 Guardian News & Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. (dcr) ```
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/13/several-people-arrested-in-eu-bribery-investigation-linked-to-huawei
‘Several people’ arrested in EU bribery investigation linked to Huawei ===================================================================== Homes searched in inquiry into alleged corruption at European parliament relating to Chinese technology giant ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The investigating judge in charge of the case has asked for seals to be fixed to the offices of two European parliament assistants alleged to be involved. The first statement said that several individuals had been arrested for questioning over their alleged involvement “in active corruption within the European parliament”, as well as forgery and use of forgeries. The prosecutor said the alleged offences were “committed by a criminal organisation” and had been practised regularly and discreetly from 2021 to the present. Since the first Donald Trump administration, European countries have faced in their 5G networks on national security grounds. A Huawei spokesperson said the company took the allegations seriously and would urgently communicate with the investigation to further understand the situation. “Huawei has a zero-tolerance policy towards corruption or other wrongdoing, and we are committed to complying with all applicable laws and regulations at all times,” they said. People involved in the alleged criminal “cash for influence” scheme are suspected to have been paid for taking political positions or to have received “excessive gifts” such as food, travel expenses and invitations to football matches. All this was done for “promoting purely private commercial interests in the context of political decisions”, the prosecutor said. Investigators are also examining whether money laundering took place, as they suspect intermediaries may have received payments to disguise the trail. The allegations were first reported by the Belgian media and the investigative outlet Follow the Money, which . The authorities said “several people” had been arrested for questioning, including one male suspect in France under a European arrest warrant, but declined to give further details. More than 21 searches were carried out by more than 100 police officers across Belgium and in Portugal. A European parliament spokesperson said: “We have received a request for cooperation from the Belgian authorities to assist the investigation, which the parliament will swiftly and fully honour.” Sign up to Headlines Europe Free newsletter A digest of the morning's main headlines from the Europe edition emailed direct to you every week day Enter your email address Sign up **Privacy Notice:** Newsletters may contain info about charities, online ads, and content funded by outside parties. For more information see our . We use Google reCaptcha to protect our website and the Google and apply. after newsletter promotion Transparency campaigners said the allegations were as serious as the that shook the European parliament three years ago, when a Greek vice-president of the parliament, Eva Kaili, and an Italian former MEP, Pier Antonio Panzeri, were among suspects charged by police with corruption and money laundering over activities said to benefit Qatar. In January 2025, the Belgian former MEP Maria Arena said she had been charged with participating in a criminal organisation as part of the same investigation. All deny any wrongdoing. The case has yet to come to trial. ```
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/07/three-bulgarian-nationals-found-guilty-spying-russia-uk
# Three UK-based Bulgarians found guilty of spying for Russia Jury convicts Katrin Ivanova, Vanya Gaberova and Tihomir Ivanchev over alleged plots around Europe. ## Overview After more than 32 hours of deliberations, a jury at the Old Bailey reached unanimous verdicts on Katrin Ivanova, 33, a lab technician, Vanya Gaberova, 30, a beautician, and Tihomir Ivanchev, 39, a painter and decorator, all of whom were living in before their arrest. The three were convicted for being junior members of a spy ring that was ultimately directed by Jan Marsalek, an Austrian businessman who had fled to in 2020 after a company he helped to run collapsed amid a €1.9bn (£1.6bn) fraud. Marsalek directed the hostile surveillance of Christo Grozev – an investigative journalist who had helped implicate Russian spies in the poisoning of the opposition leader Alexei Navalny – in Bulgaria, Austria, and Spain. All three defendants were involved in the operation. The spymaster also directed gang members, including Ivanova, to steal mobile phone numbers of Ukrainian troops believed to be training at a US barracks in Stuttgart, Germany, using a military-grade snooping device not previously seen in criminal hands. Marsalek communicated directly with the ringleader, Orlin Roussev, 47, from Great Yarmouth, who in turn directed the surveillance activities from a former guesthouse in the Norfolk seaside town. The building was crammed with hundreds of thousands of pounds’ worth of electronic and surveillance equipment. Roussev has already pleaded guilty to espionage charges, as has his friend and deputy, Bizer Dzhambazov, 43. But the three more junior members had denied the charge of espionage, leading to an Old Bailey trial that lasted nearly three months. Police, however, said they were fortunate to have broken up the spy ring in February 2023, after an unknown period in which members were under surveillance by counter-terror police and MI5. The Met said it was unaware of the gang members’ intention to travel days later to Stuttgart to try to snoop on the phone numbers when police conducted a series of pre-dawn arrests. The head of the Met’s counter-terror division, Commander Dom Murphy, said “the core evidence was obtained from Roussev’s phone” and by identifying other key devices to retrieve 78,747 Telegram messages between outlining six main plots and other smaller ones. Though Roussev was an IT specialist, he had not deleted the messages and they were not encrypted, painting a revealing picture of not just the spy ring’s activities, but the Kremlin’s interests around . At one point Marsalek appeared to suggest Grozev was targeted because “apparently Putin seriously hates him”. Counter-terror officers also said that Kremlin spying and sabotage efforts were still in operation, although largely conducted through criminals or other poorly trained proxies directed from a distance. “This won’t be the only activity Russia is conducting in the UK,” Murphy said. The court heard that Dzhambazov was with Ivanova, his long-term partner, as well as Gaberova for a year and a half before their arrest. The third defendant, Ivanchev, was Gaberova’s ex-boyfriend. When police raided Gaberova’s flat, they found Dzhambazov in bed with her. Ivanova had been unaware of the relationship until after her arrest, and during the trial accused Dzhambazov of conducting “a parallel relationship” with Gaberova behind her back. Dzhambazov had also told the two women he had brain cancer, which was false. Ivanova tried to argue she was manipulated by Dzhambazov and was not aware she was spying for Russia, while Gaberova and Ivanchev said they thought they were working for Interpol, after Dzhambazov showed them a fake ID card. All three were found guilty of being involved in conspiracy, contrary to section 1 of the Criminal Law Act 1977, to commit an offence under section 1 of the Official Secrets Act 1911. It carries a maximum jail term of 14 years. Investigators traced at least €210,000 flowing from Roussev to other members of the gang. Of the three defendants, only Ivanchev was in court. The two women were present via video link from HMP Bronzefield. Ivanova and Gaberova, both seated, remained passive and subdued as the guilty verdicts were read out. Ivanchev, standing in the dock, nodded briefly as he heard the jury’s conclusion. Frank Ferguson, the counter-terror chief at the Crown Prosecution Service, said “this was a high-level espionage operation” with members working under Roussev’s leadership. “The police raid on Roussev’s home revealed a spy factory,” Ferguson said. Officers seized 221 mobile phones, 495 sim cards, 258 hard drives, 33 audio recording devices, 55 surveillance cameras, 16 radios and 11 drones plus wifi eavesdroppers, electronic jammers and 75 fake passports and identity documents in 55 different names. The vast bulk were recovered in Great Yarmouth. Ivanova was also found guilty of possessing fake passports and identity documents at her flat in Harrow, where she lived with Dzhambazov. Mr Justice Hilliard KC, presiding, remanded the defendants into custody until sentencing between 7 May and 12 May. A sixth man, Ivan Stoyanov, 33, from Greenford in west London, was also implicated in some of the spying. He had pleaded guilty before the trial began, but this can be reported only now. ```
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https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/mar/12/patchy-and-behind-deadline-mps-attack-uk-rollout-of-ev-charging-points
# ‘Patchy and behind deadline’: MPs attack UK rollout of EV charging points Committee warns of serious injustice to disabled motorists and those reliant on public chargers MPs on the committee warned that the rollout of electric vehicle chargers across Britain is “patchy”, behind deadline and ignores the needs of disabled drivers, the parliamentary spending watchdog has found. A report published by the public accounts committee (PAC) warned that the charging points needed to give drivers confidence for the switch to EVs were still lacking, particularly on Britain’s biggest roads. Drivers reliant on public charge points also pay significantly more, partly due to higher rates of VAT, levied at 20% compared with 5% for domestic bills – exacerbating inequalities for those who live in flats or houses without off-street parking. The committee found many drivers with disabilities are deterred from using EVs due to the location and setup of charge points. There is not a single charge point in the UK that is fully compliant with accessibility standards which the Department for Transport (DfT) established with the more than two years ago, the MPs reported. One-third of motorway service areas still do not have the minimum of six ultra-rapid chargers that the DfT had targeted by 2023 – while the government has yet to dole out any of the £950m announced in 2020 to future-proof electricity capacity on strategic roads. A government programme to help fund local authorities in England to install charge points where most needed was also delayed, the committee found, with only 10 of 78 installation projects approved for delivery at October 2024, against a March 2025 deadline. The PAC chair, Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, said it was imperative that delays were addressed and no groups of drivers were left behind in the switch to electric. He said: “It is welcome to see the EV charging rollout beginning to ramp up, with all the implicit benefits that bearing down on emissions will bring. But this rollout is not currently taking place equally across the nation. “Delivering thousands of points allowing Londoners to easily zip around the capital while leaving the rest of the UK’s network patchy is obviously an outcome to be avoided. “Drivers need confidence that they can use an EV without any risk of getting stranded, or they won’t make the switch.” Research this week a quarter of England’s most important A-roads have electric car charging “cold spots”, according to government figures that suggest remain in the infrastructure needed to switch away from fossil fuels. Sign up to Business Today Free daily newsletter Get set for the working day – we'll point you to all the business news and analysis you need every morning Enter your email address Sign up **Privacy Notice:** Newsletters may contain info about charities, online ads, and content funded by outside parties. For more information see our . We use Google reCaptcha to protect our website and the Google and apply. Clifton-Brown added: “It is also of deep concern that the needs of disabled drivers are being ignored. Not a single charge point in the country is currently fully accessible. We are risking baking a serious injustice into the fabric of a major part of our national infrastructure. “Government similarly needs to understand how to remedy financial inequalities for those who have no choice but to use public charge points.” A DfT spokesperson said the department was rolling out chargers at “lightning pace”, with more than 74,000 public chargers in place and another one added to its network every 28 minutes. They said: “We’ve seen a 53% boost in the number of chargers within a mile of the strategic road network, and a 45% rise in charge points across rural areas in 2024, helping ensure drivers are always close to a socket, no matter where they are,” adding that the government was investing more than £2.3bn to support the switch to EVs. Addressing the committee’s concerns over accessibility, the spokesperson added: “The government is dedicated to ensuring all electric vehicle drivers, including those with disabilities, can easily access public charge points that meet their needs. We are continuing to work with industry to increase adoption of standards for accessible EV charging infrastructure.” ```
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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/14/nicola-sturgeon-stand-down-activists-future
# We know Nicola Sturgeon will stand down next year. But don’t write her off just yet Nicolai Sturgeon must be sick of the sight of her own obituaries. Since she that she will not seek re-election as a MSP at next May’s Holyrood elections, ending a 27-year career in frontline politics, the Scottish media has overflowed with assessments of the legacy and greatest hits of the country’s first female and longest serving first minister. Although the decision came as no surprise, given her increasingly infrequent appearances at the Scottish parliament, her departure seems a good time to consider what she did and the imprint she has left on the recent history and future trajectory of her country. Having reported on Sturgeon for over a decade, I remember the deafening roars of the crowd at Glasgow’s 12,000-seater Hydro arena, – like Lady Gaga and Beyoncé – a few weeks after her election as SNP leader. I remember a round table on energy policy, where she made sure that the only young woman in the room got a chance to speak. I remember her reddening face and wobbly lip last year as she struggled to contain her emotion under questioning An introvert with down-to-earth charm, she was – and still is among many in the SNP and the wider Scottish public – adored, a progressive ally and advocate in private as well as public. Her greatest gift is the ability to speak human when all around her just look to be touting for votes. At the age of 54 – with eight years on our prime minister and still relatively young in terms of political careers – talk of legacy can feel premature. It is certainly fluid, with the Branchform inquiry into SNP finances, a few months after she resigned as first minister in 2023, ongoing and her soon to be ex-husband, Peter Murrell, . Since her announcement, posted on her current favoured social media platform, Instagram, the Holyrood opposition has taken the opportunity to cast her legacy as one dominated by division and failure. But that is less than half the story. Certainly Sturgeon benefited electorally from that followed the 2014 referendum, with independence voters uniting behind the SNP, and supporters of the union split between other parties. It took another 10 years for the link between constitutional preference and ballot box to uncouple, resulting in the SNP’s catastrophic defeat in last July’s general election at the hands of a resurgent Scottish Labour. (Since then, Labour has squandered its advantage and for Holyrood again.) But her own political standing suffered because of that same division – those who loved her were unwilling to hold her to account, while those who loathed her refused to acknowledge her many assets. It was this capacity to polarise that Sturgeon herself identified as one of her reasons for stepping down as first minister. But it was plain that she was also spent after a gruelling run of challenges, including the Covid pandemic, the Holyrood inquiry into the Scottish government’s handling of sexual assault allegations against her predecessor Alex Salmond, and the controversy around her flagship . Throughout the pandemic, Sturgeon was admired across the UK for her straightforward and reassuring communication, yet the UK Covid inquiry exposed a significant lack of transparency behind this, bypassing cabinet decision-making and . It underlined her hyper-controlled, presidential style of leadership and its brutal self-imposed toll, with Sturgeon unable to allow herself even a day off. With the Salmond inquiry – as with her husband and former SNP chief executive Murrell – some felt a woman was being unfairly held responsible for the alleged actions of a man – but self-evidently this woman was also in charge of her government and at the epicentre of party decision-making for decades. Likewise, both she and Murrell failed to recognise the almighty potential conflict that having a married couple at the head of a governing party represented. She was badly hurt by accusations of betraying feminism over her gender recognition reforms, which she could not have foreseen would coalesce around a global culture war when she first proposed them as a natural progression from the . But her refusal to entertain those, even within her own party, worried about the potential scope of self-identification left her exposed. Sturgeon herself has said the introduction of the , the expansion of free childcare and support for youngsters in care are among her proudest achievements. Critics point to failures to tackle the attainment gap or drug deaths, timidity in taking on vested interests over NHS reform, and also her unwillingness to build on the broad coalition gifted by the Yes movement after the referendum. Something that even admirers of Sturgeon have always wrestled with was the space between rhetoric and reality in the SNP government – or, as an anti-poverty campaigner said to me: “Does it matter that witches have been pardoned if you don’t know what you’re going to feed your child tomorrow?” Despite some excellent policy progress on violence against women and child poverty, for example, third sector leaders would highlight a significant implementation gap: like the extended childcare, which ended up a postcode lottery, with extra hours at work-unfriendly times. Speaking to younger activists, it’s clear that the sheer symbolism of Sturgeon’s tenure inspired generations. Her legacy is as much in what she made visible and normal. She proved it was possible to govern in an entirely different tone of voice from the Tory bombast at Westminster: speaking out against Trump, happily describing herself as a feminist, championing the transformative power of reading. She spoke too about miscarriage, the menopause, fostering – and while having a political leader talk about those topics on Loose Women is not a silver bullet to systemic inequality, it mattered. Perhaps it was inevitable that the first of her kind would end up unable to fulfil the weight of expectation. It is worth keeping in mind too that the party she led is united by its desire for independence, not centre-left social policy. For now, can see her enjoying the “ordinary stuff that most people take for granted”, which she referenced in her resignation speech as having become increasingly out of her reach. Although for Sturgeon this involves hanging out with the tartan A-list, DJing with Hollywood star Alan Cumming and hosting books events with her old pal and crime-writing doyenne Val McDermid. Meanwhile, those obituary writers – me included – await the publication of her “deeply personal” memoir later this year with some anticipation about the revelations it may contain. I doubt these will be the last words to be written about a woman who continues to fascinate, infuriate, inspire and challenge even as she steps – for now – out of the limelight. - Libby Brooks writes on Scotland for the Guardian - **Do you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a response of up to 300 words by email to be considered for publication in our section, please .** ```
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https://www.foxnews.com/world/trumps-scottish-golf-resort-vandalized-pro-palestine-group-over-gaza-stance
# Trump's Turnberry golf resort in Scotland vandalized by pro-Palestine group over Gaza stance The resort's clubhouse was splattered with red paint while a giant 'Gaza Is Not For Sale' sign was painted near a green. President Donald Trump’s highly acclaimed Turnberry golf resort in Scotland has been vandalized with graffiti overnight Friday by pro-Palestine activists who also dug holes into one of the course's fairways. Drone footage shows the resort's clubhouse splattered with red paint while giant white letters reading "Gaza Is Not For Sale" were painted on an area next to a green. The lamp post at the resort’s entrance was also damaged while graffiti reading "Free Gaza" and "Free Palestine" were sprayed on the entrance’s wall. The group Palestine Action took responsibility following for the future of Gaza, which could see millions of Palestinians displaced. Around 4.40 a.m. on Saturday, 8 March, 2025, we received a report of damage to the golf course and a premises on Maidens Road, Turnberry, according to Police Scotland spokespersons. Investigations are ongoing. Fox News Digital has reached out to the Trump Organization for comment. Separately on Saturday, a man waving a Palestinian flag climbed the Elizabeth Tower - commonly known as Big Ben - at London's Palace of Westminster. _Fox News’ Rachel Wolf, Reuters and the Associated Press contributed to this report._ Michael Dorgan is a writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business. You can send tips to [email protected] and follow him on Twitter @M_Dorgan. ## Related Topics - - - - - - - - ```
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https://www.foxnews.com/sports/mma-fighter-shot-killed-during-florida-home-invasion-apparent-stand-your-ground-case
MMA fighter shot and killed during Florida home invasion in apparent ‘Stand your Ground’ case ============================================================================================= Langston Sykes was shot after breaking into a home on Tuesday night, police said. Langston Sykes, a mixed martial arts fighter, was shot and killed in Florida late Tuesday night after allegedly taking part in a home invasion, police said in a statement. Lake City Police received a 911 call just after 11 p.m. with regard to an individual being shot after a reported break-in at a residence in Lake City, around 45 miles north of Gainesville. Once on the scene, officers found 31-year-old Sykes "unresponsive." Officers administered first aid until EMS arrived, but the individual succumbed to his injuries. According to law enforcement, Sykes allegedly "attempted to break into the home and was successful." There were several children and adults in the home at the time. Police said that when Sykes "rushed" towards the individuals in the home, one of the adults "fired multiple shots" at him, fatally injuring him. Police later identified Sykes, adding that one of the adults in the home had an active injunction against him. They noted that the early investigation seemed to point to a case of "self-defense." "I see the case may qualify under Florida's Stand Your Ground law," police said, adding that the investigation remains ongoing. Langston Sykes had a pro record of 1-4-0. He last competed in the Island Fights promotion in August, where he won by TKO. __ _"This is a tragic incident, and our thoughts are with everyone affected," Police Chief Gerald Butler said in a statement. "Based on the investigation, it appears this may be a case of a resident acting in self-defense during a home invasion. Our detectives are working diligently to gather all the facts to ensure a thorough and complete investigation. We encourage anyone with information to come forward."_ A Florida-based mixed martial arts school, which Sykes belonged to, released a statement following news of his death. "Langston was not only a fierce competitor and a dedicated teammate, but he was also a great father, a loyal friend, and a man who brought light into every room he entered. His kindness, his laughter, and his unwavering support for those he loved will never be forgotten," the statement read. _"Our hearts go out to his family, especially his five children, who were his greatest pride and joy. We ask that you keep them in your thoughts and prayers during this difficult time."_ Sykes had a pro record of 1-4-0. He last competed in the Island Fights promotion in August, where he won by TKO. __ _"This is a tragic incident, and our thoughts are with everyone affected," Police Chief Gerald Butler said in a statement. "Based on the investigation, it appears this may be a case of a resident acting in self-defense during a home invasion. Our detectives are working diligently to gather all the facts to ensure a thorough and complete investigation. We encourage anyone with information to come forward."_ A Florida-based mixed martial arts school, which Sykes belonged to, released a statement following news of his death. "Langston was not only a fierce competitor and a dedicated teammate, but he was also a great father, a loyal friend, and a man who brought light into every room he entered. His kindness, his laughter, and his unwavering support for those he loved will never be forgotten," the statement read. _"Our hearts go out to his family, especially his five children, who were his greatest pride and joy. We ask that you keep them in your thoughts and prayers during this difficult time."_ Sykes had a pro record of 1-4-0. He last competed in the Island Fights promotion in August, where he won by TKO. __ _"Our hearts go out to his family, especially his five children, who were his greatest pride and joy. We ask that you keep them in your thoughts and prayers during this difficult time."_ Sykes had a pro record of 1-4-0. He last competed in the Island Fights promotion in August, where he won by TKO. __ ```
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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/03/going-to-the-gym-gives-me-so-much-more-than-the-physique-i-want-even-if-body-dysmorphia-lingers
# Going to the gym gives me so much more than the physique I want, even if body dysmorphia lingers I feel more focused and energetic than ever before. But as I have changed, so has my algorithm For almost my entire life I hated how I looked. I was by no means unhealthy but a youth spent playing video games and eating heaping mounds of white rice meant I was far from the models, superheroes and movie stars I looked up to. One day my doctor said that while I was still within acceptable levels of body fat, I could stand to lose some centimetres around the waist and drop a few kilos. To say the motivation there was solely health-related would be a lie. I am after all a gay man and it’s no secret we have always idolised the kind of male body that spends five days a week in the gym. According to research, for gay men. If my experience on Grindr has taught me anything, it rarely mattered what you had to say or even how handsome you were – the bigger the muscles and leaner the abs, the more attention you got. So it was on these fertile but perhaps not the most mentally healthy grounds I began my fitness journey. I tracked all my calories. I substituted chicken thigh for breast. I weighed every gram of rice I ate. I started hitting the gym five to six times a week. I lifted heavy and walked more. - **** - **Privacy Notice:** Newsletters may contain info about charities, online ads, and content funded by outside parties. For more information see our . We use Google reCaptcha to protect our website and the Google and apply. - **Bertin Huynh is a multimedia journalist and producer** - _In Australia, support is available at on 1300 22 4636, on 13 11 14, and at on 1300 789 978. In the UK, the charity is available on 0300 123 3393 and on 0800 1111. In the US, call or text at 988 or chat 988lifeline.org_ When I step in front of the mirror, a similar thing happens. There are so many new things about my body I had never noticed before – pectoral muscles and deltoids – but there are other things that stand out, including my belly or love handles. Actually, while we’re on this point, why are my arms still so scrawny? And why do my chest insertions look like that? It’s no surprise to me then that and that thousands of students are hopping on performance- and image-enhancing drugs (PIEDs). There’s a whole category of slang that comes with it – gear or juice, as the kids call it. Some congregate on a Subreddit dedicated to discerning whether someone is on juice or is a natural athlete – or natty as they call it. But it’s almost impossible to tell who is on gear on social media. There’s every likelihood they are genetically gifted athletes – able to put on muscle and stay lean all year round – but it’s just as likely they turned to PIEDs for their step up. I sometimes stand in front of the mirror wondering if I will ever achieve the body I’ve always dreamed of. Regardless, I will keep going to the gym diligently because training gives me so much more than just the physique I want. I am more focused and energetic than ever before – even if body dysmorphia lingers in the back of my head. ```
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https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgm18g19013o
# 'I'm not tech-savvy - but within hours I could buy an illegal knife on social media' I'm 48, use social media occasionally, and I'm not very tech-savvy. Until recently I'd never used Telegram. But last year, after meeting the family of by two other teenagers who'd bought a sword and machete online - I decided to figure out how easy it was to buy a knife from social media. It seemed like the children in the case were able to buy huge, deadly weapons with shocking ease. So in spring 2024, I set up several social media accounts in the name of a fake 18-year-old man. He is a Londoner who is friends with a group of young men who carry knives. He thinks he needs one too, to protect himself, and he knows larger knives are more intimidating. I got myself a separate mobile so my new searches would not impact my usual browsing algorithms. I started searching for knives, liking and following accounts which offered content. The groups contained images of young men posing with knives, videos of close-ups of the blades, and some had videos of knife fights. Very quickly my new social media accounts started showing me more similar content. A familiar pattern emerged. Knives were being advertised in posts on Instagram, Snapchat and TikTok, with sellers directing buyers in their bio to their Telegram channels - encrypted groups where videos, photos and prices of knives for sale were openly shared. I found TikTok accounts like these advertising dangerous knives Within hours of starting my searches I found and joined my first Telegram group selling banned weapons. There were zombie knives, machetes, switchblades and swords. Twenty-two-inch machetes cost £40 and 24-inch zombie knives were £50 - with new stock arriving soon. The seller was based in Walsall and promised delivery to the Birmingham area for £5. Days later, a message went up saying the machetes and zombie knives had sold out. Then a poll went up, asking "Should I get stab-proof vests?" Fifty-six subscribers answered. A few weeks later, stab vests were available to buy. Within a few weeks I found more than 10 social media accounts offering illegal knives for sale. It didn't take long for me to learn the slang used for terms like knife seller, flick knife and zombie knife. Many of the knives being sold are clearly illegal - but some aren't. The sale of legal knives over Telegram is not technically forbidden, as you don't need a licence or registration to sell them. It is, however, illegal to publish material encouraging the use of a knife as a weapon. In spring 2025, the Home Office intends to launch a consultation into a registration scheme for selling knives online - which would require sellers of all knives, including regular kitchen knives, to sign up. The Offensive Weapons Act states that there should be a system in place for age verification on sale and for delivery, but there's no evidence that this takes place in the social media groups I've been in. In September 2024, the government introduced legislation making it an imprisonable offence to own or sell zombie-style knives and machetes. This added them to a long list of prohibited knives. It's clear they are now getting harder to get a hold of. In one group, the admin says they are getting zombie knives manufactured and shipped from abroad - Malaysia, Pakistan and China - and it's taking longer than usual. The admin brags that "all shipments land", and now they're focusing on "bulk stock for the future… meaning the knives should be cheaper". But despite this, the trade is still going strong. On 14 February, I see a message on a group that's grown from zero to 600 members in just a few months reading: "Happy Valentine's Day to da ladies out there, grab your mans a tool for Valentine's Day, make sure he's safe." Murdered teen Ronan Kanda's sister told the BBC that his murderer "didn't have any problems collecting his knife from his local post office". His mother, Pooja, was adamant that the online sale of bladed articles had played a "crucial role" in the tragedy. "A 16-year-old managed to get these weapons online and sold these weapons to other people," she said. Following his death the government has announced a series of new measures known as Ronan's Law, including stiffer sentences for selling knives to under-18s. "Out of tragedy comes a light," said Pooja. "The light we all need." But she stressed "there's so much more we can do." Right now, it's still incredibly easy to buy lethal blades on social media. --- ## Related - - - (not related to the main article) - ## Tags - - - - - ```
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https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp8vz6mxxrxo
# Africa's week in pictures: 1-6 March 2025 ## Main Content Stripes and shades: Africa's top shots A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent and beyond: Esa Alexander / Reuters A reveller sees the bright side of life at the Cape Town Pride celebration in South Africa on Saturday. Luc Gnago / Reuters Four-year-old Maëlis Kouakou dresses up for Mardi Gras, or Shrove Tuesday, in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Marco Longari / AFP The children's parade gets going at the Luanda Carnival in Angola on Saturday... Julio Pacheco Ntela / AFP The theme for this year's carnival is 50 years of Angolan independence. Hector Quintanar / Getty Images On Tuesday, people of African descent get ready for the Carnival of Coyolillo in Mexico. Their dances are described as being similar to others found in Mozambique, Mali and Zambia. Emmanuel Adegboye / EPA On the same day in Ibadan, Nigeria, art historian and designer Olushola Olajobi shows some of his pieces made from waste products. Olympia de Maismont / AFP On the same day, a well-wisher draped in the Congolese flag prays for the health of Pope Francis in the Italian capital, Rome. Tiziana Fabi / AFP A woman wrapped in the national flag of the Democratic Republic of Congo holds a rosary as she prays at the statue of John Paul II at the Gemelli University Hospital. Simon Maina / AFP In Kenya's capital, Nairobi, Catholic worshippers mark Ash Wednesday. Robert Ciuccio / AFP At sunrise on Thursday, canoeists glide across the Emmarentia Dam in Johannesburg, South Africa. Cem Ozdel / Getty Images And at The Gambia's Bijilo Forest Park on Wednesday, a curious red colobus monkey peers at the camera. ## From the BBC in Africa this week: - - - - ## Related - 5 hrs ago UK - 5 hrs ago Somerset - 5 hrs ago Gloucestershire ## More - 14 hrs ago UK - 19 hrs ago Africa - 14 hrs ago Africa - 19 hrs ago Africa - 19 hrs ago Africa - 20 hrs ago Africa - 1 day ago Africa ## Follow BBC on: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ## Copyright Copyright 2025 BBC. All rights reserved. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. ```