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Author says accusations ‘spread and amplified’ by people more interested in ‘outrage and getting clicks’ Neil Gaiman has said that multiple sexual assault allegations against him are “simply untrue” and claimed to be the victim of a “smear campaign”, in the first post addressing the accusations for almost a year. Gaiman, 65, author of novels including American Gods and the Ocean at the End of the…

Ron Johnson says he does not ‘have a problem’ with key demand made by Democrats blocking agency’s funding The homeland security secretary, Kristi Noem, said that all federal agents in Minneapolis will immediately begin wearing body cameras and that the program will be expanded nationwide “as funding is available”. The announcement on Monday comes after Republican senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin …

Judge is considering a temporary order after agents used teargas on protesters during a weekend demonstration A judge is considering a temporary order placing restrictions on federal officers’ use of force during protests after a weekend demonstration in Portland, Oregon, where agents used teargas on a crowd that included children. Thousands of protesters gathered outside an Immigration and Custo…

Move from Claudia Sheinbaum comes after Trump signed an order threatening tariffs on countries that sell oil to Cuba Mexico ’s president Claudia Sheinbaum has pledged to send humanitarian aid this week to Cuba and said Mexico was “exploring all diplomatic avenues to be able to send fuel to the Cuban people,” despite efforts from Washington to cut off oil to the Caribbean nation. Donald Trump last…

Kennedy’s pilot program to offer funding for long-term recovery after Trump signed order related to addiction Robert F Kennedy Jr announced on Monday $100m in new grants for a pilot program aimed at addressing homelessness and substance use recovery in eight cities, building on an executive order Donald Trump signed last week related to addiction. The funds will be distributed as part of the Safe…

Democrats and one Republican demand release of millions more pages they insist are still being deliberately withheld Democrats have promised to fight what they say is a “full-blown cover-up” of the Epstein files after the Trump administration on Sunday effectively declared its investigation into the disgraced late financier and sex offender closed. The release of more than 3m new pages by the jus…

Met police assessing reports of alleged misconduct in public office after government information apparently shared Peter Mandelson is facing a possible police investigation into his alleged leak of market-sensitive information to Jeffrey Epstein at the height of the financial crisis. New disclosures from the Epstein files appear to show Mandelson sent a string of emails to the late sex offender c…

Reserve Bank due to announce decision on interest rates this afternoon. Follow today’s news live Ley expected to avoid snap challenge at Tuesday meeting Sussan Ley is expected to avoid a snap challenge from rival Angus Taylor when Liberal MPs meet face-to-face for the first time since the Coalition split plunged the opposition leader’s position into jeopardy. Continue reading...

Bernardi served under Liberal leaders including Malcolm Turnbull and Tony Abbott before leaving the party to launch Australian Conservatives Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Former Liberal senator Cory Bernardi is the latest conservative politician to join One Nation as Pauline Hanson attempts to translate surging …

PM Sébastien Lecornu pushed budget through using constitutional powers that avoided vote in parliament France has finally passed a budget for this year after the minority government survived a series of no-confidence votes in a long-running political saga that has unsettled debt markets and alarmed the country’s European partners. The prime minister, Sébastien Lecornu , told parliament on Monday,…

Abbas Araghchi suggests nuclear programme negotiations could begin imminently, as American forces amass in region Iran’s top diplomat has said the government is ready for negotiations with the US as the two countries reportedly prepared to send top envoys to Istanbul for high-stakes talks on the Iranian nuclear programme later this week. As US warships and aircraft have amassed in the region for …

The latest revelations and reaction to them may mean he has finally encountered a scandal he is unable to outrun It was the evening of 6 May 2010 and months after being released from jail for procuring a child for prostitution, Jeffrey Epstein was curious as to the result of Britain’s general election. “Well?” he emailed Peter Mandelson, the then de facto deputy prime minister in Gordon Brown’s g…

Auditor calls renewable energy targets ‘unrealistic’ unless ‘EU ups its game’ in mining, refining and recycling of metals such as rare earths The EU is struggling to free itself from dependence on China and countries in the global south for critical minerals and rare earths needed for everything from smartphones to wind turbines and military jets. A damning report by the European Court of Auditor…

British Medical Association members back further action as part of long-running row over pay and jobs UK politics live – latest updates Resident doctors in England have voted in favour of continuing industrial action over the next six months, the British Medical Association has announced. Ninety-three per cent of medics voted in favour of continuing industrial action in a new ballot. The turnout …

Trump supporter Júnior Pena falsely claimed migrants being rounded up, including Brazilians, were ‘all crooks’ A rightwing Brazilian influencer who claimed Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown targeted only “crooks” has been arrested by ICE agents in New Jersey. Júnior Pena, whose full name is Eustáquio da Silva Pena Júnior, declared his support for the US president in a recent video message to h…