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It would be expedient for Reform to take Labour’s advice and disavow ‘Putin talking points’ Reform UK’s former Wales leader jailed for taking bribes for pro-Russia speeches The discovery of a pro-Russian asset, Nathan Gill , at the heart of a British political party reads like the plot of a John Le Carré novel. Russia was long known to have been trying to interfere in foreign politics with online…

Ukraine could be forced into an agreement but plan as it stands seems too bizarre for Zelenskyy to sell to his public We’ve been here before: the Trump administration announces a roadmap towards peace in Ukraine that seems to be dramatically skewed towards Moscow’s demands; Volodymyr Zelenskyy gets on the phone to alarmed European allies ; they quickly call Trump to message him that the whole ide…

Former French president complains about noise in extract from A Prisoner’s Diary, to be released next month Nicolas Sarkozy is to publish a book next month called A Prisoner’s Diary detailing his 20 days in jail. The book was announced 11 days after the former French president was released from prison while he appeals against his conviction for criminal conspiracy over a scheme to obtain election…

Viktoriia Roshchyna died aged 27 after a year in extrajudicial detention at a jail notorious for torture Europe live – latest updates The European Union has imposed sanctions against Russian prison officials responsible for the death of the Ukrainian journalist Viktoriia Roshchyna. Roshchyna was reporting on Russia’s systematic policy of extrajudicial detention and torture in occupied parts of Uk…

Home Office ordered to reconsider case of Jeanell Hippolyte, whose father and brother were granted right to remain The case of a woman who was denied indefinite leave to remain in the UK even though her father and brothers were granted the status under the Windrush scheme must be reconsidered by the Home Office, the court of appeal has said. Jeanell Hippolyte, a Saint Lucian national, originally …

PM says Burnham doing ‘really good job’ as Manchester mayor and urges colleagues not to brief against each other Keir Starmer has attempted to dampen the latest round of speculation about his leadership, insisting that one of his potential rivals, Andy Burnham, is doing a “really good job as mayor of Manchester” and warning colleagues not to waste their time briefing against each other. The prime…

Numbers taking languages at A-level and beyond has been falling for decades, although Duolingo says young people are using its app more than their elders Universities are blaming a “societal shift” for the axing of dozens of foreign language degrees and even entire departments, citing a lack of demand among students – but can years of study be easily replaced by AI or online translation tools? No…

Ryan Cornelius was arrested in 2008 over a bank loan and will be 84 years old when he is due to be released A Dubai bank is instrumental in the long-running detention of the 71-year-old British businessman Ryan Cornelius, who is serving a 30-year sentence that will keep him in jail until he is 84, his brother-in-law claims. Recent accounts show the Dubai Islamic Bank (DIB), which claims to be the…

As most government business halted during the shutdown, immigration agents continued their raids US immigration officials arrested, detained and deported tens of thousands of people in operations nationwide during the federal government shutdown , new data reveals. The arrests have led to a marked increase in the number of people held in immigration jails, with more than 65,000 currently detained…

Exclusive: Agency accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings The FBI spied on a private Signal group chat of immigrants’ rights activists who were organizing “courtwatch” efforts in New York City this spring, law enforcement records shared with the Guardian indicate. The FBI, the documents show, gained access to conversations in a “courtwatch”…

Gregory Aymond testified in archdiocese bankruptcy case, which will determine how much compensation survivors receive The New Orleans Roman Catholic archbishop, Gregory Aymond, has apologized to a group of survivors who have claimed they were abused by clergymen as children. “I know you have been through a lot of pain,” he said on Thursday in a federal courtroom while looking directly at survivor…

Exclusive: Discredited election-rigging conspiracy theory could strengthen Trump’s military action against Maduro Federal investigators have been interviewing multiple people who are pushing unfounded claims that Venezuela helped steal the 2020 election from Donald Trump , the Guardian has learned. Two promoters of the conspiracy theory have repeatedly briefed the US attorney for the district of …

PM says Reform UK leader also has ‘questions to answer’ about alleged racist comments and chants when at school UK politics live – latest updates Nigel Farage has been accused of being “spineless” by the prime minister and a “coward” by Dulwich college contemporaries over his response to allegations of racism. Keir Starmer said the Reform UK leader had “questions to answer” about alleged comments…

The seven-term Democrat is known for his pugnacious and persistent opposition to Donald Trump US politics live – latest updates Eric Swalwell, a seven-term Democratic US representative known for his pugnacious and persistent opposition to Donald Trump , announced on Thursday night he will run for governor of California. His announcement comes shortly after the billionaire environmental activist T…

Texans planned to utilize unhoused US people to take over Gonâve and fulfill ‘rape fantasies’, justice department says The Department of Justice has alleged that two Texas men plotted a murderous coup d’etat on the island of Gonâve, the largest in Haiti , “for the purpose of carrying out their rape fantasies”. The two men, 21-year-old Gavin Rivers Weisenburg and 20-year-old Tanner Christopher Tho…