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Angel Ureña said ex-president, pictured in some photos released by justice department, cut ties with Epstein in 2005 A spokesperson for Bill Clinton accused the White House late on Friday of using him as a scapegoat after pictures of the former president with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, as well as with a young woman in a pool, were included as part of congressionally order…

NSW parliament to sit this week to consider new legislation in response to shooting. Follow updates live NSW will move to ban phrase ‘globalise the intifada’ in crackdown on ‘hateful’ rhetoric. Here’s what we know so far Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Fourteen people injured during the Bondi attacks remain in hospital where they are undergoing treatment, according to…

Prince William and his son prepare a Christmas lunch during visit to the Passage Charity in London Prince George joined his father, the Prince of Wales, on a visit to a homelessness project to help with Christmas lunch preparations in London. Prince William took his son to the Passage Charity in central London, more than 30 years after he first visited with his mother, Diana the Princess of Wales…

Move comes days after Trump announces ‘blockade’ of sanctioned oil tankers and US seizes tanker US forces on Saturday stopped a second merchant vessel off the coast of Venezuela in international waters, according to two US officials, the Associated Press reported. The move comes days after Donald Trump announced a “blockade” of all sanctioned oil tankers coming in to and out of the South American…

Thomas Skinner, who was first to be voted off current series of Strictly Come Dancing, says he got more votes than shown Thomas Skinner has alleged he received a message suggesting the BBC had rigged the vote that saw him eliminated from Strictly Come Dancing. The businessman claimed on social media that the night he left the competition he was sent an “anonymous email claiming to be from a BBC e…

Michaela Benthaus from Germany soared 65 miles above the Earth’s surface in 10-minute Blue Origin flight A paraplegic engineer from Germany blasted off on a dream-come-true rocket ride with five other passengers on Saturday, leaving her wheelchair behind to float in space while beholding Earth from on high. Severely injured in a mountain bike accident seven years ago, Michaela Benthaus became the…

National register would have allowed police to better assess risk posed by alleged Bondi shooters before attack, expert says Victims of Bondi beach shooting Ten minutes of terror: how the Bondi mass shooting unfolded in real time – video A national firearms register, which would track weapons across the country in real time, was a priority for law enforcement and gun control advocates after the 1…

Escapee was seen chasing a woman around Upper Seagry and trying to eat fruit on a festive wreath An escaped goat which went on a rampage in a Wiltshire village was safely lassoed by police carrying riot shields. The runaway ruminant mammal was trotting around Upper Seagry, near Chippenham, and was seen chasing a woman around the village and trying to eat oranges from a Christmas wreath, an eyewit…

Republicans such as Thomas Massie and Marjorie Taylor Greene slam redactions, but others express satisfaction Conservative reaction to the partial release of documents in the Jeffrey Epstein case has been mixed, with Trump administration supporters highlighting the prominent presence of Bill Clinton and other Democrats in photographs, with others lamenting how the heavy redaction casts Donald Tru…

Senior officials face criticism after review found systemic failings plunged hundreds of thousands of unpaid carers into debt Senior officials who oversaw a flawed benefits system that plunged hundreds of thousands of carers into debt are under mounting pressure over their “misleading” response to the scandal. Prof Liz Sayce, the chair of a scathing review into the government’s treatment of unpai…

Public exhibition, featuring billboard-sized portraits projected onto buildings, calls attention to Trump administration’s attacks on civil liberties Each evening, drivers on the busy 101 freeway in downtown Los Angeles pass billboard-size portraits of Angelenos that flash across the side of a building with a simple message next to their faces: Am I Next? Three Los Angeles institutions have teame…

Lawyers argue ‘cumulative disruption’ regulations were quashed in May and should therefore not be used The Metropolitan police have been using powers they no longer have to crack down on pro-Palestine protests, according to legal experts. Based on evidence obtained by the Guardian and Liberty Investigates, legal experts said officers had imposed restrictions on at least two protests based on thei…

Attack brings total numbers of Palestinians killed by Israel to 400 since October ceasefire took effect Israel Defense Forces killed five Palestinians, including a baby, who were in a school that sheltered displaced people in Gaza City on Friday, hospital officials have said. The attack brings the number of Palestinians killed by Israel to 400 since the October ceasefire took effect. Israeli troo…

UN body to study possibility of integrating centuries-old practices into mainstream healthcare From herbalists in Africa gathering plants to use as poultices to acupuncturists in China using needles to cure migraines, or Indian yogis practising meditation, traditional remedies have increasingly being shown to work, and deserve more attention and research, according to a World Health Organization …

Democratic senator Ro Khanna says: ‘the most important documents are missing’ Hello. We are resuming our live coverage of the Department of Justice’s long-awaited release of documents from the federal investigations into Jeffrey Epstein , the late sex offender who socialized with Donald Trump for more than 15 years. The first cache of ‘Epstein Files’ were released on Friday evening after months o…