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Disgraced actor and comedian, 51, was described as a ruthless and manipulative sexual predator during trial Russell Brand sentencing – live updates Russell Brand has been sentenced to 10 years and six months in prison for raping a fan and sexually assaulting three other women at the height of his showbusiness career. Brand, 51, was found guilty after a four-week trial at Southwark crown court in …

Former president’s new book Promise Me America provides an inside look at January 6, Covid-19 response and more Joe Biden will undertake only limited promotion of his upcoming White House memoir because of advancing cancer, the former president said in a social media post on Sunday night. His new book, Promise Me America, which will be published on 17 November, is Biden’s account of a one-term pr…

Exclusive: Body-worn camera footage shows woman pulled off bench and a Taser activated despite ‘putting up no resistance’, magistrate says Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A magistrate has criticised “exceedingly heavy-handed” ACT police officers who Tasered an Aboriginal woman with an intellectual disability during a routine arrest. The woman, named Emma, pleaded with…

EVs and home batteries are in Treasury crosshairs despite a better economic case for scaling back nuclear-powered submarines and diesel fuel rebates for miners Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast As Jim Chalmers, the treasurer, comes under increasing pressure to fight inflation by slashing spending in the mid-year budget update, the drumbeat is loudest for cuts in one spe…

Call for overhaul of manually operated level crossings after delivery worker was killed by passenger train in Kent An Amazon delivery driver was killed by a train after he drove his van on to railway tracks at a manually operated level crossing, apparently without realising he needed to open the exit gate first, an official investigation has reported. Safety inspectors said there was “an obvious …

Black women and girls represent an outsized share of LA homicide victims – frustrated with police and legislators’ failures, they’re stepping up and speaking out to stop the violence As a child, Tioni Theus was a ball of energy. After school she liked to play golf and dance. On weekends, she’d go to the movies and the mall with her older cousin. Driving back home at the end of the day to her fami…

Jensen Huang reportedly had close relationship ‌with Chinese businesswoman accused of passing information to ‌Beijing. Plus, tennis legend Billie Jean King tells all Good morning. Nvidia’s chief executive, Jensen Huang, has been placed under “independent investigation” by the tech company after reports emerged he had been “the target of a foreign intelligence effort”, namely a close relationship …

Violent storms lash northern Iraq and parts of Iran, while Portugal faces strong winds and Japan braces for further snowfall Deadly flash floods hit northern Iraq on Saturday as severe thunderstorms swept across the region, including in neighbouring Iran. The city of Erbil, in Iraq, was particularly badly hit, with extensive damage to homes and businesses. Streets were inundated as torrential rai…

Lawsuit filed last year against IBM, Atos and Leonardo after delays to passengers blamed on the system, first reported in the FT The EU has filed a lawsuit against IBM and two other companies involved in its troubled border-management system, an internal document has revealed. The bloc’s IT agency, EU-Lisa, filed a case last year against IBM, the French IT company Atos and Italian defence contrac…

President’s admission appears at odds with the elevation of immigration hardliner Trump admits deportation policy was ‘too tough’ despite Miller promotion Sign up for US Breaking News email Stephen Miller, the influential architect of Donald Trump’s aggressive immigration crackdown , is due to start as White House chief of staff today. His promotion has horrified many, handing even more power to …

Troubled utility lobbies for deadline on part of the debt to be extended to March 2028 Thames Water has asked its creditors for more time to pay back billions of pounds in debt, as the water company scrambles to keep itself afloat. The UK’s largest water company said it had proposed an “interim” deal under which the deadline to pay off an unspecified portion of the £20bn of debt on its balance sh…

Terrorism investigation was opened after attacker opened fire in a market square A Ukrainian drone attack has hit Russia’s second-largest oil refinery in Kirishi , in the Leningrad region, the regional governor, Aleksandr Drozdenko , said. A fire broke out at the refinery after the overnight Ukrainian drone strike, but has since been extinguished, he ​wrote on Telegram, adding that one ⁠woman had…

Disgraced comedian was convicted last week and was warned he faces a ‘signficant’ prison term Following his conviction last week, the Met Police revealed that they were investigating further rape allegations against Brand, including one involving a then 16-year-old girl. The Met said they had already questioned Brand on further complaints from two other women, and have submitted the files to crow…

Louise Haigh is expected to agree to cut a target for EV sales by about a quarter Businesses which trade goods made with slave labour will have to withdraw them from sale, the government has said, revealing it will change the law to enforce the new ban. The Press Association reports: Jonathan Reynolds , the business secretary, said he plans to introduce new legislation to introduce mandatory huma…

Assault on Michel Zecler in 2020 is rare case of police brutality reaching court, at time of heightened tensions Three French police officers are to go on trial over the beating of a black music producer who they say was not wearing a face mask during the Covid pandemic, in a rare case of police brutality reaching court. The assault on Michel Zecler, now 47, triggered fresh outrage in France over…