Minister threatens law change after 'two-tier' sentencing row
From April, an offender's ethnicity or faith will be a bigger factor in deciding whether to jail them.
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The EU law that’s threatening to up-end the antiquities market
New rules designed to combat terrorism risk consigning artefacts to legal purgatoryFinancial Times - 1d -
Waspi women threaten legal action over pensions row
It comes after the government rejected compensation for women hit by changes to the state pension age.BBC News - Feb. 24 -
Trump threatens lawsuits, 'NICE NEW LAW' over anonymous sources in books
President Trump on Wednesday threatened lawsuits against authors who use anonymous sources in books about him or his allies, calling them defamatory and dishonest. Trump also teased that a new law ...The Hill - Feb. 26 -
How small can the Education Department get without Congress changing the law?
President Trump's dream of closing the Department of Education is impossible without Congress, but that doesn’t mean he has no power to shrink or weaken the federal agency. While some functions of ...The Hill - 1d -
Starmer speaks to Trump and Zelensky after row
A statement from No 10 confirms he spoke with both and "retains unwavering support for Ukraine".BBC News - 5d -
MP Mike Amesbury has prison sentence suspended after appeal
Ex-Labour MP was originally jailed for 10 weeks for assaulting a man in the street. The former Labour MP Mike Amesbury has had his 10-week prison sentence for assault suspended for two years, after ...The Guardian - Feb. 27 -
Jailed MP Mike Amesbury freed after sentence suspended
By-election in Cheshire seat still likely under parliamentary rulesFinancial Times - Feb. 27 -
Apple pulls data protection tool after UK government security row
Customers' photos and documents stored online will no longer be protected by end-to-end encryption.BBC News - Feb. 22 -
Kremlin says western unity is falling apart after Oval Office row
Moscow’s spokesperson Dmitry Peskov says ‘fragmentation of the collective west has begun’Financial Times - 3d
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About 20 countries could join Ukraine coalition, UK says
The countries, largely from Europe and the Commonwealth, would not all send troops but are offering support.BBC News - 3h -
Girl, 10, killed by car on pitch wanted to be pro football player
Poppy Atkinson, 10, was determined to play football for Manchester United, her family says.BBC News - 3h -
Common vaginal condition may be an STI, researchers say
An overgrowth of bacteria in the vagina, known as BV, may be spread by sex, researchers say.BBC News - 7h -
Spacecraft lands on Moon but 'orientation' unclear
But Intuitive Machines said it had yet to confirm the "orientation" and condition of the spacecraft.BBC News - 4h -
UK-based aid worker describes lucky escape from deadly Russian strike
Karol Swiacki spoke to the BBC after surviving a missile strike on a hotel in Kryvyi Rih, which killed four.BBC News - 6h
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22% of butterflies in U.S. disappeared in 2 decades, study finds
A study, published Thursday in the journal Science, found that 22% of butterflies in the United States disappeared between 2000 and 2020.CBS News - 5m -
Top Republicans and Democrats concerned about VA plan to cut 15% of its workforce
VA is preparing to lay off as many as 80,000 workers in coming weeks, according to an internal memo obtained by ABC News.ABC News - 7m -
House GOP budget goals would require Medicaid cuts, analysis finds
An analysis by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office showed that House GOP budget goals could not be reached without reducing spending on Medicaid.CBS News - 9m -
Gavin Newsom Splits With Democrats on Transgender Athletes: ‘It’s Deeply Unfair’
The remarks by Gov. Gavin Newsom of California, a potential White House hopeful, were an extraordinary break from fellow Democrats and signaled a newly defensive position on the issue.The New York Times - 9m -
Pope's condition remains stable 'compared to previous days,' Vatican says
Pope Francis, 88, "remained stable compared to previous days" and did not have "episodes of respiratory insufficiency" on Thursday, according to the Vatican.ABC News - 10m