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Social media ads promoting small boat crossings to UK to be banned

Change to border security bill will also make it a crime to advertise fake passports, visas and work opportunities Ministers are to outlaw social media adverts promoting journeys on small boats across the Channel to asylum seekers. The government will create a UK-wide criminal offence that could lead to perpetrators being sentenced for up to five years in prison and a hefty fine. Continue reading...

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UK has got ‘fat’ on decades of free labour by women, says MP Jess Phillips

Minister points to ‘sexist’ practice of country relying on women to provide services so government did not have to Labour MP Jess Phillips has said the UK has got “fat” from the free labour of women for decades. The minister for safeguarding and violence against women and girls said the country has relied on women providing charity, adding it was a “fundamentally sexist” practice that meant the government was less willing to provide the service itself. She said she “hated” the title of her role and added that safeguarding against gender-based violence should be “business as usual in every single government department”. The Birmingham Yardley MP also suggested there was an issue in Whitehall where government departments viewed violence against women and girls as solely a Home Office issue. Phillips said she had to push for the safety of women and girls to be a “mainstream concern”, which she said had not always made her “popular as a government minister”. Asked what pushback she had received from ministers or civil servants, she said: “People directly say things like, ‘That’s the Home Office’s job’. “Why is it my job to do healthy relationship education in schools? Why is it my job to provide mental health support for whatever reason it is that you ended up in that [situation]?’. “Do you know what it is? Free labour of women is where it comes from. “It comes from a fundamentally sexist place in that women didn’t have these services, so a load of women across the country got together and made these services and offered them to other women for free, and they didn’t get paid for their labour. “So they put down a mattress and made a refuge. They set up counselling services and got people who were trained to be therapists and got their voluntary hours and set it up for free.” Phillips said people do not recognise how heavily the UK has relied on women providing support that previously did not exist. She added: “Nobody offered diabetes medicine for free. Pharmaceutical companies didn’t go, ‘Wow, this is really important. People will die without this. We’ll just give it away for free’. “That is what the women in our country did in the 1960s and 1970s and 1980s and we got fat on that expectation that that service will be provided for free. “And we also belittled it as an issue that wasn’t absolutely, fundamentally mainstream to the safety and security of our nation. “Undoing that is really hard and it’s going to take a long time.” Continue reading...

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Peker på uoverenstemmelser i Epstein-bevis

Myndighetene hevder videoen beviser alt, men en grundig gjennomgang setter troverdigheten i tvil.

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Dua Lipa har fått statsborgerskap i Kosovo

Popstjernen Dua Lipa sier det «føles som mine to sider nå er blitt én» etter å ha fått statsborgerskap i Kosovo, skriver BBC.

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- Det er de leppene

President Donald Trump (79) kommer med usedvanlig friske lovord om sin 27 år gamle pressetalskvinne i ferskt TV-intervju.

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Federal agency opens inquiry into ex-special counsel Jack Smith over Trump investigations

Smith led investigations into Trump’s part in the January 6 Capitol attack and the mishandling of classified documents The US office of special counsel, an independent federal agency, confirmed to NBC News on Saturday that it is investigating former Department of Justice prosecutor Jack Smith for possible violations of the Hatch Act. Smith led investigations into Donald Trump’s part in January 6 US Capitol riot and alleged mishandling of classified documents. Continue reading...

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Labour does not deserve to win next election without change, Reeves says

Chancellor admits voter frustration as government faces renewed calls from Labour politicians for a wealth tax Labour does not “deserve” to win the next election if it does not change the country, Rachel Reeves has said, as she acknowledged some voters were disappointed with the party’s record since entering government. The chancellor said she understood the unhappiness felt by some voters towards a government that has U-turned on winter fuel allowance and welfare policies in recent months. Continue reading...

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Forged signatures listed on New York City mayor’s re-election campaign petition – report

More than 50 signatures were revealed to be fraudulent on Eric Adams’ petition to run as an independent in election More than 50 signatures on New York mayor Eric Adams’ petition to run as an independent candidate in November’s election are fraudulent, according to a report published on Friday. The Gothamist said it had found 52 signatures from people who said their names were forged, including signatures of three people who turned out to be dead. The publication cited others who said they were deceived into signing the petitions. Continue reading...

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Chancellor’s attempt to intervene in car finance scandal branded ‘disgraceful’

Defending industry over consumers sends ‘really bad message’, says Treasury committee member Bobby Dean Rachel Reeves’ efforts to intervene in the supreme court case on the car finance scandal were “unprecedented and disgraceful” and send a “really bad message” to consumers that the government is willing to defend wrongdoing by banks, Treasury committee member and Lib Dem MP Bobby Dean has said. While the supreme court largely sided with finance companies on Friday – helping lenders avoid a £44bn compensation bill – Dean said the chancellor had gone too far to show she was on the side of business. Continue reading...

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Protesters oppose one another at London hotel housing asylum seekers

Anti-racism protesters outnumber those opposing hotel being used as Home Office accommodation Anti-racism demonstrators have turned out in large numbers outside a London hotel where asylum seekers are being housed to counter-protest against those opposed to it being used as Home Office accommodation. Both groups of protesters gathered near the Thistle City Barbican hotel in Islington, north London. Continue reading...

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- Kan være farlig

Jonas Gahr Støre åpner valgkampen med å advare mot «statsminister Sylvi» og hennes Europa-politikk.

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Erna vaker i sivet

Jonas snakker om Sylvi. Sylvi sier ingenting. Erna sjauer øl.

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Prominent Indian ex-MP gets life sentence for rape

Prajwal Revanna was found guilty of sexually assaulting a former employee.

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Republicans slam Trump’s firing of Bureau of Labor Statistics chief

President claimed that recently released figures showing jobs slowdown was ‘rigged’ to make him look bad Senior Republican lawmakers are condemning the decision of their party leader, Donald Trump, to fire the leading US labor market statistician after a report that showed the national economy added just 73,000 jobs – far fewer than expected – in July. The disappointing figures – coupled with a downward revision of the two previous months amounting to 258,000 fewer jobs and data showing that economic output and consumer spending slowed in the first half of the year – point to an overall economic deterioration in the US. Continue reading...

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Trump says Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’s past comments make pardoning him ‘more difficult’

They partied together and called each other friends in the past, but in 2020 Combs said Trump should be ‘banished’ Donald Trump says he considers Sean '“Diddy” Combs “sort of half-innocent” despite his criminal conviction in federal court in July – but the president called pardoning the music mogul “more difficult” because of past criticism. Trump spoke about Combs during an interview on Friday night on the friendly environs of Newsmax. Combs was found guilty on 2 July of two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution, with each leaving him facing up to 10 years in prison – but he was acquitted of more serious sex-trafficking and racketeering conspiracy charges. Continue reading...

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Palestine Action ban coupled with Online Safety Act ‘a threat to public debate’

Rights bodies say new law and proscription of direct action group create risk of censorship of Gaza-related content The Online Safety Act together with the proscription of Palestine Action could result in platforms censoring Palestinian-related content, human rights organisations have warned. Open Rights Group, Index on Censorship and others have written to Ofcom calling on it to provide clear guidance to platforms on distinguishing lawful expression from content deemed to be in support of terrorism. Continue reading...

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Tror ikke at Listhaug kan bli statsminister

Partileder i KrF, Dag-Inge Ulstein, sier partiet som har mest tillit bak seg, får statsministeren. Han er ikke enig i at det største partiet får topposisjonen.

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Durham disclosures further undermine Gabbard’s claims of plot against Trump

Declassified document contains deflating conclusion for DNI director that Russian spies were behind key 2016 emails Tulsi Gabbard, the director of US national intelligence, hoped to uncover evidence that Barack Obama and his national security team conspired to undermine Donald Trump in a slow-motion coup. But if her crusade was aimed at proving that Obama embarked on a “treasonous conspiracy” to falsely show that Russia intervened in the 2016 presidential election to help Trump, Gabbard made a mistake. A previously classified annexe to a report by another special counsel, John Durham – appointed towards the end of Trump’s first presidency – has further undermined Gabbard’s case. Continue reading...

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VIP contract introduced by Tory peer left government owed £24m

DHSC rejected as ‘unusable’ PPE supplied by company linked to Lord Chadlington, which later went bust They were the lucrative deals that epitomised the “VIP lane” set up by Boris Johnson’s government during the Covid pandemic, which gave priority for personal protective equipment (PPE) contracts to people with political connections. Peter Gummer, a former PR boss who has been Tory peer Lord Chadlington since 1996, had smooth access at his fingertips. The erstwhile adviser to John Major has “close personal friendships with many senior Conservative party politicians”, he has said, and as president of the Witney constituency association in the Cotswolds is “close friends” with its most notable MP: David Cameron. Continue reading...

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- Styr dere!

Ordfører med bønn til turister.

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How the courts became the biggest roadblock to Trump’s plans

Judges issued about 35 nationwide injunctions blocking various Trump orders before the supreme court stepped in, according to independent analysis from the Guardian A federal judge’s ruling last week to maintain a sweeping nationwide ban on Donald Trump’s birthright citizenship order highlights the dizzying legal battle that has defined the administration’s opening months, with courts issuing dozens of such sweeping orders to systematically halt abrasive elements of the president’s agenda. US district judge Leo Sorokin in Boston rejected Trump administration arguments to narrow his nationwide injunction, a court order that prohibits the federal government from enforcing a law or policy against anyone across the nation, and not just the people who filed the legal challenge. Continue reading...

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Wes Streeting said to be eyeing up No 10 – but how will doctors’ strikes affect his chances?

Some MPs question Streeting’s framing of dispute as a ‘war’, but wider mood is likely to depend on how NHS holds up From Jeremy Hunt and Alan Johnson to Andy Burnham and Ken Clarke, politics is littered with ambitious former health secretaries who did not make it into No 10. The aspirational current health secretary, Wes Streeting, is believed by colleagues to have his sights on bucking that trend, and one day replacing Keir Starmer in Downing Street. Continue reading...

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Mali charges ex-PM with undermining the state over post on X

Moussa Mara expressed solidarity with opposition figures held after political parties were dissolved.

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- Hun er ferdig

Eksperter er skeptiske til Kamala Harris' eventuelle comeback i Det hvite hus.

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Palestinian statehood vote at Victorian Labor conference heaps more pressure on PM

Labor Friends of Palestine’s motion also called on federal government to extend sanctions to all members of Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Victorian Labor members have voted to immediately recognise Palestine, heaping further pressure on the Albanese government to join Canada, France and the UK in their push for a sovereign state. Rank and file members at Labor’s state conference on Saturday also carried an urgent resolution to review the Aukus submarine deal. However, the wording of the motion was watered down before the vote. Continue reading...

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Vil fortsette

- Det er klart at vi har vært veldig opptatt av kampsaker der vi ikke har vært fornøyd med svarene fra regjeringen, sier Trond Giske.

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Language on immigration in UK news and politics found to have ‘shaped backlash against antiracism’

Pattern of ‘hostile language’ in media and debates likely to describe people of colour with less sympathy, report says A pattern of “hostile language” in news reports and UK parliamentary debates is more likely to describe people of colour as immigrants, or with less sympathy, researchers have found. The race equality thinktank the Runnymede Trust analysed more than 63m words from 52,990 news articles and 317 House of Commons debates on immigration between 2019 and the general election in July 2024. Continue reading...

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Undersøkelse viser et flertall for SVs forslag

En ny undersøkelse utført av Respons Analyse for Sosialistisk Venstreparti (SV) svarer 55 prosent av de spurte støtter gratis barnehage.

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The inside story of the Murdoch editor taking on Donald Trump

Since her arrival at the Wall Street Journal, British editor-in-chief Emma Tucker has shaken up not only her own newsroom but also the White House The danger posed to Donald Trump was obvious. It was a story that not only drew attention to his links to a convicted sex offender, it also risked widening a growing wedge between the president and some of his most vociferous supporters. The White House quickly concluded a full-force response was required. It was Tuesday 15 July. The Wall Street Journal had approached Trump’s team, stating it planned to publish allegations that Trump had composed a crude poem and doodle as part of a collection compiled for Jeffrey Epstein’s 50th birthday. Continue reading...

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Stoppes

Føderal dommer anklager sikkerhetsminister Kristi Noem for å fremme rasistiske konspirasjonsteorier i sin innvandringspolitikk.

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In wartime, demonstrations in Ukraine can never be more than a peaceful protest

Zelenskyy forced to U-turn on anti-corruption bodies but protesters know unrest only plays into Russia’s hands Once a decade, Ukraine has a moment in which street protests redefine the country’s political direction. The Orange revolution of 2004; the Maidan revolution of 2014; and now, over the past 10 days, the first major wave of protest since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion. A series of unexpectedly boisterous and well-attended demonstrations forced Volodymyr Zelenskyy to execute a swift U-turn on his decision to scrap the independence of two anti-corruption bodies. On Thursday, MPs reversed the contentious changes they had adopted a week previously. Outside the parliament building, crowds whooped and cheered as the result of the vote was announced. Continue reading...

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Sparking vekker reaksjoner

Trump likte ikke arbeidsledighets­tallene. Da mistet statistikksjefen selv jobben.

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Trump-melding i natt

- De har snakket med meg om det, sier Trump om en mulig benådning av Sean «Diddy» Combs.

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- Avsky og raseri

Flyttingen av Ghislaine Maxwell vekker sterke reaksjoner: - En fornærmelse mot ofrene.

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NSW supreme court rules in favour of pro-Palestine march across Sydney Harbour Bridge

Palestine Action Group claims as many as 50,000 people will take part in the march on Sunday Pro-Palestinian protesters will be legally protected while marching across the Sydney Harbour Bridge on Sunday after a New South Wales supreme court decision. The Palestine Action Group has claimed as many as 50,000 people will take part in the march across the iconic bridge, protesting against Israel’s conduct in Gaza and the starvation of children. Continue reading...

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- Det gir ingen mening

For én måned siden hyllet Det hvite hus jobbtallene. Nå er statistikksjefen bak dem sparket – anklaget av Trump for å ha rigget tallene.

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Twelve years house arrest for Colombian ex-leader Álvaro Uribe

The 73-year-old is the first ex-president in Colombia's history to be convicted of a crime.

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Pro-Palestinian protesters arrested at Chuck Schumer’s office in New York City

Demonstrators were banging pots and pans at one of several gatherings that took place across major US cities Dozens of Pro-Palestine protesters gathered at US senator Chuck Schumer’s New York City office on Friday, leading to mass arrests as elected officials joined activists from Jewish Voice for Peace outside the Midtown office. Tiffany Caban, a New York City council member, and Claire Valdez, a state representative, were among those arrested. Demonstrators were seen banging together pots and pans, a form of noise protest. Continue reading...

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US appeals court indiciates it might declare Trump’s birthright citizenship order unconstitutional

Judges expressed deep skepticism about a key piece of the US president’s hardline immigration agenda Donald Trump’s order restricting birthright citizenship appeared on Friday to be headed toward being declared unconstitutional by a second federal appeals court, as judges expressed deep skepticism about a key piece of the US president’s hardline immigration agenda. A three-judge panel of the Boston-based first US circuit court of appeals sharply questioned a lawyer with the federal justice department as to why they should overturn two lower-court judges who blocked the order from taking effect. Continue reading...

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Corporation for Public Broadcasting to close after US funding cut

Closure of public broadcaster follows House Republicans’ decision to eliminate $1.1bn in funding over two years The Corporation for Public Broadcasting announced on Friday it will shut down operations after losing federal funding, delivering a blow to America’s public media system and the more than 1,500 local stations that have relied on its support for nearly six decades. The closure follows the Republican-controlled House’s decision last month to eliminate $1.1bn in CPB funding over two years, part of a $9bn reduction to public media and foreign aid programs. Continue reading...

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Vedum ut mot Støre: – Bøyer av i første sving

Statsministeren åpner for å legge ned de omstridte politikontorene Ap og Sp opprettet sammen i regjering. Det får Senterpartiets leder til å fyre løs.

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Social media ads promoting small boat crossings to UK to be banned

Change to border security bill will also make it a crime to advertise fake passports, visas and work opportunities Ministers are to outlaw social media adverts promoting journeys on small boats across the Channel to asylum seekers. The government will create a UK-wide criminal offence that could lead to perpetrators being sentenced for up to five years in prison and a hefty fine. Continue reading...

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Budapest mayor questioned by police over banned pride march

Speaking on Friday, Karacsony told supporters: "Neither freedom nor love can be banned in Budapest".

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Kritiseres av politiet:– Hisser opp stemningen

– Vi hater København, ropte danske Jens Stryger Larsen. Det reagerer dansk politi på.

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Victorians could soon have the right to work from home two days a week under Australian-first laws

Premier Jacinta Allan to announce proposal that if legislated would make Victoria the first state to enshrine in law the right to work remotely Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Victorians could soon have a legal right to work from home two days a week, under proposed Australian-first laws to be introduced to parliament by the state Labor government in 2026. The Victorian premier, Jacinta Allan, will use Labor’s state conference on Saturday to announce the proposal, which, if passed by parliament, would make the state the first in the country to legislate the right to work remotely. Continue reading...

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Colombia’s ex-president Álvaro Uribe sentenced to 12 years’ house arrest for witness tampering

It marks the first time in country’s history that an ex-president has been convicted of a crime and sentenced Colombia’s still-powerful former president Álvaro Uribe has been sentence to 12 years of house arrest, capping a long and contentious career that defined the country’s politics for a generation. Uribe, aged 73, received the maximum possible sentence after being found guilty of witness tampering, a legal source told AFP. Continue reading...

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Ghislaine Maxwell moved to minimum-security women's prison in Texas

The move comes a week after Maxwell, who is serving a 20-year sentence for sex trafficking, met a top Justice Department official about the Epstein case.

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Trump orders firing of labor statistics chief hours after data showed jobs growth slowed

US president claimed without evidence that Erika McEntarfer had ‘faked’ employment figures in the run-up to last year’s election US politics live – latest updates Donald Trump has ordered the firing of the federal government official in charge of labor statistics, hours after data revealed that jobs growth had stalled this summer. The US president claimed that Erika McEntarfer, commissioner of labor statistics, had “faked” employment figures in the run-up to last year’s election, in a bid to boost Kamala Harris’s chances of victory. Continue reading...

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Trump administration reportedly suspends $200m in grants from UCLA

University chancellor said ‘life-saving research’ will be defunded as Trump’s academic crackdown continues The Trump administration is suspending some research grants to the University of California, Los Angeles, claiming “antisemitism and bias”, the school announced in a statement on Thursday. “UCLA received a notice that the federal government, through its control of the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and other agencies, is suspending certain research funding to UCLA,” Julio Frenk, the university chancellor, said in a letter to the campus. The move means “life-saving research” will be defunded, he said. Continue reading...

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Unge Venstre: – Erna må stå på lag med palestinerne

Høyre har vært for passive overfor krigen i Gaza, mener Unge Venstre, som krever at en ny borgerlig regjering må trekke oljefondet ut av Israel.

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Kemi Badenoch says she no longer sees herself as Nigerian despite upbringing

The Conservative party leader, who grew up in Nigeria and the US, said she has not renewed her Nigerian passport in decades ​Kemi Badenoch has said she no longer considers herself Nigerian and does not possess a Nigerian passport. The Conservative party leader, who was born in London, but grew up in Nigeria and the US and did not return to the UK until she was 16, said she had not renewed her Nigerian passport in two decades. Continue reading...

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Nye tall sjokkerer: – Kynisk

– Dette er historien helseministeren ikke vil du skal høre, sier Sandra Bruflot i Høyre. Helseministeren svarer med et valgløfte.

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- Vilt dårlig idé

Danskene raser over nytt miljøtiltak i frukt- og grøntavdelingen.

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Gavin Newsom may call special election to redraw California congressional maps

Governor announces possible move as Democrat-led states seek to respond to planned Texas redistricting California’s governor Gavin Newsom may call a special election in November to begin the process of redrawing the state’s congressional maps in response to Texas’s plans to change their own maps to help Republicans keep their majority in the House of Representatives. Donald Trump is pushing Texas and other Republican-dominated states to carry out mid-decade redistricting that will favor the GOP and potentially stop Democrats from retaking control of the House in next year’s midterm elections. Governors in Democratic-led states have responded by warning they will move to redo their own maps if Texas goes ahead with its plans, which could create an additional five Republican-leaning districts. Continue reading...

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- Føler meg baksnakka

Rødts Mímir Kristjánsson tror Frp er redd for Rødt. Han utfordrer Sylvi Listhaug til debatt, men blir glatt avvist...?

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Kulturdirektoratet kan ha brutt loven – ga innsyn i uutgitt bok

Kulturdirektoratet kan ha brutt åndsverkloven da E24 fikk lese den upubliserte boka til oljefondssjef Nicolai Tangen. Forlaget har skaffet juridisk bistand.

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Støre og Solberg barket sammen om Gaza: – Feil da, og enda mer feil nå

Høyre-leder Erna Solberg mente Norge burde tone ned engasjementet i Midtøsten. Nå får hun passet påskrevet at statsministeren.

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Epstein confidante Ghislaine Maxwell transferred to lower-security prison in Texas

Move comes after Maxwell met with deputy attorney general about those involved in late sex offender’s crimes Ghislaine Maxwell has been transferred from a federal prison in Florida where she was serving her 20-year sentence for sex trafficking as an associate of Jeffrey Epstein to a lower-security facility in Texas, the US Bureau of Prisons said on Friday. “We can confirm, Ghislaine Maxwell is in the custody of the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) at the Federal Prison Camp (FPC) Bryan in Bryan, Texas,” a spokesperson said. Continue reading...

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Brazil judge put under sanctions for overseeing Bolsanaro case blames ‘treacherous’ plot

US put sanctions on Judge Alexandre de Moraes as an apparent move by Donald Trump to help his ally The supreme court judge presiding over the trial of Brazil’s ex-president, Jair Bolsonaro, has a “cowardly and treacherous” plot is afoot to pave the way for another attack on the South American country’s democracy. Judge Alexandre de Moraes was put under sanctions by the US on Wednesday, as part of an apparent push by Donald Trump to help his ally Bolsonaro escape punishment for allegedly masterminding an attempted coup after losing the 2022 election to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Trump also slapped a 50% tariff on Brazilian imports in response to what he called the “witch-hunt” against the far-right former president. Continue reading...

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Smithsonian removes references to Trump impeachments at history exhibit

Changes at National Museum of American History come amid president’s push to reshape US cultural agencies The Smithsonian Institution has scrubbed all mention of Donald Trump’s impeachments from a prominent display at the National Museum of American History, temporarily eliminating any acknowledgement of the president’s unique status as the only US leader the House impeached twice. The alterations to the presidential power exhibit, first reported by the Washington Post, occurred in July, with museum officials replacing contemporary signage with an older version that excludes Trump’s impeachment proceedings entirely. Visitors now see only a generic reference to three presidents facing potential removal from office. Continue reading...

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‘It’s his safe place’: searching for Tommy Robinson in Tenerife

Far-right activist flew to the Spanish island again this week in a moment of peril – but friends deny seeing him there “As far as I am aware, he is on mainland Spain,” said Barry Armstrong, a convicted fraudster and longtime friend and benefactor of Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, better known as Tommy Robinson. It was difficult to fit with what the staff at Robinson’s favourite breakfast place in Costa Adeje, in southern Tenerife, had said just that morning. “He was in here yesterday,” a member of the waiting staff said of Robinson. Continue reading...

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Scientists slam Trump administration climate report as a ‘farce’ full of misinformation

Experts say the report being used to justify the mass rollback of climate regulations has many claims based on long-debunked research A new Trump administration report which attempts to justify a mass rollback of environmental regulations is chock-full of climate misinformation, experts say. On Tuesday, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a proposal to undo the 2009 “endangerment finding”, which allows the agency to limit planet-heating pollution from cars and trucks, power plants and other industrial sources. Hours later, the Department of Energy (DOE) published a 150-page report defending the proposal, claiming scientific concern about the climate crisis is overblown. Continue reading...

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- Mørke dager

Tidligere president Joe Biden maler et dystert bilde av tida USA står overfor under Donald Trumps ledelse.

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UK Online Safety Act risks ‘seriously infringing’ free speech, says X

Elon Musk’s social media platform says lawmakers made a ‘conscientious decision’ to increase censorship UK politics live – latest updates Elon Musk’s X platform has said the UK’s Online Safety Act (OSA) is at risk of “seriously infringing” free speech as a row deepens over measures for protecting children from harmful content. The social media company said the act’s “laudable” intentions were being overshadowed by its aggressive implementation by the communications watchdog, Ofcom. Continue reading...

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Joyce and Canavan call for new coal plants to replace renewable energy projects

Coalition opponents of net zero spruik coal, nuclear and gas as emissions policy divides opposition Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Barnaby Joyce and other leading opponents of net zero by 2050 want Australia to build new coal-fired power plants, focus on gas and nuclear energy and abandon all efforts to cut carbon emissions. As the former Nationals leader pushes a private member’s bill to block net zero – sparking new divisions within the Liberals and Nationals this week – he said any long-term emissions reduction from renewables would not make a meaningful difference to the climate and would cost households too much. Continue reading...

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Trump steps up attacks on Fed’s independence amid interest rates row

US president called on top Fed officials to seize control from chair Jerome Powell if he fails to cut interest rates Donald Trump called on top Federal Reserve officials to seize control from its chair Jerome Powell if he fails to cut interest rates, stepping up his extraordinary attacks on the central bank’s independence. The US president called Powell “a stubborn MORON” in a series of critical social media posts on Friday, days after the Fed held rates steady for the fifth consecutive time. Continue reading...

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Staffordshire police chief suspended after concerns raised about off-duty conduct

IOPC also investigating Chris Noble over allegations he shared confidential information without policing purpose A police chief has been suspended after serious concerns were raised about his behaviour outside of work. The Staffordshire police chief constable, Chris Noble, is under investigation by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) for the matters, which pre-date his employment with the force. Continue reading...

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Abstract verbs in, long descriptors out: How do you name a political party?

600,000 people have signed up for updates on Corbyn and Sultana’s leftwing party. What is it called? You name it What’s in a name? Potentially a lot, if you are launching a movement with ambitions “to shape something truly transformative” in British politics. That’s the challenge facing Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana, the former Labour MPs who announced plans last month, if not in the most coordinated fashion, to launch a leftwing political party. More than 600,000 people have already signed up for updates on the new group, which will be called … what? Continue reading...

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UK government has ‘got the balance right’ on tax, says Rachel Reeves

Chancellor responds to calls for wealth tax on millionaire households The government has “got the balance right” on tax, Rachel Reeves has insisted after a former Labour shadow chancellor said she should consider introducing a wealth tax. The chancellor said she had already increased taxes on the wealthiest in society with higher levies “on private jets, on second homes, and increased capital gains tax”. Continue reading...

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Kamala Harris says she doesn’t plan to return to ‘broken’ system of US politics

Former vice-president talked to Colbert in first interview since election, after declining bid for California governor Kamala Harris has said that she currently has no desire to re-enter “the system” of American politics because it is “broken”. On Thursday night the defeated Democratic party’s presidential nominee, who replaced Joe Biden late in the 2024 campaign after he dropped his re-election bid, gave her first interview since losing the election to Donald Trump, talking to Stephen Colbert on The Late Show. Continue reading...

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Opposition leaders say ‘democracy in El Salvador has died’ after scrapping of presidential term limits

Legislation allows rightwing president Nayib Bukele to seek unlimited terms, sparking fears of dictatorship Activists and opposition leaders have that warned El Salvador is following Venezuela’s path towards dictatorship after the Central American country’s congress scrapped presidential term limits, paving the way for Nayib Bukele to seek indefinite re-election. “Democracy in El Salvador has died,” opposition congresswoman Marcela Villatoro declared late on Thursday as the legislature – in which Bukele’s Nuevas Ideas party controls 90% of seats – approved the highly controversial constitutional reform, by 57 votes to three. Continue reading...

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- Begriper det ikke

Høyesterett har forkastet politiets anke om å varetektsfengsle den siktede spanjolen i Norway Cup-saken. Dermed løslates han.

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AUF-leder: – Jeg var sint etter Utøya fordi livet mitt var ødelagt

Han er en litt bråkjekk AUF-leder og en trøndersk ordmitraljøse. Men det er ingen selvfølge at det nettopp er Gaute Skjervø som i helgen leder sommerleiren på Utøya.

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Texas’s redistricting is a Republican power grab at the hands of Trump

Redrawn congressional maps could secure five seats for Republicans ahead of next year’s midterm elections When Texas Republicans redrew their congressional map this month at the urging of Donald Trump, they faced a difficult task. They needed to find a way to pick up five seats that the president wanted ahead of the midterm elections next year without spreading their voters too thin and jeopardizing the 25 seats they already held. Republicans unveiled their plan to pick up the seats on Wednesday, revealing a map that could dilute Hispanic voting power. Under the new proposed districts, they would be favored in five new seats, giving them a hold on 30 of Texas’s 38 congressional districts. Had the district been in place for the 2024 election, Trump would have won all 30 by at least 10 points. Continue reading...

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- Svært glade

Kriminelle får stadig større grep om norsk arbeidsliv. Slik vil regjeringen få bukt med utviklingen.

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Palestinaaktivister avbrøt statsministerduell

Jonas Gahr Støre (Ap) og Erna Solberg (H) ble avbrutt av tilrop da de begge forsvarte at oljefondet ikke har solgt seg ut av Israel under en debatt i Trondheim.

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Bues ut

Jonas Gahr Støre (Ap) må tåle piping og protester fra publikum under statsministerduellen mot Erna Solberg (H) i Trondheim.

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Albanese criticises ‘dry gully’ of culture wars as he promises more funding to close Indigenous gap

In Garma festival speech the PM will promise mobile Tafe, new economic partnerships with Indigenous groups and funding for clean energy Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Anthony Albanese says investing in closing the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander disadvantage gap is more useful than the “dry gully” of culture wars. The prime minister will use a major speech to the Garma festival in north-east Arnhem Land on Saturday to promise delivery of the economic sovereignty fundamental to self-determination for First Nations communities, including through $75m in new funding to help native title holders secure better deals and faster project approvals. Continue reading...

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Nye tiltak og tøffere kamp mot sosial dumping og a-krim

Regjeringen setter av nye millioner og skjerper innsatsen ytterligere for å få bukt med kriminalitet i arbeidslivet og sosial dumping.

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Canada will be its own best customer, says Carney, after Trump imposes new tariffs on dozens of countries – US politics live

Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday increasing tariffs on Canadian goods imported to the United States from 25% to 35% Good morning and welcome to our rolling coverage of US politics as Donald Trump has signed an executive order ranging from 10% to 41% on imports from dozens of trade partners in his latest attempt to reshape the global economy. The order applies to 68 countries and the 27-member European Union. Rates were set at 25% for India’s US-bound exports, 20% for Taiwan, 19% for Thailand and 15% for South Korea. World stock rates have fallen. Germany’s DAX index has dropped by 1.1% at the start of trading in Frankfurt, while France’s CAC fell by almost 1% and Spain’s IBEX lost 0.6% – even though Europe reached a trade deal with the US at the start of this week. Historian Rashid Khalidi has cancelled plans to teach this fall at Columbia University in response to the school’s recent agreement with the Trump administration. A federal judge has ruled against the Trump administration’s plans and extended temporary protected status (TPS) for 60,000 people from Central America and Asia, including people from Nepal, Honduras and Nicaragua. The US dollar has hit its highest level in two months against a basket of currencies today. The dollar index has risen by 0.1%, on track for its seventh daily rise in a row. Continue reading...

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New UK civil service internship scheme only open to working-class students

Minister says programme will help ensure Whitehall has ‘broadest range of talent and truly reflects the country’ A new civil service internship scheme will be open only to working-class students as part of a drive to make Whitehall better reflect the country, the government has said. The new programme will give students from lower-income backgrounds the chance to apply for paid government placements. The definition of working class will be based on what jobs applicants’ parents held when they were 14 and replaces an existing programme open to all. Continue reading...

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Trump to blame for high cost of living, Americans say in new poll

Six out of 10 Americans fault president for financial struggles and eight out of 10 worry about tariffs’ impact Americans are struggling financially, grappling with debt and the rising cost of living, and are blaming the Trump administration and corporate interests for worsening economic outlooks for working families, according to a new poll. Six out of 10 Americans place blame on the Trump administration for driving up their cost of living, according to a poll conducted by Morning Consult for the Century Foundation, which asked 2,007 Americans how they are managing the high cost of living in the US economy, who they think is to blame and what are the solutions. Continue reading...

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US judge whose son was murdered voices dismay as threats to jurists rise

Amid climate of intimidation, Esther Salas tells of how son Daniel was killed by lawyer posing as pizza delivery man A judge whose son was murdered by a disgruntled lawyer posing as a pizza deliveryman voiced anguish that the crime has spawned a spate of copycat threats against other jurists. Esther Salas, a US district judge for New Jersey, fought back tears on Thursday after being asked to respond to a trend of judges receiving home pizza deliveries with the name of her late son attached as a means of intimidation. Continue reading...

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Prominent historian cancels course at Columbia University over Trump deal

Rashid Khalidi, in open letter published by Guardian, accuses university of ‘capitulating’ with $200m settlement Historian Rashid Khalidi, the Edward Said professor emeritus of modern Arab studies at Columbia University, has cancelled plans to teach this fall in response to the school’s recent agreement with the Trump administration. Khalidi made the announcement in an open letter to Columbia’s acting president published in the Guardian on Friday. Continue reading...

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– Har ikkje sett dette før

Bergen får pengar til å straffe unge kriminelle raskare. Men ei ny utfordring uroar.

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Neumann: – Trump gjør en stor feil

President Donald Trump følger en kortsiktig strategi som vil drive andre land rett i armene til Kina, mener forsker Iver B. Neumann.

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Støre fikk tollnyheten på sengekanten: – Veldig uvanlig

TRONDHEIM (TV 2): Lenge har Norge forsøkt å forhandle med USA om en lavere tollsats. I natt fikk statsministeren beskjeden om at det ikke lykkes.

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Labour urged to consider wealth tax as Reeves visits Scotland – UK politics live

Former shadow chancellor Anneliese Dodds said ministers must be frank about ‘really big decisions’ in autumn budget Good morning and welcome to the UK politics blog. My name is Tom Ambrose and I’ll be bringing you all the latest news lines throughout the day. We start with news that the Treasury should consider a wealth tax to close the growing gap in the public finances, according to a Labour former shadow chancellor. The UK’s plan to recognise a Palestinian state is compliant with international law, a minister has said, after a group of peers raised concerns that it did not meet the legal bar. Jonathan Reynolds, the business secretary, defended the fact that the government’s plan for recognising Palestinian statehood does not involve firm “conditions” being placed on Hamas, saying the government could not make the decision conditional on what Hamas does because it does not negotiate with terrorist organisations. Nine out of 10 nurses have rejected their 3.6% pay award for this year and warned that they could strike later this year unless their salaries are improved. Mary-Ann Stephenson has been confirmed as the new chair of the equalities watchdog, after the government overruled the objections of parliament’s equalities committee over her suitability for the job. Continue reading...

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Sett av tusenvis

Statsministerkandidaten byr på seg selv blant folkemengden - igjen.

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Pro-Palestine fundraising gig in Newcastle cancelled after police said ‘credible threat’ made against venue

Palestine Action Group Muloobinba accuses police of ‘bullying tactics’ after cancellation of the Make Some Noise charity event, the second such incident in a week Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast A pro-Palestine fundraising gig planned at a Newcastle pub on Friday night was cancelled after police warned a “credible threat” had been made against the venue – but organisers say they have been left in the dark. The Palestine Action Group Muloobinba (PAGM) has accused police of “bullying tactics” after the cancellation of the Make Some Noise charity event at the Hamilton Station hotel, from which all proceeds were meant to go towards aid for Gaza. Continue reading...

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Impartiality concerns raised as LNP appoints former Liberal party member to lead Queensland CFMEU inquiry

Unions chief says industrial relations lawyer Stuart Wood KC is ‘very well experienced’ but queries whether he may bring ‘personal biases’ to the role Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The lawyer leading a commission of inquiry into Queensland’s CFMEU was a former member of the Liberal party and acted for businesses, raising questions about his impartiality, according to the state’s union movement. Deputy premier and industrial relations minister Jarrod Bleijie announced on Friday that Stuart Wood AM KC, an industrial relations lawyer of 30 years experience who has worked in Victoria and Queensland, would be the inquiry’s commissioner. Continue reading...

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Solberg: – En dårlig avtale

Det er svært skuffende at regjeringen ikke har klart å få til en god handelsavtale, mener SMB Norge. Erna Solberg har fortsatt tro på videre forhandlinger.

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Støre åpner for utvidet ølsalg og pils i park

Statsminister Jonas Gahr Støre (Ap) sier ja til å lette litt på alkohollovgivningen og andre regler. Dermed matcher han flere punkter i Høyres «frihetsplan».

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Labour urged to revive Sure Start label to win back Reform voters

Commission says new Best Start project should be called Sure Start to rebuild trust in austerity damaged areas The government should greatly expand family centres under the Sure Start brand to help win back Reform voters in former Labour heartlands, a commission backed by Labour politicians has said. Hilary Armstrong, the Labour peer and former cabinet minister, was among those pressing for a fuller reintroduction of family centres under the Sure Start label, saying it would help to rebuild trust in neighbourhoods damaged by austerity. Continue reading...

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Penger strømmer inn til KrF – 40-dobling fra 2017

Nå stiller stadig flere rikinger seg bak partiet.

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Endres nå: Billigere barnehage, ny fraværsgrense og økt studiestøtte

Fredag trer flere endringer i kraft.

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En seks uker lang kavalkade av pinligheter

Seks uker med valgkamp? Med kleine reels, dårlig dansing og «rene ord for penga»? Herregud, som jeg gruer meg.

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Judge rules against Trump and extends deportation protections for 60,000 immigrants

San Francisco judge leaves temporary protected status in place for people from Honduras and Nicaragua while case against Trump administration proceeds A federal judge has ruled against the Trump administration’s plans and extended temporary protected status (TPS) for 60,000 people from Central America and Asia, including people from Nepal, Honduras and Nicaragua. TPS is a protection that can be granted by the homeland security secretary to people of various nationalities who are in the United States, preventing them from being deported and allowing them to work. Continue reading...

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Joe Biden says US is facing ‘existential’ fight with marginalized groups ‘dramatically under attack’

Former president says some politicians watch deportations of legal immigrants with ‘glee’ in speech to National Bar Association gala Former United States President Joe Biden took the stage at the National Bar Association’s 100th Annual Awards Gala in Chicago to deliver remarks honoring the United States civil rights legacy, and the state of the country. Speaking amid continual scrutiny around his physical and mental health, Biden played up the importance of a strong judicial branch, and characterized the US as at a moment in time that “makes us confront hard truths.” Continue reading...

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Five Labor MPs defy NSW premier and vow to attend pro-Palestine march across Sydney Harbour Bridge

ALP MLC Stephen Lawrence criticises ‘slow and steady demonisation of protest’ in NSW Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Several New South Wales Labor MPs have defied their premier, Chris Minns, by vowing to march across Sydney Harbour Bridge in support of Gaza this weekend as police attempt to challenge the protest in court. Labor’s Stephen Lawrence, Anthony D’Adam, Linda Voltz, Cameron Murphy and Sarah Kaine were among 15 NSW politicians who signed an open letter on Thursday evening calling on the government to facilitate “a safe and orderly event” on Sunday. Continue reading...