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Murdoch loses court case in real-life 'Succession' battle

Rupert Murdoch's attempt to give his eldest son control of his family media empire has been blocked by a US court after a lengthy legal battle with three of his other children.

Netanyahu takes witness stand in corruption trial

Benjamin Netanyahu has become Israel’s first sitting prime minister to testify as a criminal defendant – having taken the witness stand in his lengthy corruption trial.

US shooting suspect shouts as he's dragged into court

Mangione: 'It's an insult to the intelligence of Americans'

PinkNews bosses accused of sexual misconduct by staff

The couple who run the LGBT+ website PinkNews have been accused of multiple instances of sexual misconduct by staff members.

Dutiful Dylan biopic lacks the electricity of its subject

Timothée Chalamet tries his hardest in the competent but uninspired 'A Complete Unknown'

Birmingham Council agrees huge historic equal pay deal

Council facing £760m bill reaches settlement with unions

The billionaire appointed as Reform UK's new treasurer

Property tycoon and celebrity husband Nick Candy says he'll raise record funds for the right-wing outfit

Former Tory who organised Nazi stag do joins Reform

A former Tory MP who organised an infamous Nazi-themed stag party has joined Nigel Farage's Reform UK. Aidan Burley was sacked as a ministerial aide after the incident came to light.

Does Reeves's war on waste signal a return to austerity?

As a sort of softening-up exercise in advance of next year's comprehensive, first principles \"zero-based\" spending review, the chancellor of the Exchequer is taking her self-styled iron fist to government waste.

Secret underground tunnels found under Assad mansion

Secret escape tunnels used by the Assad family have been discovered after their tyrannical regime was overthrown by Syrian rebel forces over the weekend.

Assad's naval fleet smashed by barrage of Israeli missiles

Israel has carried out a wave of airstrikes across Syria, claiming to have destroyed the country’s naval fleet and deployed troops beyond a demilitarised buffer zone between Syria and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.

'We still don't know why my brother was sent to prison'

Bel Trew reports on the Syrian people's desperate search for family members disappeared under a despot's brutal regime

Tackling the darker side of England's finest moment

It should have been a night of celebration. As they gathered together at the Dorchester Hotel, Sir Clive Woodward's heroes of 2003 were meant to commemorate a World Cup triumph that still represents the acme of English men’s rugby. But, as Matt Dawson explains, there was a strange atmosphere in the room. As he caught up with his colleagues two decades on from reaching the mountaintop, what became clear was just how many were struggling on the other side.

New generation gather pace amid England inconsistency

Are England good? Consistently inconsistent across the whole of 2024, it is anyone's guess where England's true mean lies. But in a year where they have waved goodbye to Stuart Broad, Moeen Ali, Jonny Bairstow and James Anderson, a new generation has officially emerged.

Ashes to Ashworth: inside the Man U power struggle

Departure of sporting director after five months shows the soap opera at Old Trafford has just got itself a new storyline

Slot downplays the obvious: Liverpool are Europe's best

If Jurgen Klopp turned mantras into catchphrases and viceversa, Arne Slot has a less memorable way with words. Klopp talked of mentality monsters, of turning doubters into believers, of their identity being intensity, of Liverpool 2.0.

EU requires more than just honeyed words from Reeves

Labour keeps talking about 'resetting' our relationship with Europe but then turning down chances to advance, writes James Moore. It's time they actually did something concrete

Understanding the life and tragic death of Sam Cooke

The lingering conspiracies surrounding the soulful Sixties crooner threaten to overshadow a life of music and civil rights activism, writes Mark Beaumont, not to mention a voice that would influence Otis Redding and Tina Turner

BAH. HUMBUG

It may seem Scrooge-like but, as overconsumption runs wild, refusing to buy pointless Christmas presents is more radical political act than cost-cutting exercise, argues Helen Coffey

BATTLE OF THE BEIGE

As one social media star sues another for stealing her clean girl’ aesthetic, Rachel Richardson looks at a legal fight that has the potential to change the landscape of influencers

GCSE English is dying, this is how we bring it back to life

Pearson, one of the three leading exam boards in the UK, has warned that urgent reform at GSCE level is needed. If English (as a subject) is to survive at both A-Level and higher education, it needs to be less pale, male and stale.

The last thing civil servants need is to babysit tech bros

There is a deep irony in a government that has kept making the same sort of mistakes now lecturing its civil servants who have to deal with the consequences) that they should adopt the test-and-learn culture” of the best digital companies and first-class” government projects.

A giant of UK civil rights you've likely never heard of

On Friday, I said goodbye to my godfather civil rights activist and Black Englishman, Dr Paul Stephenson OBE. A small private family funeral was held in Bristol’s Lord Mayor’s chapel for this very public figure who changed the course of UK race relations. But you may not even know his name.

It's foolish to think Assad's fall will make Europe safer

Four hundred years ago, Sir John Harington explained: Treason doth never prosper. What’s the reason? If treason prosper, none dare call it treason.” Maybe, terrorism is never successful as Western governments insist for much the same reason.

Jay-Z denies raping 13-yearold girl with Diddy in 2000

Jay-Z has denied allegations that he drugged and raped a 13year-old girl along with Sean \"Diddy\" Combs during an MTV Video Music Awards afterparty in 2000.

South Korean president banned from foreign travel

South Korea’s justice ministry has imposed a travel ban on president Yoon Suk Yeol while an investigation into his brief declaration of martial law is ongoing.

Suspect in CEO's murder arrested after McDonald's employee identifies him

Luigi Mangione was found with a ghost gun’ and fake ID

Teenage boy killed girl after teddy bear row, court hears

A teenage boy stabbed 15-year-old Elianne Andam to death ina fit of white-hot anger” at perceived disrespect in public by girls” after failing to hand over her friend’s teddy bear, a court has heard.

Student accused of murder was 'fascinated' by killing

A criminology student butchered” a woman by stabbing her to death in a random attack on Bournemouth beach after researching methods of murder, his trial has heard.

Family of Briton jailed in Dubai for 16 years pleads with PM to end 'nightmare'

Starmer urged to use UAE visit to push businessman's case