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Pelicot to give evidence in rape trial of ex-husband and 50 men

Gisèle Pelicot, the French grandmother who has become a feminist hero for insisting that the rape trial of her ex-husband and 50 other men should be held in public, will take the stand today to comment on the evidence so far.

Elections official criticises Musk's Michigan voter 'disinformation'

Michigan's top elections official defended the state's elections after Elon Musk repeatedly spread false claims on X about inactive voters.

"'Pro-life' Liz Cheney urges conservative voters to back Harris over abortion rights

Liz Cheney, a former Republican congresswoman and longtime opponent of abortion rights, on Monday condemned Republican-imposed bans on the procedure and urged conservatives to support the Democrat Kamala Harris for US president.

"'Death cult' Russians tolerate appalling casualties"

Huddle d in an undisclosed location near the frontline, the two Russian soldiers appeared desperate as they recorded what they feared might be their final message.

South Korea Seoul considers supplying arms to Ukraine

South Korea is considering directly supplying weapons to Ukraine amid increasing evidence that North Korean soldiers are preparing to assist Russia in its war against Ukraine.

Putin hosts 36 world leaders at Brics summit to show Russia is far from isolated

The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, ostracised by the west and labelled a possible war criminal by the international criminal court, has played host to 36 world leaders from nations including China, India and Iran as part of a summit of the Brics group designed to show Moscow as anything but isolated.

Hen harrier killings in 2023 highest on record, RSPB says

More hen harriers were killed in 2023 than in any other year on record, a report has found.

Woman not aware that 'cleavage-sparing' mastectomy unauthorised, inquest hears

The convicted breast surgeon Ian Paterson pitched one of his patients an unauthorised cleavage-sparing mastectomy \"almost like a sales job\", an inquest has heard.

Study shows city parks can reduce global heating health effects

Green spaces in cities play a vital role in reducing illness and deaths caused by climate change, according to the most comprehensive study of its kind.

Weinstein diagnosed with form of leukaemia, say US reports

The disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein has been diagnosed with a form of bone marrow cancer, according to NBC News and ABC News, which both cited unnamed sources.

Supermarket supplier's salmon farm hit by record mass die-off

More than a million dead fish, the biggest mass die-off of farmed salmon in Scotland in a decade, have been recorded at a farm belonging to the UK's largest supplier.

"'Horror and tears' Panic hits Lebanon's hospitals

The rescuers struck at the concrete with jackhammers, excavators and even pickaxes, pausing occasionally and demanding silence, straining to hear anyone still trapped under the collapsed building.

Blinken visit Netanyahu urged to work for ceasefire after Sinwar killing

The US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, has arrived in Israel to encourage efforts to revive the stalled Gaza ceasefire negotiations after Israel's killing of the Hamas leader, Yahya Sinwar, last week.

Fatal crash prompts judge to call for testing of all drivers over 80

A Scottish judge has called for compulsory testing of all motorists aged over 80 “as a matter of priority” after an elderly driver with dementia killed a toddler in Edinburgh.

Art review Homely horrors from auteur of American gothic are forgettable fun

In Tim Burton's film Ed Wood, the gloriously talentless titular director of Plan 9 from Outer Space meets Orson Welles, his polar opposite. Welles was the ultimate auteur, a film-maker who imposed a singular vision on all his productions. Is Burton an auteur too, as the Design Museum's director has it, and as this efficiently kooky show takes for granted? If he is, he has turned the gothic into a brand, projecting such a sharply stylised version of homely horror that he can imprint it on almost any material and deliver the outlandish as bankable.

"'People born without a sense of smell breathe differently'"

People born with no sense of smell breathe differently from those with one, a study has found, possibly helping explain links between perception of odour problems and health issues.

"'Big up Keir' Prisoners celebrate their freedom"

Beaming prisoners were greeted with hugs and kisses as they stepped out of the metal gates of HMP Manchester and into the arms of waiting friends and family after being freed under the government's early release scheme.

Tories love to shout about law and order but on early release, they're oddly quiet

There are times when even the Tories are banged to rights. Prisons are one of them. You'd have thought Conservative MPs would have been up in arms at the government's decision to free a second tranche of prisoners under its early-release scheme little more than a month after the first batch.

Fears of huge cuts to local transport funding as mayors lobby Treasury

Hundreds of millions of pounds of local transport funding in England could be cut in next week's spending review despite having been agreed with regional mayors, putting bus, tube and tram improvements at risk.

Prison overcrowding Rate of recall 'very high', justice secretary admits

The justice secretary, Shabana Mahmood, has admitted that the proportion of people released early from prison who are being recalled is \"very high”, as the government prepares to free more inmates to relieve an overcrowding crisis.

Ministers pause opening of 44 schools and order review of costs

Ministers have paused plans to open 44 state schools in England, including three sixth form colleges backed by Eton, while they review each school's potential demand and value for money.

Trial of world's first vaccine for fast-spreading norovirus bug

Doctors are to trial the world's first vaccine against the vomiting bug norovirus in the hope the jab could bring huge health and economic benefits.

Investigation launched into cause of train crash that left a person dead

Rail investigators are working to establish the cause of the first head-on train crash in the UK this century, which killed a passenger in his 60s.

‘Deepening crisis’ as number of cats being abandoned soars

The number of cats and kittens being abandoned in the UK has soared by more than 30% this year, according to an animal rescue charity which called the situation a “deepening crisis”.

Body in river found in search for missing Yorkshire woman

A body believed to be that of Victoria Taylor has been found in the search for the 34-year-old woman who went missing from her North Yorkshire home three weeks ago.

Questions arise about why the charge of manslaughter was not put before jury

In the fallout from the acquittal of Martyn Blake, the police firearms officer who stood trial for the murder of Chris Kaba, many questions have arisen. One of them is why he was not charged with manslaughter. The theory goes that it was always going to be difficult to get a jury to convict a police officer of the most serious form of homicide, whereas manslaughter may have been an easier to prove and more palatable option.

Chris Kaba shot man in legs in London nightclub days before he was killed

Chris Kaba, the unarmed man killed by a police firearms officer, was pictured on CCTV shooting a man on a nightclub dancefloor and was alleged to be a core member of a London gang, it was revealed yesterday.

Former boss of Abercrombie & Fitch arrested in sex trafficking investigation

The former chief executive of the fashion retailer Abercrombie & Fitch Mike Jeffries has been arrested as part of a criminal sex trafficking investigation, authorities in New York announced yesterday.

Bowie collection to go on show at V&A archives in Olympic Park

It looks like the Hangar 51 storeroom from the end of Raiders of the Lost Ark, with row upon row of boxes and artefacts kept in climate-controlled conditions, but it is far from secret - the V&A East Storehouse team hope 250,000 people a year will visit and gain access to archives such as the David Bowie collection.

AI a major threat, say thousands of artists

Abba's Björn Ulvaeus, the actor Julianne Moore and the Radiohead singer Thom Yorke are among 10,500 signatories of a statement from workers in the creative industries warning artificial intelligence companies that unlicensed use of their work is a \"major, unjust threat\" to artists' livelihoods.