Amber Heard tells jurors that she suffers minute-by-minute harassment, including death threats, describing the highly publicised defamation trial with her ex-husband Johnny Depp as ‘the most humiliating’ thing she has had to go through. ‘I just want him to leave me alone,’ she says tearfully as the court hears the last of the testimonies
Briton captured in Ukraine by Russians appeals against death sentence
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A British citizen who has been sentenced to death by a Russian proxy court in eastern Ukraine has launched an appeal against the verdict. Aiden Aslin, 28, a British-Ukrainian former care worker from Nottinghamshire wh...
Xi Jinping in Covid scare during Hong Kong handover trip
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A Hong Kong legislator who appeared in a group photo with Xi Jinping during his visit to the territory has said he has tested positive for Covid, as Macau kicks off a new round of city-wide coronavirus testing. In his...
Amber Heard’s attorneys request defamation verdict be tossed
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Attorneys for actor Amber Heard have requested that the judgment against her in the dueling defamation case with ex-husband Johnny Depp be entirely set aside. Heard, who was found liable on three claims of defamation ...
Driver of Texas migrant death truck ‘did not know air conditioning was broken’
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The driver of the trailer truck in which at least 53 migrants died before being abandoned in San Antonio this week did not realize the vehicle’s air conditioning system was broken, federal court documents said. The de...
Tuesday’s hearing was a master class on the threats posed by Trump to our republic
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On Tuesday, the House select committee delivered a two-hour masterclass on the threats posed by Donald Trump to our republic and democracy. Cassidy Hutchinson, a deputy to Mark Meadows, Trump’s chief of staff, may hav...
‘He thinks Mike deserves it’: Trump said rioters were right to call for vice-president’s death
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A crucial witness before the House January 6 committee testified that senior aides had described how Donald Trump thought his vice-president, Mike Pence, deserved to be hanged for not blocking certification of electio...
Australia’s emissions climbed in Coalition’s final year as transport and fossil fuels wiped out gains during Covid
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Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions increased in 2021 as the country wound back Covid-19 lockdowns without taking significant steps to maintain a fall in carbon pollution recorded during the pandemic. National emissi...
Lauren Laverne pulls out of BBC Glastonbury role after mother’s death
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The BBC presenter Lauren Laverne has pulled out of covering Glastonbury festival after the death of her mother. Laverne, who had been on site at Worthy Farm for the BBC, said on Instagram that she was “utterly heartbr...