Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has ordered an “economic reset” in response to Donald Trump’s tariff “blitz,” according to the Observer. Quoting allies of the PM, the paper suggests taxes may rise again or the “ironclad” fiscal rules may be bent to allow more borrowing to boost economic growth – as a recession looms. The...
The Financial Times is among several papers leading on global markets “plunging” for a second consecutive day, following Donald Trump’s watershed tariffs’ announcement. China has “retaliated” with a 34% tariff on all US imports, while Washington’s beer tariff threatens 100,000 European jobs the paper reports. China’s response tops the Times, with the paper describing the...
Russell Brand has been charged with rape, indecent assault and sexual assault between 1999 and 2005. The charges relate to four separate women. The comedian and actor has been interviewed multiple times by police since an investigation by the Sunday Times, the Times and Channel 4’s Dispatches in September 2023 revealed multiple serious allegations against...
Kennedy Gondwe BBC News, Lusaka Sista D The protesters handed a petition to Vice-President Mutale Nalumango Warning: This story contains distressing details. A protest march has been held in Zambia’s capital, Lusaka, against a recent spate of reports of men raping children. Over the last two months, Zambians have been shocked by several cases of...
Five Israeli men were acquitted of all charges on Monday at a Cyprus court over the alleged gang rape of a 20-year-old British woman. Famagusta criminal court cleared the five defendants of two counts of rape, one count of sexual abuse, one count of forced sexual intercourse, one count of sexual harassment, and one count...
A doctor found by a tribunal to have raped a young woman at his home avoided being struck off over what the panel described as a “one-off” attack. Dr Aloaye Foy-Yamah, then a consultant at Blackpool Victoria Hospital, instead had his medical licence suspended for 12 months for attacking the woman. Police investigated but did...