Trump pardons January 6 loyalist and commutes jail time of Hunter Biden associate

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President issues full pardon to veteran Thomas Caldwell and commutes Jason Galanis’s 14-year prison sentence

Donald Trump has issued a full pardon to another person involved with the January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol and commuted the sentence of a former business associate of Hunter Biden, Joe Biden’s scandal-plagued son.

Thomas Caldwell, 69, of Berryville, Virginia, has been granted a pardon for his alleged role in the Capitol attack following a series of pardons Trump has given out to those involved with or present during the events on 6 January 2021.

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Epstein and Prince Andrew accuser says she has days to live after bus crash

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Virginia Giuffre writes on social media she has ‘gone into kidney renal failure … they’ve given me four days to live’

Virginia Giuffre, a victim of the disgraced US financier Jeffrey Epstein who once alleged she was sexually trafficked to Britain’s Prince Andrew, says she has just days to live after being involved in a vehicle accident.

“This year has been the worst start to a new year … I won’t bore anyone with the details, but I think it important to note that when a school bus driver comes at you driving 110km as we were slowing for a turn no matter what your car is made of it might as well be a tin can,” she wrote in a post on social media on Sunday, along with a photograph of herself lying in a hospital bed with a head injury.

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Tenants win £260,000 of rent back in legal fight with London ‘rogue landlord’

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Residents took firms owned by billionaire to tribunal for operating unlicensed houses in multiple occupation

Tenants of two buildings in east London have been awarded a six-figure sum in rent repayments by a tribunal after challenging a billionaire described by a judge as a “rogue landlord”.

The group of current and former residents of Olympic House and Simpson House in Hackney took companies owned by John Christodoulou to tribunal for operating unlicensed houses in multiple occupation (HMOs), which meant the buildings were not subject to the safety and quality standards required by law.

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Scotland Yard protesters demand justice for drag artist found dead in Soho in 2023

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Friends and fans of Heklina denounce Met’s investigation of unsolved death in her London flat

Nearly two years after the American drag artist Heklina was found dead in London, her friends and fans gathered outside Scotland Yard’s headquarters to protest against the force’s handling of the case.

Heklina, whose real name was Steven Grygelko, was found at a flat in Soho, central London, on 3 April 2023, by a friend and fellow drag performer, Peaches Christ, real name Joshua Grannell.

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Trump’s bombing threat over Iran nuclear programme prompts backlash

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Iranian officials accuse US president of breaching UN charter and say ‘violence brings violence’

Iran has reacted with outrage after Donald Trump said the country will be bombed if it does not accept US demands to constrain its nuclear programme.

The US president said on Sunday that if Iran “[doesn’t] make a deal, there will be bombing. It will be bombing the likes of which they have never seen before.”.

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Pope Francis approves decree to advance sainthood causes of 5 people – Catholic News Agency

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  1. Pope Francis approves decree to advance sainthood causes of 5 people  Catholic News Agency
  2. Venezuela will have its first female saint after approval from Pope Francis  AP News
  3. Pope clears path for canonization of PNG Blessed Peter To Rot  Vatican News
  4. Pope's work during convalescence includes clearing path for saints from Venezuela, Papua New Guinea  Yahoo
  5. Pope approves canonisation of Peter To Rot, who will be PNG's first saint  Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Israel to reoccupy 25% of Gaza to press Hamas to release hostages, official says – Axios

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  1. Israel to reoccupy 25% of Gaza to press Hamas to release hostages, official says  Axios
  2. Israel orders evacuation of southern Gaza city of Rafah  BBC
  3. Updates: Palestinians flee Rafah as Israel renews assault on south Gaza  Al Jazeera
  4. 15 first responders killed in Rafah, U.N. says; IDF orders mass evacuation  The Washington Post
  5. Middle East updates: Israel orders evacuation of Rafah  DW
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Who is Jordan Bardella, likely successor to Marine Le Pen in French presidential race?

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Le Pen’s 29-year-old protege is the new anti-immigration face of French far right but observers point to his youth and lack of experience

The court ruling barring Marine Le Pen from running for president has recast a spotlight on her right-hand man, Jordan Bardella, as debate swirls over who may end up representing the far right in France’s 2027 presidential race.

While Le Pen’s lawyer has said she will appeal Monday’s court ruling, the process could drag on for months or years, leaving the ban firmly in place as the country heads towards presidential elections. Polls had long suggested that Le Pen, who helms the far-right the National Rally (RN) party, was among the leading contenders to succeed the country’s president, Emmanuel Macron, after his second and final term ends in 2027.

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‘This will backfire’: Le Pen allies hit out at Paris court’s 2027 election ban verdict

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Elon Musk attacks decision along with other figures from the right including Viktor Orbán and Geert Wilders

Nationalist and populist figures around the world, from Elon Musk to Viktor Orbán, have united in condemnation of a Paris court verdict barring Marine Le Pen from running in the country’s 2027 presidential elections.

In a bombshell ruling many believe could boost support for the party, the figurehead of France’s far-right National Rally (RN) was sentenced on Monday to four years’ imprisonment – half suspended – and banned from running for public office for five years, for embezzlement of European parliament funds.

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