Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs and son Justin accused of rape in new US lawsuit

Suit filed in Los Angeles court accuses mogul, son and two other men of ‘brutal gang-rape’ in 2017

As closing arguments got under way in the federal sex-trafficking and racketeering conspiracy trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs this week, the music mogul and his son Justin Combs were hit with a new lawsuit, accusing them of a “brutal gang-rape” in 2017.

In the suit filed in a Los Angeles court on Monday, a woman alleges that Justin Combs used his father’s celebrity status to “lure [the] plaintiff, a young female, from Louisiana to Los Angeles where she was literally held prisoner for a weekend and repeatedly raped” by the pair and two other masked men, according to the complaint.

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California legislature acts to keep film and TV production at home

Legislation will more than double current tax incentives under larger bill slated to be signed by Gavin Newsom

Hollywood’s home state of California will more than double annual tax incentives for film and television production to $750m under a measure passed by the Democratic-led legislature on Friday.

The increase from the current $330m was approved as part of a broader tax bill that is expected to be signed into law by California’s governor, Gavin Newsom.

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Trump Said He OK’d Iran’s Plan to Strike Al Udeid. His Top Military Adviser Said Troops There Fended Off Missiles. – Military.com

  1. Trump Said He OK'd Iran's Plan to Strike Al Udeid. His Top Military Adviser Said Troops There Fended Off Missiles.  Military.com
  2. Iran fires missiles at US base in Qatar, Trump calls for peace  Reuters
  3. June 23, 2025 - Israel-Iran conflict  CNN
  4. 'Historically Successful' Strike on Iranian Nuclear Site Was 15 Years in the Making  U.S. Department of Defense (.gov)
  5. Largest Patriot Missile Salvo In U.S. Military History Launched Defending Al Udeid Air Base Against Iranian Attack  The War Zone
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Sinaloa cartel hacked security cameras to track and kill FBI informants, US says

Hacker working for cartel run by Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán was also able to access phone records of an FBI legal attaché at the US embassy in Mexico City

A hacker working for the Sinaloa drug cartel was able to obtain an FBI official’s phone records and use Mexico City’s surveillance cameras to help track and kill the agency’s informants in 2018, according to a new US justice department report.

The incident was disclosed in a justice department inspector general’s audit of the FBI’s efforts to mitigate the effects of “ubiquitous technical surveillance”, a term used to describe the global proliferation of cameras and the thriving trade in vast stores of communications, travel, and location data.

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Gaza offensive will soon ‘reach the lines’ set by the government, says IDF chief – The Times of Israel

  1. Gaza offensive will soon ‘reach the lines’ set by the government, says IDF chief  The Times of Israel
  2. Ceasefire in Iran gives rise to new calls for a deal to end Gaza war  The Washington Post
  3. In an age of abundance and ceasefires, Gaza starves, and the war won’t stop  Al Jazeera
  4. 'And now - the hostages': Families, advocates for missing want Israel to refocus on their plight  The Jerusalem Post
  5. There Is Only One Way to End the Gaza War and Prevent Future Bloodbaths  Haaretz
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GHF boss defends Gaza aid operation after hundreds of Palestinians killed near sites – BBC

  1. GHF boss defends Gaza aid operation after hundreds of Palestinians killed near sites  BBC
  2. UNRWA Situation Report #177 on the Humanitarian Crisis in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem  UNRWA
  3. Israel-Backed Aid Sites In Gaza Pose Lethal Risk for Palestinians Amid Deadly Fighting  The New York Times
  4. Israeli Soldiers Killed at Least 410 People at Food Aid Sites in Gaza This Month  The Intercept
  5. UN chief slams US-backed Gaza aid operation: 'It is killing people'  Reuters
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Cocaine Is the Fastest-Growing Illegal Drug Worldwide. Here’s Why. – The New York Times

  1. Cocaine Is the Fastest-Growing Illegal Drug Worldwide. Here’s Why.  The New York Times
  2. Maps Reveal Cocaine Trafficking Routes Across the Americas  Newsweek
  3. Global cocaine boom keeps setting new records, UN report says  Reuters
  4. Australians and Kiwis Are World’s Biggest Cocaine Users  Bloomberg
  5. Cocaine use and production hits record high - UN report  RTE.ie
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