Trump’s second state visit to UK to be disrupted by ‘even bigger’ protests

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Stop Trump coalition to dust off blimp, hoping demonstrations will surpass those during US president’s 2019 visit

Donald Trump’s second visit to the UK later this year will be disrupted by “even bigger” protests than those that coincided with his state visit in his first term, campaigners have vowed.

On Thursday Trump let slip that he expects to visit the UK in September, after Keir Starmer handed him a personal invitation from King Charles III during his visit to the White House in February.

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Italian opposition file complaint over far-right party’s use of ‘racist’ AI images

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Centre-left parties slam ‘racist, Islamophobic and xenophobic’ faked images posted on social media by League party

Opposition parties in Italy have complained to the communications watchdog about a series of AI-generated images published on social media by deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini’s far-right party, calling them “racist, Islamophobic and xenophobic”, the Guardian has learned.

The centre-left Democratic party (PD), with the Greens and Left Alliance, filed a complaint on Thursday with Agcom, the Italian communications regulatory authority, alleging the fake images used by the League contained “almost all categories of hate speech”.

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Green party candidate tries to evict Labour opponent from property

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Labour says move is hypocrisy since Greens support ban on no-fault evictions such as one served on Labour candidate and her family

A Green party council candidate is attempting to evict his Labour opponent from a house he owns using a no-fault notice, despite his party supporting a ban on exactly such kinds of eviction.

William Pedley, who is standing for the Greens in the Victoria ward of North Northamptonshire council, has served a section 21 notice on his tenant and political rival Kelly Duddridge, who has lived in the property for 10 years.

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Robbie Williams says he feels ‘panic’ when fans approach in public

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Pop star posts on Instagram about his fright and ‘discomfort’ when asked for photos and autographs

Robbie Williams has spoken of the “discomfort” and “panic” he feels when he is approached for photos and autographs by fans.

In a post on Instagram, the pop star said he was able to “mask” the reality that social interactions frighten him.

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Super spicy! Jack Black’s Minecraft song Steve’s Lava Chicken becomes shortest ever UK Top 40 hit

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At 34 seconds, the spectacularly silly song from A Minecraft Movie beats the previous record by two seconds

Actor and musician Jack Black has made UK chart history, with the shortest ever song to reach the Top 40: his novelty track Steve’s Lava Chicken is just 34 seconds long.

The spectacularly silly song reaches No 21 this week, and is taken from A Minecraft Movie, the video game spin-off film, which has earned $570m (£430m) so far at the global box office – and caused cinemas to be overrun by the game’s young and high-energy fanbase.

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Russia wounds over 100 with new cluster supersonic missile on Ukraine’s Kharkiv – politico.eu

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  1. Russia wounds over 100 with new cluster supersonic missile on Ukraine’s Kharkiv  politico.eu
  2. Russian missile attack kills one, wounds 112 in Ukraine's Kharkiv, officials say  Reuters
  3. Swarmed By Drones, Ukrainian Troops Fight To Hold Ground Near Kupyansk  Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
  4. 11 killed, 124 injured in Russian attacks against Ukraine over past day  The Kyiv Independent
  5. At least two killed in Russian attacks on Ukraine’s Kharkiv, Sumy  Al Jazeera
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Body of Kidnapped Australian Mom-of-2 Believed to Found In Burned-Out Car: Police – TooFab

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  1. Body of Kidnapped Australian Mom-of-2 Believed to Found In Burned-Out Car: Police  TooFab
  2. A Mom-of-2 Was Kidnapped by 5 Home Invaders. Police Believe They Just Found Her Body in a Burned-Out Car  People.com
  3. Boy remains in coma after woman's body found in burnt-out car in Sydney's south-west  Australian Broadcasting Corporation
  4. ‘Someone’s about to die’: Woman kidnapped, child bashed, before body found in burnt-out car  The Sydney Morning Herald
  5. ‘Level of violence unheard of’: police suspect body in burnt-out car in Sydney was allegedly kidnapped woman  The Guardian
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Russia jails 19-year-old for nearly three years for condemning Ukraine conflict – Reuters

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  1. Russia jails 19-year-old for nearly three years for condemning Ukraine conflict  Reuters
  2. Russia jails 19-year old for condemning its war in Ukraine  Al Jazeera
  3. “Ukraine has already won”. Defiant statement by a Russian teenager sentenced to 2 years 8 months for anti‑war remarks and Schevchenko poetry  Mediazona
  4. Russia sentences 19-year-old woman to nearly three years in a penal colony after poetic anti-war protest  CNN
  5. Russia: Activist Daria Kozyreva conviction for poetic anti-war protest exposes continued repression  Amnesty International
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Sudan’s civil war: ‘I fled Zamzam camp with child in my arms and luggage on my head’ – BBC

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  1. Sudan's civil war: 'I fled Zamzam camp with child in my arms and luggage on my head'  BBC
  2. ‘They were chanting as they killed people in their homes’: survivors describe attack on Sudan’s Zamzam camp  The Guardian
  3. Sudanese Paramilitaries Kill Entire Clinic Staff in Famine-Struck Camp  The New York Times
  4. Sudan’s war takes a(nother) grim turn  Politico
  5. Survivors Describe Executions, Arson in Attack on Sudan's Zamzam Camp  U.S. News & World Report
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Scholars Decipher Ancient Graffiti In Room Of Jesus’ Last Supper – Forbes

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  1. Scholars Decipher Ancient Graffiti In Room Of Jesus’ Last Supper  Forbes
  2. Archaeologists reveal strange inscriptions in Room of the Last Supper in Jerusalem  Fox News
  3. Medieval Graffiti at Historic Jerusalem Site Deciphered With Cutting-Edge Tech  Artnet News
  4. Researchers uncover hidden inscriptions in Jerusalem’s Last Supper Room  HeritageDaily
  5. Medieval graffiti discovered in the Last Supper Hall in Jerusalem's Cenacle  The Jerusalem Post
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Ukraine sanctions 3 Chinese companies as tensions between Kyiv and Beijing rise – NPR

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  1. Ukraine sanctions 3 Chinese companies as tensions between Kyiv and Beijing rise  NPR
  2. China denies Zelenskyy’s charge that it provides Russia with weapons  politico.eu
  3. Ukraine bans China's firms for helping Russia make missiles  Reuters
  4. Ukraine war briefing: Kyiv sanctions three Chinese companies accused of helping Russia  The Guardian
  5. China is supplying weapons to Russia, says Zelensky  The Independent
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Nicola Coughlan ‘Wouldn’t Touch’ Harry Potter Reboot With a 10-Foot Pole – Teen Vogue

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  1. Nicola Coughlan 'Wouldn't Touch' Harry Potter Reboot With a 10-Foot Pole  Teen Vogue
  2. JK Rowling’s journey from Harry Potter creator to gender-critical campaigner  The Guardian
  3. How J K Rowling funded a legal battle that curtailed trans rights in UK  Times of India
  4. Britain Rules on What a Woman Is  The Atlantic
  5. The Supreme Court ruling gives clarity - but now comes the difficult part  BBC
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Is Israel’s partition of Gaza a prelude to total control of the enclave? – France 24

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  1. Is Israel's partition of Gaza a prelude to total control of the enclave?  France 24
  2. Is Israel Preparing for a Long-term Occupation of Gaza?  Foreign Policy
  3. Memories and Mourning as Israel Annexes Rafah  Inkstick
  4. Israeli troops will remain in Gaza 'security zones' after war, minister says  BBC
  5. Israeli troops will remain in Gaza buffer zones indefinitely, Defense Minister Katz says  Fox News
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Pakistan: Islamist mob beat Ahmadi man to death in Karachi – DW

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  1. Pakistan: Islamist mob beat Ahmadi man to death in Karachi  DW
  2. Man from Pakistan's persecuted religious minority lynched by Karachi mob  France 24
  3. Ahmadi community in Pakistan says one of their members is beaten to death by Islamists  AP News
  4. Ahmadi man lynched as TLP supporters storm worship place in Karachi’s Saddar: police  Dawn
  5. Mob beats to death man from persecuted Pakistan minority  The Avery Journal-Times
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