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One complainant withdrawn from Alan Jones trial bringing number of alleged victims to five
Court also hears from four people who say they didn’t witness alleged offence against another complainant
One of Alan Jones’s accusers has had his allegation withdrawn, with one charge of assault with an act of indecency dramatically dropped from the former broadcaster’s trial.
The allegation, dating from 2012 and brought by a complainant pseudonymised as F, was withdrawn by the prosecution in a Sydney court on Monday afternoon.
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Freedom oppressed: the journalists caught up in Trump’s ICE crackdown
Media workers are grappling with increasingly volatile press climate in US, with some detained and even deported
As hundreds of masked and armed US federal agents besieged the streets of Minneapolis, turning the midwestern city into the frontline of the Trump administration’s unprecedented crackdown on immigration, the independent photographer John Abernathy was documenting one of the protests that had become a daily occurrence when Immigration and Customs Enforcement tackled him.
A photograph of him on the ground, pepper spray running down his face, captured the violence with which ICE agents had for weeks treated immigrants and the thousands of US citizens who had come to their defence. It was also a stark reminder that journalists were not immune to the agency’s aggressive tactics.
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UK urged to strengthen financial muscle of national wealth fund to aid economy
Unions, thinktanks and others say overhaul could provide investment Britain needs
Unions, thinktanks, environmental groups and charities have come together to call on ministers to boost the financial firepower of the national wealth fund to empower it to invest more in Britain and rebalance the country’s economy.
Lower energy bills, the revitalisation of the UK’s industrial heartlands and the provision of more high-quality jobs could all be unlocked by scaling up the NWF, according to a statement from organisations including the TUC, Greenpeace, WWF and the New Economics Foundation.
Turbocharging the retrofitting of homes and buildings.
Giving the public a bigger stake in critical infrastructure through taking part-ownership stakes in key projects.
Launching a targeted investment programme to bring new green industries to communities hit hardest by deindustrialisation.
Supporting a network of regional banks to funnel money into the small businesses that hold up local economies.
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Patrick Clancy, ex-husband of Lindsay Clancy, opens up on children’s killings in first televised interview
In a 60 Minutes interview, ex-husband describes moments leading to the 2023 killings
In his first televised interview, Patrick Clancy, the ex-husband of Lindsay Clancy, described the moments leading up to the 2023 killings of their children and how he coped in the aftermath.
Patrick Clancy responded to online criticism and conspiracy theories from people who supported Lindsay Clancy and believed he did not provide enough care to his wife at the time.
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Trump administration readies sweeping sanctions against ICC, reports say
Macron and Carney announce closer France-Canada ties amid Trump tensions
Two leaders meet in French territory off Canada as Ottawa seeks stronger relations with EU while fighting trade war with US
The leaders of France and Canada have pledged closer ties to grapple with rising geopolitical tensions, climate change and the erosion of democratic values, after they met in a French territory off Canada’s Atlantic coast.
The two leaders’ visit to Saint-Pierre and Miquelon – the first by a French president since 2014 and the first by a Canadian prime minister – came just weeks after Donald Trump posted an image showing the islands, as well as all of Canada and other countries in North America, covered by the US flag.
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