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First Minister refuses to rule out early release for thugs who attack women
First Minister John Swinney refused to commit to preventing men accused or convicted of violence against women from being granted bail or released early from prison, despite pledging “personal leadership” on tackling violence against women and girls. He was challenged at First Minister’s Questions by opposition parties following the recent deaths of Stacy Hunter and…
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The Streets announce three more ‘A Grand Don’t Come For Free’ UK shows for winter 2026
The Streets have announced three additional UK dates for winter 2026 on which they will perform their acclaimed 2004 album ‘A Grand Don’t Come For Free’ in full, following a well-received run of summer shows. Led by Mike Skinner, the Birmingham group will take the album’s narrative concept – a rap opera centred on a…
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Vance jokes about rubbing elbows with former president at Ground Zero: ‘Intense intellectual conversations’
Vice President JD Vance said he is looking forward to seeing former President Joe Biden in New York next week, joking that they would have “intense intellectual conversations” when they meet at Ground Zero for the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. The remark, made during his first press briefing since Karoline Leavitt’s departure as…
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Radu Jude’s ‘The Diary of a Chambermaid’ Secures U.S. Distribution With Film Movement (EXCLUSIVE)
Film Movement has acquired U.S. distribution rights to “The Diary of a Chambermaid,” Romanian director Radu Jude’s first French-language feature, following its world premiere at Cannes Directors’ Fortnight. The deal, struck between Film Movement president Michael Rosenberg and Kevin Chneiweiss of Paris-based SBS International, marks a further expansion of the specialty distributor’s international slate and…
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OpenAI’s ChatGPT pivots after previously putting Trump alongside Putin as top threats to democracy
ChatGPT initially rated Donald Trump as a nine out of ten threat to democracy when queried by a researcher at the conservative Media Research Center (MRC), placing him in the same category as authoritarian figures such as Vladimir Putin, Recep Erdoğan and Hugo Chávez. After Fox News Digital approached OpenAI for comment on the findings,…
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US senator calls on the NSA to give guidance for use of VPNs
US Senator Ron Wyden has formally asked the National Security Agency to publish clearer public guidance on which types of virtual private networks (VPNs) actually protect Americans from surveillance by foreign adversaries. Although US agencies have long recommended VPN use, none has specified which architectures or providers offer genuinely adequate protection, leaving users with a…
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POLL: Would you buy an inflated $1 ‘gold’ Trump coin? Have your say in DC Insider
This is a Daily Mail “DC Insider” poll item inviting readers to vote on whether they would buy an inflated $1 coin bearing a gold-coloured design of Donald Trump. The piece itself contains no substantive reporting text, consisting instead of the poll prompt surrounded by unrelated site navigation and headline links, so no further detail…
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Defence, rates and Big Tech scrutiny dominate as Netflix unveils FTX drama
Badenoch demands 3% defence spending amid Russian threat fears, Huw Pill urges an interest rate rise over Middle East inflation risks, and Apple faces a £2bn App Tracking lawsuit; elsewhere, Bartiromo exits Fox and Netflix reveals The Altruists and a Ravenloft series.
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Grooming gang victims are being FAILED by the SNP… ministers are unable to tell Scots the true scale of abuse
A joint review by Scottish inspectorates has found that the true scale of grooming gangs in Scotland cannot be established because of major gaps in data collection and intelligence-sharing between agencies. The report, published by the Care Inspectorate, HM Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland, Healthcare Improvement Scotland and HM Inspectorate of Education in Scotland, concludes…
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Raffaele Annecchino, Former President and CEO of Paramount International, Dies at 55
Raffaele Annecchino, the former President and CEO of Paramount International, has died of acute meningitis at the age of 55, prompting tributes from across the media industry. Over more than 25 years at Paramount/ViacomCBS he rose from an early sales role in Madrid to lead the company’s international operations across Europe, the Middle East, Africa,…