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She’s the author who turned the story of her brutal rape into a best-selling book.

It’s being called the most important abortion case in a generation.

In New York, at the trial of the British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, the alleged victim identified only as ‘Jane’ is giving testimony for a second day.

At the stroke of midnight, the Caribbean nation of Barbados became the world’s newest republic, swearing in their first President, Dame Sandra Mason, in front of an audience that included Prince Charles and Barbadian royalty, Rihanna. 

The trial of the British socialite Ghislane Maxwell has been continuing in New York City today. 

Chinese secret services are mounting “large-scale” espionage operations against the UK, and the intelligence community must urgently seek new partnerships with tech.

We spoke to Lily Caprani, head of advocacy for health and pandemic response at UNICEF, and asked whether speeding up the vaccine booster programme was the right priority for the UK.

France has called for a new post-Brexit agreement between Britain and the EU to deal with illegal immigration.

The trial of the British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell is getting underway in New York City, where she’s accused of recruiting and grooming underage girls for Jeffrey Epstein to sexually abuse over a period of ten years.

The UN has said that early evidence shows the global risk from the Omicron variant is “very high”.

If Covid fears have ramped up again in this country, in some parts of the world the older variants are still wreaking havoc. 

Now Barbados, the former British colony, is on the eve of taking a momentous step. 

Priti Patel will hold ‘urgent talks’ with her European counterparts this week over Channel crossings after the deaths of 27 people. 

Lights will be dimmed in London’s theatreland on Monday to honour the composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim who died yesterday, at the age of ninety one. 

The speed with which travel restrictions were brought in for parts of Southern Africa have left some British travellers unable to come back home.