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The Question Time leaders’ special: our panel’s verdicts | The panel Boris Johnson, Jeremy Corbyn, Jo Swinson and Nicola Sturgeon faced questions from a live BBC audience in SheffieldOwen Jones: There is new hope Labour can turn fortunes around Continue reading... Go to Source

Concern grows over ‘rough sex gone wrong’ defence in courts UK lawyers and activists demand action as researchers find tenfold rise in usageSenior lawyers and women’s organisations have condemned the increasing use of “rough sex gone wrong” as a courtroom defence to the murder of women and called for a change to the law in the UK.In the wake of the conviction of British backpacker Grace Millane’s killer in New Zealand, researchers have revealed a tenfold rise over the past two decades in the number of times similar claims have been made in UK courts. Continue reading... Go to Source

Revealed: concerns over string of incidents at UK prison where baby died At least four prisoners at HMP Bronzefield have given birth in potentially unsafe circumstances since 2017Pregnant in prison: ‘I could feel the blood but didn’t put the light on to see’The death of a newborn baby girl in a cell at HMP Bronzefield in September came after a string of concerning incidents involving pregnant women at the prison in the past two years, the Guardian has learned.On at least four occasions in this period, women held at the privately run Surrey prison have given birth in distressing and potentially unsafe circumstances, including one woman who gave birth in her cell and another who was left in labour at night-time supported only by another pregnant prisoner. Continue reading... Go to Sour...

Prince Andrew's private secretary steps down after Newsnight interview Amanda Thirsk, who orchestrated disastrous BBC interview, will run prince’s mentoring initiativeThe aide who orchestrated Prince Andrew’s disastrous interview about his links to the convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is no longer his private secretary, it has emerged as organisations continue to sever ties with the beleaguered royal.Amanda Thirsk, who was said to have played a key role in persuading him to agree to the BBC interview, has reportedly moved on to run his business mentoring initiative. Continue reading... Go to Source

General election 2019: Johnson, Corbyn, Sturgeon and Swinson prepare for Question Time special – live news All the latest from the campaign as Brexit party and Plaid Cymru launch manifestos, Labour sells its own plan and Tories announce 3% extra stamp duty for foreign property buyersMcDonnell rejects claims Labour would leave people worse offFarage asks voters to elect at least some Brexit party candidatesPlaid Cymru says Wales can be cradle of green revolutionSign up for the election briefing 5.25pm GMT 5.22pm GMTSpeaking to reporters on a visit to Bassetlaw district general hospital, Boris Johnson said that leaving the EU would allow the Conservatives to implement their plan to impose an extra 3% stamp duty on foreign buyers (see 7.43am) without having to leave out EU nationals. He ...

Malta's PM urged to step back from case of murdered journalist Two members of government linked to man arrested over Daphne Caruana Galizia killingA senior European monitor is calling for Malta’s prime minister to distance himself from the investigation into the killing of the prominent investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia due to a potential conflict of interest.Malta’s prime minister, Joseph Muscat, has the power to grant immunity from prosecution to a key witness who may have vital evidence about those who commissioned Caruana Galizia’s assassination two years ago. Continue reading... Go to Source

Trump suggests he wants to be impeached and says 'I want a trial' – live President sounded off on public hearings on Fox & Friends, praised Giuliani as ‘one of the great crime fighters’ and called Pelosi ‘crazy as a bedbug’In this defining moment for America, support the Guardian’s independent journalism. Make a contribution 5.17pm GMTPete Buttigieg, flying high in the Iowa polls, flying low in states which have a significant population of people of color, has had his South Bend office taken over by protesters this morning.Garrett Blad, from the Sunrise Movement climate organization, says the occupation is to urge Buttigieg to adopt a Green New Deal for South Bend.We are occupying the office of @PeteButtigieg because South Bend, & the entire US, needs a Green New Deal.Pete’s climate p...

Exclusive: Bolsonaro is turning back the clock on Brazil, says Lula da Silva The former union leader and two-term president said his mission now was to “battle for democracy”Brazil’s former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has vowed to spearhead opposition to the country’s far-right leader Jair Bolsonaro, warning that his country is backsliding on years of hard fought progress.“Bolsonaro has already made clear what he wants for Brazil: he wants to destroy all of the democratic and social conquests from the last decades,” he told the Guardian. Continue reading... Go to Source

Grace Millane trial: New Zealand man found guilty of murdering British backpacker A jury in Auckland has decided a 27-year-old, whose name has been suppressed, knowingly killed the British touristA 27-year-old man has been found guilty of the murder of Grace Millane, a British backpacker who disappeared a year ago in Auckland after going on a date.A jury of seven women and five men took just five hours to unanimously agree that the accused, who cannot be named, had murdered Millane in the hotel room where they had gone after their night out. Continue reading... Go to Source

General election 2019: Nigel Farage launches Brexit party's policies – live news All the latest from the campaign as Brexit party and Plaid Cymru launch their manifestos, Labour sells its own plan and Tories are to announce 3% extra stamp duty for foreign property buyersSign up here to get the election briefing in your email inboxJeremy Corbyn urges public to vote for ‘manifesto of hope’Boris Johnson set to snub election leaders’ debate on climate crisisPeterborough voters: ‘We need to give people hope again’ 11.58am GMTFarage then outlines the party’s tree-planting proposals, as reported by my colleague Kate Proctor yesterday. Related: Farage hoping to enlist help of Trump in Brexit party tree-planting plan 11.55am GMTFarage welcomes the apparent movement within Tory party policy to...

Cybertruck: Tesla unveils new pickup truck but windows shatter during demo Elon Musk says model essential to sustainable energy – but is embarrassed when ‘armour glass’ windows breakElon Musk’s glitzy unveiling of the first Tesla “cybertruck” descended into farce when a PR stunt testing the “bulletproof” body strength of the electric vehicle resulted in smashed windows.The Blade Runner-meets-cyberpunk themed launch of the $39,900 (£30,000) futuristic armoured vehicle was meant to take aim at the traditional Detroit carmakers, proving that Tesla could make a credible electric version of America’s favourite vehicle, the pickup truck. Continue reading... Go to Source