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ReutersThousands of Khan’s supporters have been rallying for days throughout the province demanding his releaseSchools closed. The internet partially shut. Roads blocked by shipping containers. And the army arriving in town.Imran Khan’s party stronghold, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, is under a state of emergency, his party’s provincial government suspended. It’s another dramatic escalation in the standoff between the former prime minister’s supporters and Pakistan’s state – and one that some fear could lead to more instability, not less.According to the federal government this step, allowed by the constitution, was needed to provide protection for the province’s population from the threat of terror.”The…
Watch: Moment Duane Davis is sentenced to 40 years for Tupac Shakur’s murderFormer gang boss Duane “Keffe D” Davis has been sentenced to at least 40 years in prison for orchestrating the murder of Tupac Shakur.A jury found Davis, 63, guilty in September of one count of murder with a deadly weapon for the rap superstar’s death in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas on 7 September 1996. He has said he will appeal the verdict.Prosecutors argued that although Davis did not fire the gun himself, he was the ringleader of the group that committed the murder. He admitted in…
Watch: State threats and AI – Key takeaways from MI5 chief’s speechMI5 is devoting more resource to countering state threats than during the Cold War, the head of the intelligence service has said.Sir Ken McCallum said threats from foreign adversaries had quadrupled in the last decade, with Russia “aggressor number one” as well as increased Iran-linked aggression against Jewish sites and military bases.At an annual speech in London, MI5’s chief said Russia was waging hybrid warfare at a time when AI was “supercharging the cyber-security contest between attackers and defenders”. He also warned of rising threats from “extreme right-wing terrorism”…
Getty ImagesPresident Trump told reporters earlier this week he was “not happy” with the allegations against Guilfoyle. President Donald Trump’s administration has asked Kimberly Guilfoyle to resign from her position as US ambassador to Greece, White House press secretary Katie Zacharia has announced. Guilfoyle, a former Fox News host, had been facing mounting scrutiny after reports she allegedly asked a Trump donor to pay her hefty credit card bill in exchange for access to his administration and behaving inappropriately while in Athens.Trump said she had done a good job, but she will “not be there” in Greece any longer. “I…
Getty ImagesState officials and others have criticised how Cornell and local prosecutors handled the caseCornell University is banning all parties at fraternity houses as the school faces backlash over its handling of an alleged sexual assault on campus two years ago. Last month, a woman known as Jane Doe filed a lawsuit alleging she was plied with drugs and raped by several men in 2024 at a party at a Cornell fraternity house.In a statement on Tuesday, Cornell’s president, Michael Kotlikoff, announced a series of measures responding to the alleged assault, including the end to fraternity parties for the rest…
ReutersPope Leo arrived at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital ahead of his surgery on TuesdayPope Leo XIV has been admitted to Rome’s Gemelli Hospital for surgery to remove a lump on his lung, detected during what the Vatican has described as “routine checks”.It said the operation would take place on Tuesday afternoon. The 71-year-old pontiff was met at the hospital by a large crowd, some of whom had been waiting outside for several hours to catch a glimpse of him.They cheered greetings and well wishes as he passed, waving and smiling back through the lowered back window of his car.It was Leo…
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‘Disabled or not, everyone deserves an opportunity,’ RJ Mitte says in 2015 BBC interview”I have cerebral palsy but I’ve never let it hold me back.”Those are the words of a 22-year-old Breaking Bad star RJ Mitte in an essay for Huffpost back in 2014.Explaining his experiences of learning to stand up to bullies while growing up, he added: “It shouldn’t define you. I just happen to have CP.”That was also true of Mitte’s character Walter ‘Flynn’ White Jr, the son of Bryan Cranston’s character in the drama, which was recently named the best TV show of the 21st Century by…
LIVETrump has asked US ambassador to Greece to resign, new White House press secretary saysKatie Zacharia, 42, confirmed the report in her first briefing since becoming the president’s chief spokesperson.
Oleksandr SyrskyiGen Syrskyi, pictured here in Donetsk region in April 2026, lost his job over the summer after a public disagreement with the defence ministerUkraine has stabilised the front line and “broken Russia’s ability to advance” by killing so many of its men, Ukraine’s former commander-in-chief has said in an interview with the BBC.Gen Oleksandr Syrskyi made the comments in an exclusive interview, his first since he was dramatically forced from his post in the summer.He addressed his sacking, disagreeing with his critics who declared him too “old school” to command Ukraine’s new, technologically advanced forces.He also pushed back against…