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Dec 8, 2025 - World

Tory leader also wants time-limit for inquiry, as Labour criticised over delays and rows about investigation’s scopeUK politics live – latest updatesA nationwide inquiry into grooming gangs must “consider the role of ethnicity, religion and other cultural factors”, the opposition leader, Kemi Badenoch, has said.The government has faced criticism over its efforts to set up the inquiry, which has been subject to delays and rows about its scope. Continue reading...

Dec 8, 2025 - World

Ex-footballer was convicted last month over posts targeting pundits Lucy Ward and Eni Aluko, and broadcaster Jeremy VineThe former footballer Joey Barton has been sentenced to six months in custody, suspended for 18 months, over a series of offensive social media posts between January and March 2024.Barton, 43, was found guilty last month at Liverpool crown court of six counts of sending a grossly offensive electronic communication with intent to cause distress or anxiety for posts he made targeting the football pundits Lucy Ward and Eni Aluko, and the broadcaster Jeremy Vine. Continue reading...

Dec 8, 2025 - World

Former Radio 1 DJ pleads not guilty to a total of 15 charges at Southwark crown courtThe former BBC DJ Tim Westwood has pleaded not guilty to rape and sexual assault in a central London court.The 68-year-old appeared at Southwark crown court to face 15 charges related to seven women, including four counts of rape, two counts of sexual assault and nine counts of indecent assault over a 33-year period. Continue reading...

Dec 8, 2025 - World

Brazil aide says Trump’s closure of Venezuelan airspace amounts to an ‘act of war’ that could escalateMaduro says the real reason for Trump’s Venezuela fixation is oil – is he right?A US invasion or attack on Venezuela could plunge South America into a Vietnam-style conflict, the chief foreign policy adviser to Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has warned.In an interview with the Guardian, Celso Amorim called Donald Trump’s recent decision to order the closure of Venezuelan airspace “an act of war”, and voiced fears the crisis could intensify over the coming weeks. Continue reading...

Dec 8, 2025 - World

Ukraine president’s UK visit comes amid heavy pressure from Washington for Kyiv to cede territory to MoscowRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesVolodymyr Zelenskyy is meeting the leaders of the UK, France and Germany in London on Monday amid heavy pressure on Ukraine from the Trump administration to cede territory it currently holds in efforts to reach a quick conclusion to the war.The talks in London follow several days of negotiations between US and Ukrainian officials, which ended on Saturday without an apparent breakthrough and were characterised by the Ukrainian president as “constructive, although not easy”. Continue reading...