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Jury selection in the trial of Donald J. Trump accelerated on Day 2. He is accused of falsifying business records to conceal hush money to a porn star.
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The Opening Days of Trumpâs First Criminal Trial
Hereâs what has happened so far in the unprecedented proceedings against a former U.S. president.
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Trumpâs Trial Enters Third Day With 7 Jurors Chosen
Jury selection in the trial of former President Donald Trump accelerated on Day 2. He is accused of falsifying business records to conceal hush money to a porn star.
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Trump to return to court for third day of jury selection in hush-money trial
Seven people have been picked from a vast jury pool â five more jurors and six alternates remain to be chosen for the historic trial Donald Trump is due to return to a New York courtroom on Thursday for the third day of his hush-money trial and a continuation of the process of jury selection for ...
Plus, a brazen gold heist.
The disaster, intensified by El Niño, is devastating communities across several countries, killing crops and livestock and sending food prices soaring.
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Mali and Burkina Faso recorded most extreme heat in what scientists called a once-in-a-200-year occurrence. 
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Prosecutors accuse German-Russian duo of being prepared to 'carry out explosive and arson attacks' on US army sites.
Prosecutors accuse suspects of working with Russian secret service in attempt to undermine support for Ukraine Europe live â latest news updates Two German-Russian nationals have been arrested in Germany for allegedly plotting sabotage attacks, including on US military facilities, designed to und...
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The German-Russian nationals are suspected of planning to sabotage German military help for Ukraine.
Younger women could benefit from targeted interventions to tackle the apparent rise, researchers say.
Selecting an impartial jury has proven a complex task in New York, where Mr Trump has a long history.
The conflict in Sudan has displaced over two million people, triggering one of the world's largest humanitarian crises.
The Welsh government are looking at only having 20mph zones near schools, hospitals and nurseries. 
Therapist Lindsay Gibsonâs 2015 book has sold over a million copies and its message has soared on social media. What does it mean? In an ideal world, adults would be more mature than their kids. They would be better at handling stress, resolving conflicts with others, or talking about their feeli...
Exclusive: By the middle of the century, pollution from plastic industry could âundermine worldâs effortâ to control climate crisis By the middle of the century, global emissions from plastic production could triple to account for one-fifth of the Earthâs remaining carbon budget, an analysis has ...
A legislative maneuver in the House may help an effort to force the divestment of the video platform by its Chinese owner, which would squeeze U.S. investors.
The Guardianâs picture editors select some of the most powerful photos from around the world Continue reading...
Google workers linked to No Tech for Apartheid denounce âflagrant act of retaliationâ in dispute over $1.2bn cloud contract Google said on Thursday it had terminated 28 employees after some staff participated in protests against the companyâs cloud contract with the Israeli government. The Alphab...
Harry Potter star described wife, who founded dwarfism charity Little People UK, as âgreatest love of his lifeâ Samantha Davis, the campaigner and wife of the Harry Potter star Warwick Davis, whom he called his âsoul mateâ, has died aged 53. Davis, who founded Little People UK â the dwarfism char...
The Harry Potter actor describes his wife Samantha as his "favourite human" after she dies aged 53.
Gwenaelle Habouzit, Herve Fournier and Guillaume Reisacher allegedly met civil society leaders before expulsion.
MP suspended from role as envoy aimed at boosting trade with Colombia, Chile, Peru and Argentina after allegations he misused campaign funds Anneliese Dodds , the Labour party chair, has written an open letter to Richard Holden, her Tory counterpart, raising questions over his partyâs handling of...
As families searched for relatives in the Nasser Hospital morgue, a woman held onto the body of her 5-year-old niece.
The winning images from this year's World Press Photo Contest.
Philly grab No 7 seed after beating Miami Heat Coby Whiteâs 42 points helps Bulls ends Hawksâ hopes Joel Embiid showed why Philadelphia always have a shot at a long postseason run when heâs in the lineup. Embiid had 23 points, 15 rebounds and one huge assist to Kelly Oubre Jr on a go-ahead three-...
Tom Ripley is meant to be a master of disguise â so why does he end up in such a rubbish rug? Hereâs where Andrew Scottâs daft do sits in the pantheon of preposterous hairpieces Netflixâs Ripley has a tremendous amount to offer. Itâs dark and stylish. Itâs one of the most beautiful things on tele...
Alexei Blinovsky reported to have joined unit popular with politicians and VIPs keen to curry favour with the Kremlin When his wife, a prominent Russian Instagram influencer, was threatened with years of imprisonment over tax evasion charges, Alexei Blinovsky opted for what seemed the most viable...
They both vote Labour and listen to The Rest Is Politics, but will they agree on the royal family or arming Ukraine? Anna, 50, Canterbury Occupation Teacher of English as a foreign language Continue reading...
Instead of stockpiling weapons and stoking fears of coming conflict, we should be focusing on keeping the peace In our increasingly destabilised present, it is difficult not to see echoes of the run-up to the first world war. Back then, a standoff between two great power blocs led to a fatalism t...
Featuring unrivalled access, 101 East takes viewers inside the unique community of the Kung Fu Nuns of Kathmandu.
âPoorton coin hoardâ, discovered under floor by Betty and Robert Fooks, expected to fetch ÂŁ35,000 at auction Renovating a kitchen can be expensive but a couple from Dorset have found it to be a lucrative exercise after they discovered more than 1,000 17th-century coins hidden under the floor. Bet...
The hedgehog, which had inflated to twice its normal size, was spotted by someone on a passing bus.
Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning , Nicky Bandini , Lars Sivertsen and Sid Lowe as Real Madrid and Bayern account for Manchester City and Arsenal in the Champions League quarter-finals Rate, review, share on Apple Podcasts , Soundcloud , Audioboom , Mixcloud , Acast and Stitcher , and jo...
The actress responds to Hollywood producer Carol Baum saying: "She's not pretty, she can't act."
Chronicler of the making of her husbandâs Apocalypse Now whose footage and recordings were the basis for a documentary and book In March 1976, Eleanor Coppola arrived in the Philippines, her three young children in tow, to film behind-the-scenes footage on the set of her husband Francis Ford Copp...
Chelsea must be wary of Caroline Graham Hansen while PSG will look to capitalise on Tabitha Chawingaâs speed against Lyon This weekend brings the first legs of the Womenâs Champions League semi-finals and I am particularly intrigued to see how my old club Chelsea approach their tie against Barcel...
History is littered with food fads, from pineapples to âpoultry maniaâ â and now, anything involving croissant dough Parisians can be unforgivingly critical of each other where food fads are concerned. âIt is a fashion, a madness,â said one Françoise dâAubignĂ©, when her social circle became dribb...
Kooky kid sister, romantic lead, comic turn, cantankerous old dame ⊠we pick out her greatest roles An early Shirley in this epic Technicolor comedy-adventure based on Jules Verne, overstuffed with superstar cameos and produced by the impresario Mike Todd. David Niven sauntered through the role o...
The Scottish government is right to target smoking, drinking and drug misuse. But the root cause remains: deprivation Every few years, headlines emerge about how Scots have the lowest life expectancy in western Europe. This was true in 2005 , 2010, and most recently earlier this month , when Paul...
Bayern Munich striker looking forward to Champions League tie Kane admits Wednesdayâs win over Arsenal âfeels amazingâ Harry Kane says the Champions League semi-final meeting between Bayern Munich and Real Madrid justifies the decisions he and Jude Bellingham made to continue their careers on the...
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Itâs a great time to be in a unionâbut a terrible time to try to start a new one.
Supercheap electric cars or an American industrial renaissance: Pick one.
Assessing a debate about a controversial hiring practice
If you feel too rushed even to read this, then your life could use a change.
In 2002, high explosives were laid in oil wells across 20 sq km of forest. The firm has gone but the pentolite remains, despite a court ruling, putting lives and the ecosystem at risk Living on the banks of the Bobonaza River, in the Ecuadorian Amazon, the Indigenous communities in Sarayaku have ...
Steve, 65, and Lisa, 67, met in the mid-90s on an early online messaging system while on opposite sides of the Atlantic. They now live together near Cambridge Tell us your story of how you met someone special When Steve was introduced to an early online messaging system called Internet Relay Chat...
iPad/iPhone, Nintendo Switch (version tested), PC; Nerial/Devolver Digital Quick-witted and hilarious, this madcap band tour/space caper is sold short by its premise You may remember the Reigns series from its excellent Game of Thrones tie-in : its signature is Tinder-esque card swiping, where yo...
Funky transparent design backed by good sound and noise cancelling make these budget buds winners The tech firm Nothingâs latest set of cut-price Bluetooth earbuds offer great sound and noise cancelling for an even more competitive price, while continuing to stand out from the crowd through cool ...
It feels like this year could see a slow start to spring and summer - when can we expect things to warm up?
Many Arab leaders see Iran as a bigger problem than Israel, even if they donât say so publicly.
Even if all parties involved don't want an all-out war, history shows that it can still happen. 
Chaos engulfed the UAE after its biggest city Dubai was inundated with water in the wake of record rainfall.
Dubai's busy international airport is still severely affected as heavy rains batter the UAE
In announcement three weeks before election, former president Ricardo Martinelli made claim without saying how he would do it Panamaâs presidential frontrunner has vowed to âcloseâ the DariĂ©n Gap, the swampy jungle straddling the border with Colombia that has become an unavoidable ordeal for many...
FA Cup replays will be scrapped from the first round onwards in the 2024-25 competition.
A ballooning number of repertory groups dedicated to cinema in its original medium are springing up across the UK. They explain its uphill thrills As staff read out fire safety precautions and evacuation procedures before a 35mm nitrate print screening of Black Narcissus at the BFI, the packed cr...
Brandon Rainey, of James Street in Ballymena, is charged with the murder of Chloe Mitchell.
Move in US election year could push up oil prices, but Washington says Maduro has not made promised electoral reforms.
Hundreds of Tajik men have joined an Islamic State affiliate, analysts say.
The Prince of Wales is visiting a food distribution charity in Surrey and a youth centre in west London.
Zuma has survived a series of political setbacks and legal challenges. Now he's challenging President Cyril Ramaphosa. 
Artists who add natural sounds to their songs can now split the royalties with environmental causes.
Study from University of California, Irvine and Brigham and Womenâs Hospital shows prison mortality rate spiked at least 50% When the Covid-19 pandemic began, it wasnât hard to predict that incarcerated people would be at higher risk. Many prisons and jails are crowded, dirty places with inconsis...
Lethal injections of Black people in the United States were botched more than twice as often as those of white people, according to a report from an anti-death-penalty group.
The public supports it, and even the rich are calling for it. We must prevent a deeper slide into global inequality Abigail Disney is a member of Patriotic Millionaires The need to tax rich people like me has never been so dire. Extreme wealth concentration in the hands of a few oligarchs is a th...
A new analysis by Consumer Reports shows that pesticides have contaminated the US fruit and vegetable supply â even some organics Whatâs safe to eat? Here is the pesticide risk level for each fruit and vegetable Watermelon, green beans and bell peppers are among the many common fruits and vegetab...
After a drawn-out global controversy over the coronavirus, the W.H.O. has updated its classification of how pathogens spread through the air.
A Boeing engineer has told a US Senate hearing that the company is âputting out defective airplanesâ.
In âacute global embarrassmentâ, Scottish government expected to follow UK and Wales by adopting five-year carbon budgets The Scottish government is to abandon its âworld-leadingâ goal to cut carbon emissions by 75% by 2030, after repeatedly missing its legally binding targets. MĂ iri McAllan, the...
Ministers are expected to confirm that the aim of reducing emissions by 75% by 2030 has been dropped.
Following reports of battery investigation into West against unnamed man, rapperâs team allege wife Bianca Censori was being assaulted Representatives for Kanye West have alleged that a man physically and sexually assaulted his wife Bianca Censori in an incident in Los Angeles. Sources previously...
Religious tensions, inflation and jobs top concerns from Modi's decade-long rule among 18 million first-time voters.
Company, which also makes Quality Street, says reducing sugar, salt and fats could harm âstrategic freedomâ Business live â latest updates NestlĂ© faces a resolution at its AGM on Thursday that could force the worldâs largest consumer goods company to cut back on high levels of salt, sugar and fat...
The 36-year-old singer and businesswoman has two children under two with rapper A$AP Rocky.
Rhona Lloyd will win her 50th Scotland cap against Italy as fellow winger Francesca McGhie returns to the Six Nations starting line-up.
Appealing to UNSC for protection, Philippe Lazzarini says UNRWA's work more crucial than ever amid Israel's war on Gaza.
It follows a landmark review of gender services in England and Wales which warned of a lack of research.
Prosecutors claim influential AfD leader Björn Höcke used Nazi slogan âEverything for Germany!â in speech One of the most prominent figures in the far-right Alternative for Germany party has arrived in court for his trial on charges of using a Nazi slogan, months before a regional election in whi...
More than a dozen members of the storied political family will endorse the president in Philadelphia, rejecting one of their own as he worries Democrats with an independent bid.
A look at new polling that shows Joe Biden may be struggling with the Gen Z voters he needs to win.
Biden needs to find a narrative for his candidacy, then work like hell to push it out. But itâs hard to argue people out of their feelings.
Republicans say the quick dismissal of charges against Alejandro Mayorkas sets a dangerous precedent. Democrats say the mistake would have been to treat the case seriously.
Donald Trumpâs social media platform has outdistanced similar conservative sites such as Parler and Gettr, even as it lags far behind X and others.
Court records, mistakenly made public, tell a story about the birth of ByteDance, its bumpy road to success and the role of the Republican megadonor Jeff Yassâs firm.
The records briefly surfaced in a lawsuit involving the Republican megadonor Jeff Yassâs firm.
A report to the Election Assistance Commission from researchers at Rutgers University found that disabled votersâ turnout lagged non-disabled votersâ by 11 percentage points, down from 17.
Two ex-contestants on âThe Apprenticeâ sold the former president on the idea of a social media platform. Now, the company and the pair are wrangling over their stake.
Russia destroys Ukrainian power stations and defences as an expert warns Kyiv's troops are 'utterly exhausted'.
Jail time is an actual possibility. Itâs unlikely, but it is plausible.
Young migrants from the former Soviet republic were accused of an attack on a concert hall in Moscow that killed 145 people.
Agents in South Carolina, the fastest growing state in the country last year, say that many newcomers are Republicans eager to leave the Northeast and West Coast.
What should you do with opened tins, cut avocados and egg yolks that werenât required in your recipe? Chefs and food experts tell all Attention home cooks: do you, like me, have half a lemon, perhaps encased in a beeswax wrap or clingfilm, sitting in your fridge? Half a cucumber, going dry at one...
Caleb Williams will almost certainly be the No 1 overall pick this month. But there are plenty of interesting players lower down the board In recent drafts, weâve seen players selected from Australia. Weâve had a tight end with no experience picked out of Germany in the sixth-round, thanks to Mik...
The nuclear industry has a long history of failing to deliver on its promises.
Lewis Hamilton says he will join his old rival Fernando Alonso in racing in Formula 1 'well into my 40s'.
The employee said he had pressed the "zero bags used" button accidentally when shopping.
Alice Levineâs The Price of Paradise follows the story of Jayne Gaskin, and the Caribbean island that wasnât all it seemed. Plus: five of the best bad movie podcasts âą Donât get Hear Here delivered to your inbox? Sign up here Interactive true crime-style podcasts for armchair detectives to roll t...
As nature falls silent in most cities around the world, New Zealandâs capital has been transformed by the sound of native birds returning to the dawn chorus Read more: No birdsong, no water in the creek, no beating wings: how a haven for nature fell silent Some time in the pre-dawn darkness, the ...
Sikkimâs hydropower dream of huge revenues has turned into a nightmare due to irregularities and poor planning.
With no centralised relief effort in Egypt, Palestinians are relying on grassroots charities for food, rent and clothing The last thing Rania sold was her jewellery. In the weeks after her family first woke up to heavy shelling in northern Gaza, they lost everything as they journeyed south to esc...
Ronnie O'Sullivan will play Jackson Page in the first round of World Championship as he bids for a record eighth title in the modern era.
Rodric Williams, who still works for the company, was a Post Office litigation lawyer as the scandal developed.
Adding another insecticide to the protective netting has proved effective in fight against the disease that killed 600,000 in 2022 Two new types of mosquito bed nets have been found to reduce cases of malaria by up to a half, raising hopes of combating the disease, which is becoming increasingly ...
An icon of New Yorkâs downtown music scene is brought vividly to life in this tapestry of archive and oral history In 1966, when he was 15 and growing up in Iowa, Arthur (known then as Charley) Russell wrote a letter to a school pal. âAll of my former friends think Iâm naive and unperceptive. I K...
Video shows a spectacular lightning storm during an eruption on Indonesiaâs Mount Ruang volcano. 
European leaders to focus on future of European economy as Donald Tusk says if words were bullets, Europe would have the worldâs strongest power Like Polandâs Donald Tusk , the Estonian prime minister, Kaja Kallas , has been pushing fellow EU leaders to do more to help Ukraine. âIsraelâs success ...
Premier Chris Minns is alarmed at the âwildfireâ of rumour and graphic content online after Wakeley and Bondi stabbings Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast Social media pages âinfamousâ for spreading mis...
Former Australia captain Meg Lanning says a struggle with weight loss and insomnia led to her international retirement.
To the average person, it looks very similar to Metaâs Instagram â with a few differences Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast TikTok has quietly launched its Instagram rival Notes in Australia and Canada on Thursday, testing out a new app dedicated to still ...
With Donald Trump and the Capitol Hill riots in court, the studiously apolitical vibe of this dystopia feels like a cop-out As the supreme court heard arguments relating to the 6 January riot and Donald Trump sat in a criminal court in Manhattan, cinemas across America have been showing scenes fr...
Tesla Chair Robyn Denholm says company believes in 'big risks for the chance of big rewards'.