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May 12, 2023

Guantánamo Bay Detainee describes depravity of US torture

A detainee held in the US prison camp at Guantánamo Bay who was used as a human guinea pig in the CIA's post9/11 torture programme has produced the most comprehensive and detailed account yet seen of the brutal techniques to which he was subjected.

3 mins

Fire Crews Tackled Record Number Of Serious Fires During 2022 Heatwaves

Fire crews attended a record number of serious outdoor blazes in England in summer 2022 as scorching temperatures caused the number of naturally occurring wildfires to soar.

3 mins

Tiny flicker spotted in night sky revealed to be largest cosmic explosion ever seen

It started as an unremarkable flicker in the night sky. But closer observations revealed that astronomers had captured the largest cosmic explosion ever witnessed, an event thought to have been triggered by a giant cloud of gas being gobbled by a supermassive black hole.

2 mins

Period property: prehistoric caverns go on sale for £2.5m

It is billed by the estate agent as \"Britain's oldest home\" and includes a network of caves featuring stalagmites and stalactites, a collection of full-size (replica) ice age animals and an acre of woodland trails.

1 min

CNN chief defends Trump's lie-strewn interview: 'America was served very well'

CNN bosses have defended their decision to host a prime-time town hall with Donald Trump, after causing outrage by letting the ex-president spout lies and disinformation on subjects from sexual assault to attempts to overturn the 2020 election.

2 mins

Mordaunt took painkillers as precaution for coronation role

Penny Mordaunt has revealed that she took painkillers before carrying the ceremonial sword during King Charles's coronation.

1 min

Music review Dizzying three-hour concert drips with sci-fi disco, sex and black pride

Even without Taylor Swift's Ticketmastermelting Eras Tour nipping at her heels, it wouldn't do for a star as ambitious as Beyoncé to merely protect her status as the greatest pop show on Earth. Not when her first solo headline tour since 2016 could push 21st-century live entertainment another lavish leap forward.

2 mins

Senior civil servants back the use of 'targeted legal action' against bullying

Senior civil servants voted yesterday to take a stand against inflammatory language from politicians and in favour of legal action to combat bullying as the former cabinet ministers Jacob Rees-Mogg and Dominic Raab renewed their attacks on officials.

3 mins

Analysis Pragmatism replaces bullishness over sunset clause

Kemi Badenoch felt the full force of backbench Brexiters' rage in the House of Commons after ditching the \"sunset clause\" in the retained EU law bill that would have automatically struck out reams of EU law at the end of the year.

2 mins

EU laws Brexiters deplore U-turn as 'massive climbdown'

Kemi Badenoch has come under fire from furious Conservative backbenchers, the opposition and the Commons speaker after defending the government's U-turn on retained EU laws.

2 mins

Badenoch is no longer the darling of the Tory right

Why make friends, when it's so much easier to make enemies? Kemi Badenoch's default mode of interaction is always to be patronising and condescending. She can't help herself. It's a narcissistic variant.

2 mins

Senior Tory condemns Truss trip to Taiwan as 'Instagram diplomacy'

The Conservative chair of the foreign affairs select committee has launched a blistering attack on Liz Truss over the former prime minister's planned trip to Taiwan, calling it \"the worst kind of Instagram diplomacy\".

1 min

Iranian activist under police protection in Britain after 'serious' threats

Masih Alinejad, a leading Iranian dissident based in the US, has been put under 24-hour police protection in Britain after the Metropolitan police received credible threats to her life.

2 mins

BBC board members must now declare social events with cabinet ministers

BBC board members will have to declare when they have social drinks or attend dinner parties with cabinet ministers, in the wake of Richard Sharp's resignation as chair of the broadcaster.

2 mins

Nuclear Plant Fears Over Plan To Move Staff To Russia

Russia plans to relocate about 2,700 Ukrainian staff from Europe's largest nuclear plant, Ukraine's atomic energy company has claimed, warning of a potentially "catastrophic lack of qualified personnel" at the Zaporizhzhia facility in Russian-occupied southern Ukraine.

1 min

Imran Khan's Arrest At High Court Was Illegal, Pakistan's Supreme Court Rules

Pakistan's supreme court ruled yesterday that the arrest of the former prime minister Imran Khan was illegal and ordered that he be released into the protection of the court.

2 mins

Antonio seals turnaround to put West Ham in charge

It was scrappy, it was messy, but West Ham only saw the beauty. They celebrated wildly when Michail Antonio bundled the ball over the line in the second half, completing a turnaround few people had anticipated, and they could feel the anxiety fading away. The London Stadium had been a tense, moody place for most of the evening and now, with West Ham finally ahead, the home fans could dream of booking their tickets to Prague next month.

4 mins

Fury and Usyk talks back on for Saudi tournament

Tyson Fury's US promoter has revealed that negotiations over a meeting with Oleksandr Usyk have resumed, with the prospect of the world heavyweight title unification bout taking place in Saudi Arabia as part of a tournament also featuring Anthony Joshua.

1 min

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