French president will decide on concrete ‘next steps’ regarding demonstrations on Friday as part of tough security response to recent riotingAngry lawyers and bewildered defendants: the fallout from fast-tracking French rioting casesEmmanuel Macron has said “illegitimate” demonstrations will be banned over the…

The Pentagon’s Active Denial System shoots energy beam that causes ‘sensation of intense heat on surface of skin’Pete Hegseth, the US secretary of defense, reportedly signed a memo last month permitting the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to test a non-lethal “heat ray” for potential use at the US…

The PM is heard having a long discussion about crisps in the trailer to the show, which is in aid of Stand Up To CancerFrom ranking his favourite crisps in the pub to complaining about people watching TikToks out loud on the train, Andy Burnham has made efforts to show he has the common touch.Now he will become the…

The social media personality denies allegations he gave a girl alcohol until she was drunk and sexually assaulted herThe “looksmaxxing” livestreamer Braden Peters, better known by his stage name Clavicular, pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges that he raped a 17-year-old girl at his family’s Massachusetts…

Exclusive: Michael Aboud, whose actions in what he believed to be a documentary are likely to come under considerable scrutiny, has expressed anger at the film-maker• This article contains spoilers for Ali G: Who Iz I?The chair of the El Paso County Republican Party has said he intends to sue Sacha Baron Cohen over…

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Other prizes at Freedom from Torture event include rare Mary Wollstonecraft book illustrated by William BlakeMargaret Atwood, Zadie Smith and Ian McEwan are among a number of literary stars auctioning off the chance for readers to name characters in their next novels to raise money for survivors of torture.The auction…

⚽ Updates from 5.45pm BST kick-offs, then the 8pm games⚽ Live scores | Table | Read Football Daily | And mail DanielIt’s been a strange start to the season for Sunderland and I’m not just talking about those pink Elvis kits. Yes, that is a real sentence. They’ve had some rotten luck – if they could’ve…

Hegseth’s aides, who attempted to move 30in fragile globe themselves, dropped it during relocation, army officials sayA priceless pre-second world war globe coveted by the US defence secretary Pete Hegseth for his office in the Pentagon was damaged by his staff in a botched attempt to relocate it, army officials…

Investigations under way to determine whether virus normally found in livestock contributed to man’s deathA man in France has become the first human known to have contracted Shamonda virus, with investigations under way to explore whether it contributed to his death.Shamonda virus is a type of bunyavirus and is…