Prosecutors make closing arguments in six-week trial that heard harrowing testimony from people who faced alleged abuse. United States prosecutors argued that Sean “Diddy” Combs used his wealth and influence to evade accountability for violently abusing women in closing arguments in the entertainment mogul’s trial. Prosecutors told the jury on Thursday that Combs, who has … Read more
President Trump extolls Israeli leader as a ‘warrior’, says the US will be the one that ‘saves Bibi Netanyahu’ amid corruption trial. United States President Donald Trump has called for Israel to cancel the corruption trial of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, or grant him a pardon, describing the case against the Israeli leader as a … Read more
Ms Patterson’s evidence from this weekpublished at 05:42 British Summer Time 05:42 BST Following on from our re-cap on today’s evidence, here’s a look at what we heard from Ms Patterson earlier this week. Monday When she first took the stand, Ms Patterson spoke about marital problems with her estranged husband and how she felt … Read more
If you’re just joining uspublished at 05:25 British Summer Time 05:25 BST While we wait for the jury to come back from their lunch break, here’s a reminder of the allegations at the centre of the case. The jury is being asked to weigh up evidence and decide whether Erin Patterson is guilty of four … Read more
Prosecutors question the judge’s impartiality in sparing Rubailes jail time over his forced kiss on footballer Hermoso. Spanish prosecutors have requested that the trial of the country’s former football federation chief Luis Rubiales for his forced kiss on Jenni Hermoso be annulled and re-run, notably questioning the judge’s impartiality. The request, on Thursday, comes after … Read more
The buttery yellow ramparts encircling the center of Avignon stretch 2.6 miles and are notched with arrow slits and gaps for dumping boiling water or cooking oil on attackers below. Over the centuries, the walls have protected popes and warded off sieges. They have been rebuilt by the 19th-century architect who refurbished Notre-Dame, Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, … Read more
France’s Horrifying Rape Trial Has a Feminist Hero The New York Times How Dominique Pelicot is accused of organizing France’s worst sex crime in a generation CNN Verdicts are due in the historic French rape trial that turned Gisèle Pelicot into a feminist hero The Associated Press Decades after a landmark rape trial in France, the Pelicot case … Read more
A Ugandan defence lawyer asks whether the International Criminal Court (ICC) is imposing a new form of colonialism. Krispus Ayena is appointed defence lawyer in The Hague to defend the first former child soldier to be prosecuted by the International Criminal Court (ICC). His client, Dominic Ongwen, was nine years old when he became one … Read more
BUCHAREST, Romania — A court in Romania’s capital ruled Friday that social media influencer Andrew Tate can leave Romania but must remain within the European Union as he awaits trial on charges of human trafficking, rape and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women. The Bucharest Tribunal’s decision to allow Tate, 37, to leave the … Read more
Shares fall as much as 15 percent after former president is found guilty on all 34 counts. Shares of Trump Media & Technology Group, Donald Trump’s social media company, have plunged following the former US president’s historic conviction in his hush-money trial. The company’s stock, which trades under the ticker “DJT”, fell as much as … Read more