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Ghislaine Maxwell, the jailed associate of sex offender Jeffery Epstein, has told US officials she did not witness any inappropriate conduct by Donald Trump or former President Bill Clinton.The Trump administration has faced pressure to disclose information about Epstein, who the US president was previously friendly with.Maxwell was interviewed from prison in July and, according to the newly released transcript, told Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche that a much-discussed Epstein “client list” does not exist.She also called allegations of Prince Andrew having sexual relations with an underage girl in Maxwell’s home “mind-blowingly not conceivable”.Maxwell is seeking a pardon from Trump…

A day after his younger brother was denied release from prison by the California Parole Board, Lyle Menendez’s steady march toward earning his freedom back, 36 years after the two young men shot their parents to death in their Beverly Hills home, suffered the same fate when he was also denied release, a source with direct knowledge of the decision confirmed with The Hollywood Reporter.  Erik and Lyle Menendez have been in California’s prison system for over three decades now and they will remain there for three more years after separate hearings that were held for both. On Friday night,…

Nigeria has deported dozens of foreigners, including 50 Chinese nationals, in a major crackdown over the last week on one of the “largest foreign-led cybercrime syndicates”, the country’s anti-graft agency has said.”This brings the total repatriated convicted foreign nationals to 102 in the ongoing exercise,” it said, adding they had been found guilty of “cyberterrorism and internet fraud”.They are among the 192 foreigners arrested during a sting operation in Lagos last Friday.Nigeria is notorious for internet fraud and romance scamming is rife. Cybercrime cases were amongst the most prevalent offences in Nigeria last year, according to the Economic and Financial…

Lee’s visit comes two days before his crucial first summit in Washington, DC with US President Donald Trump.Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has hosted South Korean President Lee Jae Myung in Tokyo for a visit aimed at reaffirming security cooperation and showcasing friendly ties between the two East Asian neighbours facing common challenges from their mutual ally, the United States.On his first official visit to Japan since taking office in June, Lee met Ishiba on Saturday at the premier’s residence to discuss bilateral ties, including closer security cooperation with the US under a trilateral pact signed by their predecessors.“As the…

Jacqui WakefieldGlobal Disinformation Unit, BBC World ServiceGetty Images/ Carlos BarqueroWomen who used the Tea app in the US are facing backlash after their data was leakedSally was stalked by her ex-boyfriend.After ending their relationship, he would turn up at work – and even her friends’ houses. She eventually had to move.When she finally got back on to the dating scene, she was wary. She decided to sign up for a new app where women could do background checks and share experiences of men they were dating.Users of the US-based Tea Dating Advice app, which is only available in America, could…

The bloodiest war in Europe since World War II has shaped a generation of Ukrainian men. Serhiy Hrebinyk, 25 years old and just released from a Russian prison, is one of them. Thomas Gibbons-Neff, a national correspondent, met him after his release from captivity.

Hungarian filmmaker Dorka Vermes, whose debut feature “Árni” was nominated for a Queer Lion Award at the 2023 Venice Film Festival, is developing her sophomore effort, “Places Half Empty,” a film that’s billed as a controversial and intimate portrait of a queer relationship in the context of Viktor Orbán’s Hungary. The film, which won the Eurimages Co-Production Development Award this week at the Sarajevo Film Festival’s CineLink industry strand, follows Noá, an independent but struggling thirtysomething working as an illegal cab driver. One night she picks up an affluent young suburban woman, Juli, who is desperately trying to break free of her overbearing…

The Metropolitan police’s claims that their use of live facial recognition is bias-free are not substantiated by the report they cite to support their case, a leading expert on the technology has said.The Met is planning its biggest and most high profile use of LFR yet this bank holiday weekend at Notting Hill carnival in west London.The Guardian understands it will be deployed at two sites on the approaches to the carnival, with the force insisting on its use despite the Equality and Human Rights Commission saying police use of LFR is unlawful.The new claims come from Prof Pete Fussey,…

A view from afar When Professor Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera stood before a jubilant nation on June 27, 2020, taking the oath of office as Malawi’s sixth President, he wasn’t just assuming a political role—he was fulfilling a divine calling. Once known as “the man of the cloth” for his decades as a pastor and theologian, Chakwera brought with him not only a distinctive American-influenced accent—earned during years of study and ministry abroad—but a message of redemption, renewal, and resilience. “An honour,” he often says, in that familiar cadence that resonates with both warmth and authority. And for millions of Malawians,…

231 The Ministry of Lands in Malawi has announced that it has successfully mapped the entire country using aerial technology, a development it described as a major achievement in national planning and disaster management. Surveyor General, Masida Mbano, disclosed this in an interview with The Maravi Post, assuring Malawians that they can now depend on the department for up-to-date aerial mapping services. According to him, the mapping exercise was carried out with support from the United States Military Navy and the Department of Disaster and Management Affairs (DoDMA). He explained that the images generated are of very high quality and…