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• De minister van Onderwijs zegt dat kiezers zich teleurgesteld voelen, maar niet willen dat Labour 'meer tijd besteedt aan intern overleg'. • Labour-woordvoerders zouden het fout doen als ze Keir Starmer zouden afzetten, ook al hebben kiezers de partij bij de stembussen een "stevige tik" gegeven en voelen mensen zich "bitter teleurgesteld", aldus minister van Onderwijs Bridget Phillipson. • Phillipson zei dat Labour "te somber" was geweest en een fout had gemaakt door te proberen de winterbrandstoftoeslag in te trekken, nadat de partij donderdag bij de lokale verkiezingen de controle over ongeveer 40 raden en 1.500 zetels verloor.

De voormalige leider van de Liberale Partij trad terug als lid voor Farrer nadat ze was afgezet als oppositieleider. Volg de updates live

• Violist Brian King Joseph, die in 2025 op tournee ging met Will Smith, heeft een rechtszaak aangespannen tegen de acteur waarin hij seksuele intimidatie en onterechte ontslagname beweert naar aanleiding van een vermeend incident in dat jaar. • Joseph beweert dat iemand zonder toestemming zijn hotelkamer in Las Vegas betrad en een briefje achterliet met de tekst 'Brian, I'll be back... just us,' naar verluidt ondertekend door 'Stone F.,' samen met doekjes, bier en hiv-medicatie. • De rechtszaak stelt dat Smith groominggedrag vertoonde om Joseph voor te bereiden op seksuele activiteiten, wat wijst op ernstige beschuldigingen van roofzuchtig gedrag.

Green party leader also accuses rightwing media of politically motivated attacks as popularity growsZack Polanski has said he was wrong to describe himself as a British Red Cross spokesperson, and that intensified media scrutiny of the Green party reflected fears of its rising popularity and support for wealth taxes.Polanski described himself as a British Red Cross spokesperson while campaigning for the party leadership, the Times revealed. The claim was also mentioned on his personal website in 2020 when he said he was “really proud of the work we do”. Continue reading...

In today’s newsletter: With the use of facial recognition skyrocketing, there are calls for the rapid development of safeguardsGood morning. Over the last couple of days, the Guardian has been reporting that facial recognition technology is being rolled out across the UK at a pace that appears to be outstripping the rules designed to govern it. Police forces are increasingly using live systems to scan members of the public in real time, while retailers are deploying similar tools to identify suspected shoplifters.Advocates of the technology argue that facial recognition is effective and here to stay. Critics warn it risks creating a system where people are monitored – and sometimes wrongly flagged – without clear safeguards.Middle East crisis | Donald Trump has threatened that Iran will be “blown off the face of the earth” if it attacks US vessels trying to reopen a route through the strait of Hormuz.Delivery industry | More than 7,000 Just Eat couriers are taking legal action against the food delivery company in an attempt to gain better employment rights, including the minimum wage and holiday pay.Europe | At the European Political Community summit in the Armenian capital of Yerevan, Keir Starmer has called on Europe to “face up” to tensions with the Trump administration, as heads of government gathered to discuss the EU’s loan scheme for Ukraine.UK news | Keir Starmer will call for a whole-of-society response to rising antisemitism on Tuesday, saying that it is not enough simply to condemn the scourge, but people “must show it” through their actions too.Cost of living | Food prices are set to be 50% higher by November compared to 2021, according to research by the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit. Continue reading...

Ashley MacIsaac, who is seeking $1.5m in civil lawsuit, says inaccurate information led to concert cancellationAn acclaimed Canadian fiddle player has launched a $1.5m civil lawsuit against Google, alleging that the online giant defamed him by falsely identifying him as a sex offender in an AI-generated summary of his life and career.Ashley MacIsaac, a three-time Juno award-winning musician, filed the claim in the Ontario superior court of justice, asserting that Google was liable for the “foreseeable republication” of its AI-generated Overview feature, which previously published defamatory claims that he had been convicted of multiple criminal offences, including the sexual assault of a woman, internet luring involving a child with the intention of sexual assaulting the child, and assault causing bodily harm. Continue reading...

• Maurice 'Mopreme' Shakur, Tupac's stepbrother, filed a wrongful death lawsuit Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court against Duane 'Keffe D' Davis and unnamed defendants involved in the 1996 murder. • The suit claims 'for the first time in nearly 30 years, threads are starting to come together' amid new developments as Davis's first-degree murder trial approaches. • Tupac was fatally shot four times on September 7, 1996, in Las Vegas when a white Cadillac pulled alongside his BMW near MGM Grand and Caesars Palace.