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Harvey Weinstein charged with two more Oscars sex assaults on eve of New York trial
Jury selection is set to begin on Tuesday in the New York case.
Boris Johnson column from 2006 argues that the US should just “give the Iranians a nuclear bomb”
"If all else fails, there may even be a case for giving the Iranians the bomb", he wrote in the Telegraph.
Economy stagnates in December
The closely-watched IHS Markit/CIPS UK services purchasing managers’ index ticked up slightly to 50, from a figure of 49.3 in November.
Monster: UK’s most prolific serial rapist jailed
Reynhard Sinaga went hunting for young revellers and posed as a Good Samaritan to lure them back to his apartment in Manchester city centre.
Trump threatens to bomb Iranian cultural targets as war threats linked to his impeachment
The US President tells Congress to follow him on Twitter for war updates and threatens ‘disproportionate’ retaliation.
Big Issue celebrates 100 ‘changemakers’ for 2020
People campaigning against poverty and homelessness, and those helping refugees and asylum seekers are among a list drawn up by the magazine.
Far-right teenage terrorist claims he was ‘tipped off’ about police raid
The 17-year-old neo-Nazi was found guilty last year of plotting a terror attack.
Mike Pompeo threatens to assassinate more Iranian leaders if they retaliate against US
Iran has already complained that the US breached international laws with the targeted killing of General Soleimani. The US secretary of state said any US military strikes inside Iran would be legal.
Aliens exist and could be here on Earth says first British astronaut
Dr Helen Sharman made history when she participated in a mission to the Soviet modular space station Mir in 1991.