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Donald Trump’s legal claim over allegations he took part in “perverted” sex acts and gave bribes to Russian officials has been dismissed by a High Court judge. The former US president, 77, had brought the data protection case in the UK after claims were published about him in the so-called Steele dossier before the 2016

Mark Zuckerberg was one of several social media bosses accused of having “blood on [their] hands” at a hearing where companies were criticised for not doing enough to protect children from being exploited on their platforms. Mr Zuckerberg, the chief executive of Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, faced a sea of people who held

Alec Baldwin will be arraigned on Thursday after he was again charged with involuntary manslaughter over the shooting of a cinematographer. Halyna Hutchins died in October 2021 when the star shot her during an on-set rehearsal for Western movie Rust. The movie’s director, Joel Souza, was wounded in the shoulder by the same bullet. The

Joe Biden has promised the US will “respond” to the attack on Tower 22, which left three US military personnel dead and dozens wounded. The problem is that the US has already been responding to attack after attack on its bases in the Middle East – and has nevertheless failed to deter them. There have

The three US troops who were killed in a drone attack on an American base in Jordan have been named. The Pentagon has identified those killed in the attack as Sgt William Jerome Rivers, 46, of Carrollton, Georgia; Spc Kennedy Ladon Sanders, 24, of Waycross, Georgia, and Spc Breonna Alexsondria Moffett, 23, of Savannah, Georgia.

Circus animals were rescued from a burning truck after it caught fire on a US highway. The trailer caught fire in Grant County, northeastern Indiana, on Saturday and police rushed to the scene. Five zebras, four camels and a miniature horse all due to perform for the circus that weekend were saved in the surreal

As early as tonight, President Joe Biden will authorise US military action in the Middle East. It is likely to be one of the most consequential decisions of his presidency. At stake, the credibility of American deterrence and the teetering stability of the region. Middle East latest: ‘Drone mix-up’ led to deadly attack on US

Plans by Amazon and vacuum cleaner maker iRobot to merge have been abandoned following concerns that the move would harm competition. The $1.4bn (£1.1bn) deal, which was first announced in August 2022, had previously been approved by UK regulators. But in November the European Commission expressed concerns the online retailer might give iRobot’s products preferential

Joni Mitchell will perform at the Grammy Awards for the first time in her five-decade music career this weekend. The 80-year-old singer-songwriter, who’s best known for her hit Big Yellow Taxi, is up for best folk album. Image: Mitchell in 1969. Pic: PA The Canadian star’s previously won nine Grammys and a lifetime achievement award,

Erin Moriarty says she’s been targeted by online “verbal abuse”, leaving her barely able to eat or sleep, since former Fox news anchor Megyn Kelly accused her of getting plastic surgery. The 29-year-old actress, who played Starlight in the Amazon Prime show The Boys, wrote a long post on Instagram, describing “bullying” she’d been subjected

When NFL teams pick college players in the yearly draft, the last pick of the last round is given a rather unwanted nickname – “Mr Irrelevant”. The title even comes with its own trophy of a fumbling NFL player, a comedy roasting from retired stars, and a free holiday to California’s Newport Beach. It is

Britney Spears has appeared to apologise to Justin Timberlake for things she wrote about him in her autobiography. The 42-year-old singer shared a post on Instagram saying she was sorry if she had “offended any of the people I genuinely care about” along with a clip of Justin Timberlake singing on Saturday Night Live. Spears

Taylor Swift sealed Travis Kelce and the Kansas City Chiefs’ huge win on Sunday with a kiss. Kelce, 34, scored a touchdown to help see off the Baltimore Ravens and send the Chiefs to their second consecutive Super Bowl. After the game, Swift, also 34, rushed down to the field at M&T Bank Stadium in

Joe Biden has said the US “shall respond” after three American troops were killed and dozens more were injured in a drone strike on Saturday night in northeast Jordan near the Syrian border. The president blamed Iranian-backed militias for the first US fatalities after months of strikes by such groups against American forces across the

A snowboarder was stuck hanging in the sky on a gondola at a resort in California for 15 hours overnight. Monica Laso boarded the gondola at Heavenly Ski Resort in Lake Tahoe around 5pm after she felt too tired to snowboard down the mountain, she told KCRA 3 News, an affiliate of Sky News partner

Prince Harry has arrived at an awards ceremony in Los Angeles where he will be recognised as a Living Legend of Aviation. Just hours after the Duke of Sussex withdrew his libel claim against the publisher of the Mail on Sunday, he arrived at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, where he will be