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"This would be the first time a barrister has ever faced contempt of court for the contents of their closing speech. Menon now faces two years in prison for the high crime of reminding the jury of their centuries-old right to return verdicts without fear of punishment from the trial judge."
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The US didn’t rescue survivors after sinking an Iranian warship. Was that legal?The law of naval warfare sets out obligations regarding the rescue of survivorsThe IndependentJennifer Parker It's telling that UK media hasn't highlighted the Iranian frigate being unarmed, despite it being widely reported across Asia (lots of
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That includes me.
"Music should be a uniting force, not a tool to be weaponised for political ends." Idiotic comment. Calling a genocide "political" is not only wrong, it's a deliberate attempt to downplay human suffering.
Good on Israel, Spain, the Netherlands and Slovenia, and shame on the BBC. I have zero interest in Eurovision, but maybe it's time to start thinking about stopping paying the licence fee – we don't watch a huge amount of live TV anyway, so it wouldn't be hard to stop watching altogether...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/18/protester-arrested-wearing-plasticine-action-t-shirt-palestine-gaza-protest I also saw on Channel 4 News that a man was arrested today for having the P word and the A word in a sentence. Apparently it's enough to have two words in bold in a sentence now to violate terrorism
That was the view walking towards Pico de la Zarza, in Fuerteventura, on Tuesday. The cloud was thick enough that you could barely see a few metres ahead of you (which is more than a little disturbing once you reach the top and you know there's a fairly steep cliff
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