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Three of former President Donald Trump’s associates in the Fulton County, Georgia, election case have pleaded not guilty. Former federal prosecutor Sidney Powell and publicist Trevian Kutti each entered a plea of “not guilty” on Aug. 29, a day after attorney Ray Smith pleaded the same way, to racketeering and conspiracy charges advanced by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis. Ms. Powell and Mr. Smith previously served as attorneys to President Trump and provided him with legal advice. Ms. Kutti is a former publicist for rapper Kanye West, who supported President Trump in 2020. The sprawling, controversial charges allege that President…

Domestic abusers leaving prison will have to wear electronic monitoring tags in a move that the government says will offer better protection to victims. Under a pilot scheme launching in the east and West Midlands, and expected to be rolled out across England and Wales next year, any offender who poses a threat to a former partner or their children will be banned from going within a certain distance of a victim’s home and/or subject to a curfew. The conditions will be enforced on up to 500 prison leavers, who will be forced to wear a GPS or curfew tag. Offenders…

Direct Line will pay about £30m to customers who were charged more than they should have been to renew car and home insurance policies. The UK’s second biggest car insurer, which in June launched a review into motor insurance claims over the last five years after an investigation into the market by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), said that it discovered the overcharging problem after the incorrect implementation of the new pricing practice regulation that came into force in January last year. Under the rules, existing customers should not be charged more than if they were a new customer. “An error in…

UK house prices fell 5.3% in August compared with the same month last year, the fastest annual drop in 14 years, according to Nationwide Building Society. The lender said the fall, which was the biggest since July 2009, when the global economy was in the depths of the financial crisis, was driven by soaring mortgage costs, which are putting off potential buyers. Average house prices are more than £14,500 lower than they were a year ago and mortgage approvals have plummeted by a fifth compared with pre-pandemic levels. Prices fell 0.8% in August compared with July, dragging down the typical price of…

UK hopes to reset ties after years of tension over security and human rights concerns London wants a pragmatic relationship with China but will remain “clear-eyed” about areas of disagreement, British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said in Beijing on a visit criticized by some in the governing Conservative Party. Cleverly met with Vice President Han Zheng and is set to meet with his counterpart Chinese counterpart Wang Yi later in the day. Cleverly is the first senior British minister in five years to visit China, a trip that he hopes will reset ties between the two countries after years of…

Chelsea are set to bolster their attacking options after reaching an agreement in principle to sign Manchester City’s Cole Palmer. City rejected Chelsea’s opening offer of £35m for the winger but subsequent negotiations between the clubs have gone well and the deal is expected to be concluded before the transfer window shuts on Friday for a fee expected to be £40m plus £5m in add-ons. It will come as a welcome boost for Mauricio Pochettino, who has been trying to add another attacking player to his squad since losing Christopher Nkunku to a long-term knee injury. Pochettino has given his…

International scientists have jointly signed a declaration dismissing the existence of a climate crisis and insisting that carbon dioxide is beneficial to Earth, contrary to the popular alarmist narrative. “There is no climate emergency,” the Global Climate Intelligence Group (CLINTEL) said in its World Climate Declaration (pdf), made public in August. “Climate science should be less political, while climate policies should be more scientific. Scientists should openly address uncertainties and exaggerations in their predictions of global warming, while politicians should dispassionately count the real costs as well as the imagined benefits of their policy measures.” A total of 1,609 scientists…

The Republican leader in the US Senate, Mitch McConnell, experienced another public health scare on Wednesday when he appeared to freeze for more than 30 seconds while speaking to reporters in his home state, Kentucky. McConnell, 81, was eventually escorted away by staff, footage from an NBC News affiliate showed. Asked for his thoughts about running for re-election in 2026, McConnell laughed and said: “Oh, that’s a … ” He then appeared to freeze. Coming to his side, an aide said: “Did you hear the question, senator? Running for re-election in 2026?” McConnell did not answer. The aide said, “All right, I’m sorry…

Grant Shapps has been appointed as the UK’s new defence secretary, replacing Ben Wallace in what has been mooted as a mini cabinet reshuffle. A key ally of Rishi Sunak, Shapps is viewed as a safe pair of hands who will neutralise what was an occasionally fiery relationship between No 10 and the Ministry of Defence during Wallace’s stint. Shapps is viewed as a versatile cabinet minister, but has only served in domestic-focused briefs before: most recently as energy security and net zero secretary, briefly home secretary before that, and previously as transport secretary and the Conservative party chair. Though…

Donald Trump extended his lead over his Republican nomination rivals in a series of polls conducted since the release of his mugshot in Fulton county after he surrendered on charges that he conspired to subvert the 2020 election in Georgia and his absence from the first GOP primary debate. The former US president held commanding advantages across the board in recent surveys done for the Trump campaign and for Morning Consult, leading his nearest challenger, Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida, in the overall race, in a head-to-head matchup, and in favorability ratings. That outcome has been a trend for Trump who has…