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Lawmakers are split on reauthorizing Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), a broad post-9/11 surveillance authority, in the light of a string of alleged abuses of the apparatus against American citizens. Limited authority to gather foreign intelligence information is granted by Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), a post-9/11 surveillance tool that gives U.S. intelligence the power to target “(i) non-U.S. persons (ii) who are reasonably believed to be outside of the United States (iii) to acquire foreign intelligence information.” However, this power can grant an expanding circle of possible searches to the FBI and…

There were 2,552 registered company insolvencies in May, new statistics from the Insolvency Service show, up from 1,825 in May 2022. It’s also an increase on April, when 1,688 insolvences in England and Wales were reported. This is “higher than levels seen while the Government support measures were in place in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and also higher than pre-pandemic numbers”, the report says. There were 189 compulsory liquidations in May 2023, 34% higher than in May 2022, as more companies collapse under the strain of rising costs and higher interest rates. The number of Creditors’ Voluntary Liquidations…

Chelsea face competition from Manchester United for the signing of the Internazionale goalkeeper André Onana. United have also shortlisted Porto’s Diogo Costa as they target a challenger to David de Gea. De Gea is out of contract this summer and yet to finalise a new deal. The Spaniard has been one of United’s best players since joining in 2011 but was inconsistent last season and Erik ten Hag wants to bring in a goalkeeper. United are weighing up their next move after becoming discouraged in their pursuit of Tottenham’s Harry Kane. Signing a top striker is a priority for Ten Hag but Spurs do…

Conservative MPs head to their constituencies on Friday with the party facing deep divisions over Monday’s vote on the privileges committee’s report into Boris Johnson. The Commons will hold a free vote on Monday on whether to formally approve the report, which found on Thursday that Johnson deliberately misled parliament over lockdown-breaking parties in No 10. The vote is largely symbolic, given Johnson is no longer an MP. But it threatens to cause deep rifts within the Tory party, with some on the Conservative benches insisting that parliament’s procedures should be upheld, while others threaten retaliation for anyone who votes in favour…

Boris Johnson faces having his parliamentary pass removed after being found to have “deliberately” misled MPs over partygate, triggering a furious response from the former prime minister. The House of Commons Privilege Committee said in its long-awaited report that a 90-day Commons suspension would have been proposed if Mr Johnson was still an MP. In turn, Mr Johnson accused the committee of being a “kangaroo court”, with its seven MPs accused of delivering the “final knife-thrust in a protracted political assassination”. The report’s publication on Thursday morning now tees up a crunch vote on Monday that could see MPs wave through the report’s…

Students at a middle school near Boston revolted against Pride Month celebrations and destroyed rainbow decorations, according to school officials. The incident was sparked after the school’s Spectrum club for LGBT students celebrated the beginning of Pride Month by distributing rainbow stickers, plastering Pride signs, and by telling their peers to wear rainbow clothing, the Boston Globe reported. Children attending Marshall Simonds Middle School in Burlington were encouraged by their teachers to support the student group, on June 2, in celebration of Pride Month, Boston 25 News reported. However, some students refused and instead tore down the rainbow decorations, wore patriotic colors, and chanted…

LONDON—The total prize money at Wimbledon this year will rise by more than 11 percent, with the winners of the singles each getting 2.35 million pounds ($3 million). The total prize fund at the championships will be 44.7 million pounds ($56.5 million), the All England Club said Wednesday. That is an increase of 17.1 percent compared to 2019, the last Wimbledon before the pandemic. The earnings for the winners of the singles competitions are back to the levels they were in 2019. The prize for the singles champions had dipped to 1.7 million pounds in 2021, after the tournament was…

Arsenal have had an opening offer of £80m for Declan Rice turned down by West Ham, who anticipate Manchester City entering the bidding for the midfielder. West Ham want £100m for Rice and the expectation at the start of the week was that Arsenal would meet the asking price by including various add-ons. Initial talks had progressed well and there was confidence the transfer would not turn into a saga. However, Arsenal’s first proposal has fallen well below West Ham’s valuation. The north London club hope to spread the cost over a long period and looked to include add-ons that were seen…

Boris Johnson has called for a Conservative MP on the privileges committee to resign as a furious blue-on-blue row erupted on the eve of a long-awaited report that will find he misled parliament over Partygate. In an attempt to disparage the findings of the report, Johnson called allegations that Bernard Jenkin attended a birthday drinks in parliament during Covid restrictions a “total contempt of parliament” and said he has “no choice” but to recuse himself from the panel. The move was called “utterly desperate” by senior Tories who believe the storm was blown up by Johnson to undermine the privileges…

Boris Johnson has made an 11th-hour intervention that looks set to delay the publication of a report expected to find he misled parliament over Partygate until Thursday at the earliest. Having quit as an MP in fury on Friday after receiving a private copy of the findings, lawyers for the former prime minister sent a letter at 11.57pm on Monday night that is being considered by the privileges committee. MPs on the cross-party group, which has a Tory majority and Labour chair, had been hoping to bring their year-long inquiry to an end on Wednesday with a definitive conclusion about Johnson’s conduct.…