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Unemployment rate was 4.3% in January with gains 13,000 less than the 143,000 jobs added a year ago, report showsThe US jobs market added 130,000 jobs in January, according to a highly anticipated labor market report released on Wednesday, a surge of job growth after months of fatigue in the labor market.The unemployment rate was 4.3% in January, a slight cooling since the fall. Economists predicted 70,000 in job gains […]

Ex-CNN anchor brings on Joseph H Thompson to defend him from charges related to coverage of a church protestFormer CNN anchor Don Lemon has hired a federal prosecutor, who quit amid the White House’s immigration blitz on Minneapolis, to defend him from charges related to his coverage of a church protest.Lemon officially brought Joseph H Thompson on to his legal team, according to a Tuesday court filing. Thompson, who Donald […]

The archdiocese agreed to pay 600 abuse survivors a $305m settlement before the Vatican confirmed Aymond’s exitPope Leo XIV accepted the resignation of the Roman Catholic archbishop of New Orleans, Gregory Aymond, on Wednesday – one day after the archbishop concluded a series of meetings with survivors of a clergy molestation scandal that has embroiled the city’s church leadership for years.Aymond had submitted his resignation to global Catholic church leaders […]

Harriet Harman leads calls for an appointment that would ‘turbocharge’ a ‘complete culture change’ at No 10Furious female Labour MPs have told Keir Starmer to appoint a woman as his de facto deputy to oversee a “complete culture change” in Downing Street after a series of scandals they say have exposed a No 10 “boy’s club”.Harriet Harman, one of the party’s most senior figures, urged Starmer to revive the role […]

Matthew Doyle, who stepped down as No 10 head of communications last March, had the whip removed on MondayFamilies of nurses and carers have said they fear being torn apart under an immigration crackdown condemned as “an act of economic vandalism”, Josh Halliday reports.Q: You are here being hosted by UK Finance. But the financial services sector does not like your plans for a windfall tax on banks. Have you […]

Pelicot writes of ‘brain stopping working’ when police told her of crimes of man she shared her life with for 50 yearsGisèle Pelicot, who became a global symbol of courage during the trial of her ex-husband and the dozens of men who raped her while she was unconscious, has described her shock when police first showed her images of the crimes, likening herself to a “rag doll”.In extracts from her […]

Head of alliance warns that Ukraine ‘cannot sustain this fight or secure this peace alone’As part of the increased focus on Arctic and High North, UK defence secretary John Healey is expected to confirm today that the number of British troops deployed to Norway will double over three years from 1,000 to 2,000 personnel.“Demands on defence are rising, and Russia poses the greatest threat to Arctic and High North security […]