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New cache of files includes FBI documentation of meeting between prosecutors and Epstein’s defense teamWhat have we learned from the newly released Epstein files?According to one file, Mountbatten-Windsor was said to be “very focused” on financier Harlan Peltz’s girlfriend during a dinner with Maxwell.The apparent FBI document details a 2020 interview with Peltz in which he provided information to agents about Maxwell.Peltz was at a dinner with Maxwell and Prince […]

Former prime minister Tony Blair paid tribute to Triesman as a ‘vital part of the New Labour movement’Lord Triesman, a former Labour minister and chair of the Football Association, has died at the age of 82. The Labour party said the peer died on Friday night “peacefully and at home”.The former prime minister Tony Blair paid tribute to Triesman as a “vital part of the New Labour movement”. Labour’s leader […]

Peter Kornbluh speaks to Marc Lamont Hill on Trump’s abduction of Venezuela’s president and fallout for Latin America.Source: www.aljazeera.comRead full article

Less than two weeks before convicted abuser was found dead, lawyers met with Manhattan federal prosecutorsEpstein files latest – follow liveLess than two weeks before Jeffrey Epstein’s death in jail, his lawyers and Manhattan federal prosecutors met and discussed his potential cooperation, several documents within a cache of newly released investigative files state.“On July 29, 2019, FBI and [prosecutors] met with Epstein’s attorneys, who, in very general terms, discussed the […]

Residents and local authorities are worried about environmental hazards and land devaluation as minister says excess regulations may hinder modern farming practicesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastCate Faehrmann, a Greens member of the New South Wales legislative council, will move a private member’s bill next week to give councils more power to regulate blueberry and other berry farms which are expanding throughout the mid-north coast, […]

Survivors of sexual abuse welcome the ‘monumental shift’ in how courts approach sentencing, while others say it could limit defendants’ rightsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastOffenders convicted of any crime will no longer be able to rely on glowing character references during sentencing under changes being introduced in New South Wales, in a move supported by survivors of sexual abuse but which others say could […]