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Image copyrightGETTY IMAGES Privacy rights campaigners are claiming victory over Facebook in a German legal battle. It follows a regional court ruling that found some of the social network’s data consent policies to be invalid. The Vzbv consumer group successfully argued that five of the app’s services were switched on by default, with the relevantContinue reading “Facebook broke German privacy laws, court rules”

Image copyrightGETTY IMAGESImage captionLocal governments will bear the majority of costs under the plan US President Donald Trump has unveiled his long-touted plan to revamp US infrastructure, but critics labelled it a “scam”. Mr Trump wants Congress to authorise $200bn (£144bn) over a decade to spend on roads, highways, ports and airports. The president hopesContinue reading “Trump’s infrastructure blueprint ‘a scam’”

Image copyrightTOM CHALKLEYImage captionDaniel Hersl (middle) and Marcus Taylor (right) were the only two members of the unit who did not take a plea deal A federal jury has found two Baltimore police officers guilty for their role in a sprawling police corruption case that involved robbing city residents. Daniel Hersl and Marcus Taylor wereContinue reading “Baltimore police guilty of robbing citizens”

Media caption‘Smooth’ Canadian winning free skating performance Canadian figure skater Eric Radford has said he “might explode with pride”, after becoming the first openly gay Olympic champion at any Winter Games. Radford took gold at the Pyeongchang Games in the team figure skating event, alongside his partner Meagan Duhamel. The pair performed a beautiful routineContinue reading “Eric Radford: Skater is first openly gay man to win Winter Olympics gold”

Media captionWATCH: An astronaut films from outside the International Space Station President Donald Trump wants to end US funding for the International Space Station (ISS) by 2025 with the aim of putting it into private hands. His plans for ISS and the Nasa space programme were unveiled in his 2019 budget proposal. Mr Trump wantsContinue reading “Trump budget US cash for International Space Station”

Image copyrightGETTY IMAGESImage captionThe couple have five children together The US president’s daughter-in-law, Vanessa Trump, was taken to hospital as a precaution after opening an envelope containing white powder, police say. The letter was addressed to Donald Trump Jr, Mr Trump’s eldest son, at his apartment in Manhattan. Mrs Trump and two others at theContinue reading “Trump Jr wife in hospital after opening white powder envelope”

Image copyrightGETTY IMAGESImage captionMen, women, children, even babies – were shot or hacked to death inside the church The Monrovia Church massacre in 1990 was the worst single atrocity of the Liberian civil war. About 600 civilians, including many children, were killed while taking refuge in a church. Now, four survivors are bringing a claimContinue reading “Liberian church massacre survivors seek US justice”

Image copyrightCAMERON SPENCER/GETTY IMAGESImage captionLocal police said the lions ate almost all of the man’s body (file picture) A suspected big cat poacher has been eaten by lions near the Kruger National Park in South Africa, police say. The animals left little behind, but some body parts were found over the weekend at a gameContinue reading “South African lions eat ‘poacher’, leaving just his head”

Image copyrightGETTY IMAGESImage captionJeremy Corbyn, Labour leader, pictured here at a party event in London Labour has defended its decision to restrict access to an equalities conference to “disadvantaged groups”. The Young Labour event next month is open to under-27s who “self define” as women, LGBT+, BAME or disabled. It said the main purpose ofContinue reading “Young Labour: Row over access to equalities event”

Image captionSixty members is no longer enough to deliver for the people of Wales, an expert panel’s report said People are being asked to share their view on plans to expand the Welsh Assembly by an extra 20 to 30 members. An expert panel said the move was necessary to cope with the growing workloadContinue reading “Welsh Assembly expansion plans put to public consultation”