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‘Gisele is waiting for explanations’: the dark questions at the heart of the Pelicot trial
In the four years after she discovered her husband had been drugging her and inviting strangers into their home to rape her, Gisèle Pelicot liked to walk to clear her head.
Striding through the countryside alone, she would throw the questions that tormented her to the wind: “Dominique, how could …
Friend with benefits? Ask Prince Andrew | Alison Phillips
Here’s a festive quiz for all the family.
Is Prince Andrew:
a) Thicker than a fig pudding?
b) Greedier than Scrooge?
c) More puffed-up than grandad after a plate of sprouts? Or:
d) All of the above, plus a threat to national security who has cavorted with a suspected spy …
She didn’t get an apartment because of an AI-generated score – and sued to help others avoid the same fate
Three hundred twenty-four. That was the score Mary Louis was given by an AI-powered tenant screening tool. The software, SafeRent, didn’t explain in its 11-page report how the score was calculated or how it weighed various factors. It didn’t say what the score actually signified. It just displayed Louis’s number …
Brexit reset: five business leaders on how they’d like relations with the EU to change
‘This can’t happen again’: passenger describes Birmingham funfair ride crash
A woman who was injured when a Christmas fairground ride “crashed to the ground” in Birmingham city centre has described the moment it plummeted.
Two women were taken to hospital after the City Star Flyer ride
“failed and crashed” in Centenary Square on Thursday evening
, while another …Israeli attacks kill dozens of Palestinians hours after UN demands ceasefire in Gaza
‘We won’t stop until we find them all’: joy gives way to grief as Syria buries its dead
The streets of Damascus have been filled with celebrations since Bashar al-Assad fled to Russia last Sunday in the face of an unexpected rebel offensive, ending more than 50 years of his family’s brutal rule over Syria. But at a public funeral for Mazen al-Hamadah – before his disappearance in …
No comfort and little shelter as nightmare of winter sets in in Gaza
Tens of thousands of people sheltering on Gaza’s exposed Mediterranean coastline face harsh winter conditions with inadequate shelter, food and fuel, as temperatures plunge in the devastated territory and a series of storms destroy their makeshift tents.
In recent weeks, bad weather has forced hundreds living in the coastal strip …
Conservative US commentator Candace Owens granted NZ visa after government intervention
The controversial US commentator Candace Owens has been granted a visa to enter New Zealand after the government stepped in and reversed Immigration New Zealand’s earlier rejection of her application.
The far-right influencer and podcast host, who has advanced conspiracy theories and antisemitic rhetoric, including minimising Nazi medical experiments in …
‘A rapist can be in the family’: how Dominique Pelicot became one of the worst sexual predators in history
Warning: this article contains descriptions of alleged rape and sexual assault
Dominique Pelicot called himself a family man. He liked cycling in the French countryside on a Sunday, he took his son and grandson to football matches, and he was good at celebrating birthdays.
“My parents had this …