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Amnesty International said the verdict against Attalah and independent outlet Mada Masr represented "a crushing blow to press freedom".
Amnesty International said the verdict against Attalah and independent outlet Mada Masr represented "a crushing blow to press freedom".
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<p>Home of wealthy developer Stephen Cloobeck searched in connection to sexual misconduct inquiry into Swalwell</p><p>Federal law enforcement agents searched a home in suburban <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/los-angeles">Los Angeles</a> early on Tuesday as part of an <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/20/fbi-raid-eric-swalwell-home">investigation into Eric Swalwell</a>, who resigned from <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/us-congress">Congress</a> amid a wave of sexual misconduct allegations, a law enforcement official and two people familiar with the investigation told the Associated Press.</p><p>Agents searched the Beverly Hills home of the wealthy developer and Swalwell donor Stephen Cloobeck, where the Democratic ex-congressman spent time before resigning from office in April, according to the people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the investigation.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/27/eric-swalwell-investigation-beverly-hills-mansion-searched">Continue reading...</a>
<p>Government-backed Warm Home Loans scheme to help households cut energy bills by hundreds of pounds</p><p>Households across the UK can now cut their energy bills by hundreds of pounds a year at no upfront cost by applying for interest-free or “low-interest” loans to fund upgrades such as heat pumps, batteries and solar panels.</p><p>The government-backed Warm Home Loans scheme, which launched on Tuesday, could mean thousands more households are able to access low-carbon energy alternative technologies, thanks to loans ranging from £7,500 to up £35,000.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/oct/27/homes-across-uk-to-get-low--or-no-interest-loans-to-fund-solar-panels-and-heat-pumps">Continue reading...</a>
<p>We are apparently to believe Raheem Kassam calling Kemi a ‘Nigerian scammer’ was racist and not racist at the same time</p><p>Back to the future. Some of us can remember the days when the key to surviving a nuclear war was to kneel down under the kitchen table and keep your eyes closed till you were incinerated or died of radiation poisoning. Now the government wants you to hoard some baked beans and a few litres of water in the hope of getting through the next three days.</p><p>But when the apocalypse does come, you can bank on there being one survivor. The politician with seemingly limitless powers of regeneration. As one party of his dies, so another rises from the ashes. Fuelled not by water and tinned food, but by alcohol and grievance. Somehow, Nigel Farage is always the victim in his own story. The man who is forever misunderstood.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/oct/27/nigel-farage-raheem-kassam-kemi-badenoch-nigerian-scammer">Continue reading...</a>
<p>Extreme heat accelerated disappearance of Triglav glacier from mountain revered as a symbol of Slovenian identity</p><p></p><p>The final ice patch has vanished from Slovenia’s Triglav glacier, the latest Alpine casualty of Europe’s scorching summer.</p><p>The once mighty ice mass lost 93% of its surface area between 1983 and 2003, shrinking to cover less than a hectare of overheated rock, but went on to surprise researchers who feared its imminent demise, clinging on to the mountain for two more decades.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/oct/27/slovenia-mourns-loss-glacier-highest-peak-scorching-summer">Continue reading...</a>