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Newsnight is the second flagship BBC news programme accused of editing the speech to make it appear Trump made a more explicit call for violence from his supporters BBC’s Newsnight has been accused of editing a Donald Trump speech in a way that made it appear that he made a more explicit call for violent protest ahead of the Capitol riots. The corporation is already reeling from the resignation of the director general, Tim Davie, and the head of BBC News, Deborah Turness, which followed the splicing together of the same Trump speech in an edition of Panorama last year. Continue reading...

Armed forces and settlers used bombs, dogs, poison and machinery to attack people and infrastructure at key sites

A new study finds that regularly listening to music or playing a musical instrument may help older adults protect against cognitive decline.

Fossil fuel emissions have hit a record high while many nations have done too little to avert deadly global heating

Tackling the carbon emissions of bottom trawling is a fast and effective way to forestall climate change while protecting our precious marine ecosystems. But despite the minimal returns, governments across Europe keep subsidising the practice

Jo Farrell set out the force’s stance during an evidence session in front of the petitions committee this morning

Messages sent months after former prince said he ended relations and also appear to confirm Virginia Giuffre photo Newly released Jeffrey Epstein emails have cast further doubt on Andrew Mountbatten Windsor’s account of when he cut ties with the child sex offender and his denials about meeting his accuser Virginia Giuffre. In March 2011, four months after he later claimed to have ended his relationship with Epstein, the former prince told him and the convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell “I can’t take any more of this” in response to allegations put forward by the Mail on Sunday. Continue reading...

France has demanded UK pays into ‘cohesion funds’ as price for reducing post-Brexit trade friction

Brain activity from more than 1000 people shows a rapid transition from being awake to being asleep, rather than a slow transition between the two states

Western Ukrainian city to host Dec 10-11 summit reviewing reforms, planning next steps while Hungary blocks formal negotiating chapters.

Boris Johnson’s appointee is accused of pushing claims of institutional bias at the corporation after shock resignations

The Home Office is considering offering migrants £100 a week to leave asylum hotels

Various geoengineering projects seek to mask or slow the impact of global warming at the poles, but do not hold up to scrutiny. Two scientists outline why.

Trade associations representing some of the largest dairy companies in the world have coordinated efforts to weaken international standards for how corporations measure their carbon emissions.  Expert...

10bn tonnes must be captured from the air every year to limit global heating to 1.7C, says Johan Rockström

Samples collected from 25 rivers and lakes also contain high levels of harmful bacteria and medicines used to treat diabetes and seizures