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US federal prosecutors allege the defendant was in frequent contact with unnamed member of royal family.
US federal prosecutors allege the defendant was in frequent contact with unnamed member of royal family.
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The extension of the custody of the CJP activists comes amid a crackdown on near daily protests against the government.
<p>Crackdown marks latest escalation in the Trump justice department’s push to target alleged noncitizen voting</p><p>The US Department of Justice has filed criminal charges against 28 green card holders in California accused of fraudulently registering to vote and casting illegal ballots.</p><p>The crackdown marks another <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/08/trump-administration-voter-election-crackdown">escalation</a> in the federal government’s ongoing efforts against alleged noncitizen voting, efforts that Democrats and voting rights groups say are part of a strategy by the Trump administration to sow doubt in the results of the upcoming midterm elections.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/19/california-illegal-voting-charges-doj">Continue reading...</a>
<p>Envelopes containing powder come weeks before midterms as federal agents try to identify who is behind campaign</p><p>More than three dozen members of US Congress have had their offices targeted with envelopes containing white powder, less than three weeks before the 3 November midterms, as federal agents try to identify who is behind the campaign.</p><p>The latest is the <a href="https://wjla.com/news/local/virginia-congressmans-office-evacuated-after-envelope-with-suspicious-substance-arrives-rep-suhas-subramanyam-leesburg-loudoun-county-hazmat-response-political-targeting-intimidation">Virginia Democrat Suhas Subramanyam</a>, whose Leesburg district office was evacuated on Monday after an envelope containing a suspicious substance arrived. He said the office was cleared quickly, adding that “acts of political intimidation have no place in our country”.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/19/white-powder-envelopes-congress">Continue reading...</a>
<p>As Cop17 kicks off, records since 1921 show more bee species declining than increasing in all parts of Europe except the Alps </p><p>Most of Europe’s wild bee species and about half of its hover fly species have declined over the last century, a <a href="https://www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.2600774123">study</a> has found, as a UN biodiversity summit begins in Armenia.</p><p>Records since 1921 show more bee species are declining than increasing in all parts of Europe except the Alpine region. The richness of bee and hover fly species suffered a persistent drop in the Atlantic and Continental regions, the study found, though trends in other regions were mixed or even positive.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/oct/19/study-europe-wild-bee-species-decline-">Continue reading...</a>