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47 minutes agoBy Regan Morris, BBC News, reporting from Anaheim, California Getty ImagesHundreds of Disneyland workers protested this week outside the park’s gatesCynthia “Cyn” Carranza meticulously scavenged for a shady parking spot in the car she called home.The overnight custodian at Disneyland has to sleep during the day – a difficulty for anyone, let alone when you’re living in your car with two dogs. Ms Carranza says she makes $20.65 an hour (about £15.99) at the park but last summer, she couldn’t afford rent in this Southern California city where the average apartment can run more than $2,000 (about £1,550) a month.Ms…

A judge in New York has set a tentative retrial date for Harvey Weinstein for 12 November after the disgraced film mogul’s rape conviction was overturned in April.New York State Supreme Court Judge Curtis Farber said during a hearing on Friday that he was open to potentially starting the trial earlier than November, as Weinstein’s lawyers have requested.Prosecutors in the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office have said that they plan to file “additional violent sexual assault” charges after other women agreed to testify against Weinstein.The newest accusers have yet to be publicly identified.Weinstein, 72, attended the court hearing on Friday. He…

US President Joe Biden is looking forward to “getting back on the campaign trail next week”, fortifying his commitment to stick in the race as more Democrats on Friday called for him to step aside as the party nominee. “The stakes are high, and the choice is clear. Together, we will win,” he said.His statement comes amid conflicting reports of conversations within Mr Biden’s circle and the larger party about the president’s future.Over the last several weeks, the president has been caught in a whirlwind of political pressure to step down: Calls from within his own party’s leaders to withdraw…

Getty ImagesThere is no evidence of a large rise in suicides in young patients attending a gender identity clinic in London, an independent review has found.Professor Louis Appleby was asked by Health Secretary Wes Streeting to examine the data following claims made by campaigners of a rise in suicide rates since puberty-blocking drugs were restricted at the Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust in 2020.Prof Appleby’s review concludes “the data do not support the claim”.And he added that the way the issue had been discussed on social media was “insensitive, distressing and dangerous”.The Department of Health and Social Care said it…

Eminem has earned his 11th number one album with The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce).He joins a club of Taylor Swift, David Bowie, and U2, who have also had 11 chart-topping albums.The US rapper’s 12th album – in which, he kills off his alter ego, Slim Shady – had a mixed critical reception. But that doesn’t seem to have mattered this week on the charts. Houdini, from the album, is number four on this week’s singles charts – it previously reached number one last month. Ahead of its release, Eminem told fans The Death of Slim Shady was…

China-born actress Cheng Pei-pei, who starred in Oscar-winning film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, has died in San Francisco at the age of 78.A pioneer of martial arts roles for female actors, Cheng became a major performer in action films after she starred in Come Drink with Me by King Hu in 1966. The film achieved critical acclaim and won Cheng international attention.After moving to the US she inspired a new generation of directors from East Asia to Hollywood to make female-driven swordplay films.Cheng’s family said she had been privately battling a neurodegenerative brain disease with symptoms similar to Parkinson’s since…

Jo Swinson has claimed that former Post Office chief executive Paula Vennells said “something to the effect” that some sub-postmasters had “their fingers in the till.”The Former Liberal Democrat leader said that Vennells told her “although these might seem to be lovely people, clearly some of them are actually just at it”.Ms Swinson, who was Postal Affairs Minister between 2012 and 2015 also accused Ms Vennells of failing to tell her about the unreliability of a key witness in the prosecution of sub postmasters.She was referring to the former Fuijistu engineer, Gareth Jenkins, who defended the Horizon system in court…

51 minutes agoBy Pete Allison, BBC NewsbeatBBC/World of Wonder/Guy LevyTia Kofi spent thousands on her winning Drag Race looks after doing her first season on a budgetTo make it as a drag queen, you’ll need charisma, uniqueness, nerve and – increasingly – thousands of pounds. As queens return to battle it out in a new season of Canada vs The World, one former queen of the Mother Tucking World, Tia Kofi, says drag is getting “very expensive” for performers. Tia was recently crowned after winning Ru Paul’s Drag Race UK vs The World but has long been a fan favourite after coming…

Just nowBy Raffi Berg, BBC News, LondonGetty ImagesThe result could have consequences for Israel over its occupation of the West Bank, East Jerusalem and GazaThe UN’s top court has said Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories is against international law, in a landmark opinion.The International Court of Justice (ICJ) said Israel should stop settlement activity in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem and end its “illegal” occupation of those areas and the Gaza Strip as soon as possible.The court’s advisory opinion is not legally binding but still carries significant political weight. It marks the first time the ICJ has delivered a position…

21 hours agoBy David Sillito, Arts and media correspondent, BBC NewsArtAngelMiranda’s Little Ponies – some of them. Miranda Worby, from Suffolk, was given a My Little Pony toy at the age of four – 37 years later, she owns more than 4,000. Miranda and her partner even had to move to a bigger house with a dedicated room to display them. Her collection is now among the main attractions at Come As You Really Are, an exhibition in Croydon, south London, celebrating hobbies across the UK.More than 14,000 objects are on display, as part of a series of exhibitions running until 2025…