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Donald Trump has become the first former US president to be criminally convicted.A New York jury found him guilty of falsifying business records in order to commit election fraud. Trump was at the centre of a “hush money” scheme to buy the silence of a porn star in the days before the 2016 election.Here are seven factors that helped convict the man who – in six months – could be president again.Follow live:Reaction as Trump found guilty on all counts Image: Donald Trump pictured with his lawyer Todd Blanche. Pic: Reuters 1. The secret recording”So, what do we got to…

South Africa’s governing African National Congress (ANC) on Thursday was on the path to losing its parliamentary majority for the first time in three decades since coming into power. South Africans voted on Wednesday in the 7th general elections since the dawn of democracy, although since 1994, never before has the future of South Africa’s political landscape looked so unclear. What we know about the results Partial election results with 42.8% of the votes counted had the ANC with 42.7%, far below the 50% threshold needed for a majority in parliament. The party won 57.5% of votes during the previous election…

There’s guilty and there’s not guilty.Then there’s ‘whatever’, the verdict that Donald Trump had already bagged long before a New York court delivered its judgement. Beyond the breakdown of a 12-member jury panel, the portion of America that will shrug its shoulders at this case’s conclusion means Donald Trump has numbers he can work with, politically. For now, at least.Time will tell how the status change to “criminal” affects his bid to return to the White House. Notably, polls indicate it will go down badly with independent voters.For his opponents, it will need to – because, in six weeks of…

Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican Party nominee for the November 2024 US presidential election, is no stranger to the courtroom. In January 2024, a jury in New York ruled that he would have to pay writer E. Jean Carroll millions of dollars in damages for sexually abusing and then defaming her, a decision that Trump is appealing. That was a civil case. Now, Trump has become the first former US president to be convicted of criminal charges. The case centerd on whether he paid hush money to bury stories about an extramarital sexual encounter with a porn star to protect his 2016 campaign for the White House. It…

President Joe Biden has partially lifted a ban on Ukraine using American weapons in strikes on Russian territory, according to US officials.The change in American policy is understood to apply only to defend the area of Kharkiv, according to reports. Follow live:Trump guilty of all counts in hush money trialIt comes as Ukrainian officials have stepped up calls on the US administration to allow its forces to defend itself against Russian attacks.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and others have been increasingly vocal in making the case that the restriction was putting Ukrainian forces in an untenable situation as Russia has intensified…

US President Joe Biden has reportedly given the go-ahead for Ukraine to use American weapons for strikes inside Russia. News agencies cited US officials in reports and said it would be for the limited purpose of defending Kharkiv. The reports come amid growing calls for Kyiv to be allowed to use weaponry supplied by allies to conduct strikes inside Russian territory. More to follow… kb/fb (AP, Reuters) Source link

French Open organisers have banned alcohol in the stands after complaints by players, including one who claimed a spectator spat chewing gum towards him.Amelie Mauresmo, director of the tennis tournament in southwest Paris, also said that security would be tightened around the site of the Grand Slam. “Until now, alcohol was allowed in the stands. Not in every stand… But now it’s over. Everywhere,” she said. Image: Amelie Mauresmo is the French Open’s tournament director. Pic: AP Belgian player David Goffin complained after his first-round victory in five sets on Tuesday against Frenchman Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard on court 14, saying…

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Thursday said that he believes allies need to look at lifting restrictions on the use of weaponry provided to Ukraine. “I believe that the time has come to consider some of these restrictions to enable the Ukrainians to really defend themselves,” Stoltenberg said ahead of informal talks of NATO foreign ministers in Prague over the next two days. Ukraine war has ‘evolved’ — Stoltenberg The NATO chief explained that “in light of how this war has evolved, in the beginning almost all the fighting took place … deep into Ukrainian territory” however this had…

A government college in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad last year planned to merge its journalism and English departments, but an angry backlash from students forced it to backtrack on the idea.    “The administration claimed the merger of departments was necessary to cut costs, but it reconsidered the move after we protested,” student Ammara Rajpoot told DW. Students who want to pursue a career in journalism in Pakistan’s northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are not so lucky. Several universities there have shelved their journalism programs due to declining demand — and at least five others are at risk. “Nine teachers for 12…

It felt like a watershed moment. During his state visit to Germany earlier this week, French President Emmanuel Macron called for Ukraine to be allowed to strike military targets within Russia with Western weapons. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz did not object and stressed that international law does allow for Ukraine to hit targets on Russian territory. Prior to this, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg had also expressed support, along with government representatives from the United Kingdom, Poland, and the Baltic countries. The United States and Germany so far had argued against it, citing fears of escalation. Calls grow to allow Ukrainian strikes inside…