Ex-Victoria’s Secret CEO’s lawyer caught on hot mic jokingly threatening to ‘kill’ him at Epstein deposition

Ex-Victoria’s Secret mogul Les Wexner’s lawyer was caught on a hot mic jokingly threatening to “kill” him if he continued giving long answers to questions during his deposition on Jeffrey Epstein by the House Oversight Committee. The moment was caught after the committee released its full, nearly five-hour deposition of 88-year-old Wexner as part of … Read more

Corruption is no longer envelopes of cash – now it is about who is being shielded and who is being sacrificed | Kenneth Mohammed

Trump has attacked judges and weakened global safeguards. Someone needs to stand up to the US and stop the erosion of democracy In an era of overlapping crises, corruption is no longer a side issue – it is a structural threat to achievinginternational equality and even freedom itself. Each year, Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index, … Read more

Can Europe survive without US defence? Surprisingly, the Baltic sea nations are showing the way | Elisabeth Braw

Joint patrols are being mounted to protect undersea cables from Russian sabotage: localised cooperation is our best hope for now Elisabeth Braw is a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council thinktank When European countries in the Baltic Sea region joined Nato for protection against Russia, they were not anticipating their most powerful Nato ally would … Read more

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s arrest prompts calls for justice in the US

US lawmakers say action by UK authorities on matters arising from release of Epstein files compares unfavourably with a lack of accountability in the US King says ‘law must take its course’ after Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s arrest Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor on US law enforcement radar 15 years before UK arrest The arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor on suspicion … Read more